So for so good

We are done with our rough cut, it was an up and down journey, we had to change things we had to start all over again ata point but now we have atleast roughly an idea of what we are doing

Problem with lenght of song

Today during editing, we realised that we havent solved the problem of having an extremely long song. the song originally went on for about 5 minutes. We didnt have enough clips to cover the full length of the song with our style of editing we are using (quick shots and slow shots). We decided to cut the song down to 3 minutes, this way we could use all the clips we have in a sufficient manner without looking like we just ran out of clips to use
The song was cut down in a way that the points we really wanted from the song to represent an action was kept and the repetition of choruses and hooks were the ones removed.

We also added effects to band because we figured it looked too plain and we had a whole section of band performance, in order for the audience watching not to get bored we used some effects t make it interesting.

EDITING: NEARLY THERE

My group and I are almost done with the editing. we are done with the band and have started editing the girl in the bath. We encouted problems while doing this as we realised we didnt have enough shots of the girl in the bath and we had to add some of the band to fit the time of the song without making the video look like a band performance. Another problem we encouterd was a problem with moving from one to another, there was a gap in one of the black walls the rooms are meant to roll into. so we had to cut it out to make it look a little bit right for our rough cuts.

We started approaching 2 minutes in our song. we started with the bedroom went through the band, edited the bathroom and now we're going to go back to the band to make it up for the shortage of clips.

WHAT IS POST-PRODUCTION?

Post production is effectively the final step in the making of a film or television programme - a process of refinement and transition of raw materials into a finished product before distribution and release to the public.

Editing is a key function - of picture, sound, effects, or a combination of these, but there are other areas - telecine, sound, creating *DVD's and special effects to name a few.

Digitisation has dramatically altered the post production sector, with new editing and effects capabilities emerging all the time. Digital technology and computer-based editing systems allow for clearer pictures and smoother editing techniques, constantly improving picture quality, and making the traditional film cutting rooms increasingly obsolete.
Im in the stage of post-production now as i am editing my music video. I am half way through the editing process and have gone through using picture, sound, effects, or a combination of these. The picture above is an example of post-production process which includes the editing of clips, sounds, pictures and effects.

Beginning of editing

We started editing today!! We succesfully finished editing and cutting the clips of the band. We are then (next session nof editing) going to move on to editing the main girls scene of the bedroom. We had some problems by outting the same tyoe of shot side by side, which doesnt neccessarily work.

Done with syncing!!

Today my group and I went into the editing suite determinded to finish syncing so we could get on with other things. We were successful in finishing our syncing. It was a long and hard process but we got through it. We started puting the clips in order after that. we created a bin for each set (bathroom bedrom livingroom) and started outing the clips in each bin they were matched to. We did this so it could be easier for us to identify clips when we start the processes of cutting the clips into place.

SECOND DAY OF EDITING

I went in to edit while my group was away and continued syncing process.
It took a long long while as not all our clips start from the same place so i had to blade alot of the clips to fit them in the right on the point of the music.
I finished syncing the ones that started from the beginning and started syncing the clips that started from the middle of the song and towards the end of the song aswell.
I managed to complete most of it but theres still a little syncing left to do.
I recon our next day of editing we would be able to fiinish it all and start the actual process of editing.

FIRST DAY OF EDITING

I logged into final cut pro for the first time today to edit the music video of running up that hill electonic remix.
Firstly i went through all the clips one by one and basically labelled them red for 'best clip' orange for 'good clip' and blue for 'alternative'. For the rest of the clips that were not needed that had one problem or the other, i left them blank.
After doing that which tookme about 20 minutes, due to the fact we had over 60 clips. I started to sync the clips. some clips started from the begginning of the song others didnt. Thats where we had a problem. Me and my team mate Leah had to start of syncing the clips that started in the begining and then listen carefully to when the music started on the other clips and try and sync that to match the main music. It was complicated but we got through it half way.

AOSD(4) - MY ROLE ON THE SHOOT DAY

 Firstly when we set out the band and the first set, i got behind the camera and was filming for the most time. 
I was required press the record button when the director said 'roll camera', i replied with 'camera rolling' after pressing the red record button. 

I familiarized myself with the camera and helped change the lens when required to fit which camera angle it best fits.

We had a screen which showed how the video would look on actual screen so i looked at that screen while filming to see how the end result would appear.

I helped direct after being on the camera for long enough.
I directed the mostly he band by instructing the lead singer to do certain things when required. for e.g. the close up of the lead singer i asked him to not move side to side as his face. When it was just the normal mid shot he was asked to swing side to side and sometimes lean into the camera to be zoomed in like the do in rock videos.

I was on playback for most of the shoot after that. i was required to respond when the director would say 'playback', i would respond by saying, 'playback in 3,2,1' then press the play button. this was not as stressful as the rest of the roles as i just had to do as i was told and rewind the songs to the track required.

I also helped around with the moving of props and changing of sets. for e.g. i used the dirty down spray to make the first set look dirty.
i helped put mud on the tiles and also helped get the leaves from the trees to fill up the tub

At the end of everything. the group cleared up for the other group shooting on monday to enable them to set up their sets without much problem involved.

AOSD(3): SETTING UP FOR THE GIRLS SCENE

After we were done with the band, we began setting up for the girls scene. We cleaned up the place, swept and wiped dirt from the band away. 

We got jess to get in her nurses outfit as you can see in the photo on the right.
we also did her hair and make -up for this bedroom scene.
we put on dark purple lipstick so she appears scary but contrasted it with pale powder and light eye make-up

On her bedroom set, we et out the props just the way we wanted it. we put the mattress on and put the skull beside her. with some dead flowers and an old telephone.

we got a lot of close-up in this scene so you would hardly notice its just mattress and theres no actual bed on it. 

you could see the contacts we put on her really reflecting in the picture on the left. this all adds to the surrealism effect we were trying to acquire.

we had a little issue of the dead flowers going everywhere on te set but at the end it made it look better. 

Setting up the bathroom scene.
After the bedroom scene we did the usual clearing up and sweeping. we had to work extra hard as there were dead petals everywhere.
We changed the wooden floors to classic black and white floor tiles and we changed the dirty white walls to dirty white tiles (with mud all over them). we did this to achieve the dirty look and keep it constant. 
we also wanted to change the look for the bathroom totally to make the video a bit more interesting rather than having the boring old set 3 time in a row.

after change the walls and everything. We put in the props for the set. on the right picture you could see my fellow team members bringing in the bath tub which was the main focus on this set

We put jess (our lead girl) in the tub and filled it up with dead leaves. 
This was a change from our original plan to fill in the bath with milk. The main problem was that we were running out of time and there was not sufficient water to fill up the bath as quickly. 
so we looked around and figured we are surrounded by trees, its currently autumn/winter so there are alot of dead leaves around. 
so we quickly got boxes filled with dead leaves and put it in the tub.

Jess was in there with  crop top and shorts. however we covered the little clothing on with leave to make her appear naked in the tub on screen. 

It went perfectly well jess was perfect for her role, she loked the part and she did everything the current director asked her to do

Finished look in the tub

AOSD(2): THE BIG DAY!

 We got out band members in quite early to do another couple of rounds on rehearsing. As seen on the photo on the left they all were quite tired

We put dark make up on them, specifically eyeliner around their eyes to give them that dark edgy look and by grace we were successful.

They put on their props, everyone besides the lead singer basically had a black shirt on to look uniformed. we put on fake piercings on two of the band members also to get and edgy look. The picture on the left shows one of them with a fake piercing in the middle of his lip.

We also put chockers on one of the band members who didnt have a fake piercing to make him look dark and edgy as well

Here we see the group members trying to get the band members ready to start shooting.
we changed the silver laptop because we figured the silvery colour was too bright and didn't go with the look we were trying to achieve so we put my purple laptop case on, which ended up matching with the lamp in the living room.

We got started placing in the props. You can see the off-white skull placed at the dj's deck. We put that there to add to the surrealism of things
we also added candles on the piano to make it look add to natural lightning as the set was made to be dark and to also give a strange religious feel to the set.

The lead singer had his big black coat on to appear different and had moe make-up on than the rest of the group members to show that he is more intense than the rest of the group.
he performed just as we asked him too and stared directly at the camera with widened eyes to appear very strange to the audience

we had a little issue of what to put in his pockets. At first we put joker fan but when shown on the screen it looked a bit ridiculous because he just looked like a childish tdk fan

However we switched it with dead flowers to create a link between him and our lead girl.

AOSD: THE DAY BEFORE THE BIG DAY

Account on shoot day

coming into the studio we first familiarized our selves with the place a little bit. we cleaned up a bit after the other group had finished with the shoot only because the previous shoot require glitter and therefor due to the nature of glitter there was glitter everywhere. We could not afford to get glitter anywhere in our set because of the dark surreal theme the video had, so that gave us a little trouble but it we managed to get through it.

We then gave ourselves roles to start of the big day so we dont get confused. we focused on the roles of director, camera man, playback and assistant director, however we knew that we would switch amongst ourselves to give each an everyone a chance to experience every role.

we then took pictures of the places we would be working with, like the one on the left hand side


SETTING UP

After all that. we started getting the set ready. we put on the living room set with the band because we decided that would be our first shoot. we used dirty down spray to make the walls look a bit scruffy becacause it was too white for the theme of the set. Theres plum a fellore group member using the dirty down spray to get the walls looking old and dead.

we chose wooden floor for the set because it contrasted with the white floors. we also didnt want to draw so much attention on it so we made it a bit dull.

After setting up the living room floors and all we then cleaned up ay left over glitter and sorted out the props that would be used for the living room and kept them aside.


REHEARSING WITH THE BAND

We brought the band in to rehearse the song. this was all to be sure that the band was familiar with the song. we made them do it over and over again so to be sure no mistakes were gonna be made on that day.

we made them try on their props to see how they would look and we also put in some props to get the feel of the set a little more

you could see the DJ, playing around with the deck because we made him so that.
you can also recognize the lead singer with the jacket on to differentiate from the rest of the band.






in the picture in the right you could see we were playing around
with the lighting to see which one best compliments the theme.