Editing/More Filming

We are now extremely close to having a completed music video. We have been working hard on editing our two pieces of footage to complete the video. Firstly we decided to put the clips all into place along the music timeline. This involved picking the clips that looked best from the footage we had (E.g- where George mimes best or where they are putting a lot of energy/emotion into it). We used final cuts 'ins' and 'outs' to create this. It wasn't to hard considering we had the music playing and often George actually singing in the clips.

However, as we watched back what we had, we found that our video became very repetitive. Obviously as we only had two locations of footage. We therefore, the other day, made the decision that we needed some more clips to make our video more interesting. We decided that we could mix a bit more of the 'love story' narrative into our video by making more footage involving George and our lead girl Ellie. Luckily both Ellie and George have free periods when Danni and I have our Media lessons. With exams over, they were both happy to come and help us film during one of these times. Therefore the next opportunity we got we went around the village and filmed a few more shots. We filmed bits with George walking and singing (through trees and at a bridge). We then filmed bits with both him and Ellie meeting, walking and at a park.

We have now uploaded these clips and added them in/replacing some of the other, more repetitive ones. I think it has really added more to the video, especially narrative wise. Whereas before it was more 35% narrative 65% performance, we have now gained more narrative, really making it the kind of 'love story' music video we were trying to achieve.

As said, we are very close to finishing. We have all the clips in place and have added transitions where needed. We also have brightened/sharpened shots that needed it. For example, we had to use a normal camera when doing the third lot of filming instead of the HD. This obviously made a difference in terms of clarity, however sharpening these shots has helped a lot. We asked Miss Hill yesterday to watch to see what she thought and criticise anything she thought looked wrong. She suggested that the performance shots at the party needed to perhaps have some colour changes added to make it look more like a proper audience performance. Today I tried to play about with the editing of that to see what worked. Danni was unfortunately not here, so it was hard to make a final decision. However when she gets back, I know we can find something that works to complete our video!