Editing

For our editing process, we have already made a large amount of progress since the beginning of our journey. Editing is very important to incorporate in our music video since we can’t produce any music without adding a score. Eliminating the editing of our project would also force us to show each scene individually instead of all put together. This would make our product less visually appealing and this is the opposite of what we want for the audience. We decided to use the software iMovie for our music video since it works efficiently and quickly. I have experience using this software in the past and I have had no problems creating the products of my choice. Since we are done filming for the music video we are currently working on revising these shots to our best ability. To begin this process we first had to dump all of our footage onto a computer. We learned how to do this during the beginning of the year, so this time around went smoother and in less time. We are still editing at the moment and will utilize our time wisely just like we did for the filming process.

The next step after importing all of our footage into the software is adding finishing touches to our project. Now is the time to decide whether we want to add text or where to start the added sound. Since the song we chose is “I Gotta Feeling” we will be required to add this over our scenes as our score. We also need to crop the videos to the length we think as best. This is important since we have a time limit for our project and we plan to follow it. Cropping the music is also useful to match the scenes and to ensure that we include the right part of the song. There are many other techniques that we can use to touch up our music video on iMovie and we still are making progress. More specifically, today we will work on integrating the score into our footage and see how it turns out. Based off of what we think we will add additional touches. We will include the music by screen recording the song from youtube and importing the audio only of the video.

We will use my laptop to complete the editing process of our film. If this does not go according to plan, we will utilize my phone since I have the iMovie app already on the device. We filmed our footage on our cell phones so editing on them would be rather easy. We do not have much left to complete so we can take our time creating a better final product. I have made many movies in the past on the software so there should be no trouble in finished up the editing process. Finishing the editing process will show us how much we need to improve our project. Not only did we film all of our scenes, we now also added them all together and put them as one. Now we will add the music by the Black Eyed Peas based off of our footage. After this we will be done with the full project. We will utilize the rest of the time to finish up what we have left for the editing process of our music video.

Filming

We have successfully completed the filming process for our music video. We took a series of scenes that relate to our song “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas. Our music video was required to be a total of 1 minute and 15 seconds. We followed this out by our storyboard and filmed 10 different shots in total for our project. Since our product contained shots multiple times this made filming easier because we did not have to move around as much as far as location goes. Our music video is upbeat and carries this mood throughout the project. The filming process took about a week to conduct and we reviewed all of our footage after the matter. We made sure to include a variety of shots multiple times to ensure we have enough and we are prepared just in case one of the scenes don’t look as planned. Using the notes from last project, we were able to use the camera and tripod correctly as well as get the precise shots we were counting on for the final product. We chose the song to be unique from others and to interest our audience into watching.

Regarding the filming in more detail, the first shot that we began to create was in Ryan’s house in her entertainment center area. Here we showed our boredom and need to have fun during sitting on the coach while we zoomed on each of our individual expressions. Then we present us in a moving vehicle on our way towards the shopping mall. Following this will be a point of view shot of one of us entering the mall to purchase a series of outfits. As I mentioned earlier, some scenes will be shown twice. Just like when we film us in the car again but instead on our way back to the house. Once we are back to the home we will then start to get ready with makeup and other accessories. We must do this in order to go out for the night and match the party setting we chose. We have taken many shots with bright lights and dancing to show our night out. The music video will end after all of us party and are exhausted from the partying.

In addition to these main scenes, we also created others to demonstrate the variety of shots we were able to create. We decided to use some of our fellow students to give us a hand with our project since we needed more than the three people working on the assignment for filming. No matter our circumstances we have a time limit and due date for this project and it was very important that we used time wisely. Not only do we have to film, but we have to edit as well when we complete the filming process. Since we are done filming for our project, the only next step is to edit the music video to perfection. Since we are making a music video, without editing the whole purpose would be defeated. Without music the scenes would lack substance and would make little sense to the viewer experiencing them. Not only will we use editing in this aspect, we will also use it to fix any errors and to touch up what we need to. We still have to add all of our scenes into one on a software of our choice. I believe that iMovie would be the best option since that is what I chose last time and the other software known as Pinnacle Studios was working at a slower pace.