Here is my final music video.
Monday, 28 November 2016
Sunday, 27 November 2016
Music Video Rough Cut Feedback
Here is some feedback of the rough cut of my music video from Abel.
I learned that the way the audio has been cut in the intro sequence doesn't work too well. There was no way around this unless I cut out the intro altogether, which I didn't want to do. He discussed to keep the music flowing throughout instead of cutting to the frames in the dance studio at the beginning, however this would have greatly reduced the time I had to portray what is going on.
Additionally, Abel suggests to include an establishing shot of the theatre, which I would have done if I had more time.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Post-Production with Complete Footage
Once I had filmed the rest of my footage, I was able to lay down my entire sequence:
I encountered another major problem at this stage which I personally felt like it let down my entire music video. Initially, I assumed I'd be able to easily find some free sound isolation software online, where I could get the song and isolate the trumpet parts. My plan was to then place these trumpet parts as the audio for my busker, to make it look like he was busking parts of the song. After lots of searching and experimenting on the internet, my luck did not prevail and I was stuck with a busker with no clear sound - during filming, he was 'playing' along to the original song on my mobile phone.
To overcome this, I ended up taking a snippet of the audio out from the part where my actors are dancing on stage, as this was the most prolonged period of time where the music was playing but there were no vocals. I then slowed down the speed/duration to distort the sound and distract the audience from the fact that the trumpet wasn't the only instrument playing. I cut the audio sharply as the shots themselves cut, which in hindsight, looks unnatural.
Once I had placed this audio in to my intro, my music video was almost complete.
I found the RGB Curves tool really useful for balancing out tones during the shots where my actors are dancing on stage, as their skin got a bit red from dancing so much.
As I didn't know how to myself, I followed a tutorial on Youtube to create a split screen effect, as both my actors sang that line.
In the dance sequence when my lead female joins the lead male on stage, I struggled to cut the shots in time to the beat while having to constantly switch framing/angle to keep the energy up - every take I did, the actors had slightly different positions for each second, as it would have been impossible for them to stay exactly the same for each take. Due to this, I had to reverse some shots too to try and keep continuity in the dance. In order to keep the cutting rate in time with the beat of the song, I had to put one of my shots in slow motion, however this worked out well and looks intentional.
I encountered another major problem at this stage which I personally felt like it let down my entire music video. Initially, I assumed I'd be able to easily find some free sound isolation software online, where I could get the song and isolate the trumpet parts. My plan was to then place these trumpet parts as the audio for my busker, to make it look like he was busking parts of the song. After lots of searching and experimenting on the internet, my luck did not prevail and I was stuck with a busker with no clear sound - during filming, he was 'playing' along to the original song on my mobile phone.
To overcome this, I ended up taking a snippet of the audio out from the part where my actors are dancing on stage, as this was the most prolonged period of time where the music was playing but there were no vocals. I then slowed down the speed/duration to distort the sound and distract the audience from the fact that the trumpet wasn't the only instrument playing. I cut the audio sharply as the shots themselves cut, which in hindsight, looks unnatural.
Once I had placed this audio in to my intro, my music video was almost complete.
I found the RGB Curves tool really useful for balancing out tones during the shots where my actors are dancing on stage, as their skin got a bit red from dancing so much.
As I didn't know how to myself, I followed a tutorial on Youtube to create a split screen effect, as both my actors sang that line.
In the dance sequence when my lead female joins the lead male on stage, I struggled to cut the shots in time to the beat while having to constantly switch framing/angle to keep the energy up - every take I did, the actors had slightly different positions for each second, as it would have been impossible for them to stay exactly the same for each take. Due to this, I had to reverse some shots too to try and keep continuity in the dance. In order to keep the cutting rate in time with the beat of the song, I had to put one of my shots in slow motion, however this worked out well and looks intentional.
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