Editing blog for music video

          Today we started editing our footage for our music video. I was excited to see the results of all of our footage come together to create our final music video. After we finished filming all of our footage, we all decided to go to one of my group member's house to start editing. Once we all arrived at the house, we went upstairs and got to work immediately. When we started editing, we imported all the footage onto the computer oh yeah that we decided to edit with. Once we imported our footage, we uploaded it to iMovie. When it was uploaded, all of the footage was in the incorrect order that we wanted. Because of this, we decided to rearrange the footage before we started editing to make the editing process much easier. We finally organized our footage to start cropping and reducing the time of your footage. We had to do this because our time limit of all of our footage went passed the maximum time that our music video could be.
          After cropping some of our footage, we decided to add in our song. This allowed us to match certain beats with scenes in the footage. This creates very smooth transitions between many shots. Transitions were added to our video during the editing process as well. When we added the music with transitions, our footage was still longer than the maximum time limit. Because of this, we had to crop our clips again to get the time under the maximum time limit. When we finally got under the maximum time limit, we were so happy that we finally succeeded. After this, we decided to add a special effect. The purpose of this is to create a more realistic effect when relating to a music video. This will also express creativity and shows the style of my group members and I.
          Once we finished cutting our footage and adding transmissions, the special effect we included was a freeze-frame. This occurs at the end of our music video with all of us jumping in the air. After the freeze frame, the screen goes black and that where our music video ends. After including this, we had to go through our video and take out all original background noises and sounds of our voices out. This allows the audience to only hear the music and not unwanted sounds. If these were not edited out, the film would be very sloppy and unprofessional. Once we took out the original background sound, we decided to go back and watch the entire video. We didn't think that there would be any mistakes but there were. We noticed that some clips were too long and not relevant making the following scene choppy and not logical. After we edited some more of this footage, we watched our music video again and we believed that our job was done here as our music video was exactly how we wanted it.

Filming at the beach

I felt frustrated after we were not able to film the day we planned. I Was well prepared to film, but the weather got in the way. Fortunately, I used most of my time during the bad weather to become more prepared for when filmed. This would result in me being more prepared for the next time my group and I filmed. I joined a group call with my group members and we talked about the days it was possible for all of us to film. We talked about many different days then finally decided on the most convenient day for all of my group members, including myself. The day that we decided finally arrived and I was prepared and excited to film. I collected all of the crops and made sure that we had all of them in place. I also made sure that the camera was in a place that was safe and that the battery was fully charged. I made sure the tripod was in its bag and safely secured so that the tripod wouldn’t get stolen or damaged.
          After lots of preparation, my group and I were prepared and ready to film. I arrived at the planned location which is known as the beach. My group and I got together and searched for the perfect background setting on the beach to film out music commercial. We started to film our first shot which was close to the water with a beautiful background. We were able to get many great shots of the actors performing in unison with our selected song. We played the music out loud while filming so when we start editing, the song would match perfectly to the actor's lips. The next scene we filmed was next to a lifeguard station. We asked permission from the lifeguard before we started to film around and on the lifeguard tower. After asking permission from the lifeguard, he told us that we were more than welcome to film on the tower but we just had to be careful. We filmed this shot around the lifeguard tower to signify the change in location from the previous shot which was around the ocean.
          I made sure that we filmed each scene more than once just in case there was an error in our footage. The next scene that was filmed was by a pier. Filming by the pier exposed the natural beauty of the setting that we chose to film at. In the next scene, we tried to get some close-up shots of smooth and clear water. This shot is going to allow us to fulfill a deeper meaning to our music video. The next scene that was filmed was in and around a car. This scene showed the style of the actor singing and changed the mood of the music video as the “celebrity” was introduced. The last scene that was filmed was all of my group members including myself, in a beautiful setting which included the sun as it was setting. This scene was very important as it presented a very joyful and happy ending to our music video. It scene also included a very important message and the theme of the overall music video which allows the audience to interpret a better understanding and connection to the film.