Editing Progress 4

After having a lot of footage to edit over the course of the last week, I managed to get it all done. Editing in all the park scenes, I worked out a preset that allowed me to create a brighter feel for the clips:

This made my job a lot easier when editing the new clips in, as I didn't have to constantly find my settings again. I also learnt how to transform clips, as some had been filmed the wrong way to flip them so they looked correct.

Overall, I'm pleased with the progress I have made on my editing. Hopefully most of the video will be done within the next week ready to be shown for a first draft.

Review and Week 10

Last week was successful as everything I planned to get done was finished, and more. Animation was as successful as I did find it draining, but I hope to keep it up this week.

This week has a lot of editing focus, with a first draft having to be presented by the end of this week. Once all the editing is complete, I will focus on filming the few small pieces missing so most of my music video can be complete to show. At the end of the week I will also edit in whatever animation I have done so some feeling can be gauged for that.

Filming session - Park 1

This is the first time I have shot this footage, and I feel it went well. Some shots were not done because the cold became too much, but it still had positive results, even if only some shots have to be re-done (i.e. the running). The running sequence was an issue in terms of keeping it smooth, hence why it was slowed down. However, the actual running then looks a little bit pathetic. A selection of shots from the shoot are shown below, unedited:

Review and Week 9

Last week didn't go completely as I expected, as I wasn't able to film during the week due to plans fallings through. However, I've planned to film the remaining scenes at the end of the week, and hopefully I will not have to film again except the occasional shot.

This week I plan to edit what was filmed before half term commenced, and film those scenes that I wasn't able to over the half term. I have also been animating in the evenings at home, in which case I hope to get them all finished soon so I can edit them all in and ensure they work, then I feel my video will be close to completion. 

Poster progress

Unlike the digipak, the poster wasn't something I had planned beforehand. However, I did know that I wanted it to be similar to the digipak, so I had no trouble in actually making it. Below is the final result:

I'm very happy with the final result, and it is probably my favourite piece out of the digipak and poster. I feel that it looks professional and well balanced, like most actual music posters are. Below, like the digipak, is a sped up video showing the process of making the poster, which could be considered more interesting as I actually start from scratch:

Digipak progress

Having not focused on my digipak, I took this opportunity of a holiday to work on it. Here is what I have so far:



I decided to make it entirely digital so I had full control of what the product looked like. Also, it adds enigma to the reader - normally digipaks will have a real life image of their artist, so why is the artist only a cartoon? I did really enjoy making this digipak, and like how it turned out, especially the typography. The typography is all done by hand, so I had to keep it consistent within my own means. Overall, I am happy with how the product turned out. Below is a video that shows the whole process of making the digipak over five hours:

Review and Week 8

Last week stayed relatively to plan, however we could not film on the Friday due to poor weather. This is something I hope to get on top of when we go back to school, as the deadline for the product is coming close.

As I am on half-term this week, I hope to get a lot of the animation done. I now have an opportunity to sit down and work on this, so I aim to get most of the minute animated to edit back into my music video when school starts again.

Filming session - Field

Today, I attempted to film on the field for the first time. I hadn't considered the field as a location, but I consider it a shortcut for Greenwich park filming, my other location. Because some shots I'm shooting only focus on grass, I thought I could save myself the travel by just filming these shots at school. Here is what was filmed today:

Whilst it could be used as final shots (as I did edit), I feel that this is a good starting point for these shots. After I edited them they seem perfect as they aren't necessarily weather dependant and my lip syncing works well. Overall, I'm happy with the results of these shots.

Filming session - Whitescreen 8

As the lipsync shots needed to be re-filmed, I went ahead and did this on Tuesday when I had a moment to sit down and get on with it. Below is an example of what was filmed:

However, as I was trying to sync it up within my music video I noticed that it was difficult, suggesting I had lip synced them all wrong. Therefore, I believe I will have to film them again, hopefully on Thursday. I will compile a special audio clip to put on my phone of just the lines I wish to lip sync so it will make it much easier when I shoot, instead of reversing the song back.

Teacher feedback 2

Here is some teacher feedback and my comments compiled into one audio file. Already, I am acting on the comments received from my teacher and am trying to improve my blog to the best of my ability. I enjoy making posts like this as they are more interesting, using the variation of a text-to-speech voice and my own.

Review and Week 7

This week just passed was pretty successful - I got some final shots for the white screen ready. However, the street shots this week were not as successful, as I was only able to grab a few to use. In terms of planning my week did go to plan.

This week ahead, I wish to get lots of my filming done. I hope to gain more final shots, as other priorities are coming up and would like to get this done in quick succession. I plan to film some shots I have not yet filmed, so I hope they go successfully - I'm however prepared in case they don't. Overall, this week should be a good learning experience, if not also productive.

Filming session - Street 3

This week, I wished to film some more street shots. Some of them turned out ok, however the moving ones cannot be used because they are too shaky. Also, whilst filming some the next day, the camera made the footage appear saturated. However I'm not worried about this as I know Premiere has the tools to fix something like this. Below is an example of my footage filmed:

Next week, I will have to re-film the moving street shots and some of the stationary shots, but I don't expect this to take up too much of my time. By filming this, I now know that I will have to use the shoulder rig to get the smoothest movement possible.