Looking Back at What We Accomplished

So we're on to editing for our music video! Let me tell you that I was so excited to do this. I can't wait so see the final project because I know it's going to be great and it's going to be so fun to look back at what we accomplished. Saying look back at what we accomplished sounds a little extra, but with all the complications and mess ups we had during filming, I think I can say that. During the editing process, my group split up what we did in order to lessen the work for each people. Kathy was in charge of the split screen. She did it for our last project and since we know we will be working with her again she was the one in charge of the split screen. Kathy also had to cut/razor blade the clips. Aitan's job was to import and export the files into the computer and the editing software. He was also in charge of coordinating the music with the video. This was new for him so Kathy and I were able to teach him. 

The first thing I did was download the music. I had to go to YouTube and find the song. Since there are different variations and videos on YouTube, I had to find the exact one that we used to plan. If I didn't do that, the sound could have been off by a few seconds. After finding the video, I had to go to another tab and search up YouTube to Mp3. If I used a website that was Mp4, I would download the whole video instead of just the sound. I found a link that worked with the school WiFi and copied the YouTube video link to the Mp3 downloader website. It converted and I pressed download and I had to drag the downloaded file onto my desktop. In order to get the sound onto the editing software, I had to import it like we imported the other files and videos we had taken. I imported from the desktop to the software using drag and drop. 

Then before adding the audio, I had to detach the previous audio. What this means is I had to get rid of all the audio off of the filmed videos. To do this, I had to put the downloaded music onto AV track 2. I then muted the vision on the video of the 2nd AV track. I muted the first track so the 2nd track audio would go over it. Doing this made it so the sounds did not overlap and you only heard the song, not the sounds during the filmed videos. 

My last job was to add transitions. I did this by right clicking the scenes we wanted transitions between. I then clicked "In Transitions" and added the cross dissolve transition for all the ones we wanted. These transitions allowed for our music video to look smoother. 

Before writing this blog, I also realized that they don't have to be as serious as I was making them. I hope you enjoy the new titles and added information. See you on the flip side :)

2nd Filming Blog for Music Video

On Sunday, we finished filming our music video. This time, we had a lot of complications. To start off, the camera that was supposedly charged, was not. Another problem was that one of the actors forgot to bring in the SD card. Luckily, their mom was able to drive home and back to my house quick enough where we didn't lose a lot of filming time. During this time, we got ready to film, changed, and organized everything we needed. We also were charging the camera during this time. Because of the camera not being charged, we had to have it plugged it in at all times. This wasn't easy but we made it work. While we were filming outside, we had to use an extension cord because the camera wouldn't turn on for even a second without being charged. We are lucky that my dad was able to get us a cord and that it was long enough to charge the camera while we were filming at the car. 

We decided it would be easiest to do my scenes first, then Katherine's, and then Aitan's. We wanted to do Aitan's last because we wanted to give the camera enough time to charge before we went outside, this was before we knew we had an extension cord. The first thing we filmed was a shoe scene. To show that Aitan was my assistant, he picked out my shoes for me and I was pleased with what he picked. To prepare, we had to set a lot of shoes out and choose which ones we wanted. After we were done, we had to put all the shoes back organized so my mom wouldn't think the house was a mess. The next thing I filmed was a lipstick scene, where I had to get out a lipstick and put it on. We then zoomed into a nearby alarm clock and when we zoomed out, it was Katherine's scene, where she was putting on chapstick. This was able to show that as two different people with varying lives, we lived similar lives and did mirroring things. 

We then had to film Katherine and I's dance scene. She was jamming out in her room and I was performing to a crowd. We both had lights but mine looked more like stage lights then hers. We had to figure out the exact timing in order to sing the perfect lyrics. In the next scene, we're doing mirroring moves and singing. This adds to the "mirroring lives" affect we were trying to uphold in our music video. The last scene we filmed was the car scene. I had to move my dad's truck so we could get a clear view of the car Aitan was driving. We had to film this scene a few times because we all forgot that when you leave a car, you have to close the door. We wanted to make the scene as realistic as possible. During this filming day, we got a lot done even with all of our complications.