Baby Footage

I had to once again try and make footage that I knew could feel the gaps of my video and I thought that I would try and add footage of the star as a child, as i think that this would fit in with the current footage. I think that this would fit with the current footage, as it is quite relaxed, she is mainly walking through the woods and I think it may even potentially give the video a narrative. The narrative being that she is thinking back to older memories. 

To get the footage I had to find a lot of old tapes of her on film. The I had to bring them all to school, exporting the footage off of the tapes and onto Final Cut Pro, I had to then choose what footage that i thought i could keep. This was a very long process, and was very time consuming. Though, I think that the result of getting the footage was a good one.

I now plan to add the footage when editing the video, putting it in sections where there are gaps and where I fill that the footage will really fit in. I also plan on putting an effect on the footage, possibly even sepia as I  feel that this will make it clear to the audience that she is a young girl looking back at something old. I did try and put a Bad Film effect onto the footage though, that came out looking too old and think that its fine to make the video look like she is looking at nostalgic memories though I can't make it look too old as it will give the wrong impression.

As you can see from the screenshots that I have uploaded, I have added the sepia effect, and I think that this looks really nice on the footage as it makes it look old and rustic yet, not too old that you wouldn't belive that Ruby Collins is a young artists.


I plan to blog the next update on my video and how this looks.

Please leave a comment on possible changes to the footage that you think are necessary or would make the footage look even more successful.