Editing-
I have started to edit the footage that I filmed yesterday today, mainly because I had the time and it was a convenient time to actually start looking at the footage and also because I thought it best that I edited quit quickly after filming so that I knew from the previous day what went where and why a particular thing needed to go there.
Today's editing, was quite problematic as the system kept crashing and I kept loosing the edited footage that I had worked on. After this happened several times, I began saving my work compulsively so that nothing got lost. This ending up in me saving too much. Then, I cam back to finish when the systems network was less occupied and this allowed me to spend more time on the video making it better.
So, I actually got the opportunity to sort out the mirror footage which was a great opportunity as I got to learn how to change the brightness to the footage making it easier to see Ruby Collins. I am as of yet to sort out the bedroom scene though, but this is my main priority for changing tomorrow. I also hope to try and possibly look at effects that could be added to the footage to give it more production value.
I have now started to edit the footage that I shot at Bostal Woods. The editing of this footage took me quite a while as i wanted an animation piece in my video. I was quite quick in saying that I wanted this footage at first, but I didn't realize how much time and effort it would take by cutting each image individually and then lining them up would take. I still think that this specific footage could be re-focussed so that the images at the front are not too long. As the pace changes.
Apart from working that footage I did also have footage from this scene that was quite random, and although it may be irrelevant to the video it does have quite a good time to the video that is very interesting.
Some of the footage included: Her kicking leafs, her running around and walking past a tree. These pieces of footage could be used as a montage in the video to fill it up and have more cuts.
As you can see from the last screen shot it shows that so far over half of the track that I have been working on has some sort of footage that can be used as imagery for the video which is a great sign as it means even with the other footage i am near to the end.
I just have to make sure now that all of the footage is of a good quality and that if certain pieces of footage dot work I can just replace them with more successful pieces of footage. Whilst doing this I need to make sure that I am referencing all of the Goodwin principles as well as making my video interesting enough that it gets multiple views.
As that is the primary purpose of creating a video. I plan to now try when i edit the video to make sure that there are no techniques I could use to make the video more effective and entertaining.
The screenshots on this blog post show all of the development of my editing. I have only just started to edit the music video today so as you can see from the above moving timeline, there is not that much footage. though, I
do think that from one location I filmed quite a lot of things that could actually be kept in the final product.
Personally I am quite happy with the footage as it came out in very good quality and it was a great day to film.
The success of editing early is that I can see what areas in the music video need to be altered and what pieces of music are missing some footage. I haven't put them all in the finished areas, as I haven't filmed the whole of the video, though, this doesn't matter as I personally think that it is probably best if I film a range of sequences and then merge them altogether so the video is less continuous and repetitive. I think that editing after every stage of filming will be a good thing as it means I look at the video with fresh eyes every time I edit. It will also hopefully give me more of a knowledge of the music video.
