Editing Blog (Music Video)

As of today, I am still filming various scenes. Some of the footage appeared interruptedly in accordance to the others; however, on the positive side of my progress, some editing has already been established. I dumped all of my raw footage onto my computer in a safe location, to the point where none of my footage would be in jeopardy. I compiled all my film into one folder to compare the various takes I shot and to see what film should be deleted or kept. For some scenes, there were exceptions as various takes were shot well and that those various shots could be used in different ways. I am still in accordance with the timeline of the project so that the final product will be sent cleanly and professionally to my teachers on time; hopefully, editing will not be so enduring as small features of editing my film (such as filters) are already present in my film. The bulk of my editing process will now be to adjust the music from the video and laying out the proper transitions; which I hope to do during the weekend with my free time.
I have learned much about the editing process, especially from the commercial; additionally, editing will be taken into on my laptop, as I fear that quality interruptions would occur by phone. So, what I hope to do for this music video is to adjust the film as quickly as needed. This part will include trimming the videos, cropping the video image area for clearer focus, and adding the appropriate transitions along the way. Trimming the videos will not be difficult so that can be done during unscheduled times; most of the videos require trimming as it took a considerable amount of time to start and end the scene. Which leads me to the next part, as I elaborate on transitions used; there are several settings on the camera which allows for the perfect setting and perfect filming. One of the features included a fade in/ out and burn-in/out; which I used for several scenes as they were being recorded.
Although, the transitions are not the only feature that is incorporated into the camera; the camera also has various setups such as cinema and portrait. Cinema was the setting that included several filters over the original footage. Filters were used consistently throughout the footage; this is to represent the change from the makeup era to natural beauty and expressing yourself without regret. Additionally, the type of filter used was to correlate to the area of the scenery and to establish the mood for that particular scene. Throughout the film, the various filters used also correlate with each other in the sense of emotion; as the sad scenes had darker filters such as Dramatic B&W while the happy footage used filters like vivid. Now that I have created a rough schedule of future editing, I am able to see the next steps to take from my position as I am recovering film, as well. By creating this schedule, I will edit in the appropriate time manner and allow for my video to look smooth.

Filming Blog Park (Music Video)

First, I started filming at the beach during Thanksgiving Break, however at the beginning of when the break started. There, at Hollywood Beach, we filmed the necessary scenes; it took relatively quite a long time to set up and to walk around to the places that we needed to film at. While filming at the beach, I set the camera's settings to capture my film ideally for that location. I took into account the amount of lighting, the reflection from the water, and background noises that could disturb my video; so there were times throughout the day we had to wait for the perfect scenery. Also, we had to take into account the amount of space around us; this is due to wanting a relatively vast space around the filming area to distinguish ourselves from other people at the beach and to maintain people out of the film that didn't seek to be in the video. Although,  it was faster set up than normal as other actors were helping me to set up the tripod and camera in the wanted positions. We first showed up to the beach around noon and the filming took us all the way until the afternoon but, at least we got it done.
Then, I had to refilm the Young Circle Park scenes; sadly, the film was corrupt so it could not be dumped onto the computer. Although it was a loss, it showed me what angles I could have done better and what type of transitions or filters to use and etc. The park scenes were easily done since we already created them before and all the actors already knew what to do and what to expect in the film. Keeping that in mind, the only time-wasting part was walking around the park to the ideal locations and waiting for better conditions. Other than that, it went better than expected as we originally showed up during the afternoon and left before evening. Now, the scenes from the park look more polished and realistic since the actors got used to their parts. Although, one actor could not make it due to personal issues. Because of that inconvenience, the actor shows up in other parts but not the whole video; however, it does not cause dramatic confusion as the message is still properly delivered.
Lastly, we had to reschedule the home scenes; also known as the scenes in the bedroom and bathroom. These scenes were supposed to be shot at the end of break; however, I got very ill and the scene retakes for the park practically overlapped with the filming schedule for the house. So, we decided to film later on in the week, even if the school is in session we were able to get enough time for a few scenes. The schedule is mainly to show up to school in the costumes that are supposed to be in my film; of course, as they are still school dress code appropriate. Extras such as props would be left in the house and set up when we get home. Filming should not take more than an hour or so and should leave in enough time for homework and personal life. Although, since there is a large number of house scenes I do expect a bit of time to be occupied with setup and positioning.