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.