Evaluation Questions

The final music video

Editing our video

This is a print screen of how we edited or music video. As you can see along the bottom of the picture there is the length of each clip, and the music highlighted in green.one of the most time consuming areas of editing our video was syncing up our recording of Will with the music. 

Props, equipment and costume

Rough Cut

This is a rough copy of our studio footage that we used in our video. For the shot we used props such as a stool and guitar and a black curtain in the background to create a real studio effect. During this we used shots from different camera angles and covered a wide variety of movements and shot sizes such as pans, tracks, close ups and long shots.

Photos of recording

Because the lip syncing is so important for our music video we needed will to really learn the lyrics and words for the songs. We managed to find a copy of the lyrics on-line. Before we started recording we gave will a copy of the lyrics and the notes and cords he would have to learn for the recording. When we filmed we placed the lyrics on a large projector so will could clearly read them. 

This was a photo we took of will just before we started to film. As yo can see from the different colour and shadows on Wills face and shirt we had set up lights at different angles to create a real studio effect. Because we filmed over two days we had to make sure that Will was wearing the same costume and looked the same during the separate days of filming.  

In this shot you can clearly see the set up of how we filmed. We used a black curtain across the back wall to create a studio effect. Certain props that we used were the stool that Will is sat on and his guitar. You can see the camera that we used and one of the lights. We filmed using a HD camera to create a really high quality image.

We experimented with different effects throughout filming, in this clip you can see one particular effect we used involved a glass jug. We kept the jug still and used the tracks to track the camera from right to left. We found that this effect worked best when shooting a close up of Wills face. Mid shots seemed to blur the shot to much. 

Here, you can see the camera recording Will from a close-up, side angle which has been projected onto the small screen attached to the camera. We filmed Will from a side angle as the curtain could not move all the way around the wall. By doing this we got some really effective shots of Will. In the background we can also see another one of the lights and the laptop on the table. We used the laptop to play music to will so he could sing in sync. 

In this picture you get a really good understanding of the room that we filmed in looked. You can clearly see the tracks and dolly that we used and how it spread across the room. The image also shows the real power of the lights that we used. A problem that occurred was that Will was getting increasingly hot from the lights. You can also see the projector we used to display the word on ans a view of the stool.    

This is a close-up shot of Will on a bass guitar. Because the song that we used contained some sections of bass we thought we could film a few clips of Will using one. We also used a cable that you can see but this was not plugged into any speaker.

Editing programme

The program that we are going to use to edit our video is going to be final cut pro. We have chosen to use this because we have used the program in other videos we have made. At the bottom of the picture there is a sequence board were we can link our music to the video. As we are lip syncing it will work really we and we will be able to see precisely the timing to link the video with the music.