Editing Music Video

 Editing the CCTV scene.

We used the adobe after effect do this and use this youtube video to know how to do this. We struggled in doing this as we didn't know how to do it but the access of youtube allowed us to do this. We had to get a CCTV background and merge it into this clips and We then uploaded the clips to final cut pro were we made the clips black and white to fit along with the whole theme of the music video. The point of the CCTV is to make it exciting and unique but also show voyeurism which is part of godwins theory.

Video Shoot 3: Crystal Palace

 Video Shoot 3 - Crystal Palace Park

In this video shoot we filmed our remake to the rocky running scene shown below at the bottom of this post. We used this as a reference for our music relating Charlie s training scene to being similar to rocky. We thought it would be a cool idea to remake the famous running scene up the stairs so the audience if they watch the film before , can notice the reference we made.

Location:

We got given a recommendation of a similar area in which looks like the stairs Rocky used. We need the stairs to look like the ones they used so the reference can be more clear for the audience to notice. We found the perfect stairs and they where the stairs at Crystal Palace Park( shown below). From our research of the stairs around our areas , it was torn between these stairs and the stairs at the Nation Art Museum. We chose these stairs due to their being a less amount of people , making it easier for us to film.

                                           

    


We got the train and the journey planner above shows how we got there and the route we took.


Equipment:

The equipment we used was the following:

• A Tri Pod
• A DSLR 600 camera

Roles:

Charlie: Actor

Charlie: Camera man

Harry: Camera man

Daniel: Camera man

Props:

None

Costume: 

The costume charlie wore was the same he been wearing in the whole music video. We wears a grey tracksuit as that is the training gear which is used when you do sporting activities.  In addition , the grey tracksuit helps with the recognition of the rocky scene as he is wearing a grey tracksuit too , making our rocky recreation more similar and noticeable.

Review of the filming:

Overall , the filming of re creating the rocky scene actually worked well. We had the rocky clip up on our mobile phones so it made it easier for us to follow how they filmed it as we filmed it from shot to shot. Of course , it was difficult to make it spot on due to when filming rocky they would of had the best equipment around so we had to work with what we had. For example , there is a close up of rocky running and the camera is following him. However , we didn't have a camera or equipment to be able to follow charlie smoothly without the camera shaking. But we done it to the best we could of and it turn out to look better than i thought it would be. We feel that this is a great idea for our music video , as music video do make reference , weather its from a film , other artist ect. So to fit in a reference , make the music video more interesting and fun for the audience when they see it.





Results:

We uploaded the rocky scene to the internet to get feedback and to see if people can guess the reference and as you can see from our results it went perfectly.

Video shoot - band peformance

This video shoot was for our first band performance.

From our research we carried out , we noticed that indie bands music video have some band performance in their music video. This is because I believe they want to share and show their skills they have as it's their music they sell not that much focused on their image like pop music. Therefor we wanted to have a band peformabce element in our music video. To decide who goes with what position , from the photos we took of us in different roles and the results we got back showed us that this was the Perfect set up.

Booking

This week we had to book the drama room and book the equipment from the music department bellow are emails conferming both we also booked it for an additional 2 more weeks infront.

In this music scene we just done the first verse as we feel it be easier to break it down by with each session with a verse.

We went through the song many if times as we wanted to get the verse done in as many different shots and angels as possible. Firstly we focused just on close ups of the lead singer and what heels is having the lyric and song playing for him on the imac. Next we done individual shots of the band members such as the drummer guitarist and base. We struggled on how to perform the instruments as we don't play them and we know it need to look realistic. We don't abit of research before hand but we still struggled but done it to the best we would but it was difficult. Finally we done wide shots of the whole band. The reason we done so many of everyone is because in band performance scene they are cut short to be exciting and fast paced to go with the music , they are a band so they need to show everyone , so we had to cover the performance in all aspects and angles.

Location 

Drama hall

Equiptment:

Drums 

Base

Microphone

Guitar

Tripod

DSLR

IMac

Costumes:

Skinny jeans ,

White t shirts

Shirts

Jackets

Shoes

Tattoes

Overall I am happy with this performance I feel like we done the best we could be being it is our first time we could do better next time , as we was wasting time in trying to figure what shots to do. We looked at music videos as we was there to give us more ideas so that enabled us to work better next time as we got a more undertanding. The drama hall was perfect as it was black and had the lighting so we played around with that to give it the best effect we could.

video shoot 5 band performance

In the second band performance shoot , we carried on with us perfomaning but in the second verse.

This verse had singing and a guitar solo we. Again we took the same process as before and Filmed everyone individually and together from different angels to ensure we had enough footage. We wanted to stick to Godwins theory of visuals and music and applied this through the singing and the instruments being played at the same time. We didn't want the same shots as before as we done some more from different angles and technique such as out focusing and focusing in.

In addition we created our own dolley through using this wooden platform with wheels as our dolley so we could push it around and get some good shots. We used this for the guitar solo as we came in on Charlie playing the guitar and then coming back round to the rest of the band. This idea was brilliant as we would now do different shots we couldn't do before and the camera would be kept still. We used this to our advantage and used it on the lead singer by doing a 180

Degerees movement around him. 

Instruments:

Guitar

Base

Microphone 

Drums

Costume:

White tees 

Shirts

Skinny jeans 

Tattoes 

Glasses

Jackets

Equipmetemt:

Tripod 

DSLR

Woden platform with wheels as a dolly

Overall I am happy with this as with the addition of the dolly enabled to use to use a more range of different techniques making our music video more exciting which it should be. In addition we followed the conventions of our genre and god wins thoery. Once editing we our hoping the results are really good.

Editing the video Transformation scene

For our transformation scene , we edited this is in final cut pro. We want the transformation scene to be quick and easy for the audience to see so we applied the cross fade effect like shown in the image. This is to show the transformation in age from the young charlie to the older charlie and again made the video black and white as that is a theme throughout.

video shoot 6 fight scene

This shoot was for the fight scene and was a challenging piece to do and very time consuming and planning. We firstly planned a list of the essentials we need for the blood for the music video so it makes it look rough and realistic. We went shopping and got golden syrup and red food dye , water , spoons and bowels. 

On the day of the filming we arrived early in the morning to corohprpah the fight scene. Take it through step by step from the entrance to the end as when edited , it all needs to fit toghether which can be challenging as we will be using a lot of different shots so it needs to work. Some images above show matt and Charlie corographing the fight scene.

Once the corohprpahing was done and we decided it worked and was happy we started to film. We started from the entrance of Charlie and then from the boys entrance. We wanted the fight scene not to look set up and look as of they just dumped into each-other. Charlie had to be betrayed as the underdog so he was by himself , looking vunrable due to the beging of the music video he was getting bullied by the same person when they was younger. We choose the outfit of matt ( bully) to be black to portray him as the villain and Charlie in grey/white as the hero. 

We did find it difficult through out the filming as due to it being a public place , people was walking past now and then.

When entered we wanted the fight to take place under the bridge but due to lighting difficulties we couldn't do this as it was to dark so we changed it to the be done just outside the bridge. 

The underpass/ bridge worked well as this gives a indication of the working class background of the characters and the type of are he was brought up in , the underpass looked scary and run down which made it a perfect location for a fight scene to take place. 

To ensure the audience new the bully was the same person when they was younger , we ensured they wore similar clothing from when they was younger to make it clear but also we used rigid collideon to put a scar on his face. We used an exteme close up on the face for this scene so you can clearly see it and we will do it again for the flash back at the begining. We also used the same location too and actors which slightly look alike. 

Location:

Underpass/ bridge 

Characters

Charlie : older Charlie

Matt : bully

Daniel: bullies friends

Liam : bullies friends

Charlie: camera man

Harry: camera man

Props:

Syrup 

Reds food dye

Water ( all used for fake blood)

Rigid collideon( for the scar)

Equipment:

DSLR

Tri pod

Overall we ensure we made this perfect by doing the corohprpahing which I del payed off as this enabled us to get a rough idea and go in not all guns blazing. That plan structure is what made I that more professional and realistic and easier to edit later in. We feel the location was perfect and represented the image of the working class background well and the clothing and scar represented the characters  well. The shots we used too enabled us to show Charlie as the dominant and powerful through low angles and matt as the weak character through high angels. We feel this scene was planned and came out perfectly 

Video Shoot 4 (gym scene)

This week we had a schedule in to film the gym scene.

The footage 

In this scene , Charlie (younger)would

Be training by using a punch bag and Press ups . We also filmed (Charlie ) older version on the punch bag, press ups and weight training.

Location

The location of the gym is in the back garden garage of Charlie's house. This location worked well due to it fits in with the working class background of how Charlie got brought up. He never went to an actual gym centre , just trained in his garage. The inside of the garage worked well as it had all thenessentials that would of been in their such as boxing bag , weights , pads gloves ect. But also some junk in the background which adds to the working class background , we couldn't move the stuff anyway so we had to work with what we had.

Change of plan

During the video shoot we believed that this could be the perfect time to do the transformation scene. This is because of we had to change how we done the transformation scene because we couldn't get the equipment we needed such as a steady cam or trolley. This essentials where needed but we couldn't get them so we thought thets just use the boxing bag and edit it in photoshop to change and show the older version of Charlie boxing instead. 

Props

Punch bag

Weights

Boxing gloves

Costume

Grey tracksuit

Roles

Freddie (1st generation)

Charlie ( 2ng generation )

Harry(camera man)

Daniel(camera man)

Charlie ( camera man)

Equiptment:

Tripod 

DSLR 

Overall from the footage I have seen I feel we have done well with the surrounding we had. We had little room to move round which we found challenging but we done the best we could. We got enough footage to cover both generations of Charlie and used a range of different activities to ensure we had enough such as weights , press ups ect to use incase something don't work. The lighting was fine due to luckily the light was directly below so when changing to black and white their shouldn't be a problem. In addition , it is revealing to get one of the main scenes done , the transformation scene of first generation Charlie to the older version. This was a main part of our Music video so we needed it look clear that they are the same person and done this by wearing the same colour clothes and same tracksuit type. We need to see what it looks in editing to clips together but I feel like it should work well. 

Photos

As you can see from the photos below this shows the location we was using and shows the actions and equipmetemt and props we we was using too.

First Video Shoot

First Video Shoot: 13/12/2013

Today we started our filming for our music video. After making our production plan , this was the first shoot we had to do , and the chosen scene was the running scene involving Charlie ( 3rd transformation).

Location:

The location we filmed was the streets around Welling , we wanted the housing and background to look working class to give off a the type of  background Charlie was brought up in. To do so we used google maps and looked around on street view to find locations/ roads that would be perfect for us to use.
The print screen of google maps shows the road we used. We went down lovel avenue and few of the sides roads as this is all council estate around here , so it fits what we are looking for.

In addition , the video above shows the location of the road we filmed , just for documentation purposes.







Equipment:

The equipment we used were the following shown in this image:
We used a Tri-Pod hired out from Welling School Media Department and a DSL 600 camera.






















Roles:

Charlie Lilly : Actor
Daniel Kelly : Camera man
Charlie Northern: Camera man
Harry Monan: Camera man

We took it in  turns to film so everyone got a go as this is our music video we need to film and create it ourself.

Costume/ Props:

The costume we used for this shoot was a grey tracksuit and running shoes so it goes with the effect that Charlie is training and working out. Shown in the image bellow.

Review:

Overall , this was our first shoot so we wasn't expecting the best. However , we feel like we have came back with some good shots and more ideas for our next film shooting next week. This shoot was more about the wide angles and long shots and a starting progress so we get a rough idea. The next shoot  for this type of scene we are focusing on close ups as we feel out music video needs to be dominated with short cut of close ups to make the video more fast paced. Perhaps , we might wait for the weather to be cold so the cold air coming out of Charlie mouth could give off a good effect to the music video.

Editing the video

We started to edit the music video today and uploaded the clips like shown in the corner to final cut pro. Once done this we used our story board put the clips together so we knew which clips went where. In addition , we used the cut tool to make the video fast pace as it goes with the story line and music. Finally we made the music video black and white by adding the effect in and playing around with the contrast and brightness as that is theme throughout.

Animatic Music

This is the animatic video that we created with the images of our storyboards. We used Final Cut Pro to create this , and this was created so we can actually see the storyboards put together with the music to get a rough idea of what the music video is going to look like. So far , we feel like after watching this , we are heading in the right direction , but perhaps it is a bit to repetitive so we could think of some new ideas to ensure the audience doesn't feel like it is just repeating  itself and is boring.  We presented this to our class so the feedback sheets will be uploaded shortly.

Production Plan

This is a production plan so we can keep track of time to ensure we get everything done in time.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard of our music video idea , the images are in order of how they will come , with a brief detail of a explanation of each shot staying the angle , movement and how long each shot is ect.