2. PRODUCTION LOG:
GUIDANCE
• This document is for you to track the progress of your
production – filming, editing and post-production.
• This is so you can track what you did and how you did it,
explaining and amendments and changes you made and
tracking the decisions that have shaped the practical
creation of your music video.
• The more detail you include about how you made your music
video, the better. The document is broken down in to two
sections, Filming and Editing, each of these is then made of
specific elements that occur in both.
• For each slide there is a prompt detailing what you should
include, delete the prompt after you have complete the slide.
• Remember, images often show what you’ve done more
effectively than words. Use text to explain an illustration.
3. FILMING
Explain what worked and didn’t work about your filming and how you
managed this covering the following areas:
• Technical – using the cameras and any technical equipment; this could
be how you did your lip sync, used the green screen, dealt with problems
with batteries, etc
• Logistical – did your locations work? Did you have any access
problems? Did it rain?
• Personnel – how were your cast/crew? Did anyone let you down? How
did you manage this?
• Planning – did your planning help? Do you think it could have worked
better? How?
• Next steps – do you need to re-film? Film more? Have you changed your
video? How/why?
*If you make any drastic changes to your video you MUST
add this to your planning documentation and state how and
why this has happened
4. FILMING –
PRODUCTION STILLS
When filming outside on location I
was lucky to choose a day where the
weather was nice. There were no
awkward winds, no rain and the sun
was warm.
This benefitted my video in a few
different ways. One way is that it
sped up production process meaning
we were out filming for less time.
Also it makes the video more visually
appealing. If the weather was or had
been bad, the skies would have been
grey defeating the idea of the scene
which is that the character is happy.
5. FILMING –
PRODUCTION STILLS
The planning for my music video went to
plan as I had a rather clear image of what I
was going to from the beginning. My
planning consisted of mind mapping ideas
such as locations, camera and lighting.
Listing my ideas for individual shots, how
long they last and what they are used for,
making basic floor plans of how I am
going to block my character in relation to
the camera and my time schedule of when
I am filming in a studio environment.
My planning went well as I gave me a clear
plan of what I needed to do to create a
successful video, however I could have
gone into more detail with my planning
involving costumes, cameras and times to
film on location.
6. EDITING
• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in
this section
• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc.
• Try to explain how you worked and justify why you chose
to work the way you did.
• Follow the structure and what to include on each slide as
this is necessary for evidence for assessment
7. Here is the first 30 seconds of my music
video. I have started my video with a
sequence, two shots from the studio, two
shots on location and back to two shots
from the studio. This creates a smooth
flow to the video and helps cut to the beat
of the song.
Here I decided to start to break the
sequence and add more shots from the
studio between the footage from location.
This makes the video more interesting to
watch and makes diversity in the visuals
of the video.
8. Later on in the video I fade the the shot
to black briefly before the chorus starts
where I edit in a still shot which fades
into an opacity overlay where shots of
dresses etc. play overtop. This is
visually different to the beginning of the
video.
I have repeated this technique later on
in the video nearer the end.
I have used this technique twice in my
video as it makes the video more
diverse involving the editing.
9. EDITING –
FILE MANAGEMENT
Screenshot and annotate where you have saved your work
and how you have organised your footage so you know
where it is – this will also include your audio track for your
video and any other images, found footage, etc
10. I have saved my footage in tow different folders. One folder for the
footage from the studio and one folder for the footage from location. This
helped organize my work as I edited the two different storylines
separately then put them together.
This organisation is beneficial because it makes the process of
production mush quicker because you do not need to search through
several files to find the footage you are looking for.
11. EDITING –
SETTING UP PREMIERE
Screenshot and annotate how you have set up a new
Premiere Pro project – indicate what you called it, where you
saved it
You should also show how you set up your timeline,
indicating the video settings used [e.g. DSLR 1080p 25]
12. To set up premiere pro for
editing you firstly open up a
new document. You browse
where you want to save your
new project (Desktop,
Documents etc.) and you
choose what you want to
name the file.
This is the second window
you must select the file type
setting that your footage is
set to depending on what
camera you have used. My
camera shot in AVCHD file
therefore I have set premiere
pro to this. This will allow
the overall footage to be of
its best quality.
13. EDITING –
IMPORTING FOOTAGE
Show how you imported your footage, your file set up in
Premiere and how you have organised your different docs
[video, audio, etc]
14. This is where I have imported my footage. Once I have exported my footage into
the bottom left corner of the programme, I then drag my selected shot up into
the preview window on the left where I can select what part of the shot I want to
drag on my timeline. Doing this prevents excess editing of extremely long shots
and having to delete a lot of wasteful footage.
15. EDITING –
WORKSPACE
Show and describe the Premiere Pro workspace – preview
window, bins, timeline, playback window, tool bar, audio
levels, etc
16. This is the preview window, this window displays the work you have already
edited in your timeline. When editing my music video I used this window to
watch back the work I had made. This window shows all changes you have
made to footage like speed duration, colour corrections and audio.
17. This is the timeline. The timeline is where you edit your footage. As you can
see the timeline is in seconds and is marked at every 15 seconds on my
project. Dragging the bar at the bottom smaller or larger allows you to the time
more spacious or more closed. When editing I like to time to be marked at
every 5 seconds. The tool bar to the left shows all the different tools that can be
used on the footage. From top to bottom the tools are the selection tool, track
selection tool, ripple edit tool, rolling edit tool, rate stretch tool, razor tool, slip
tool, slide tool, pen tool, hand tool and the zoom tool. On the right of the tool
bar there are four different tabs names Video 1, Video 2, Audio 1 and Audio 2.
These tabs represent the different layers of audio and video you can use, more
can be added to the timeline for a more in depth video. Finally on the far right of
the timeline is the audio meter where the volume of the audio is shown
throughout the video.
18. Another window I used during the production of my music video is this window.
This is the effects window on the left of the timeline where audio and video
effects and transitions such as colour corrections and audio balance can be
added to the audio and video on the timeline. For my video I used colour
corrections such as auto-colour and black and white. I used black and white for
the female characters storyline and used auto-colour on the studio footage to
bring the full quality of colour through.
19. EDITING –
ASSEMBLY EDIT
Editing Process:
After filming I created an edit log to
log each of my shots and to state
whether or not I was going to use
them and why. Doing this helped to
speed up production process and to
have something simple to refer to
when editing my video.
I found dong this edit log very
beneficial as I have a source where I
can see all the shots I am going to
use in one place and it allowed me to
gradually build up the shots for my
video with a quick reference to look
at.
20. EDITING –
REFINEMENT
My original sequence was simply footage editing in a pattern over a track. This works
as it follows the rhythm of the song and tells the storylines that are intended to be told,
however this can become very repetitive and can start to get boring to watch. A
contrast in editing techniques in your music video will make the video more
entertaining to watch.
To make my editing more contrasting, I added in a couple of different editing
techniques along the way. For example, when the music stops and going quiet, the
footage stops and cuts to black. Also using a low opacity shot over a sequence of
other shots creates an effect that appears almost dream like.
21. EDITING –
COLOUR CORRECTION/SFX
The female characters storyline in my music
video is black and white for the majority of the
video, however towards the end her footage
becomes colour.
When shooting the video I filmed in colour, just
in case I decided against doing black and
white. The reason I decided to shoot in black
and white is because the use of discoloration
within the shots infers the characters emotion.
To achieve black and white overlay on
premiere pro you firstly: drag your footage into
the sequence > open the Video Effects folder in
the Effects Tab > open Image Control folder >
drag the Black and White function onto the
video clip. This is the same process if using
any other image overlay effect.
22. EDITING –
EXPORT
To export my project first you go
to File > Export > Media. Then
you have to select what format
you want your video in.
Next you select the video format
to H.264 and set the sequence
to 720p 25.
Finally you name the file what
you want it to be called and
select ‘Export’.
