alterations used throuhg features on premier

1. Footage
With all the footage I took of Natalie was imported into the Premier Document and ready to be
edited. However before I could cut the clips, edit them or do anything with them, I had to
create layers on my timeline for each take. This helped me to identify quickly which clip is
which when it comes to overlapping, I can compare two clips that are in sync with the song and
delete the one I believe doesn’t match. I firstly had to drag and drop all the footage into their
own layer and then match wherever the lip sync starts to the lyrics of the song actually start. I
marked the time where the first verse begins and since then all footage that had lip syncing
were matched to the timing. This ensured that the lip-syncing in my music video was spot on.
Geeta Gohil

2. Beginning to Section/Cut the clips
Once all clips were lip-synced, I began to watch clips
one by one and use the razor tool to cut the clip in
half. The strategy I used was to cut the clip when the
verse ended and the chorus begun, when the chorus
ended and a new verse began. Once this process was
completed, I deleted parts which I felt didn’t really fit
in with the certain part of the song. Once few clips
were deleted. I played the whole timeline. My music
video was slowly constructing well with a variety of
shots and angles used. The screenshot shows the
footage has ben cut in their sections. In addition, I
created extra layers for footage that hasn’t got the
performer lip syncing. It made the process of editing
easier as I can easily identify clips via looking at the
layers.
Layers
Footage that has been put in the timeline
and in their own layers.
Geeta Gohil

3. Deleting unwanted footage
Once the long process of cutting clips was done, the process of deletion unwanted footage
which didn’t match with the audio began. This was the first step into properly editing and
creating the music video.
Looking at the image of the timeline, there was a stage where I was deleting some clips at some
parts I decided to create another layer for all the definite and final clips I like to go into that
layer.
Geeta Gohil

4. Adding Effects to footage
The effects I used throughout my music video are listed below. These have helped me
to achieve something different. The warp stabiliser has enabled to adjust the ‘shaken’
parts of a clip and to be smoothen out. This is a great effect to have to make the clip
look like it’s been shot very well and give it a good final finish. Many shots I have taken
outdoor has not been the best video I've captured however with warp stabiliser, it has
enhanced the quality of the video alongside the look of it, and not being shaky.
The three colour way is more related to the colour grading, this is one effect used in
colour grading where you can adjust 3 tones of colour together by selecting the
Master tool or without it. Furthermore, the input and the output levels adjust the
colours on how much of black/grey/white will be in the clip. Throughout the music
video, there are two – three filters given to the clip, for the ballet performance, there
is a slight sepia tone to them, alongside the outdoor have some darker shadows and a
light sepia tone to them. For the black studio shoot, there is blue/purple shadow given
to give it more of a cooler atmosphere and create this mystery.
The cross dissolve gives a narrative aesthetic to the music video. It makes it look very
‘dramatic’ and which can appeal to the audience to make them feel part of it. As I
have a slow start to the chosen song, so it would be great to use cross dissolve in the
beginning of my music video as it can match the pace of the song and create a
professional finish to the performance.
Geeta Gohil

5. Motion and Time Remapping
Motion was added to few clips to add slight ‘pan’ or
‘zoom’ that has been created in Premier rather than the
coming from the original footage. The motion is added by
key frame by key frame.
Time remapping allows to edit footage to create a slow
motion in only certain parts of the clip, these are
measured in the frames. The advantage of time
remapping is that it creates a professional look of slow
motion rather than the whole clip’s speed duration
decreasing.
Geeta Gohil