2. Labelling footage:
Before I even went into Premiere, I gathered all my footage
that I have took over the weeks and split it into a few folders,
so I knew what each folder of footage was. I ended up
labelling the gig footage that I took in October as well as the
music video footage took in November and all in-between. I
then proceeded to label all the videos I took so I knew who
was in each one and for how long so when I began the
editing, I knew immediately which video was which instead
of having to look through each one. However, I did not label
the images that were took because I could see previews of
which one was which, so it was not necessary.
3. Creating flashing:
Once I had my first title text of the band, I wanted to make it
stand out so I had a look on how I could make the text flash.
After I couldn’t find no simple way, I went onto the Adobe
YouTube to find a tutorial and after some trial and error I
managed to figure out how to do it. To make the text flash I had
to change the opacity in the effects control continuously from
100% to 0% every so seconds and I wanted to slow down the
flashing, so I increased the space between the seconds to make it
flash slower to come to a smooth stop. Also, to help with a
smooth finish I made the transition duration longer so it had more
time to flash.
4. Collaborating my footage:
Once I was happy with the intro to my music video, I had to
decide which footage I wanted to use whether that be from
the shooting of the music video or my personal footage from
when I went to see one of their gigs. I had to keep in mind
about the smoothness of the showreel and when to swap and
change between each set of footage without making it look
choppy. I decided to use mostly music video footage when
highlighting each band member adding a clips of the gig
alongside and when showing their songs, I used purely the
gig footage so I could show them performing them instead
of a different performance to a different song.
5. Adding title scenes and credits:
When I had all my footage in, I decided to add in title clips to
break up the footage a bit and show what each segment was
about. I added in the band name at the very start to advertise
them then I decided to add in each of the band members names
as I showed footage of them and each song name as it played. I
also used the title scenes for the end credits on where and how to
find the band and then my own credits with my logo on at the
very end. I found the title scenes incredibly useful to clearly send
the message on what each part of my showreel was about.
6. Transitions:
Once I had all my clips together and, in the order I wanted it, I started
to look at transitions to put in between each clips. I decided to not put
transition between every single clip as that would look too jumpy, but I
put them in between each segment of the video. For example, after the
title, in between each band member and each song. To transition into
each clip, I used the transition called ‘cross dissolve’ and set the
duration for each one at 0.010 seconds and to transition out of each
clip I used a transition called ‘VR chroma leaks’ for 0.1 second as the
entire clip was only 1 second long. Once I played the whole video
through with all the transition in place, I knew I made the right
decisions with my choice of transition, duration and where to put them
7. Syncing audio:
Once I had all clips in place, I had to add in the audio to go in
the background, I left this till last because I couldn’t decide
whether I wanted to just put one continuous song in the
background or swap and change. Once I had all my clips in
including my different segments about the different songs, I
decided I wanted to include different songs at different parts.
During the intro and showcase of each band member as well
as the song segment I included their newest upcoming song
‘Dirty Soul’. Once the song changed in the clips, I used
transitions to smoothly change the songs. For the second song
segment I used the song ‘Desperado El Dorado’ and for the
final song I switched it to their newest song ‘Viper Queen’ and
let that run through to the credits and fade out at the end.
8. Slow-mo:
Once I had a look at the whole video the whole way
through, I seen some clips that had the potential to be
turned into a slow mo. I tried with a few clips, but they
didn’t end up looking right but I found the clip of Daniel
strumming his guitar that looked mint in a slow mo once I
had rendered the effect because it looked super chopping
to begin with. I had to play around with the speed to make
it not overrun to the next clip but still look like a slow mo
so I decided to keep it at 50.
9. Rough draft- Filling text, shadows
and background:
I then decided I wanted to personalised each title scene to the
band member. I turned the text into the colour of the text to
each band members signature colours. I used the linear gradient
filter to make it blend into a different colour instead of the solid
one. I also changed the background to their instruments or
signature pieces and added the shadow around their names. With
the shadows I made sure to just use around the edges and not
make it slanted or angled to it could stand out but not look
unusual. However, I decided to scrap that idea because I knew I
couldn’t make it work the way I wanted it to for the likes of the
singer Lee or the drummer Daniel.
10. Masking text:
Instead, I took a distinctive pattern from each member.
For example, I used Daniels bandana and the colour of
Ewan and Toms guitar and masked the text with good
screenshots of them. However, I ran into some difficulty
in finding good shots for Lee the singer and Adam the
drummer. With Lee, I could not find a clear shot of her
leather jacket but managed to get a snapshot from a
video. I also could not find a good pattern or image for
the drummer, but I managed to get the symbol lines in
which worked rather well.
12. Google form feedback: Reasons:
- I like how you thought
between shots and used
similar concept fonts for the
songs yet maintained their
usual band logo font
- I like the individual parts
adjusted to the person as it
makes it more personal
Any improvements:
- With the flashing screen
intro, it's quite common for
people to be triggered by
flashing lights so maybe a
trigger warning
- Put in a flash warning
13. Feedback response
Overall, my feedback was really positive after I made my own
improvements. I was happy people likes the personalised title scenes as
that is one of the main changes I made after I finished it. I was also
happy that the clips I used, and the audio were both good choices and
synced with each other even though they weren’t the original audio.
The only recommendation to improve I got was to add a flash warning
to the start. It took me awhile to figure out how to incorporate this to
the start. Eventually, I moved everything forward 1 second making sure
not to mess any of the timings or clips. I added my text at the start
using inspiration from google on how typical flash warning signs look
like. When I played it back, I realised 1 second was too short so moved
all my footage again to make it 2 seconds which I felt was just right.
