DAY 1:
Day one of editing was actually quite stressful. We had initially wanted to use Final Cut Pro 7 as our editing software however the computer we were using didn't have it downloaded, therefore instead of moving computers we chose to use Adobe Premier Pro as our editing software. We started off by uploading all of our footage to a folder on the desktop and then proceeded to transfer our footage to Adobe. We spent a long time going through all of the different takes before coming to a decision over which shots we were going to use. When inserting the clips onto the timeline in our initial planned order we realised we had a lot of lighting issues and this would have an impact on the consistency. Therefore we came to the decision to flip our storyboard and work with the lighting we had instead of panicking and refilling - something we didn't want to do unless it was an ultimate necessary. We did try to link up the lyrics and visuals in the lip-syncing in the forest however it didn't work as Phoebe's mouthing of the lyrics wasn't clear. Therefore we decided to just leave it for now and come back to it another day where we had a fresh head. We also finished constructing a preliminary timeline, with no clips cut, just so that they were in order.
DAY 2:
During our second day of editing which consisted of two hours, we were a lot more optimistic regardless of the issues we were bound to encounter. We started off by cutting the rest of the clips in the timeline to the time in which we wanted them and filled in any gaps we had in the timeline. In order to stick to our plan and not just throw footage in to kill time we manipulated the speed of the clips to either go faster or slower, depending on the clip and the context in which it was. It was also important that the visuals fit with the lyrics and audio.
When we came back to the lip-syncing we decided to use the longer clip we had twice and reverse it the second up.
An idea we had from the very beginning was that we wanted a time-lapse included at some point in the video because we thought it was a cool feature and would fit in the song. The time-lapse was relatively difficult to make because we had to edit the length and figure out a way to jump the shot type without it looking weird on the screen. We did have a mini-freakout as a group because we were worried be didn't have enough footage, but by going back and manipulating the speed again, our worries were unnecessary. When we were filming we did have brainstorming sessions where we came up with new ideas to go in the video. As our theme was all about Phoebe (our main character) getting over her breakup and going on a journey of self-discovery and her trying to get back to being independent we came up with the concept to do a reverse recap which was roughly 25-30 seconds long and it showed the significant parts of her journey throughout the video, however we manipulated the clips to be shown in reverse in order to make it clear to the audience it was a reflection not just a repeat.
As a group we came to an agreement regarding the ending shot and cut the music because it had unnecessary silence at the end and just didn't work in relation to the visuals. Once we did this we came to the decision that we had completed our first draft, which can be viewed here:
http://katiehowarda2mediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/first-draft-of-final-music-video.html
We received feedback from our teachers and focus group as well which can be viewed on the link above.
DAY 3:
Still feeling happy that we had completed our first draft we went into day three of editing and decided it was time to tidy up the shots and not make it as jumpy or hard to watch because of the lack of consistency. Therefore we inserted a transition shot in response to feedback from our media teacher Miss Pierce. The transitions were inserted in between shots we decided had a too jumpy a cut and
Inserted the video transition shots in between the shots we decided were too jumpy a cut, the lip-syncing had to be fixed again because we inserted another shot before it and therefore messed up the timing of the video. We quickly resolved the issues and went on to fix the timing during the rest of the video, especially in the "saw your face in my rearview" line as it was really important for us to make a visual-lyric connection.
Once we did this we came to the decision that we had completed our second draft, which can be viewed here:
http://katiehowarda2mediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/second-draft-of-final-music-video.html
We received feedback from our teachers and focus group as well which can be viewed on the link above.
Day 4:
What turned out to be our final day of editing we came to with fresh eyes and and a clean approach to fix the issues we had. We decided to fix the issues straight away and also fix or change anything that we didn't like. Sometimes when we cut a shot it left a gap in the footage so we had to manipulate the speed once again in order to to fill the gap. We tried to make the video as neat, tidy and professional as possible before declaring our project finished.
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