preliminary task video edit

Preliminary task

I created a music video with my peers to the song ‘Unfinished sympathy’ by Massive attack. The video was filmed on a Steadicam following vocalist Shara Nelson as she walks along the pavement with a direct mode of address as the audience acknowledges her surroundings ( dad walking with son ,disabled man on a skateboard, people on the phone ,homeless men drinking and people acting rebellious as they throw food across the street). As a group we had to create a music video similar to the original.

I was given the role of a director and was also an actor in components of the music video. After we then decided on the camera man and the protagonist actor and created a storyboard of our ideas. We choose a variety of locations in our local town centre; this was a good way to get extra actors in the music video like the original as it gets busy during the day. In the preliminary task we used a variety of shots for an example, close ups to show the characters expressions and emotions through the framing of the face. We also used wide shots to enable the audience to see the surroundings and mid shots to show the detail. Using panning from different shots allows the audience to be engaged. Using the Nikon camera, we also used different camera angles from high to low. At the beginning the scenery shots of the birds flying and the camera looking up the building, the use of the low angle shots makes the subject look strong and powerful. This was also used at 1:14 as the singer has a direct mode of address looking down at the camera creating a sense of authority. There are multiple actors in this music video with different ages, races and gender which increases the representation and diversity.

Unfortunately, the funding used in my music video is low and we were unable to use a Steadicam or hire actors to perform as drunk adults, kids playing, homeless people or even disabled like the original music video. Instead we used a dolly and filmed our music video on a Nikon d3500, due to the floor being uneven the footage looked shaky in certain areas of the video, using premiere Pro I stabilised the video as much as I could.

I edited the music video on Adobe Premiere Pro, to have a better knowledge on the editing app I watched YouTube tutorials to have a better understanding. After, this I watched over the clips we videoed and cut the shots down to fit the time. I then used different transitions to make the clips look smoother and blend into one another well. I also changed the speed in different places of my music video at 0.27 I made the clip slower to make it look more serious as she has a direct mode of address. I also used colour treatment making the video have a blue tone and dark saturated colours. I decided to do this because I wanted the video to have enigma as though she is suspicious. Furthermore, to make her look more suspicious every person she walks past disappears I done this by cutting and combining clips. Other effects were also used, and I added credits at the end showing the roles we had. When I was finished and happy with the outcome, I rendered my music video and exported it to my YouTube account, I selected the resolution and frame rate of the video as I worked in 1080p HD.

Overall, I liked the outcome of the music video, however, to improve the technical code for my final music video I will have time to check whether the flooring has a smooth surface for the Dollie. I will also like to learn more editing techniques to make my music video look more professional.