Rotating the horizon

On one of the shots we filmed where Euan was running over the hill, the horizon of the hill was tilted and it didnt look right, so using the editing software we were able to tilt the horizon and make it straight. Below are the step by step screenshots of how we tilted the horizon.

1) In this shot we can see the horizon is tilted

2) Here, we clicked on the shot which brings up the box around it which allows you to drag it or make it bigger or smaller.

3) Here we have pulled the shot down slightly, this allows you to hover the mouse above the middle square on the top of the box, this allows you to rotate the shot.

4) Here we have rotated the shot to make the horizon look straight.

5) And here we have pulled the shot back up to fit properly in the screen

Reverse clip

As our music video was meant to be surreal and part of a dream, we decided that at the end of the video just before the main character wakes up from the dream we wanted the whole video to reverse backwards at a fast speed to add more abstract elements to the video. Below are screen shots of the steps we took to acheive the reverse clip.

1) First of all we had to highlight all of the footage on the timeline that we wanted to put in reverse

2) Once we had highlighted all the footage we wanted, we had to put it all on to a seperate sequence

3) Once the footage was in its own seperate sequence we had to export it and then important it again as a seperate video.

4) We then dragegd the video on to the timeline and placed it where we wanted it.

5) To then speed it up and put it in reverse we had to right click on the clip we wanted and select 'speed/duration'

6) Finally, we had to tick the 'reverse speed' box to put it in reverse and change the speed in the top box

Matrox editing

By uploading all the clips and putting dissolves in between we discovered that video needed some more effects to make it look more like a conventional folk music video. We wanted the video to look quite vintage and natural just like a conventional folk video, it also made the iconographic shots and mise en scene look more proffesional and overall gave the video a better quality.

By looking through the matrox colourasation we managed to find a variety of different colour effects for our video, we experimented with a few but found the one that fitted our video and our genre the most and that was the sepia tone. The sepia tone gave the video a warm/natural vintage look in which it makes the video more appealing to our target audience and their genre of music. Before we uploaded the colour effects the video looked a bit un proffesional, boring, plain and grainy so having the oppurtunity to improve our video with these effects really helped us out.

Transitions

After uploading all our film on to the computer we decided to experiment with the editing software and see what suited our film best and would help us achieve a conventional folk music video.

This is a screen shot of the transitions we thought worked best for our film and fitted well within the video and the conventions. Cross dissolves allow the film to flow nicely and allow the clips to link well together giving a relaxing and smooth feeling just like the genre conventions. We didnt want abrubt and sharp editing as it wouldnt have flown as well as a cross dissolve.

Day of filming update

The day of filming was successful as managed we to get the majority of shots we wanted. We aimed to get the most important shots done first (The iconographic shots and the conventional folk mise en scene) and then moved on too finding areas and locations that would look best and have the right mise en scene that would fit the conventions of our music video. We did run out of tape in the end but overall we got most shots and now just need to improve on a couple more and the video should be complete.

Hazards

The only people who may have been affected and were at particular risk were the artist himself and us the cameramen. Their was low risk and the only risk was that of the main prop the bicycle.  He may have suffered hazard if he fell of his bike, possibly harming himself if he got knocked off.  We reduced the risk of hazard by checking the roads for any cars of civilians and also made sure he road in safe settings, instead of steep, slippy or rocky surfaces. To get to certain locations we needed to climb high hills and were in danger of falling from a high height but we worked round it and went the safest way possible.

Pictures from day of filming



This image shows part of the mise en scene in our video and shows the iconographic image of nature in which you see in conventional folk music videos.

 

Euan taking a minutes breather before climbing the steep hill behind him.



Zak getting ready to film

 

 

This shot is one of the shots included in our video. It includes the conventional trees and guitar within it, both conventions of a folk music video.

Me filming the sunlight coming through the trees for an iconographic shot that will help us achieve a conventional folk music video.







Zak and Euan walking to the next filming destination.





Zak and I discussing the next shot and what was needed. We were discussing whether the mise en scene would be appeal to our target audience.