T4 : : Understand the techniques of music videos

Shooting the footage
Only one angle for each of the three shots was filmed for the music video. Due to timing issues we had to film multiple takes to get the timings just right. The camera was positioned on a table opposite a microphone. The performance was made to look realistic by having the actors sing along to the song while lip syncing with the song in the background for reference.

Editing the footage
I used the markers to sync the sound with the visuals to make it easier to edit the footage to the sound. This also helped with the lip syncing as I could mark when Elton or Kiki Dee start singing. The layers helped to fade in/out when one person started singing and the other stopped, also helpful when lip syncing. The toggle clip overlays tool was used to fade 'Elton and Kiki Dee' in and out by adding in lines to control the transparency of the different layers, and using the pen tool to add specific points to fade in and out. 




We started this task by storyboarding the opening to The Pretender by Foo Fighters by watching the video and noting each cut, as well as shot type for example whether the shots were close ups, long shots, mid shots, etc. After completing the storyboards, we imported the video into Adobe Premiere Pro with images of the storyboard. And editing the storyboard shots to the shots from the original video to recreate the video using the storyboard, cutting the end of the video off as the majority of the video wasn't storyboarded and to reduce the file size, etc. The matching was a success, most of the shots match up more or less exactly. From creating the band sequence I learned that the editing depends very much on the beat of the song, and is generally fast paced, and how to edit on a PC as opposed to a mac, using different programs. Once finished editing we had to upload it to Vimeo. This was achieved through the file menu > export and changing the export settings to a QuickTime format and a MPEG-4 video codec > waiting for it to export > logging into Vimeo > uploading the file > waiting and then embedding into blog.