Editing for Music Video

         Now that we have finished filming, we are ready to start editing. Before we could start editing the actual music video, we had to pick the best footage. My group and I decided that we would meet up at my group member Leo’s house. Before I got there, I thought about how our “story” in the music video could go. Once I got to my group member Leo’s house, we waiting for Madeline to get there. While Leo and I waited, we talked about what footage we thought was the best. We went through every clip we took, and favorited them. Once Madeline got to his house, we looked over the footage that Leo and I picked. When we showed Madeline, she agreed with the clips that Leo and I chose. Now that we all agreed on the footage we were going to use, we were ready to start editing. 

           We decided that we would edit on iMovie since we could get easy access to it. We edited on Madeline’s laptop because she has iMovie on her MacBook. The first thing my group members and I had to do was get the the footage onto the computer. We filmed on Leo’s phone, which is why we had to get it onto the computer to edit. I imported all of our footage onto Madeline’s laptop. Then, my group members and I picked out all the scenes we decided were the best. All the clips were then put onto the track. I told Leo when to put each clip in, to make sure it was in the correct order. I used our storyboard as a guide to make sure the scenes got put where they were supposed to go. Then we trimmed down the clips to make it the correct length. 

          Our music video had to be a minute and five seconds, to a minute and fifteen seconds long. Our video ended up being a minute and thirteen seconds, which was the required length. Once the video clips were trimmed the correct length, we removed the audio. Then the song was inserted into the footage. We had to edit the clips a little to make sure the lyrics of the song went with the correct scenes. Our music video was now finished, and we were done with the editing process. Since we have edited before, editing was easier this time. My group members and I were able to edit more efficiently. It was also a lot quicker this time since we knew how to use the software. It was so much fun getting to edit and watch our music video come together! 

Finally Filming for Music Video

         Friday, November 29th, was the first day my group and I started filming. My group members and I met at Leo’s house. We needed to film some scenes here in the beginning of the music video. This worked out really well since we were already at one of our filming locations. The first scene we needed to film was my group member Leo, acting like he was waking up. To film this scene, I stood on the bed so I could take the shot at a high angle. Since we have certain requirements that we must include in our music video, we made sure to plan what angles we would film at and the movements we would use. This one particular scene took us very long to get it right. Once Leo “woke up” he checks the phone to see what time it was. I filmed him waking up, and then zoomed into the time on the phone. This took very many takes however, since I had to move from off the bed to where the phone was and making it look smooth. 

         Once we finally finished this scene, I filmed the next scene of Leo opening the house door. We took a few takes of this, then moved onto the next scene. We walked outside to the car, and I filmed Leo opening the car door. We plan on making this an action shot, from the scene of Leo opening the house door, to the scene of him opening the car door. Then, I got in the passenger seat, and from there, filmed Leo getting into the driver seat. Since we can’t drive to the park, we I had to film Leo getting out of the car as well which we will as him acting like he just arrived to the park. We then had to uber to the park since we were finished filming all of the scenes we needed at his house. We ubered over to the park that was close to his house. On the way there we filmed shots of the road for our music video. Once we arrived to the park, we got ready to shoot our next scene. 

         We had to make sure that we worked efficiently so we could finish before the sun started setting. A friend of mine went as well so help us. For some scenes, we planned on having all three of my group members, including myself, to be in the shot. So, we needed someone else to film those parts for us. My friend had to leave at a certain time, so we first filmed the scene of all of us incase my friend had to leave. My group members and I acting like we were having a conversation while my friend filmed us. I was in other parts of the music video as well. My group members filmed me swinging on the swing, and getting a  fake tattoo. We also filmed extra scene incase we end up not liking one of the scenes. My friend filmed my group members and I while we sang the lyrics of the song. Overall, we got all of our footage that we need, and had a successful day of filming!