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WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week8

This week me and Aisha were just brushing up any loose bits to the music video. We had to line up everything to make it even more precise. At the beginning of the music video, there was sound that was really loud then when it cut to a different scene which was also outside, it went really quiet. To change this so that it would fit better, we got a piece of audio from another clip and slowed it down to fit the length of 10 seconds then placed it over the three video slips which it needed to be. This fit really well even though it was slowed down. Also during the audio, we left in a natural sound from recording which was some bird noises. At first it was an accident but we didn’t realize until the end that it fit really nicely with the tempo and area of the song. We showed it to miss and she said that the audio was all really nice but there was still a few bits of lip synching that was a little off. We had to then try and match everything up as precise as we can. To do this to the best we could, we expanded the image and then synched it. This was to get a better view of Theo’s singing and to match it more precisely to the audio track. The last thing we had to do was export the video as it was complete. This took a while as it had to go over a 3 minute video. As it was taking a while, we were able to set up the saving area and then let it export and leave.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 7

This week me and Aisha had to grab some extra footage for the music video. This was due to some  of the footage not matching the audio by timing. We had got this asll recorded and then started to rematch it to the audio. In a way it looks better as it changes the scenery in the background. We also had some trouble Putin some effects in for the Visio transactions. This was because where we wanted to do a cross fade, it would cut off the video as well as being very short. To over come this, we d cided to put in a different transaction and lay one part of the video on another layer. This seemed to work so we figured we would just do that if it came to the same complication. We also cropped out some of the begging g intro to make it more effwctice towards the build up to the official music video. We cut out quite a lot but it doesn't effect the video as a whole in a major way. The other tricky thing was trying to match up Theo's lip synching. This was due to the fact when we was recording, he would be singing it at a different pace to what the audio is at. We overcame this by slowing down the footage to fit and it worked pretty well without any major realisations of it.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 7

This week me and Aisha had carried on editing our music video on final cut express. We carried on to look for any faults in the footage which was taken as it would be easier to re take the shots all together rather than having it all scattered around on different dates. We were also looking for the days in which Theo and Riteeka were able to film based around our free time as well. We matched up as much footage which we had as possible to the sound track but we left gaps in which we would filter in the re shot footage. Aisha wasn't in on Wednesday as she had a trip but i was able to get a section of the song done. I dine this based to my opinions and then i had to show Aisha when she got back. She also liked it so we didn't have to change any of that but we decided to change a little at the end in which there would be a memory section of Theo and Riteeka over an instrumental break in the song. The opening scene is the first thing you see when you watch our music video, so we both decided to make the talking scene a little longer by adding in more to the speech which would be covered by the beginning instrumental of the song. These actions would be emphasized as you wont be able to hear what they are saying but you would be able to understand their mood.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 6

This week me and Aisha had started to transfer all of the footage we took during the scheduled time from out memory card on to the Macs so we could start editing the music video together. Before we started, we had to make sure that we had the song so we had to download it and then place it into final cut express and then lock it in to place so that when we moved footage around, the song would stay in the same place. This also made it easier to lay the footage over the correct lyrics. When we had that locked into place, we then started to edit the scenes together. We cut out the beginning and end few seconds to some parts to make it quicker and it also fit better with the tempo. We also scraped some of the scenes as it worked fine without them and it made the story line more understandable. We had noticed that there were a few mistakes in the footage so we started to note down what shots had to be re shot. We thought that it would be a better idea to shoot it on the weekend as there would be more time to do it in rather than the few hours left after school. There were a few problems with the lip syncing when it came to Theo's part, so we had to make do with what we had until we went back out and record what we needed.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 5

This week was the week me and Aisha planned to get everything filmed for when we came back to school. Aisha helped me film on the sunday and monday which was the introduction scene before the song actually began. After these two days, Aisha went on holiday which meant that i had to record everything else by myself. I coped reasonably well considering i had to take everything to london as well as hainault forest. On the day we went to london, it was raining so we had to keep the equipment dry. I took theo and riteeka with me as i needed to record theo's shots and riteeka helped with keeping an eye on the equipment as i adjusted theo to the right positioning. Whilst recording theos shots, the rain wasnt a problem as we was under a shelter. The day i went to hainault with riteeka, it wasnt raining so it seemed to go well. But as soon as we got to hainault, the forrest was mostly flooded so we had trouble walking to the areas needed whilst keeping the equipment safe. As me and riteeka are close, we were able to get the filming done quite quickly. The only shots that i couldn't get was with my horse as she has become lame "sprained her foot". As this has happened she can't be ridded etc so we will have to wait for her to become better and then record in which i have set dates for re filming where we can shoot what we need.