Finished Music Video

On finishing uploading our 2nd Unit into final cut pro and editing it all together we then spent a couple more weeks editing the whole video just making sure it was perfect and we were happy with it, we had also put in some effects onto the clips where the boy and the girl are in the field to give it sort of a 'dream' feel to it. We then sent into Colour and started to colour grade the video. We wanted to make the performance in the pub warm by increasing the reds and oranges we also did this to the field scene with the boy and the girl. However we agreed that the electric guitar solo scene should be a little colder in colour to show the contrast between the 'then and now' narrative we were trying to put across to our audience.

Once colour grading had finished we then started to upload it to YouTube. However when it first uploaded the quality wasn't very good as YouTube does compress the video alot. Therefore we decided to remove the video and re-upload it, this worked alot better. The finished version can be seen below











Overall I was very proud of how our music video turned out. It matched what we had in our minds at the beginning of the process and turned out even better.

Editing and 2nd Unit

Editing






Once we had started editing our music video and putting piece in place it really felt like it was coming together. Both the Pub location and Narrative shots were put down onto our timeline where we thought best appropriate. However through this style of editing we felt like it was more filmic than a music video because of the length of the shots, they were too long and in turn slowed down the pace of the music video. Even though our songs is quiet slow, there are certain elements in it such as the guitar licks throughout the song which makes the music faster pace, this is where the faster editing and more shots should of come in.




Due to this not really working for us, our teacher then suggested to get in place the whole of the performance and then later we could decide were to put in the little bits or narrative. We decided to do this and started to make a new sequence with just the performance. This was tricky at first as we had to get every single shot in the right time with the music as he was playing it on guitar. Luckily, when shooting at our location we played the song in the background so that we knew the pace which he was playing at and this really helped us match it up in the editing stages of our music video.




Once we had placed down our whole sequence, it looked really good, the shots we got really worked well with the ambiance of the song and lyrics. We made sure that key elements were matched with what we were hearing as to what we were seeing. For example, when key lyrics such as 'so you and I can talk like normal'   we matched this up with a extreme close up to his mouth singing along to the words as we felt we needed this intimacy with the artist as the words are so powerful.


Now that we had our whole sequence placed out, it was now time to add in the narrative. To make sure this worked well, we had to place these clips in a way that made sense to the song as well as the story. Again we matched key lyrics to key images such as 'Come down from your shoulders' we match this to clips of there shoulders.








After we had finished this, we showed it to our teacher and the only criticism that he had was that you never get to see the electric guitar. We both agreed that this should defiantly be filmed and put into the music video. However we didn't have anymore locations where we could film, I suggested the field again even though it was cut down, we decided that this would be a good idea as it could have been a metaphor to the relationship (that they are no longer together just like the corn is no longer there).




2nd Unit

We then arranged a date for or second unit. We arrived and met Gianluca at our location, and filmed in the field again. Like I knew it would have been, the field was cut down but still had elements of the golden colour we had previously in our first shoot. We filmed  multiple shots including close ups of the guitar, his eyes and mouth, we also did a pan o him as he was playing. We also got him to sing as the lyrics carries on throughout the electric guitar solo . the shoot was  done in under an hour and we were happy with all of our shots that we got on the day.




The next day at school, we uploaded the file and converted it into Final Cut Pro and started editing it. The shots we got worked really well with the song as the pans were dynamic and the colours of the field worked well in  the background.




Overall I happy with the way our music video is coming together, I am happy that we got our second unit done and uploaded. It is coming together very well and I am happy with the progress that we have made throughout this process.

Below are images of the story board and shot list of our second unit of Gianluca in the field