FINISHED!!

So the project is over, its been fun and i am happy with the end result. So Blog closed.

Reflections on Project

This project i feel has been particularly successful. I think that the group had good skills in all key areas, and so both the final videos are of very good quality. The project has allowed me to utilise more special effects, and i have improved upon skills i had for Adobe After Effects. I have also been able to improve my editing skills through using a different form that follows music video conventions - that i have found to increase my understanding of how to convey meaning to an audience through a variety of different techniques, as well as creating interesting cuts and effects to make certain aspects of the video stand out. On the shoots my partici[ation in lighting and particularly camerawork i believe has improved my skills of adapting to deliver different syles of footage, with interesting angles. By dividing into 2 parts for the editing stage, i believe that as individuals we have gained more in the form of creativity and practical skills, and being able to do so i think is a reflection of how good the group dynamics were for the project, thus i would hope to complete further projects with Matt, Lam and Mike.

Final Productions

Album Cover

Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/boyinterrupted430

Video

Colourisation Effects

So in music videos, the colours are often distorted and adjuted in post, i have been applying different colourisation effects in After FX to a clip from prison break. Our video may benefit greatly from doing something along the lines of this, and if we used different shot angles, or certiain performance shots with different colourised effects it could seriously enhance the editing. It could be done on the beat etc. I know liam has been thinking of shooting in nightvision and cutting to normal shoot mode. The first effect is day to night. There is a better one that i will post in a bit. I am thinking that it may be worth experimenting with the colour correction i have tested, in our video, and not just leave it at b & W as at present. I will get some of our performance footage and apply these effects to it, so we can see if it is worth while. This is the clip below.

Also worth noting, after i watched this back is how the changes in colours, saturation etc really can create a different ambience and mood. Using colourisation methods such as this may enhance the disturbed persona we are creating for the protagonist in our video.

Research and Testing Post Production Effects

The group have researched into videos that have the same mood, and are from similar genres and in some of them there are several colour effects and flashes, which we like. I have done some research and can now do a load of different effects that will look really good. Below is some test footage from prison break i've applied the effects to. Comment and let me know which ones you like. They can all be disorientating, and i think that this may help amplify the protaganists mindframe in our video.

One of the effects is to look like being in a nightclub , and as we have been discussing using a shot as a POV of the protagonist in a crowded room with everyone staring at him ( possibly as he just kissed the boy) Then this effect would really enhance it. I think its at 23 seconds in.

Reflections on Todays Shoot

I think that for the number of hours we were actually filming for today, we have got a lot of high quality footage, and agian Liams acting was very good. The lighting also seemed better this time, as we were more careful over shadows cast by the camera as we moved around Liam performing. I've got to take the camera back in tomorrow and so will be in school early so shall capture our footage and put down a performance bed during my free periods 4 and 5.

Photos fo my room for the performance location.

I can move all the stuff out tomorrow morning, and it will make a much larger performance area, and so allow Liam to be more energetic.