Professional Blog Post: Music Video

Overview:

The goal our music video was to put together a story to go along with a song. The song we picked was “Wonderwall” by Oasis. We wanted to tell a story that people could connect to. Our film showcases feelings of loneliness and rejection, which at one time or another everyone has felt.

Process:

Pre Production:

The first step was to create a production schedule. This gave us a clear idea of what all we had to do and when we had to do it. Then we brainstormed about our story and created a beginning middle and end. Before creating an official storyboard we created a mood board. This helped set the tone of our video and get an idea of the emotions we wanted to capture. After everyone had a pretty good idea of the things we wanted to show we came up with a storyboard to help us film.

Production:

            With a fairly clear idea of our story we went out and filmed the video. It took about two weeks to get all the shots we needed. The filming process was a little bit rough at times but we were still able to gather the footage.

Post Production:

            The editing process was fun because our footage required us to get creative with the editing and we all added some personal touches to our videos and they weren’t all the same.

What I Learned:

            Throughout this project I learned a lot about collaboration. Our group didn’t always get along the greatest but it was a great opportunity to learn. I also gained knowledge of productivity and that planning is very important in order to work efficiently. 

            My editing skills improved a lot during postproduction of the video. I learned how to maximize your footage and then also how to condense it. Choosing the most important footage but also adding things to make it unique.

Future:

            Next project I will focus a lot more on time. Planning better and accounting for some amount of error and delay will be a priority of mine. I will use the same creativity and emotion while planning, as I think we did a good job. This project was good for me because of how long term it was. I gained valuable experience with extended work time and will make sure to use all the time I have to better the film during my next project.

In The Sky

I learned a lot about selections. I learned how to refine an edge and to combine images together nicely. Also I got to experiment with layer masks and find out all the interesting things you can do with them. I used different blending modes to get effects on the images in the sky. I also learned how easy the quick selection tool is to use.

Music Video Short Edit

We were challenged to make a 90 second edit of our music videos. This was a bit challenging because we had to fit in our whole video into a small time frame. Its difficult to show all the smaller clips and things that make the message of your video powerful and still have it fit. For the most part I knew which shots were essential to the story and which ones it could do without. I think the video is an improvement from the last edit because the timing is a bit better and it has a better flow. Also it is more to the point and is slightly less drawn out. 

We had to edit to the beat, which my video already was on a few shots but I used the markers to make all transitions smooth. I think the video being synced with music makes it look a lot more professional.

Creative Spheres

We were assigned to put our own creative touch on a few spheres. My red globe symbolizes an apocalyptic world because of its red shadows and the feel if gives the viewer. I started off with the sketch of spheres. Then tried to find some good tutorials which was a bit of a challenge. Its a bit easier to apply effects and manage your art in illustrator which made the photoshop sphere slightly more difficult. I learned how to spherize things from the globe tutorial. In the others I learned how to give the spheres a reflective quality. In the future i would like to improve on my shadows. They could use a bit of sharpening to make my spheres more professional.

http://www.tutorialwiz.com/globe2

http://phong.com/tutorials/sphere/

Music Video

Producing the music video was a completely different experience than our previous projects. There was a lot more responsibility and planning that had to go into it. It was a lot different having a long period of time to work in our groups and able to work at whatever pace we choose.

I think I improved my editing a lot during this project. Our shots weren't always ideal and we had to be a little bit more creative while editing. In a few places I made the shots synced to the song, which I think turned out pretty well. Next time I would like to take more shots so we have a lot of extra footage to work with. Also I would take more time on the prep work in order to be more prepared and productive during the filming process.

Our groups collaboration was solid for the most part. There were a few times were we didn't agree and things became a bit stressful, but we worked through it and made a pretty good film.

Red Spheres

It was difficult to transition to Photoshop after illustrator and it might have slightly reflected in the fine details of my Photoshop sphere. Its slightly less gradual of a gradient and the shadow isn’t quite as good. My illustrator sphere has a pretty good highlight and shadow and I think it looks pretty professional. My Sketch could be better I think my drawing skills were a little of that day.

Logo Tutorial

http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/346-Hand-drawing-custom-made-letters-Illustrator/76067/191219-4.html

This is my custom logo designed in illustrator from a tutorial. I learned how to draw a font and trace it into illustrator from my tutorial. I think its really helpful information for the future in design because i would like to hand draw more. I think i did a good job making the font uniform which was a bit of a challenge because the font was sketched by hand. Next time i would spend more time on the other parts of the logo instead of just the text. I want to learn how to manipulate shapes more and put effects on my images.