Music Video Editing

On November 3rd, 2019, our team gathered together at the beginning of class to start the process of editing. From the start, both me and Melshida brought our recorded footage and presented the product to each other. Once when the whole team was present at the start of class, the process of dumping the scenes came to play. The first scenes that got dumped onto our team's personal Macbook computer was the scenes that was recorded with the setting of a backyard. I provided the scenes that was recorded in my backyard which was originally supposed to be recorded at Warfield Park. Next, Melshida dumped her scenes that she recorded onto the team's laptop to start editing. Melshida provided scenes that consisted of clips showing a movie being watched along with the process of making popcorn. Originally, instead of showing a short clip of a movie being watched the scene was supposed to consist of a slumber party taking place. All the scenes both me and Melshida recorded over Thanksgiving break was transferred onto the Macbook laptop. Once when all of the scenes was dumped onto the laptop, the editing process has begun.

Flash forward to November 5th, 2019, our team met again to continue editing our music video. The first step we as a team conducted was organize each scene. Rejoice from her laptop clicked and dragged each scene dumped onto their proper order. The orders in which the scenes were organized was based solely on the order presented within the storyboard. From what the storyboard presents, the scenes that was first included were the scenes that took place in a backyard. The scenes that had the backyard setting was reviewed to check if any scene had to be rerecorded. So far, the only scene our group decided to rerecord was the part where one of the actors walk up to the camera along with the scene where the actor pours water onto the other. Besides the two scenes that needs more attention, the rest of the backyard scenes was included and ready to be edited. The next scenes that was fixed onto the software was the popcorn making clip and the scene where the actor watches a movie. Both scenes was reviewed and the team found no mistakes that had to be redone. Following the scene came the clips that involved the schoolyard which was rerecorded multiple times to get the effect of the actor looking like they were falling.

Once when all of the raw footage was placed in chronological order, the team wanted to include an effect where at one point in the music video everything will reverse right back to the beginning. The team implemented the reverse effect to check which speed the scenes should be reversed in. By the end, we settled on the speed read 8x which makes the scenes less slow and appear more realistically reversed. Rejoice dragged the scenes that had the reversed effect onto the back of the music video. In the beginning,the music video will have all of the scenes playing normally at its moderate pace. Once when the music video reaches a certain point towards the end the duplicated clip of the music video will be played but in reverse. The music video will start in the beginning and end up right in the beginning. Overall, when it came to editing the music video as a whole, our team didn't do as much edits. However, we did drag the scenes from the laptop and placed it onto the IMovie program our team is using for the editing process. Our team as well, organized the scenes according to the order of the storyboard and we began the editing process with figuring out how we wanted the scenes in reverse to appear in the final product.

Music Video Filming

Before our team went on break, we had to re-establish the roles each team member will carry out for the rest of the project. In the beginning, our team had a whole plan listed going from what scenes will be recorded to when everyone will meet up together. Because everyone had a tight schedule before the break begun, it made it seem as if the team could not have a scheduled day to meet at a specific place and record all the scenes necessary. This situation allowed for the team to split the scenes that will be recorded for each team member to carry out. As of now, all of the scenes that was meant to be recorded at the park was carried out by me within my backyard. Instead of the setting being the park every team member agreed to record in, the setting became the backyard of my house. As of the actors of the scene shot in the backyard, I was in the footage along with my sister, Stephanie. For the scenes of the music video where the actor is found making popcorn and having a slumber party, Melshida took the initiative to provide footage for those particular scenes. As of the school yard scene, me and Melshida thought to save that scene to be recorded when we came back from break so that on Tuesday after school the scene could be recorded and used for the final product. Finally, me and Melshida decided to hand the job of editing to Rejoice since she was not able to record any of the scenes of the music video due to having a tight schedule. 

On Tuesday, November 26, it was the last day of school before Thanksgiving break started; both me and Melshida was present for class. During class, both of us rented out our own cameras and tripods so that over the break our scenes could be recorded and brought back for editing. Cameras and tripods was handed to each student during the last twenty minutes of class. While me and Melshida was waiting for the supplies to be handed out, we both were assigning each other scenes to be recorded during the break. We both as well changed a few details on the storyboard to make recording a bit easier for the both of us. For the scene where the actor was supposed to see various hallucinations of a specific individual, we changed it to be where the actor stands in the center with a shocked face while the camera will spin rapidly around the actor. Another scene that got changed was the part where the slumber party takes place; we both changed the slumber party scene to show an actor watching a movie or having fun on their own. Those two scenes were the main changes that occurred throughout the process; for the most part, everything else stayed the same. Flash forward to Thanksgiving break, on November 29th, Friday, I began to record the scenes that was meant to be recorded, originally, in the park right in my backyard. Both me and my sister were in the footage portraying the characters that was presented in the storyboard.

During the filming process, scenes were recorded out of order and not chronologically. For the most part, the scenes that was recorded first had the camera sitting on top of the tripod. When it came the scene where the camera had to flash around the actor quickly, the tripod was not used and the camera was hand held just for that scene particularly. The first scene recorded was showing the actor in the shot thinking and the camera tilts up to the sky slightly. Afterwards, a scene was recorded when a hand touches the actor's shoulder and the actor snaps out of a trance and turns back to look at the person. Following that scene came the recording of the actor walking up to the camera along with the actor dancing and coming forth to the camera. Next, came a flashback scene where two actors are seen walking up to the backyard while talking to each other. After that, the two actors was seen in the next scene where one of the actor spills water onto the main actor. The last scene that was recorded was the part of the music video where the scene had to be recorded by hand. The last scene consisted of the actor standing still in the center while the camera man runs around to create the effect of the room spinning around rapidly.