Today I imported my first lot of footage into Final Cut Pro. I had enough footage to then begin to piece together all of the video up until the guitar solo, allowing me to see if the lip syncing was good enough and seeing if I had sufficient footage for the video to flow nicely! It is a first draft and so, is nowhere near perfect.
I am very happy with my footage so far. I definitely do not see the need to refilm anything at this present moment in time - I think it is all of good enough quality to leave until I have filmed the rest of my footage before I begin making minor improvements.
I then began looking at some of the effects that I could use in my video in order to make it as beautiful as possible. I know that editing is going to be the most impressive aspect of my video, and so I am using this opportunity to experiment with the program and see what I can do. My favourite discovery so far is the colour adjustment tool. This means that I can select a colour (or set of colours) which I can then manipulate into whatever colour I like. With this effect, I can make the sky look a lot bluer and the grass a lot greener! Because I think my video should be very abstract, I am fine with it not being completely realistic.
I have also found a great Music Television logo that I am planning on using at the beginning of my music video in order to make it look more professional. It is a .png which means it has no background and so I am put it over the blue sky that I filmed.
I also created my own Mr. Blue Sky logo on Adobe Photoshop that I exported also as a .png and inserted into the same part of my music video. It looks great with the blue sky!
I also stumbled across a fantastic video effect for the very first part of my video, when the old-fashioned fuzzy noise thing is happening. It looks really well and almost looks as if you are 'tuning into' the music video...I really love it!
I have also added light leaks into some of the frames in order to make them look more happy and summery. They have worked really well but I am not using them in every shot as I think they could be easily overused!
Below is the work that I completed today. I only edited up until the guitar solo and a lot of the frames have not been edited at all yet. I simply used today as an opportunity to see what I could do using Final Cut Pro!
I am planning on filming some more (the green screen part, different people singing) next week so that the week after, I can begin to piece together a completed first draft.
Overall I am very happy with my progress and because I am slightly ahead of schedule, this gives me a great opportunity to continue experimenting with what Final Cut Pro can do!
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