Third Draft

The third draft of my music video is almost my final edit, though I still had to remove the stock footage that I had included in the video as a place holder, before I worked out the extra footage that would be edited in for the final edit. The changes that I made between my second and third draft were to change the beginning and ending of the video. 

Second Draft

A lot changed between the first and second draft of my music video. The first draft had a lot of gaps and so the aim for the second draft was to film more footage so that we could fill in these gaps and develop our idea for the music video. 

First Draft

This first draft of our music video for 'Music is My Radar' is uncompleted due to complications with plans that were made in terms of the recording. We plan to film and edit a completed first draft shortly after new years. 

The Lumineers - Ophelia

We looked at the music video for the song 'Ophelia' by The Lumineers and there is a long sequence within that music video where the lead singer of this band is dancing free style through the street in time to the music. From this, we got the idea to film the lead singer of our band 'Electric Blue' doing something very similar. Though this idea was not present during the construction of our storyboard and animatic, I think that if we were to go through with it, it could we well incorporated with our music video. 

Kaleidoscope Editing Process

During the process of creating our first draft for our music video, we dedicated a lot of time to understanding how a kaleidoscope effect is created in adobe premiere pro and experimenting with different effects that are used to create this effect. Though, these are the steps that we used to successfully create this effect:

1) Apply mirror effect to the footage which you wish to have the kaleidoscope effect. The mirror should then be set to -45 degrees and a centre point of 1525,1080. 

2) Right click on the footage in the timeline and select the 'Nest' option (the clip should then appear green on the timeline).

3) Copy and paste the footage, making sure that it is pasted after the original footage in the timeline, both should now be green. 

4) Next drag the pasted footage on top of the original, making sure they are the same length and start and finish at the same time.

5) Now apply the following effects to the nested sequence on the timeline:

- Horizontal flip 

- Crop at 50% on the lift 

- Mirror at 90 degrees and a centre of 1544, 540.

6) Lastly, apply mirror effect at 90 degrees with a centre of 1544, 540 to the bottom clip. You may also want to apply a crop at 50% on the right, though this is not necessary unless you are planning on changing the opacity of the kaleidoscope sequences. 

The video that I have included above is an example what somebody else has created, which I watched to get some idea of how to begin to develop the kaleidoscope effect. Though, we did not copy this method exactly, as it is probably more in-depth than our method. The image below is a screenshot of myself creating the kaleidoscope effect in adobe premiere pro. 

Acquiring footage that will look effective after using the kaleidoscope effect can be a difficult process in itself. This is because it is very difficult to understand whether or not the clip will look effective after the kaleidoscope effect is applied. Though, generally speaking the effect requires a large amount of movement, either from whatever is being filmed, or from the camera itself. As a result of this, we decided that the best way to acquire good footage for this is to just go out record somewhat random footage of anything in the environment, with movement, colour and anything else that will enhance the effect.