First day Editing

The editing process for my music video has started. To start, the editing process is the worst part for me. To get to the editing process as a whole took a while and pushed my group back. To retrieve the videos from my phone, I imported the videos to my computer and the videos would not load. I told my group members about this issue for a possible answer to this solution but we just waited to solve the issue in class. The day of class, I imported the videos first to see if the videos won't load because of the type of computer I had. The videos on the school computer wouldn’t load as well which was very frustrating. I found out that we had to convert these videos into mp4 and the song into mp3 for it work. The thing is we had to convert almost fifty items into mp4 individually. This process took a lot of time. Because of this we were set back. We could not start the editing process the day we wanted to start it. I decided to take it upon myself to do more work when I went home. I finished converting all the videos and added the image that we need for the title. To make sure the videos would show, I tested all of them. They all worked and I could hear the music. This made me feel somewhat better about our music video. In a way I got excited about editing the next class with my group. So as the next day came, the editing process started. First off, the computers took forever to load. After it loaded , I took all the smart steps and created a folder on the computer to transport the videos in the folder. Pinnacle studios, the program we use to edit decided not to load as well. Another group member tried as well and the programs would not load at all. We were then set back again. I stayed after for another ninety minutes to edit the video and talk to my teacher. After the talk I tried a different computer and it started to load finally. Pinnacle studios was working!! I uploaded the videos into the program with the picture with the title picture and music. I started to place everything in order and align everything together. It was perfect until I played the video and the videos would not load fast enough to match the music. My plan is to tackle this issue the next class we edit.

First Day of Filming

The first day of filming was very successful. My crew and I headed out to the beach after school with our friends to start. There was much confusion before the filming process started. Luckily, we worked everything out and show up for the video. The main intention was to execute our vision properly. Na’Mya, one of the group members and I decided we would be the main character of the music video. Because of the location there was a lot of noise. The good thing is we will be able to detach the audio from the actual video and play the song in the background. It was very important that we played the actual song in the background to make sure we were in tune with everything. We also wanted to make we were wording the words correctly and vibing. We started off looking at our storyboard for inspiration on which set to film first. We realized that it makes more sense to just go with the flow. We are not sure if that was the best decision at the moment but it made sense. The song “No Fear” is about being happy, in love, and at peace. I decided to bring this energy to our set so that we would all feel the energy. I’m proud to say that the energy was there and the filming process was very successful. That meant that when we had to take more than two shots we were aggravated or upset, instead we laughed everything off and stayed focus. Though there were two people recording, me and the other actor Na’Mya helped directed as well. We instructed the “directors” on how to properly angle the camera the right way. And because we know they are not pros, we helped them by positioning ourselves to face the camera the way we intend it to. I will say, there was great communication and teamwork on Tuesday. We were able to follow almost everything that was on our storyboard. Though some of the scenes did not match up, we tried our best to match up with everything. Things such camera angles, mis-en-scene, movements, and costume. During the video, there was a point when we freestyled one of our footage. The problem is we are not sure what is in the background. I mean it's not like we can do anything about it though. Because we recorded on one of the group members phone, we all had the footage later. I watched the videos to make sure it stood up to our standard. I truly believe that our vision was executed properly.