The Editing Process.

Once we had imported our footage onto the computer by uploading them from the camera, we created a file so our work could be saved. We then would upload them to Premier Pro CS4, we used this to edit our photo's from here on, our videos would appear on one side on the left, which we could view in a preview window, once we was happy with out clips we would drag them down to the editing box at the bottom, this is where we could edit, cut and do anything to our clips we wanted, how ever we did find to drag down all of the clips we had and needed, to then re-arrange and edit because it gave us a better awareness of how much we needed and what worked when it was all their.



This is how our screen would look, and where the blue area is is the preview window of where would see our clips, before dragging them down to the editing box, the long box and the bottom. The one clip their is one clip, the red line through the middle is how we would edit that single clip, by clicking on the edge of the clip box and dragging it to the red line is how we would cut it. By holding the red clip on it is how we could break the clip down to seconds, this helped us getting the editing to the perfect second especially when editing and cutting the song.


Once we had all the clips down and ready to edit, it was important to mute the sound on the footage, it was simple to do this helped us when editing the footage to match the song beat, lyrics and speed of the song.
Once we had done this we had to edit the actual clips, because our song lyrics is quite dark and deep it helped to dim most of the footage by editing the contrast, we done this by selecting the tool bar at the top 'Colour and Correction' and then 'Brightness and Contrast'.






Another simple effect we used was changing the speed of the actual clip, because the pace through out the song differs we had to edit the speed of some clips to suit the positioning on the music, through the slow bits of the music we would slow the clip down to create a slow motion effect. But when the pace of the music speeds up we used different typed of shots and would sometimes speed up the clip, for example the close up of the watch. Changing the speed of clips was easy, this was done by clicking on 'Clip' on the tool bar at the top and then clicking on 'Speed and duration', a small box would appear were we could enter the percentage of speed until it was right.


We also used transitions to help keep the flow off our video moving and also it made it easier to watch instead of just having the constant cut and cut from shot to shot. By doing this we had simply drop the transition by dragging it from the box and dropping it on the edge of clip where the transition would merge from. The main transition we used quite a bit is dip to black, additive dissolve and cross dissolve. We thought these transitions fitted our video best because they were not to much for our video as it's very dark, also using the transitions with black in it fitted in well with the dark.





After adding all our footage and re-filming twice we decided that the only choice left was to cut the song as we could not fill the whole footage space. When we had imported the song we had to cut it down, this was done by counting the beat exactly and when getting to the main drop before the tune started again. This was a very difficult part of editing as it required patience. It was very hard to cut the section at the right point without it being noticeably different, using the razor tool you select the start of the part you didn't want and then mark it again with another mark up to where you would like it too finish. You then slect it and delete it, we had done this several times and also done this at the end with out song, because we did not want the song to end on such a blunt note we cut the ending out and slowly quietened it so that it would fade out like our last shot did.

Analysis of Locations.

When choosing our locations, we used the basic locations in a house hold which are normal conventional rooms, at the beginning of the video in our main characters room, we have a typical boys room, blue wallpaper and blue bed sheets. Also posters on the wall of rock music bands. Again Half way through the video when we have the turning point a typical living room, with a couch a table and some family photo's dotted around the room, we also have the part where our character tips away alcohol in the kitchen with typical props, washing up liquids, metal sink, sponges and clothes etc, by having this typical conventional items the audience knows exactly where the character is and why.

But we did choose some unconventional area's because we think it will be more unique and stand out in the audience mind, also the important part of the films and happen at his unique places which makes it stand out in the audience minds.





This image is the tunnel which our main character stands on and looks down, and also underneath he smashes glass bottles, this area is very significant as this is where our character releases most of his anger and grief and when standing on top of this bridge he has another second thought of committing suicide. This is a perfect place as it suits the dark and gloomy re-accruing theme that we have throughout all of this media project.










This wall is inside the tunnel, the use of graffiti makes the area look rough and horrible which this fits in with the rough and hardness that is normally associated with drum&bass. This wall is where we see our character smash all the bottles and releases his stress and anger. We also zoom in and one part of a bottle smashing against a part on a wall in the video and on this part of the wall it says ''Jay is gay'', this graffiti fits nicely in with our video's twist at the end.








This hill is how our character got up to the top of the train railway on top of the tunnel, this image is important because after filming we had to edit a lot of shots like these into our video for it too make sense to the reader. Also the image shows a very dark and gloomy setting which fits in with our video well.












This two images are very important as they show the key point of how the video takes place over a whole day. The picture of the road is shown in the video when he is running away after just seeing his ex with a friend, this is done during the day time. Because the shot is during the day with all the traffic going past it adds to the fast paced music upbeat pace.
The photo of the woods is taken during the day here, but in the video it is used at night and we changed the brightness and contrast on the actual film clip, to show him running home in the dark. This then shows the day passing away and slowly moving into night. Also this photo fits in with the music video because of the gloomy and dull colours and in the film the actual footage is off balance which fits in with the face paced music.

Re-Filming and Re-Editing for Final Video.

When we had done most of our filming and began editing it all together, we realised that we had not enough of film to finish the music video and also some of the shot did not make sense as they had big jumps between them, this made our video seem a bit all over the place and didn't not create a real clear story line for the audience.

We decided to use some film to show how the character got to the different areas these parts of filming act as transitions instead of using the basic slides, this helps the audience know how our character got from place to another, one example is the shot of him running in the woods at 1:16. We did this handheld so the clip looks more hectic which fits in with the fast paced beat and up tempo of the music. Also as he has taken drugs this highlights the paranoia he is experiencing. Another shot we had to do this is at 0:34 when he is running along the street and we then switch to a point of view shot of him running back this also again illustrates the use of drugs and the paranoia.
Another time we had to use these shots of our main character was to show how our character had got on top of such a high bridge, but we didn't do this hand-held, we had kept the camera still to not make it to repetitive and mix the shots up slightly. At 1:07 we see our main character running up a little hill which leads to the top of the bridge this makes it tie in nicely of how he had got up their.
By doing these different shots we was able to fill up time that was needed and show how our main character got from place to another instead of him just appearing in placed.

We also had to re-film parts in our video again because once we had uploaded the footage onto the computer it was not good enough to be put in the final video because it was either to dark, or the lighting was not the same as the previous footage or we did find that sometimes the footage would seem fine on the camera, but when put onto a bigger screen it became too grainy.
We had to film a part at the start again because the lighting had got dark quickly the footage did not fit in with what we had filmed literally an hour before, so when put together it looked silly and out of place.
Also we had some probably with the timing and positioning of this footage. At the beginning when our main character decides to trash the room after being dumped, our main plan was for him to flip the bed, throw pictures of the wall and smash a guitar. But because of the timing this part of film would be at the point when the music is very slow, with all the hectic movements and shots it did not fit in with the music and looked very out of place, so we had to change some off the ideas, instead of him smashing the guitar we had to change it to him sliding clothes off towards the camera at 0:14 this also helps as a transition to move onto the next clip. We then had to change the speed of the clip so it would fit in with the speed of the music, we had to slow it down and speed it up again to find the exact time to make the movement our character look powerful and meaningful other wise it would look fake and unrealistic like it did when we had slowed down the clip of the guitar being smashed.

We wanted the events in our video to be spread out over the course of a whole day, this was difficult as we found when filming in the dark, the film would come out very grainy and poor quality. So we found that filming most of it in the day and then editing the brightness and contrast made it appear as if it was night time. We did this a lot with most of our shots, and used the same shot twice but changed the contrast and brightness to make it look like a different shot. At 1:09 we see a shot of our main character twitching due to a reaction to the drugs, later on in the video at, 1:20 wee see him doing the same thing but it's darker so this makes it seem like a different shot done at a different time.

Even when adding all these shots the music was still too long so we had to add extra footage that would also make it seem that time is passing and then we could use footage that was in the darker to make it seem like this had happened all day. At 1:17 we have a shot of a watch on stopwatch mode, we made it count time so when filming it, it would see like a longer shot and that would give the illusion to the audience that time has passed quickly and now he is out in the dark and the burning of old possessions begins.
We also had to use random footage to fill gaps to waste time, and exampled was used earlier with the twitch that our main character would do, he would run holding the camera under his chin, this hand held effects adds to the excited and hectic pace of the music. By doing these types of shots we was able to fill a couple of seconds which really makes a big difference. We also used other shots like this, they would also be hand held but it would be used to show a point of view shot, at 1:22 we have shot of cars going passed but because we made the camera jolt and wobble the lights would blur which helps show the audience how drunk and drugged our main character is. We also have another point of view hand held shot at 1:26 when he looks up at a light and spins, (this idea was influenced from a further analysis of Chase & Status - Let you go, when he spins around a lamppost). We also see this again near the fire to show our character walking towards the fire but then collapsing on the floor at 1:35, straight away you can see it's a point of view shot because the camera tilts slightly and wobbles. By doing all these types of shots it was able to help us fill the gaps needed to and the footage fitted quite well with the shots and music.

After all this re-filming and editing the song was still too long, so we had not other choice but to cut the song, from the original version of 3:24 we was able to cut it down to 2:12. Through out the song 'Watercolour' their is repetitive beat, in each section before it repeats is self again there is a big 'boom'. We had to count these and time it perfectly so we could cut out big sections which allowed us to fit our filming perfectly into timing. Also in the original version of 'Watercolour' at the end just after the slow part finishes at 2:48 it then speeds up again to a frantic drum&bass finish and then finishes suddenly with a boom at 3:24. We had to cut out that last heavy bit other wise the music would of not fit in with our ending, we had to cut it off and fade it lightly so that the ending would ease off gently and would create the perfect ending.

Our Filming Time Table.

Saturday 9th October

Scenes to film:
- Protaganist seeing ex in street
- Protaganist going crazy in street
- Protaganist meeting up with drug dealer
Equipment: Camera and tripod
Locations: Street in a residential area, discreet alleyway
Props: Hoodie, flour in a bag resembling cocaine
People needed: Media group - Lucy, Michelle, Miles. Actors - Pad (main character), Miles, James, Lucy
Estimated time: 2 hours

Monday 11th October

Scenes to film:
- Opening bedroom scenes, eg. reading text and destroying room
- More going crazy in streets including him smashing bottles in the tunnel underneath the bridge.
Equipment: Camera and tripod
Locations: A boy's bedroom, a pavement besides a busy street, tunnel
Props: Alcohol glass bottles, road signs, a bed, clothes, photo
People needed: Media group - Lucy, Michelle, Miles. Actors - Pad
Estimated time: 3 hours

Thursday 14th October

Scenes to film:
- Night scenes including fire scenes and point of view shots
- More inside scenes, eg. turning point
- Bath death scenes
Equipment: Camera, tripod, lighting
Locations: A field, a living room, a bathroom
Props: A large oil drum to have fire in, matches, paper and leaves to create fire, teddy bear to burn, alcohol bottles, flour representing cocaine, a bath, razor, mirror
People needed: Media group - Lucy, Michelle, Miles. Actors - Pad
Estimated time: 4 hours

Video Support Analysis.

A small issue was raised when filming that the drug dealing scene may not be clear enough that their is a disagreement and that the dealer is not happy with our main character.
We think as a group that the facial expressions shown by the two characters that their is a disagreement of some sort, also their is some dialogue between the two characters but we have decided to play the music over the top. If we was to play the dialogue over the top of the music it would interrupt, especially as this bit of filming falls on a fast paced and up beat part of the song, but cutting that out it would ruin the song a distract the audience from the actual song itself. We think by just playing the song over the top it will be enough to show the audience that their is a clear disagreement between the two, because of the acting from the two characters. To prove that this will work I have looked up other music video to further my point.




Referring back to this video I used earlier to analyse, at 2:09 we see the young woman holding her kids shouting at the main character who is leaving, the song is not interrupted but their is dialogue used, we can tell from her acting and actions she uses towards him we see that their is a disagreement between the two for example the hand throwing she does, her facial expressions of disgust and also the slamming of the door.
This proves my point that to show the disagreement between our main character and the drug dealer, we will just need to use certain actions and movements to show the anger and tension between the two.

Shot by Shot - Final Music Idea's.

The video starts with a close up of a phone. The text message is from 'Alex' reading 'sorry I can't do this any more'. Even thoe the audience has not met the character it is obvious that the receiver of this text has been dumped. The music starts when the text message appears with a 'Boom'. After the texts has been read we then see the main character where a pan upwards is used to show the intensity of this moment, we see the main character shaking his head and shocked. Out of anger the main character messes up his room, by tipping the bed, throwing clothing and tearing a photo exactly in the middle. This photo is a vitial bit of infromation that is used later on in the story. hen the character leaves the house to buy more alcohol and let off a bit of steam. At this part the music video the music is still slow so we are going to use slow motion so that the events fit in with the music. We are going to be using close ups to show the audience how upset the main character is.
We then are going to use a medium shot which will be of the main character drinking vodka from the bottle, to brake up the shorts and use lots of shorts shots to add to the excitement and movement that normally occur in drum&bass music videos, by adding short consecutive shots in-between the shots of the main character drinking the alcohol, the shot wills be off the vodka bottle with the amount in it slowing decreasing shot after shot to show the high amount of alcohol consumption from the main characters. We then follow the character leaving the house to buy more alcohol, on his way their, he passes a girl and boy their is some flirting going on between the couple, and the look that each character does show awkwardness and tension which tells us that one of the characters is the ex of the main character who has just been dumped. The medium shot of the boy and girl looking over the shoulder will then be slowed down to exaggerate the tension and we then cut to another medium shot of the boy looking angrily which tells us that he has obviously seen something that has angered him. As this happens the music begins to fasten up and we then follow the character lashing out his anger by kicking signs and throwing things.
We then switch to a different setting of the character collapsing down on the floor by using a pan shot following him to the floor, from here the character then makes a phone call to a drug dealer. By using a high angle shot at this moment in time makes the main character look weak and vulnerable to the audience. There is then a medium shot of the drug dealer coming around the corner and main character meeting him, we will use close ups to show the different expressions from each character and use shot reverse shot to show the conversation between the two characters. There is then a close up of them exchanging the drugs. We would like to us a transition from the drugs to then point of view shots of the character lining up and taking the drugs.
After the character has taken the drugs he is more fired up and angry he smashes bottles and classes out of anger against a wall in a secluded area. the character then decides to burn some stuff from the ex, including a teddy and cards, we have a medium shot of the character through a big fire, we see him dropping the bits into the fire, and then the fire growing bigger.
We then see a turning point for the character as he wipes the drugs of the table and throwing drink in the bin, also poring some down the sink. As the audience believes the character to be getting better and the song drawing to an end they think that this is the end. So as the song begins to slow down again we switch to a shot of running water out of a bath, this fits into the song title of 'Watercolour'. We then see a close up of a phone of the character forwarding the text that he had received earlier back to his ex. This then confuses the audience, we then see a shot of him laying in the bath with his eyes closed as if he is 'relaxing', the camera begins to zoom out of him the bath to the then cutting to a shot of a photo falling from the main character in slow motion, to then revealing that his ex partner 'Alex' was the boy from earlier in the music video, which challenges conventions that are usually seen in other music video's. As the audience are grasping the fact of the photo, we then cut back to the shot of the main character in the bath to then reveal that the main character in the bath with slit wrists. This then ties in the message earlier sent from the main character to his ex 'Alex'.

This is our plan shot by shot, but a rough idea, because when actual filming begins we may decide to add or even remove some ideas because of limitations or that the shots may not work, also when editing some of the shots may not fit or it may not look right, so we might need to film other bits of film again to fill that gap. Also some rearranging may need to be done to help the audience understand the plot better.

Target Audience.

The target audience that i would be aiming would look like these 5 men, they would enjoy a variety genres of music including rock, ie: Kings Of Leon, Stereophonics and Muse and drum&bass ie: Prodigy, Pendulum and Chase&Status.
Their social aspects of life would be attending gigs/festivals that include this type of music. Their life style would be very laid back and would live in a working class economy, so the money they earn would be spent on their enjoyments, Eg: Festivals/Gigs, fashion and parties.
The target audience style and fashion would be a quirky sense of style, and could be seen as an old fashioned vintage look, fashion would play a big role as it aids to the genre of music they fall into, and sets there image and group they would fall into. Eg: The rock 'rough' look would link to the drum&bass as iconic band members would dress in this fashion as well. This would all link to the stereotypical groups that people fall into.
This group of men would be my ideal target audience as they show a rock/punk look and would fit in with the scene of heavy festivals/gigs and parties where our music from the music video would be played.