Filming!

As a group we filmed on the 2nd of January 2014 in the hope that we would get all the filming done. However, when we returned to school and looked over the footage we had captured we decided that the jump cuts were not a higher enough standard to what we wanted. Reasons for this would be that we did not come as fully prepared as we should have done for the day of filming.

Therefore on the 13th of January we decided to film again and this time filming was successful! We came fully prepared and organised and got all  the shots films that were a necessity.

We have planned to film on Wednesday 22nd of January due to an external actor needing to be used. Filming should be straight forward and done in under an hour, that is if the weather is suitable for filming. Further filming will be done on Friday 24th January of jump cuts of the girl in the music video and the beginning of the music video, due to the footage being filmed is at a different location. A time lapse is yet to be filmed but due to it being at the end of the music video for the moment it is not an urgent component of the music video.

 

Filming at locations

We found that filming in certain areas of Chesterfield were quite difficult and time consuming due to it being a busy town. However, majority of our filming was done near the Town Hall which was a much quieter part of the town which allowed us to work efficiently.

Filing additional jump cuts of the girl will not be a problem because they will be filmed at an old traditional phone box in a small village. Also the beginning of the music video which is yet to be filmed will be filmed in a house which creates no issues. Finally the time-lapse will be the easiest to film because its a case of letting a Go Pro take thousands of pictures and going back to it after 12 a day.

Georgia and Callum.

Editing issues

After we had completed our first filming attempt of our music video on the 2/01/14, we then began the editing process as soon as we went back to school from Christmas break. We initially faced editing problems when we uploaded our footage onto the editing software 'Adobe Premier Pro', as the shots began to freeze and crash the software. Although the cameras we used (9 & 10), were supposed to be compatible with 'Adobe Premier Pro' without having to transfer the footage onto 'Video Cam Suite' initially;  we attempted using 'Video Cam Suite' regardless, to see whether this corrected the problem. After more failed attempts after our second day filming and changing computers multiple times, the problem persistently continued to occur. We then concluded that certain files were corrupted as they were in a format not compatible with 'Adobe Premier Pro'. The problems we faced are best to be described as having similar characteristics to a computer virus. This is because after the footage was transferred onto the video timeline, it then would begin to cause problems such as crash, show a blank screen, certain shots would state they're corrupt, and would eventually cause the software to crash entirely. We tried rendering the footage after each attempt at editing but the rendering process would only last a little while before cancelling or crashing the software.

Due to the circumstances we have been forced to begin our editing using the free editing software 'Windows Movie Maker', firstly through converting the files to be compatible with 'QuickTime Player' and then uploading them onto 'Windows Movie Maker' on my home computer. So far this has been working perfectly fine, no problems like what we experienced with 'Adobe Premier Pro' have occurred. We hope to complete the first stage of editing on this software as soon as possible. Unfortunately, this editing software only has the very basic functions to cut and trim shots to fit in synchronisation with the song. It does not contain many professional transitions and fade effects which we initially hoped to include within our music video to make it appear as professional as possible. In order for us to include these effects, we will need to try using 'Adobe Premier Pro' again once we have transferred the finished product on 'Windows Movie Maker' into a video format. We will then transfer the footage onto 'Adobe Premier Pro' with the hope that Windows will have corrected the video format to one that is suitable for Adobe editing system. This way the shots shouldn't appear corrupt and crash the system.

Unfortunately the issues that myself and the group have faced have set us back two weeks; trying on multiple attempts to fix the problems with 'Adobe Premier Pro'. This is valuable time wasted which we could have spent perfecting the editing for our music video and beginning our ancillary products.

Callum and Georgia.