During my Pre-Production i had made out plans of what i will include in me video. First I listed what the main thing I would put down in my photo montage. This was to get me ready to gather up any images that I would need for my video. It also helped as some images would have had to been scanned in. After I listed my photos that I would include, I then done a rough list of what is going to be in my video and what music I would include. this was lastly put into order in which I wanted it to be based around music and effects. When I had the rough lists I then put the whole thing onto a shooting script. This lays out every individual scene which will be included in the video. at the top it shows location, duration, actors, graphics and many more. This makes it a lot easier to see the lay out of my plan because it includes every detail that is needed. It also makes it easy to go through as I was able to print out a copy and cross off the parts that had been done.
Production
Filming my video took a decent amount of time. I like to organise my recording in a way in which I can get as much filming done in one day. I planned to do the parts that were close together on the same day such as recording myself play piano and recording people speeches on me. This was able to be recorded on the same day because it was during school times so there was a music room available and there was the people needed to be recorded there and then. The easiest part to record must have been for my green screen as it was only a few short sentences that had to be said. The hardest part to record was when I was riding. This was because I had to make sure I got the right angle and made sure that the horse was doing it correctly. When I was filming parts which had more than one person in it also took quite a while. This was because we would either get the wrong shot, you couldn't hear us or we would start laughing. I also made sure that I over recorded everything so that when it came to editing things could be cut if needed.
Post production
When I had all the footage that I needed I transferred it onto the computer. I also had the images scanned onto it and downloaded the music which I needed. I then used a program called Final Cut Express to edit my whole video and put it together. Once I had used it for one day I got the hang of it which then made it familiar to use throughout the rest of the video. I cropped each video to the way I wanted it. This took a while as I wanted it to fit perfectly without any over or under running footage. When I cut everything to the way I wanted it, I then put it in the order in which I wanted it to be. When it was all in order I went onto Live Type to create my graphics which would be over images, between shots and as credits. These were then imported into Final Cut Express and placed in between the shots allocated. The graphics that had to be over images were placed on the same time as them just underneath the image so it showed on top as it played. The last thing I done was add transactions between shots to make the whole video flow nicely. Without these transactions, the video would look as if it is jumping randomly. Once I was finished with my final video, I then uploaded it to my YouTube account and onto my blog.
The skills that I have learned are from using Final Cut Express and Live Type. I learned how to edit numerous amounts of footage together to create one video. Throughout this I had also learned how to add in transactions and crop individual clips to hot I wan it. On Live Type I learned how to add a background to a part of text as well as an effect. I then learned how to import this onto Final Cut Express and place it over images etc. The last thing that I learned what to do was to edit a piece of footage from a green screen to a background of my choice. The thing that I would need to improve on mostly to help with my music video would be making the green screen look more realistic.
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