Post production technologies

I found that the lip syncing excercise was a lot easier to edit because there were not different types of shots. However, the Busted video looked a lot better becase it looked really detailed and resembled the video well.

We began the post production stage by loading the lip syncing video onto the correct software. We then removed the sound of Leah and I singing along to the backing track and uploaded the MP3 format of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total eclipse of the heart.' We then had to use the editing software to drag and cut out some parts of the video so that the lip syncing was not out of time. We did this by dragging parts of the video and slowing it down etc.

The Busted video was a lot harder to edit. We uploaded the video onto the editing software and then dragged the seperate clips in order of the video. It was irritating because we had to look through lots of clips before we found the right one. However, it was good that we filmed shots a lot of times because this meant we could choose the best shot and it made the video look more proffesional. After every shot that we imported into the editing software, we then played the Mp3 format of 'What I go to school for' over the top of the video playing to see if it fit with the lip syncing. When it didn't, we would cut different parts of the shots so that they fit in. However, on some bits we found that the shots were too short and when this happened it meant that we had to go back to my research and planning 'shot type' list and look at the timings for each shot. I found this really frustrating and annoying but it was better than having the video out of time.

I found it really hard to do the last bit of editing for the shots of the cast outside the building, mimicking the part in the video when they are outside their school jumping with people dancing behind them. This was because during the production stage I had accidently not filmed all of the shots which meant that we only had one to edit. This meant that we had to use the same shot of the cast outside and replicate it twice. This worked, but did not look as effective as it could have been.

At some points in the post production stage, I would put the sound back on for the cast with the MP3 format and compare where it was going wrong. This helped Leah and I to know where we needed to fit the video/music to make it be in sync with each other. I found the post production technologies hard to do because I am not very good at editing and found myself watching Leah do it most of the time. Therefore for A2, I need to become independent in the post production stage and be confident with the software.