Filming blog

Over the break we successfully completed the filming process for our music video. We took a series of scenes that relate to our song “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas. Our music video was required to be a total of 1 minute and 15 seconds. We followed this out by our storyboard and filmed 10 different shots in total for our project. Since our product contained shots multiple times this made filming easier because we did not have to move around as much as far as location goes. Our music video is upbeat and carries this mood throughout the project. The filming process took about a week to conduct and we reviewed all of our footage after the matter. We made sure to include a variety of shots multiple times to ensure we have enough and we are prepared just in case one of the scenes don’t look as planned. Using the notes from last project, we were able to use the camera and tripod correctly as well as get the precise shots we were counting on for the final product. We chose the song to be unique from others and to interest our audience into watching.

Regarding the filming in more detail, the first shot that we began to create was in Ryan’s house in her entertainment center area. Here we showed our boredom and need to have fun during sitting on the coach while we zoomed on each of our individual expressions. Then we present us in a moving vehicle on our way towards the shopping mall. Following this will be a point of view shot of one of us entering the mall to purchase a series of outfits. As I mentioned earlier, some scenes will be shown twice. Just like when we film us in the car again but instead on our way back to the house. Once we are back to the home we will then start to get ready with makeup and other accessories. We must do this in order to go out for the night and match the party setting we chose. We have taken many shots with bright lights and dancing to show our night out. The music video will end after all of us party and are exhausted from the partying.

In addition to these main scenes, we also created others to demonstrate the variety of shots we were able to create. We decided to use some of our fellow students to give us a hand with our project since we needed more than the three people working on the assignment for filming. No matter our circumstances we have a time limit and due date for this project and it was very important that we used time wisely. Not only do we have to film, but we have to edit as well when we complete the filming process. Since we are done filming for our project, the only next step is to edit the music video to perfection. Since we are making a music video, without editing the whole purpose would be defeated. Without music the scenes would lack substance and would make little sense to the viewer experiencing them. Not only will we use editing in this aspect, we will also use it to fix any errors and to touch up what we need to. We still have to add all of our scenes into one on a software of our choice. I believe that iMovie would be the best option since that is what I chose last time and the other software known as Pinnacle Studios was working at a slower pace.