Editing Session 2 (18/12/2014)

The clip above is one of the edited versions of this scene. After editing this in black and white we decided that we preferred the narrative to be embedded in black and white as the effects represent the emotions in a bold manner, rather than Esther's scenes. The above edit matches the background harmonies with a flashback effect, yet we felt that we'd rather match with the final few lyrics of the song; "You'll always be my once upon a time. No you'll never be mine. Fairytales...they don't exist..." This clip is a perfect match to these lyrics as it sums up the theme and emotion behind the song and gives it a story tale ending, even if it isn't a happy one.

 

This second edit of the scene is the final version that has been embedded in the end media product, which maintains the idea of matching the final few lyrics to the song.

Filming Session 2 (16/12/2014)

Our second filming session consisted of shooting scenes for the narrative that matched the lyrics from our song. One of the members of this media group played the female counterpart in the narrative and also one of the students from the a-level music group, who also works with Esther, as the main male lead. We used different locations such as:
* School Field
* Living Room
* Library
These locations allowed us to create a comfortable and cosy atmosphere to represent the couples dynamic, also representing the 'teen relationship' ideology.

Editing Session 1 (11/12/2014)

This is a sneak preview clip from our media product that we edited to see what effect is presented through the video. We edited the clip in black and white to embed the idea from our research video; Six degrees of separation by The Script and how the simplicity behind the colours reflect the bold emotions of the artist.
The black and white effect embedded in the video is not a final decision but only something we wanted to test out before deciding if this is how we wanted the final edit to look.

Filming Session 1 (09/12/2014)

Mistakes from Panning Angle

Today was our first filming session after finally completing Esther's track. We decided to film Esther's scenes first as we needed to work around her schedule due to lesson differences and also, weather conditions worked well with the initial idea of our scenes. Whilst using different camera techniques such as panning, we noticed that with the location we were using we could see the camera person's shadow in the shot, so when it came to editing we would have to edit out the mistake shots or start the panning from an angle in which you couldn't see any unnecessary shadows. An example of this would be the video below.

As we didn't have a tripod, the footage from our first session is shaky but we able to adjust that when editing with a stabiliser edit from the software we are using; Adobe Premiere Pro. In addition, you can faintly hear the complete song in the video, to hear the full thing, here is the track below.