Since I know which song I am going to use for my music video, I need to ensure that I will have it available to me at all times so I can play it alongside filming to make sure that everything is filmed correctly in relation to the music. One of the most important factors to remember is that I need to ensure that I used the same file all the time because if I used a different song file every time, then the song could possibly be slightly slower or may have extra parts added to it which would make it extremely hard for me to edit as all of the different scenes in my video would have been shot using different versions of the same song. My chosen song again is 'Not Enough' by Avril Lavigne and I already knew I had this song, so I didn't need to do any downloading - however, I needed to ensure that the song would be available in all the locations I would need it in. Below I have presented the different areas I have saved this song and why I have saved it into those locations.
The song I have saved can be found on iTunes on my laptop (which can be seen in the image below) and this means that I am able to listen to the song on my laptop whenever I want, but I will also be able to plug my phone into my laptop to be able to put the song on my phone as I own an iPhone 5S, which is part of the Apple company. On top of that, the original file for this song is not on iTunes as you will always have to have a saved copy of the song on your desktop in order for the song to work on iTunes. The original copy of the song is saved in a folder called 'Avril Lavigne Albums' which can be accessed by going through 'Music', 'My Music' and then 'Avril Lavigne'. The file type of all of the songs on all of the albums are mp3, which means they will work on any computer and the song can easily be transferred from one computer to another or can even be transferred onto another hard drive if need be. Having a physical mp3 file means I will be able to take the song anywhere I go, but also this is the file type I will be using when editing my music video on 'Adobe Premiere Pro CC'.
My Phone
One of the first places I needed this song to be was on my phone - this was so I would be able to play the music out loud when filming so my actor would be able to mime along with the words, but also she would be able to know when she needs to do certain things in relation to the music. If I don't have the music on my phone then I would have no other way of playing the music as I wouldn't have my laptop available to me - meaning, my actor would have to guess when certain lyrics are said and the pace they are said in, so this is why it was vital that I have the song available to me on my phone. Below I have presented a quick slideshow which demonstrates how I was able to get my chosen song onto my phone.
During this process the first thing I had to do was plug my phone into my laptop so I would be able to add the song to it. Once I had done this, I then went back onto iTunes and was able to see that my phone was connected to the laptop as on the left hand side of iTunes I was able to see a tab which said 'Rebecca's iPhone', which is the name I had given my phone - underneath this heading I was able to see other headings including; Music, Films, TV Programmes and many more. To get the song onto my phone all I had to do was select the song and then drag it into the section where it says 'Rebecca's iPhone' where the song had then be put onto my phone. To ensure that this had occurred, I then clicked on the heading that read 'Music' which was again located under 'Rebecca's iPhone' and I was able to scroll to see if the song I had just put onto my phone was actually there and it was. Even though iTunes said that the song was on my phone, I actually wanted to check myself by going on my phone and seeing if the song is there myself, so I just needed to go onto my music on my phone and then find the Avril Lavigne album which was called 'Goodbye Lullaby (Deluxe Edition)' - once I had done this and clicked on the album, I was then able to see that the song was there and it also worked properly when I clicked on it to make it play.
By having this song on my phone it meant that I would be able to play it when I am filming so my actor would be able to mime the words in time with the song, but it is also advantageous that the song is on my phone as my it is small and portable, so when I am filming I will be able to place my phone in my pocket and let the music play instead of me having to hold it and try to control the camera at the same time. In addition, by having the song on my phone I will be able to continuously listen to it and will be able to think of new ideas for the song or will be able to make any changes if I want to.
Memory Stick
I also needed to ensure that I had the song available to me on my memory stick, so when it comes to editing my music video I will have the mp3 file of the song available to me at all times, but I also wanted to have this song on my memory stick just in case something may happen to the other song files that I already have on my laptop. I think I will most likely edit the majority of my music video on my own laptop rather than on the computers at college which means that having this song on my memory stick is not essential because I will have all of the song files on my laptop - however, I would like to have a file of the song saved on my memory stick just in case. Again, below is a quick slideshow to demonstrate how I put this song file onto my memory stick.
When putting this song onto my memory stick, the first thing I had to do was make sure that my memory stick was actually connected to my laptop and to check this all I had to do was go onto my documents and as soon as I saw 'REBECCA 4' I knew that my memory stick was connected to my laptop as this is the name of my memory stick. To get the song onto my memory stick I again had to go back onto iTunes and find the song I would be using for my music video, once I had found the song I wanted I then had to click on it and drag it from iTunes and then into the folder which read 'REBECCA 4' which again is the name of my memory stick. Once I had done this, the song should then have saved onto my memory stick as an mp3 file and to check this all I had to do was click on the folder called 'REBECCA 4' which would then show all of the files that are on the memory stick and once I had clicked on this, I was able to see that the 'Not Enough' song had been saved as an mp3 file onto my memory stick where I would be able to access it on any computer my memory stick may be connected to.
Again, I will most likely be doing the majority of the editing on my own laptop, which means I will already have the original song file saved onto my laptop, so do not necessarily need the extra file saved onto my memory stick, but I have saved it on here to make sure that I have an extra copy if anything goes wrong with the other files that I have on my laptop. I have also saved this as a file on my memory stick in the case that I actually want to edit while at college and will need to song with me, so instead of working without the song, I will be able to plug my memory stick into the computer at college and can add the song onto Premiere Pro with no issues.
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