When I was creating my music video using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, I used a range of different techniques, some of which I have included in my final video and some of which I haven't. Some of the techniques I have used may seem quite complicated and can only be used if downloaded separately - however, there are also simple techniques like adding transitions between shots which I have also used. There are an array of different techniques that I have used when creating my music video - however, in this post I am only going to talk about the techniques which I believe took a bit longer to do or were just generally important in relation to how I created my music video. One of the important features I have used is effects by a company called 'Rampant Designs' - however, I have not mentioned them below due to the fact that I have previously already created a post about these effects and how they could be used in a video. Below you will be able to see some of the techniques that I may or may not have used in my final music video, but nonetheless, I did try them out to see if I would like to use them in my music video.
Colour Grading
I think one of the most important techniques I used when creating my music video was the use of colour grading - this technique was especially important for my music video due to the fact that I needed to have quite a dark and gloomy music video and because a lot of the shots I had were quite sunny, I had to rely on the use of colour grading to enable me to make sure the music video is the type of colour that I want it to be. When actually beginning to colour grade, I had to edit each shot separately and this was because all of the various shots were under different lighting - when it came to editing the colour of the shots in the green room and in the loft I mainly just copied and pasted the adjustment layer as all of the lighting was the same - however, with the shots in the woods, I had to use different adjustment layers and different effects - this was due to the fact that each shot was done in a different location which meant that Laura was under different lighting each time.
As each shot was different, I decided to film myself editing one of the shots in my music video to enable you to see what the process is like, but like I said, in the video I have presented, I have only edited one shot and the majority of the rest of the shots will use different effects. At the end of the video you are able to see how the colour of the shot had changed as I change from the original footage to the edited footage. Here is the video I have created:
Removing Objects
When editing my music video I did notice that sometimes there were objects in the background which was extremely annoying as the shots themselves were good - however, object in the background of shots generally isn't conventional in a music video (depending on the genre), but for my music video, it will make it look unprofessional. The only time I really had an issue with this was when I was filming in the loft and at the time I did believe that I had all of the objects out of view, but this wasn't the case. The most annoying thing about this situation was that the objects were only small, so I thought about the things I could possibly do instead of wasting time shooting again, so after some time I realized that I was able to remove the objects from the shots and I have presented how I was able to to do this in a video below.
Here is the video I created:
In the video I have presented above you are able to see that there was a small white object is the corner of the screen and I was simply able to get rid of it by using the 'Content-Aware' tool in Photoshop. You are able to see that all I had to do was save the shot as an image, edit it in Photoshop and then I just had to open it back up on Premiere Pro. However, once it was on Premiere Pro, you are able to see that only the image was shown on the shot and the video was being played behind it, so to solve this I just had to select the masking tool which enabled me to select only the section of the image that I want to use on the video and once I had done that you are able to see that it made it look as if the objects were never there and you are able to see the video being played at the same time.
Fading Heads
One of the techniques that I was unsure whether to use or not was when the audience will see the two heads fading in and out of one of the shots. Before actually shooting the music video I wanted to do this effect as I thought it would be quite interesting and would appeal to the audience, but also because it ties in with the silhouette idea as the silhouette has been used to represent the actors conscience and the two fading heads again reinforce the idea of the conscience even though they actually appear before the silhouette scene. After I thought a lot about the technique, in the end I decided to use it as I asked quite a few people what they thought about it and they said it was 'cool' and 'interesting' (I have no proof of this due to the fact that I actually spoke to these people where I asked them what they thought). Nonetheless, I decided to use the technique and you are able to see how I was able to create it through the use of the video I have presented below.
Here is the video I have created:
Neat Video (Noise Reduction Plug-In)
When I first watched over all of the shots that I took in the loft, I noticed that there was a lot of noise and this was most likely due to the fact that even though I had a spare light with me, the room was quite dark which will commonly cause a lot of noise to appear in a video. As there was quite a bit of noise in the video, I decided to do some research to see how I may be able to remove some of this noise and I came across a plug-in called 'Neat Video' which would reduce the noise in a video, so I downloaded this plug-in and used it in my video. However, after some time I noticed that my video was actually better without the plug-in, but also this plug-in leaves a watermark on the video which was annoying as you will be able to see from my first draft video which uses this plug-in as there is a green box around the shots that were filmed in the loft. Even though I decided not to use this technique I still decided to present how I was able to use this feature, but in the end I just decided not to use it.
Again, I decided to create a video to present to you how I used this technique. Here is the video I created:
In the video I have demonstrated above you are able to see that once this neat video effect has been added to the video, it makes the video look a lot smoother, but at the same time it also gets rid of some parts that are in the video and makes it look fake and this is partly one of the reasons why I decided not to use this technique. However, another reason I decided not to use it was due to the fact that it made the video lag a lot, but also I was unable to remove the green box that appeared when this effect was added, so the best solution for me was to actually just not use this technique which I think has benefited me. In the video above, I don't actually select the download button and this is due to the fact that when I filmed this I had already downloaded the plug-in, so I just wanted to show you the process I went trough to download it and then I went straight back onto Premiere Pro to enable me to start using the plug-in.
Song Title
When I was creating my storyboard and animatic, my initial idea was to have the title of the song which is 'Not Enough' to appear at the beginning of the music video - however, after I tried out a range of different things I decided that it would be best not to use the title of the song at the beginning of the music video and this was due to the fact that for my specific music video, it made it look less professional and unappealing, so I made the decision not to use it. When creating the title, I even used the same fonts that I had used in my ancillary texts to help create continuity between the texts - however, it just wasn't appealing and I didn't want to keep it on my music video. Nonetheless, below I have presented an image of what the title would have looked like if I decided to keep it. Overall, I prefer to have no title in the music video rather than having one which I think is unappealing and will drive the audience away as they may think it is an unprofessional music video as soon as they start watching it.
Here is the image of what my song title perhaps would have looked like if I decided to keep it on my music video:
In the image I have demonstrated above you are able to see that the text is quite unprofessional and even though this is the main font that I have used in my ancillary texts, it just makes my music video look messy and unprofessional. When actually trying to create this song title I did try out various different fonts and techniques, but nothing went well with the video so overall I just decided not to add a song title.
Overall, I believe that all of the effects and techniques I used and may not have used were all very important as they enabled me to edit my music video in the way I wanted it to look and without these techniques I would have never been able to construct the music video I now have. To demonstrate how important these effects and techniques were, I decided to show what my music video would look like if I didn't add any effects to it. So below you will be able to find my music video - however, this time it has no added effects, except from transitions to enable the shots to blend well together. Also, I have presented my final music video with all of the effects to enable you to see the difference between the videos and how the effects can make such a big difference.
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