Reflection
Today we finalized our post-production process and exported our video. During the process, there were several problems, most of which were relatively minor. The audio equalization in the video was problematic. The song conflicted greatly with the original audio from the recording sessions, such as the basketball bounces and speech.
Due to our ineptness with the program, it took some help from Ms. Wong and time to explore the program to find an audio edit zone. This allowed us to reduce the volume of the ambient noise and balance the audio. After this, we exported the video successfully. This experience helped me understand audio editing within movies a lot more.
Evaluation
Today I found it really fulfilling and felt a sense of achievement today when our group exported our final video and placed it into the drop box. The sense of accomplishment in completing a project such as this was enjoyable and the fact that we were the only group to make the deadline was also rewarding.
I also enjoyed the learning experience during today's lesson and also in previous lessons. I am now a little more acquainted with the software used to edit videos professionally, and while I still have a long way to go before I become efficient with the program so that I can use it effectively, I think I have learned a lot about editing and the filmmaking process in general throughout this project.
I will, however, continue to make videos for fun occasionally and expand, through experimentation, my knowledge of the program. This will help me be more comfortable with the program in future.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Reflection/Evaluation for 13/4/11
Reflection
Today, we went to refilm Nic Tse's singing and dancing performance scenes. This was because of the previous failed attempts at filming Nic trying to perform. He was extremely shy in previous lessons, and his singing and dancing scenes were not very good due to this.
This lesson, Charles and I had to convince him to perform with more passion and flair instead of singing and dancing in a very machine-like and robotic way, without impassioned movements. We managed to solve this problem and get him to act more enthusiastically by placing an iPhone, with the song playing, into his hood, and then setting up the camera to record before moving away so that Nic could record alone without suffering from stage-fright.
We thus had to use static shots to film Nic Tse's parts, and thus it was virtually impossible to create interesting, rhythmically-enhancing camera movements, which detracted from our film's quality. However, this was essential to ensure that the scenes looked good instead of having poor performance scenes.
During editing, Nic and I watched more music videos in the hip-hop genre while Charles and Alastair carried out the technical parts of editing. We tried to find more post-production editing techniques which we could incorporate into our video as editing continued, but we decided that what we should keep our video simple so we didn't include too many editing effects.
Evaluation
Although we had some setbacks, we managed to successfully finish our filming today and then moved onto editing. In terms of completing our goals for the day, we managed to achieve all of them, which is good, because we were then ahead of schedule for editing.
Since we could not have so many people crowding around one computer at a time, we only let Alastair and Charles deal with the technical issues in editing, while Nic and I moved to another computer to watch more music videos. We provided feedback and proposals on editing choices and what clips should be included and where, but we decided to keep the video simple so only very few of these were actually implemented.
Today, we went to refilm Nic Tse's singing and dancing performance scenes. This was because of the previous failed attempts at filming Nic trying to perform. He was extremely shy in previous lessons, and his singing and dancing scenes were not very good due to this.
This lesson, Charles and I had to convince him to perform with more passion and flair instead of singing and dancing in a very machine-like and robotic way, without impassioned movements. We managed to solve this problem and get him to act more enthusiastically by placing an iPhone, with the song playing, into his hood, and then setting up the camera to record before moving away so that Nic could record alone without suffering from stage-fright.
We thus had to use static shots to film Nic Tse's parts, and thus it was virtually impossible to create interesting, rhythmically-enhancing camera movements, which detracted from our film's quality. However, this was essential to ensure that the scenes looked good instead of having poor performance scenes.
During editing, Nic and I watched more music videos in the hip-hop genre while Charles and Alastair carried out the technical parts of editing. We tried to find more post-production editing techniques which we could incorporate into our video as editing continued, but we decided that what we should keep our video simple so we didn't include too many editing effects.
Evaluation
Although we had some setbacks, we managed to successfully finish our filming today and then moved onto editing. In terms of completing our goals for the day, we managed to achieve all of them, which is good, because we were then ahead of schedule for editing.
Since we could not have so many people crowding around one computer at a time, we only let Alastair and Charles deal with the technical issues in editing, while Nic and I moved to another computer to watch more music videos. We provided feedback and proposals on editing choices and what clips should be included and where, but we decided to keep the video simple so only very few of these were actually implemented.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Reflection/Evaluation for 7/4/11 - Music Video Presentations Review (Day Four)
Ref;ection
Today, we continued once again with our music video presentations, which I critically evaluated again:
Dean Dyus: Stan by Eminem ft. Dido
* Thorough description of themes.
* Very few screenshots to show lighting.
* Description of lighting was good, but could have been more in-depth.
* "I'm not going to do this, 'cos I don't really care." Lack of enthusiasm.
Anne Mancini: Strawberry Fields by The Beatles
* Very good analyzation of colour.
* Good description of camera techniques.
Myself
Davis Wong:
* Good analysis of lyrics.
* Good relation of video to moods.
* Good analysis of transitions.
* Good analysis of colour and relation to time.
Then, we continued with filming and finished our shooting of Nic's singing scenes.
Evaluation
Today, we continued once again with our music video presentations, which I critically evaluated again:
Dean Dyus: Stan by Eminem ft. Dido
* Thorough description of themes.
* Very few screenshots to show lighting.
* Description of lighting was good, but could have been more in-depth.
* "I'm not going to do this, 'cos I don't really care." Lack of enthusiasm.
Anne Mancini: Strawberry Fields by The Beatles
* Very good analyzation of colour.
* Good description of camera techniques.
Myself
Davis Wong:
* Good analysis of lyrics.
* Good relation of video to moods.
* Good analysis of transitions.
* Good analysis of colour and relation to time.
Then, we continued with filming and finished our shooting of Nic's singing scenes.
Evaluation
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Reflection/Evaluation for 4/4/11 - Music Video Presentations Review (Day Three)
Reflection
Today we continued with some music video presentations, and once again I critically evaluated these presentations:
Katherine Pemberton: Bad Romance by Lady GaGa
* Good explanation of effects of colour and lighting use.
* Good analysis of silhouettes.
* Good explanation of camera techniques.
* Good explanation of symbolism.
Charles Wan: 21 Guns by Green Day
* Good introduction of music video themes.
* Good analyzation of lighting and colours.
* Good description of camera techniques.
Beatrice Chia: Can't Nobody by 2NE1
* Good analyzation of lighting and colours.
* Nice analysis of editing and transitions.
Saskia Leung: Firework by Katy Perry
* Good explanation of camera movements and distances.
* Good description of editing.
After a few of these presentations, we then proceeded to continue our filming further. Today, we managed to film most of Nic Tse's lip-syncing and dancing scenes. This means that we only have to complete his dancing and singing scenes later before we move on to editing.
We did not learn much in today's lesson, apart from a few experimental trial-and-error learning experiences when filming the lip-syncing scenes, where we figured out that actually singing the song makes the lip-syncing more realistic than simply mouthing the words.
Evaluation
We worked very well today to complete most of the singing and dancing parts of the music video. This is thanks to Nic's hard work in memorizing the lyrics of the song so that he could lip-snc it without delays in filming.
However, Nic had some problems with dancing, especially with other people watching. For this reason, we will most likely refilm some of the dance scenes with myself and possibly Charles dancing in synchronized movements with him. Also, I have taken it upon myself to teach Nic some moves so that he isn't so self-conscious.
This means that I will probably have to spend some time planning dance sequences and choreographing group scenes, which will be time-consuming. However, we only need to re-flim a few scenes so this will not be too hard. Researching the dance moves that are common in Mando-pop music videos will probably be very helpful in this endeavour.
Today we continued with some music video presentations, and once again I critically evaluated these presentations:
Katherine Pemberton: Bad Romance by Lady GaGa
* Good explanation of effects of colour and lighting use.
* Good analysis of silhouettes.
* Good explanation of camera techniques.
* Good explanation of symbolism.
Charles Wan: 21 Guns by Green Day
* Good introduction of music video themes.
* Good analyzation of lighting and colours.
* Good description of camera techniques.
Beatrice Chia: Can't Nobody by 2NE1
* Good analyzation of lighting and colours.
* Nice analysis of editing and transitions.
Saskia Leung: Firework by Katy Perry
* Good explanation of camera movements and distances.
* Good description of editing.
After a few of these presentations, we then proceeded to continue our filming further. Today, we managed to film most of Nic Tse's lip-syncing and dancing scenes. This means that we only have to complete his dancing and singing scenes later before we move on to editing.
We did not learn much in today's lesson, apart from a few experimental trial-and-error learning experiences when filming the lip-syncing scenes, where we figured out that actually singing the song makes the lip-syncing more realistic than simply mouthing the words.
Evaluation
We worked very well today to complete most of the singing and dancing parts of the music video. This is thanks to Nic's hard work in memorizing the lyrics of the song so that he could lip-snc it without delays in filming.
However, Nic had some problems with dancing, especially with other people watching. For this reason, we will most likely refilm some of the dance scenes with myself and possibly Charles dancing in synchronized movements with him. Also, I have taken it upon myself to teach Nic some moves so that he isn't so self-conscious.
This means that I will probably have to spend some time planning dance sequences and choreographing group scenes, which will be time-consuming. However, we only need to re-flim a few scenes so this will not be too hard. Researching the dance moves that are common in Mando-pop music videos will probably be very helpful in this endeavour.
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