Filming and Editing Blog for My Music Video

 Hey guys, so for this blog I decided to combine both the second filming and editing process I went through since neither was that long. For the filming I really only needed one shot to be done. I wasn't going to change anything to it just wanted to get a clearer picture of it. It was shot in the dark and dim lighting which again made it harder like last time, but I was able to get what I wanted after a couple of trials. That was pretty much all there is to it. The editing was a little more challenging.  While editing I had to decide whether or not I should keep the title shot. I ended up removing it and moved onto the rest of the video. Deleting it didn't have any negative effects and it helped keep the video in the time needed. I added the music and had to edit it so I can get specific parts of the song in it. I didn't change the song, I just removed the little instrumental at the beginning of the song. I watched the video at least 5 times with the music on because it felt like something wasn't right. I reviewed my blog and remembered that I had intended to change the caption because it "felt off." I changed the font, added quotation marks, and was trying to decided whether it should slide in or expand. I asked a friend what they thought and they said to use a slide because it matches the effect I used in the last slide. The next part was to color grade the video to fit the convention of a pop music video. It was harder than I thought it was going to be but I got it in the end with the help of my friend. First, I nested the video so I can color grade the entire video instead of doing it one at a time. I struggled finding the effect I used last time to color grade, went through all of them 'til I did. I messed around with red and blue trying to find the perfect combination and strength of the effect. I ran into a problem at the end, because the last shot was in the dark with little lighting and the blue overpowered the red. My friend said to take the last two shots of the video from the original timeline and replace it with the last two shots of the nest, and then color grade those shots. Which is exactly what I did. After that it was all rendering and exporting. I highlighted the timeline, rendered effects and video, and I was done. Stick around for the next blog to see how my video turned out.



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