Editing: Using and editing green screen footage

Today we learnt the skill of being able to use a green screen, not only that we were taught how to also edit the green screen clips and edit them to look professional and awesome. Firstly we were given a tutorial of all the different lighting uses with a green screen, we were also given a warning about how the creases of the green screen could effect the quality of the final edit. We were then given 2 clips, one of Mr Henton talking infront of the green screen and secondly a video of Adele's music video 'Rolling In The Deep'. We were told to open APP and were given the tutorial on how to use the master key, cropping the green screen video and how to make the video smaller to look more professional. Below is my final edit showing that I am capable of using a green screen...




I was then given the challenge to use some green screen clips previously filmed of a girl miming to the song from Adele 'Rolling In The Deep', we were then given the actual music video. Below is my final edit in which i used Adobe Premiere Pro, what i chose to do was to mix up the actual music music video and then put in the green screen footage in parts where the lip-syncing matched, below you can see a 40 second section of my final edit.

What have I learnt from this experience?

I have learnt clearly how to film using a green screen, how different light can affect and contribute to the final look of the clips, also how creasing of the green screen can cause major disadvantages to the final product. I had also learnt how to edit these clips using Adobe Premiere Pro, we were taught how to use the Master Key which is an effective tool to use when coming to work with green screens.

What will I take out from this experience? 

From this experience of learning how to use green screen footage I will be able to consider whether I can use it in my music video. Now that I have the experience and knowledge of being able to use a green screen this gives me an advantage to whether I use it or not.

Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro Music Video Editing Challenge

Today I was set a challenge to see whether I can create a music video using clips which has been previously used in a music video by an artist called 'Macklemore'. During the task we were not aloud to watch the acutal music video so we didn't have an idea on what it actually looked like, instead we would have to use our imagination to create a music video.

We would use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the clips together so it helped us improve our skills on the software. The skills we would use especially for this task would be to use transitions, how to grab particular footage and put it onto the timeline and alsov how to crop clips.

Below is my final edit using the clips given to me to create the music video, although I had created a longer video I only used 30 seconds worth of video to show what I believe was the best part I edited together.





As you can see this was a rough idea I had to put together these clips so that it would form some sort of story, looking at the original video I can see that they were completely different to one another meaning I had successfully edited the music video without copying the original. Below is the original music video and feel free to see the comparisons between them.

Research: Adobe TV

Now I have learnt the basics on how to use Adobe Premiere Pro I want to improve my knowledge of the software in order to get the best results when coming to edit my music video together.

Adobe TV is filled with loads of videos and tutorials dedicated on showing how to perform different techniques which will look good on APP. The first thing I went to watch on the website was to watch the basic tutorials on how to do such things as editing and transitioning which refreshed my memory and I now know how to perform such tasks without needing help.

As you can see from the picture on the right it shows the different tutorials which you can pick from on the website, I chose to watch the clips from the editing tab and also the transition, titles and effects tab.


I hope to use Adobe TV in the future once I have filmed all of my music video. The videos will help me with understanding all diffferent types of tips, techniques and general knowledge I will need to progress into making a quality music video.

Editing: Learning to edit with Premiere Pro

Today I have been learning how to edit a short video using a software called Adobe Premiere Pro, in this blog post I will be going the step-to-step process I went through in order to edit a short video.

SETTING UP AN APP PROJECT

The first thing you need to do before you start editing is creating a project which will give you the basics in order to edit,  I followed these steps in order to create a APP project:

1. Open Adobe Premiere Pro










2.  Click on 'Create New Project'









3. You can change the location in which the project will be found in by changing the location drop down arrow, you can also name your project, once you are happy then you can continue.










4. You can also change the projects presets through this next stage, I do not need to so I will just continue









5. You have now finished creating a new project, you now have the tools to be able to start importing and editing video clips.










IMPORTING FILES TO APP



To be able to start editing video clips you need to firstly import them onto your APP, to do this you have to go:

File > Import.. > Choose the video clips you wish to import.










CONSTRUCTING A PROJECT USING THROUGH THE USE OF 'MARK IN' AND 'MARK OUT' TO SELECT FOOTAGE


To be able to select certain points of your footage which you need in your video, you will need to use the 'Mark In' and 'Mark Out' buttons to move that footage onto the timeline. The 'Mark In' and 'Mark Out' buttons will be found below the 1st screen on your APP.








USING VIDEO AND AUDIO TRANSITIONS

To edit my video to make it look good and run smoothly, I have to use transitions. On APP there is an option which allows you to put in transitions onto your video's, below is how you put them onto your clips.

1. Once on the APP menu you have the option in the bottom left hand corner to pick video transitions or music transitions, once you have found the transition you would like to use, simply drag it onto the timeline onto the clip you wish the transition to be on. 

EXPORTING PROJECT TO CREATE A QUICKTIME MOVIE

To be able to export my video onto YouTube i firstly need to export the video from APP into a quicktime movie, to do this I followed the instructions below:

1. Once you are on the APP menu go to:

File > Export...

2. Next you will receive this new box which gives you various different options, it is best to leave everything alone apart from the video format, the default format setting is 'Quicktime' but you can change it to different formats depending on what you want to use the video for.

FINISHED VIDEO EDIT 

Once I had exported the APP project to a quicktime movie this allowed me to be able to put my short video onto YouTube, below is the final edit I put together using various different filmed clips. I believe that the clips shows that I have a clear understanding on how to edit using Premiere Pro.

Planning: Feedback from treatment

To be able to improve my treatment for my music video i believe that the best way in order to improve my ideas would be to get some constructive criticism from family, friends and others. i have set up a survey on surveymonkey.co.uk to collect the feedback from the people, to give my treatment some feedback click the following link:

Click here to take survey

Once  I have received enough feedback I will create another post showing some of the results.

RESULTS 06/10/2013

Over the last week I have been conducting the following survey to help me understand what is good or what I can improve in my music video treatment, below are some of the responses which I have received:

"Good overall treatment however you did not go into depth about the location, it would be interesting to find out why you had chosen those locations"

"Listening the song you have chosen and reading the plot for your music video seems like it will go really well together"

"The plot sounds really cool and you've chosen a great song! the camera shots and movements you are planning to use sound like they will be good."

"An interesting treatment however you should go into more information on mis-en-scene and locations however overall not a bad start."

"Watching your treatment back it sounds like it will be a great music video, I will definitely watch it once it is completed :)"

"Not bad, more info on location though."

My personal favorite:

"watched it and thought you know what this is okay but come on man what is this song in the background. It was a nice jazzy beat that made me move my feet but i didnt want to dance so"

I will now use this information to now plan my next steps on creating my video. I will also specifically go into more depth about the location in a future post which will help others to understand the concept of the music video a little more.