Music video Filming by the sea

So we planned on filming the past weekend but our schedules didn’t match well so we didn’t get to film.  We thought of the idea to do a sunrise/ sunset type of vibe. We also thought that if that doesn't work out for some reason that a rainy day would work too. The song we chose can be interpreted in many different ways therefore we can work it any way. Our preferred location would be the beach and if not an open large field. Health and safety would be mostly considered for our car shots. We also need to make sure that the beach is safe for use. We want to make sure we are not in the way of any beach goers and get their permission if we need them in the video.
The costumes that we will be using are bathing suits and hoodies. We are wearing these not for their intended use but to give of a hip look. it is used for the intended  Florida aesthetic. we will also be wearing sunglasses, flip flops and sandals. For the lighting of our music video, we will be relying largely on the sun. we also will have scenes in the dark so we will be using the white light from our phones. So the main source of our lighting will natural light.
Our schedule for the music video would go as follows. By the 21st of November we needed to decide our location which we have already. By the 25th of November we want to have most if not all of our filming finished and documented (pt.1). By the 2nd of December the pt.2 of the last completion process should be finished. Filming would be done and clips would be decided on and placed in order to be edited. By the 9th of December our music video would be needed to be fully complete with added sound and full editing etc. Lastly, by the 11th of December the final assessment and analysis of our music video would be complete and wed wrap up the project.

Music Video Storyboard

The costumes that we will be using are bathing suits and hoodies. We are wearing these not for their intended use but to give of a hip look. it is used for the intended  Florida aesthetic. we will also be wearing sunglasses, flip flops and sandals. For the lighting of our music video, we will be relying largely on the sun. we also will have scenes in the dark so we will be using the white light from our phones. So the main source of our lighting will natural light.  For our cast (actors) we have the female protagonist which will be played by one of our members sister, (Kelly). She will be the one running around with the towel around her neck. The camera angles we will be using for the music video are going to be: wide shot,  pan, tilt, trunk shot, high angle shot, close ups and two people shots. for our male protagonist, we will be using our friend Sam. were giving g him a beach boy look. we will be using no beauty make up. sunblock will be used as our version of make up. we have a few props. we will be using towels, cars, the pier. we are mainly relying on the setting to tell our story. For our setting we will be at the Lauderdale by the sea beach. we will be under the fishing pier for a large portion of the music video. The editing of the video will be done by our most experienced member (Ben) on his iBUYPOWER Gaming Desktop Trace2 97K80 Intel Core i7 9th Gen 9700K (3.60 GHz) 32 GB DDR4 2 TB HDD 480 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Windows 10. The sounds of the video besides the music will have some ocean sounds in the beginning/ intro. The purpose of this to to lock in the tone of the music video. Because the music has no lyrics, the message the video gives off has to be based on the visual and instrumental, not the words.

Music Video Planning

The location for out music video is very flexible as the song we chose is instrumental. We thought of the idea to do a sunrise/ sunset type of vibe. We also thought that if that doesn't work out for some reason that a rainy day would work too. The song we chose can be interpreted in many different ways therefore we can work it any way. Our preferred location would be the beach and if not an open large field. Health and safety would be mostly considered for our car shots. We also need to make sure that the beach is safe for use. We want to make sure we are not in the way of any beach goers and get their permission if we need them in the video.

Our biggest props would be a car and some lifeguard stands. Of course we are not going to specifically buy any of these items for our music video as we already have access to them. We would also need some beach towels, sunglasses, stick/drone to get high shots. Costumes for our music video would some "typical Floridian". Some shorts and a tank top or a bathing suit as we are going for a "beach vibe". Anything that is considered beach or beach like clothing.

Our schedule for the music video would go as follows. By the 21st of November we needed to decide our location which we have already. By the 25th of November we want to have most if not all of our filming finished and documented (pt.1). By the 2nd of December the pt.2 of the last completion process should be finished. Filming would be done and clips would be decided on and placed in order to be edited. By the 9th of December our music video would be needed to be fully complete with added sound and full editing etc. Lastly, by the 11th of December the final assessment and analysis of our music video would be complete and wed wrap up the project.

Intro to music video

The transition from the commercial to music video was difficult. We had a hard time coming up with a song to use that we all liked. It was also tough coming up with concepts for the video we would make and how long we can use that concept until we ran out of possible ideas for the rest of the video. We had to work with more demanding standards. The video would have to be at least as twice as long as our commercial. The song we chose is called Sunset Lover by Petit Biscuit. The song is not extremely popular, and neither is the artist, however developing a concept for the song was rather easy. The song doesn't have words, making it more instrumental, but has a type of beat that can be used to create a good story. Due to the fact that the song is so instrumental is has a strong beat that can portray a sad situation or something really happy. My team and I decided to go with a beachy concept of teens having fun during the summer, driving around, enjoying their time and watching the sunset go by. This song would fall into a mix of EDM music but mostly Tropical house or vapor wave. To set up the feeling and theme we want for our music video we want to make sure that we accomplish six things.For the vapor wave genre: 1st- The costumes, are very retro, modern and a somewhat neo-noir style.2nd- The lighting, very bright positive colors like what would be in a sunset, also giving a mellow tone.3rd - The Acting, is a calm non hyper-feeling.4th- The Makeup, there is minimal makeup done in this genre. It doesn't focus on the looks of the actors.5th- The props, skate boards, bikes, and other things that you would normal use and see as calming6th- The scenery, is a beach-like late afternoon early night.

Final editing blog

Today we did the final editing for our commercial. The first step we did was import all of the clips we recorded onto the computer. Next we needed to import all of the clips onto fl pinnacle studios. The next step was to select which clips we wanted to use. There was a lot of trips we had to choose from. We were very relieved that we took so many shots. A lot of clips had minor issues in them either with the visual or the audio. We did have enough takes that were fine to use. We then took our selected perfect clips and edited them together.

We did this by dragging one clip onto the other. You need to make the end of the first clip touch the beginning of the second clip. By doing this you can play them with no gap between the clips. The next step we did what is make the clips shorter and go together more smoothly. We needed to remove the beginning of the clips before the scene starts. This removes anything we didn't want once the camera started rolling. Once we had the clips shortened and pasted together we had to work with the audio. Most of what we had recorded originally was what we were going to use. A few of the clips needed to be re recorded for the audio. We had to import the new audio we recorded today. It was the same process as importing the visual clips.

Under the visual clip line there is a audio clip line. We took the audio clip to and trimmed it down to match the visual. Then we inserted the audio into the audio line for the scene. Another issued we had to deal with was the narration/voiceover. We recorded voiceover for the slogan of the commercial. Doing this was rather easy all we needed to do was play the audio over a picture of the Gatorade bottle itself. Next we had to insert a picture of the Gatorade logo at the end. After we finished all the editing we watched the final product. We noticed the speed of the voiceover didn't match the clip it was on. We figured out how to speed up the audio without speeding up the visual.