In preparation for my music video, I was set a task which would help to improve my editing skills when using Adobe Premiere Pro (APP). The task was to try and recreate an appropriate music video for the song Wings by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The original video is below:
The sound track was given to us in full, while the real music video had been cut up into chunks and put into a folder. The task was to then take these small pieces of film and to put them in an order which matched the song. The idea was not to make the original video at full length, but a slightly different one that included at least one piece of lip-syncing and using the clips that fitted the backing music. Although it may be a bit of fun, the key was to develop my editing skills. The video that I made is below along with a picture of me editing it together:
During the video, I have used multiple clips for lip-syncing. This was probably the hardest part of the challenge, as the timing has to be perfect. In this, the timing is okay but is slightly out so that would be something that I need to work on, however, it is not a major issue. Also, I have used clips that match the lyrics, for example there is a line that says "I stepped outside" and I have the boy walking outside his house. Another example is the line "it's gunna make me fly". I have then got a clip of the young boy jumping to try and touch the net while this is being said. This was a lot easier to accomplish because the clips were long enough to cover the whole ones, whereas if the lines were a lot longer, the clips may cut off before the end. In my final piece of work, however, I will be creating the film myself and therefore I can be in control of this. Finally, I made sure that some of the clips matched the sound of the music. In a clip later on in the video, the boy bounces the basketball just as the music drops down, The ball hits the floor as this happens, thus giving the impression that he is in control of the music. This was easy to control in the video, and when I make my one, it won't be a problem as I can create clips that replicate this sort of edit.
