Tuesday, 13 November 2012

First attemp at an edit

After storyboarding my music video, I decided to go straight into filming the whole video in one day using my chosen actors. For my first edit, I didnt want to add and sort of special effects. It was supposed to be rough with some simple colour correction. There are no sound effects either, however I focused all my effort on putting every clip I filmed into a narrative. This is the outcome:




As you can see, there is a lot of work to be done. After a long think about what is missing to make it convincing, I realised what it is. Not only is this film too similar to my last video, but also I didnt think the acting was good enough to give a convincing role.

Main points to take from this edit:
  • I need to film at night time. This will fit with the song more and give it a more tense atmosphere.
  • The actors need to be changed along with having 3 instead of 2. I have changed my idea significantly. I want to still have a stong female lead, however I only want her to show up at the end and be a mysterious figure. I will have a similar story but the chase will be between two men who are both angry at each other instead on one who is simply chasing one. This means the I will need two weapons.
  • One of the new actors will be a professional MMA fighter, this means that the fight scene will be far more convincing. This is the scene that will be the hardest to get right. Also, I need to make the fight longer.
  • The gun recoil need to be more realistic, it doesnt look powerful enough. I will need to research realistic gun recoil from internet videos and try to get in contact with some weapons handlers.
  • If I use CGI, I can easily practice on the footage I have filmed.
  • Re-filming will be easy as I have already filmed most clips. Nothing will be down to chance.
  • The two characters have to be equal in skill and both have to be chasing each other. The female lead will only show up at the end. She will shoot her henchman as she does not need him anymore.

I will be getting on with the re-filming and second edit as soon as possible.

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