Editing.

For all the clips i was using in my video i changed the saturation for all of them giving a dark, gloomy effect. When i was filming i had someone shine an extra light so in some shots theres a certain glow which gives a better effect. For some of the clips i also changed the speed of them making them slower which gave a nice effect for some scenes and made the clips longer.

This screen shot shows that i was editing clips im using for my video. I shortened the length of a some clips to make them shorter and not so long time wise. I also cut out some parts of the clips that i didn't want to use.

On some of the clips i cropped the size of the frame as there were some parts of the background/scenery i didn't want in the clip, so i cropped the frame smaller to remove extraneous material. 

After i edited my video making sure all the clips i wanted were in the right placed and were used. I added the song ive chosen to the video so now when the video is playing so is the music and the video and music are in sync with each other.

When adding the music i also trimmed down the length of the song as it was too long for my video. so i had to drag the two yellow lines cutting the music a bit from the begging and from the end.

Editing Film.

I have now started to edit my videos and arranged them in the order i want them to come up in.
So far it has been pretty straightforward however my videos are coming up wide so i need to try get them sorted out.

I've started to edit and put together my videos looking at which parts i want to go where, how much i wanted of each clip and which parts of the song the clips would go to.

Story.

The story for my music video and what will happen.

Beginning - Intro, first verse and chorus. 

• The intro instrumental will show the actress getting into her car looking very upset putting her head down as if shes having a bad day and is going through a hard time.
• As the singing starts the actress is driving as the the roads are being filmed as she is driving showing that she is basically running away from whatever has happened back home.
• She then appears in a park looking upset and depressed walking around. You then see her in different scenes sitting on different things of the park equipment for example the swings, benches, and high platforms. And judging by the way she is walking around she seems to have been here before so she could be thinking about old memories and better times.

The middle - second verse.

• You see the actress trying to light a cigarette but not actually smoking it showing that shes going through a difficult time and this is not like her as she doesn't usually smoke.
• She is then looking around again, looking at the scenery etc showing that even though she doesn't have a reason to be out she feels she may be re-living something but just wanted to get away so she has come to this place to deal with her emotions.
• The next scene shows her sitting on the swings looking at the her phone looking disappointed and fed up as she may have been expecting someone to contact her even though she knows they won't which upsets her even more.

End - Last chorus and end instrumental. 

• The music towards the end gets deeper and by the sound more instruments are added.
• You then see her walking around then  walking up to a sign which says 'NO SWIMMING' suggesting that she is ignoring the sign and is having suicidal thoughts as she feels this is the last option for her as she is very depressed.
• She then is seen crouching down on the edge as if she is going to jump in but is having second thoughts looking down and putting her head in her hands as she is not thinking probably and is just very emotional and sad, not knowing what she is about to do.
• You then see her standing by the lake/pond showing that even though she is very low she is just looking at the scenery clearing her head and is just thinking about the past and happier times.
• The song then goes into the end instrumental showing the scenery of that night.

Filming.

Originally i had filmed everything for my video however the macs and imovie wouldnt except my video files and they would not work so i had to re-film over the holidays which was very time consuming and meant i had to change my story line due to time and the weather ect.

So my new story line shows a girl who is sad and depressed and lonely walking around aimlessly after having an argument with someone.
You'll see shots of her walking around, the scenery she's in, the emotion on her face and the weather/time. My choice for the time of day i filmed was good in the end as there wasn't enough time really during the day and the evening/night shows more emotion and goes better with the song i have chosen.

I filmed over a couple of days mainly in the evening so it was shot in the dark. Luckily the weather was the same over the days i was filming so it looks like the video was shot in one day. 


I picked a location that was simple and near. So i chose this place with hills and park and big pond/lake. As i filmed at night only things i filmed were visible but the location is a good place to film.

The actress in my music video is dressed very casual and is wearing a light coloured jumper, leggings, a leather jacket and a beanie hat and gloves. Which went well with the theme of my video.