(P7) Apply post-production and editing techniques
Offline edit -
When creating the offline edit for our music video, we used Adobe Premiere Pro as this is a much easier software to use than After Effects to cut, paste and line up the footage to create a quick offline edit. When using Premiere, we used folders for the footage we gathered to make it easier to sort through, change or delete. This was a bonus to using Premiere Pro as if gave us helpful tools. Using Premiere pro, all we had to do was drag the video files (MP4) into the sequence and then cut the video clips to size. We would do this with each video clip until we have completed the offline edit.
The video was in 1920x1080, which is industry standard for online videos such as YouTube and streaming platforms. This is Ultra Hight Definition video which means that quality would not be an issue when the video is rendered. The frame rate that we exported at was 25fps. This is also industry standard for the frame-rate of the video, as it provides a very smooth video without being overstimulating or sickening because of the framerate. This means that the video looked professional when rewatched with the quality and frame rate added together.
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Importing Footage -
Importing the footage to Premiere Pro was very simple, as all we needed to do was open the media folder that we had and drag and drop the footage into the media folder in after effects (on the left hand side of the screen). After this, we just dragged and dropped individual clips into the sequence where we could freely edit them and change whatever we needed to change for the offline edit.
Similarly, for After Effects, we dragged and dropped the clips into the media folder, and then dropped them on the timeline to edit them. After effects has a different structure of a timeline, as it is vertically placed rather than horizontally, however this was easy to get used to and the footage that we needed was imported easily.
This is to show the framerate of the clips, as most of the stock footage was set to 50 frames per second. Rather than changing all of the clips, we set some of them back to 50 frames per second so that it matched most of the media that we imported. Then, when exporting the video, we would change the framerate back to 25 fps to stick to the commercial conventions of music videos.
Online Edit -
For the online edit of our music video, our group editor used Adobe After Effects, as this was the better editing software to use for effects and online edits. The software is very similar to premier Pro as it is from the same software manufacturer, Adobe, meaning that it was easy to transfer the offline edit to After Effects to begin the online edit process. When these were transferred, we could start editing the videos to make the firestarter style of music video that we initially envisioned.
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We used a series of advanced editing effects in our final video from both editing softwares. Using Adobe's Dynamic Link feature, we could seamlessly link files between both softwares which was extremely beneficial for the edit between both premiere and after effects.
In our music video, we wanted the cuts within each shot to line and stay on beat with the beat and tempo of the music. In order to ensure that the video clips were cut in timing with the music, we used the audio track at the bottom showing the levels of the music. This meant that at each peak, we could add a tag to show where we would need to cut the video, as a beat would be at each audio peak.
For some of the clips in our video, the speed had to be changed to match with the pace of the video or match up to the beat of the music. Some also had to be reveresd to create interesting effects towards the end of the music video. To do this, we used the time warp tool in Adobe After effects which gave us the ability to change the speed of the clips and the direction of the clips at our disposal. This was extremely useful for the final edit. We also used the AI frame blending here to make sure that the slowed versions of clips were smooth.
This is an image to show how we blended the frames on the clips that we slowed down.
When reversing clips, we used this tool, the clip speed tool. This gave us the ability to slow down and reverse the clip, which we needed for some of the clips towards the end of the sequence. This tool was very simple to use and turned out successful.
During the video, when the beat changes, our editor decided to create a split effect on the protagonist in our video. This consisted of two copies of the protagonist moving out by his side then coming back in with exponential speed settings. This then created a nice effect which complimented the style of our video.
The Pink shape around the protagonist is the mask that we used to create this effect.
This mask image was then pasted on both sides of the protagonist, at the same distance. Then we used the effect at the top of the panel to create the smooth, exponential transition between the movement. Keyframes were used to move the mask images both outwards from the character then back into the character and to the normal clip again. Then we used the graph to make the motion smooth, and adjust the rate at which the graphic moves on screen, as a linear graph would not look professional. After this, the opacity was also turned down so that the character did not look weird and did not overpower the frame, which turned out well.
In keeping with the style of the original Firestarter music video, we made all of the video clips, par the last one, black and white. This created the Prodigy style that we all know well, and complimented the cinematography of the video greatly. To do this, we used the magic bullet looks plugin to remove the saturation from all of the video clips. The contrast was also edited here to create a harder looking image and burn the blacks and whites together.
The one colour we did keep in the video was the colour of fire. To do this, we used the leave colour effect to pick the colour we wanted to keep in the video. Once we picked orange, this made sure that the orange flames were left in the video whilst everything else stays black and white. In some clips that had orange in them other than the flame, we masked the flame itself and then only used the leave colour effect within the mask. This fixed all of the problems we had with the colour.
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