music video - first draft

Editing software

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS6
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is a timeline-based video editing software application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite, a suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe systems. I believe that using this software to edit the footage that I took for my music video will be most appropriate to use because it includes all the necessary tools that will help me to produce a music video effectively. The advantages of using this software is that I am able to edit to the way I want and it will help me to work faster with a sleek, redesigner user interface. I will also be able to produce professional results with greater editing precision and benefit from a flexible and connected workflow. Furthermore, the features include a multiple sequence support, high bit-depth rendering, multi-camera editing, time remapping, colour correction tools and an advanced audio mixer interface. I am also able to automatically update sequence settings to match the clip. Adobe premiere is the industry standard for video editing today. It is a program that allows the user to be very hands on with images and videos. I will be able to manipulate the characteristics of each frame and picture in whatever way feels suitable. However, there are disadvantages including the fact that it requires a more powerful computer to run properly and that it is extremely expensive whilst movie maker comes free. I have already used this software to create my moodboard with images and it proved to be useful and effective.

 ADOBE INDESIGN CS6
Adobe Indesign CS6 is a page-layout software that takes print publishing and page design beyond current boundaries. InDesign is a desktop publishing program that incorporates illustration capabilities into its interface. It also allows for cross-platform interaction with Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. I will be using this software to create my digipak and my magazine advertisement poster. I can also use this program to create the evaluation magazine for all of the questions because I believe that this software will be most appropriate to use for these kind of tasks. The advantages for using indesign is that it enables huge advances in the ability to resize layouts, alternate layouts can be housed in one document, PDF form tools, auto-sizing text frames, EPUB, HTML and PDF enhancements. However it also has its cons including the fact that some of the new featres are complex and come with a steep learning curve. I can overcome this by watching tutorials on YouTube.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6
Adobe Photoshop CS6 is a popular image editing software that provides a work environment consistent with Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop and other products in the Adobe creative suit. I will be using this software to edit the images that I have taken for my digipak and album magazine poster as I believe that it will be most suitable to use for picture editing. Photoshop will be effective when it comes to editing the images because it includes a diverse set of tools that will allow me to edit the pictures to the way I want. There are several pros to using adobe photoshop CS6 as it is used in the industry standard for professional photo editing, graphic design and digital imaging. Also, it includes a fresh new look, useful features, and many user-inspired enhancements. Lastly, Photoshop provides a new background save and auto-recovery features that will prevent catastrophic data loss and wasted time. However, there are also cons for using this software and that includes the fact that using photoshop will be a steep learning curve.  I will be able to overcome this problem the same way as I would with using InDesign. This way I will be using tutorials to self-teach myself through using YouTube.

Analysis of song lyrics

I have taken lyrics of the song that I will be using for my music video from the internet and analysed the lyrics. I talked about certain lines of the song and their meaning that could be useful when it comes to thinking of what I want my music video to include. Analysing the lyrics of the song has allowed me to discover the meaning of it and therefore I am able to think of a suitable narrative to use. I found out that the song is to do with friendship or lovers that look back on their good memories that they share together. I am planning to use this narrative for my video. Also with some of the lyrics, I would like to match it with what is going on in the frame such as the line "lights go down" where I am thinking about using a candle that will go down.

Production diary - week 9

Filming / editing schedule

I have created a filming and editing schedule so that I can be organised when it comes to the construction of my music video. I have made a calender that runs throughout July 2014 to January 2015. I have missed out several months because I have a holiday at that time. This is just an initial plan of how I would like my editing and filming process to be like, however this may change overtime. This will be useful as it will help to keep me organised and keep up to date with my work.

Actor release form

I have taken the actor release form template from the media resources folder that my media department has already set up for me to just fill in. It is used to formally inform and get consent from the actors what will be happening through the process of producing my music video and also to show that I have their full consent with being able to use them for my video by writing down their signature, phone numbers and email addresses.

Props list

This is the props list that I have created so that I know what I will be needing when it comes to the construction of my music video. The equipment that I have decided to use are all relevant to helping me succeed in the music video that I want to achieve as they include the basic necessaties such as a camera and lighting, but also other props that are included as part of the mis-en-scene aspect of the music video. When it comes to the actual contruction of my music video, I will be able to look back on this list and look at what I have included and what I have missed out. Although, if I have any more further ideas of other props that I may want to use, I will just include them in and talk about it on my production diary posts.