In media I have done a two-year course. During the first
year it was all about learning about how to use your post production skills to
create the final product in year 13 which is our final music video. To do this
there are many parts that have to be practiced such as the technology, the
websites, the presentation tools and the editing software.
To start with the editing, when I started the course in year
12 I had a little bit of experience with editing but I had only ever used
IMovie on a MacBook air. Learning how to go from IMovie to premier pro was a
had step for me as I was used to simplistic cuts and transitions. In year 12 we
were given a task so that we could get used to the program, this was to import,
cut and match up video with audio. To do this we used limited tools within
premier pro, we mainly used the cut icon and the transition pad. Within this
task there was no creativity involved, the main part that I struggled with
within the task was getting used to all of the icons on the program as it took
a while to get used to what every icon was for. The next task we got given was
called juno, and that was to recreate a scene from the movie juno. Within this
task we used editor to correctly cut and place the video footage in time with
the music and the actual movie. This task was very basic for post-production as
it was more for the camera work, but there was an effect that I had to look up
on YouTube to find out how to do it but it was simple compared to my year 13
work.
For the final part of year 12, we had the task of creating
an opening scene for an upcoming movie. For the editing in post-production, to
creative the narrative I used basic cuts so everything fitted in with the idea
and it all made sense. The main effect that was used within the task was a
split screen, this was used to how the cross between personality’s. the split
screen was very basic as there was no added effects to make it look sharp or
unedited, there was no feathering added it was a line dead centre. Also within
the task there was no sound correction so it was muffled sound which was also
screechy, in post-production there could’ve been an improvement by using sound
correction within premiere pro. Also for the task it would’ve been the first
time using titles and text, the final product has titles in different positions
and different sizes but the main focus was to get the same font and size both
of which we found hard as we were still learning how to position without
changing the size of the text but also how to position the text without needing
a different colour or font.
Going from year 12 to year 13 there was a big difference
within my post production work this was shown through my first piece of work
created which was banana phone a task where you have to show different objects
and effects on a lip-sync 30 second music video. In my video I had adapted my skill
son premier pro for a music video I learnt how to make finding the video to
match the audio easier by using the curser on the screen. Doing this it would
allow me to look at the video every frame to check if everything was in time. I
also learnt how to make more effects and transitions effective by using the
effect pad on the left of premier pro. Using this it would allow me to change
how long an effect would last or how much it would affect the video.
Going from banana phone to my final production, this was to
make a music video for an undiscovered artist within this video I found out how
to use more effects and how to make them more effective in a music video. To do
this I look up video on YouTube to learn how to do better effects so that when
it came to the editing I could play around with certain effects. Also within
editing I learnt to use after effects, using this in my music video it would
make it look more professional by adding different colour effects and
correction on effects. When editing I had to make sure there was good synergy
to match the orange on the other parts in our post production. In after effects
the main effect I used was masking within a transition, this is where there is
a cut around an object to make another video appear behind. This was effective
within my video as it helps the overall narrative.
