Group: Final Music Video

Here is the final version of our music video for 'Afraid' by The Neighbourhood: 

 

 

Final Print Works

                 The Digipak

 

                               Vice Advert

                           NME Advert

Group Reflection Post 9.12.13

What Did You Achieve?

Today the group contributed to the editing process as a whole, we acquired more feedback which included altering our chorus and final drawing section to make it more visually interesting as it is quite static and boring. To solve this we scrapped the final drawing section and created a black screen with quite cuts to text of an enigmatic message we created, in between these we have cuts to random sections of clip from earlier in the timeline. When each word comes up we have it flash from black to white using a  colour matte which makes it a bit more visually interesting. As well as this Harry completed his print work, changing the text and adding the bands website to the bottom to make it seem more like a magazine spread than just a poster. Alex also altered the font on her print work which is now completed and ready for submission.

What Problems Did You Encounter?

We had too much repetition of the pre-chorus section, we have tried to solve this using a number of new, creative ideas however we eventually came to a final product.

AY: Group Development 3/12/13

Today we worked collaboratively to edit the video and decide which filler shots to include in the chorus. We also added a slow track in on the chorus when Dan is sitting on the bench as it is too static.
We showed our video to Mrs Fernandez and this is the feedback she gave us:

• The jump cut at the beginning looks odd as it only happens once in this begin sequence
• The shot of Dan exiting the house is still too long
• More needs to happen in the chorus, for example you could have more flashing images cut into the static shots to create more discordance
• I think you should add in more lyrics to create a theme throughout the song but be sure not to over do it
• For the bridge and final chorus your cutting rate needs to be much faster to create a crescendo into the end of the song
• Make sure you carefully select the clips that you want to use in the reverse sequence and choose shots/lyrics to cut into the clip to make it more interesting

We have decided to all stay at lunch to continue editing and amend the video where possible

Group: Development Post 2/12/13

Today, Harry was the core editor, we looked over the video and worked out where we could improve, particularly in making some of the longer shots more interesting/cutting away to other shots. So, we focused on the last chorus, and cut in shots from throughout the video. Then, for the third verse, the shot where the character is walking through the woods we duplicated it, layered it over the top and put it slightly ahead of the main clip and then lowered the opacity to 38. Also, Dan and Alex continued work on their respective print work. Dan's work is below alongside a screenshot from the Premiere timeline.

AY: Print work so far

 

Above is an image of my print work so far however I am planning on adding in the album name and a possible date which promotes the release of the album.



Group Reflection Post 28.11.13

What Did You Achieve?

Today Alex and Dan continued with their print work, Dan imported a new image to use on the inside cover of the digipak of a residential street. In black and white the photo looks very visually arresting, and is a representation of the band name 'the neighbourhood'. Alex continued with her print work, she darkened the back image and continued using the burn tool to import her 'alter self'. Harry continued with editing using the Active Camera effect on adobe premier to create a slow zoom on the 'head wobble' shot, this was really effective and makes the shot look more interesting which was part of our feedback from our rough cut.

What Problems Did You Encounter?

The music for the video keeps cutting out, it plays at points however it doesn't play all the way through which is a continued problem when it comes to editing the footage to the music.