Today, we submitted our video supposedly for the final time. Saying this, we do have more time to complete the project, but this must be out of lesson time from now on. Like for the rough cut, we had a class presentation of all the videos, and feedback was given to us from both Mrs Alison and our class mates.
Feedback! The feedback was categrorised into two groups, these were:
Strong aspects in terms of: - Camerawork
- Mise En Scene
- Editing for Meaning
- Sound
and...
Weak aspects in terms of: - Camerawork
- Mise En Scene
- Editing for Meaning
- Sound
We recieved the following feedback:
1. Camera Skills were evident throughout (strong examples of match-on-action, and use of 2 cameras)
2. The 'Citizen Kane' influence scene was very effective - a clear example of intertextuality without simply copying.
3. Our Performance shots were of a good standard.
4. Lip-synching was very good.
5. We used effects with restraints.
6. Interesting story-line throughout.
7. Classmate Perry Allen reffered to it as 'masterful'.
8. The dialouge scene showed a bit of an off-balance of sound.
Friday, 10 December 2010
Editing The End Sequence
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| The first transition between me and Jodie. |
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| The last transition between Jodie and Charlotte. |
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| The Mid-Transition between me and Jodie. |
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Editing! (3.12.2010)
Today, the main aim was to complete the video so that there were no gaps and it was ready for final viewing.Did we achieve this target? Yes we did :)
Editing Summary
1. We constructed the anti-climax section of the song (the Citizen Kane influenced scene). We did this simply by cutting down short footage of Emily and Joe at the table, gradually moving further apart.
2. In this section, we also did similiar cuts of the shots of us 4 girls. They were inserted inbetween the Emily & Joe table shots, and to make the transitions smoother we inserted quick white dips inbetween all the shots. This helped the whole thing flow.
3. We completed the end section. We didn't super-impose in the end as this turned out to be complicated. More on this particular section will follow in a future blog.
The End Product!
Now that the end product is here, I can say that I am extremely happy with it. I feel that the editing is sharp, and to a high standard. The video has now been exported and is ready for a final grading. I am confident that the video will not need much alteration, however we have been told that if there are clear areas of improvement we will be allocated time to fix them (of course if any in ours is identified we would be re-visiting the editing stage). So all in all, I am very pleased, and have my fingers crossed for the class viewing on Friday.
Editing Summary
1. We constructed the anti-climax section of the song (the Citizen Kane influenced scene). We did this simply by cutting down short footage of Emily and Joe at the table, gradually moving further apart.
2. In this section, we also did similiar cuts of the shots of us 4 girls. They were inserted inbetween the Emily & Joe table shots, and to make the transitions smoother we inserted quick white dips inbetween all the shots. This helped the whole thing flow.
3. We completed the end section. We didn't super-impose in the end as this turned out to be complicated. More on this particular section will follow in a future blog.
The End Product!
Now that the end product is here, I can say that I am extremely happy with it. I feel that the editing is sharp, and to a high standard. The video has now been exported and is ready for a final grading. I am confident that the video will not need much alteration, however we have been told that if there are clear areas of improvement we will be allocated time to fix them (of course if any in ours is identified we would be re-visiting the editing stage). So all in all, I am very pleased, and have my fingers crossed for the class viewing on Friday.
iTunes Number 1 Music Video (6.12.10)
In the iTunes chart this week, the number 1 music video (the most downloaded) of this week is Black Eyed Peas "Dirty Bit".
On another blog which I came accross, I found a review for this weeks top music video:
"The weirdest single of the year still goes to The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit), but it's still shaping up to be quite a hit, debuting at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week. After a high profile appearance at the recent American Music Awards, the Peas have released their music video for The Time (Dirty Bit). They are clearly gunning for a big jump next week on the Hot 100. The music video doesn't do anything much for me, but it's less what-the-crap-is-this-mess and more.. Well, fine to listen to."
Personally, I like the video as I believe they have stuck to the typical conventions they usually use (a futuristic, lively look). I think it fits in with the music genre, and is generally quite good viewing!
My Video of the Week!
Rihanna - "What's My Name".
When browsing the charts, I came accross my favourite video at number 17! The reason i like this video is because it is generally more my style of video. I think that there are certain elements and styles (concerning all of camera work, editing and mise-en-scene) that resemble the look we have tried to go for in our video. I especially like the bright lighting, and even more so how the video is interesting to watch even though much isn't really happening in terms of a back story. Love this one!
On another blog which I came accross, I found a review for this weeks top music video:
"The weirdest single of the year still goes to The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit), but it's still shaping up to be quite a hit, debuting at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week. After a high profile appearance at the recent American Music Awards, the Peas have released their music video for The Time (Dirty Bit). They are clearly gunning for a big jump next week on the Hot 100. The music video doesn't do anything much for me, but it's less what-the-crap-is-this-mess and more.. Well, fine to listen to."
Personally, I like the video as I believe they have stuck to the typical conventions they usually use (a futuristic, lively look). I think it fits in with the music genre, and is generally quite good viewing!
My Video of the Week!
Rihanna - "What's My Name".
When browsing the charts, I came accross my favourite video at number 17! The reason i like this video is because it is generally more my style of video. I think that there are certain elements and styles (concerning all of camera work, editing and mise-en-scene) that resemble the look we have tried to go for in our video. I especially like the bright lighting, and even more so how the video is interesting to watch even though much isn't really happening in terms of a back story. Love this one!
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Filming Day 8!
Date: 30th November 2010
Location: Sophie's House!
Today we refilmed the footage that we had previously filmed last thursday. We filmed using the exact same story board so no major alterations were made. After filming, we rewound the tape to double check that all the footage was all there and of a good quality.
However, there were a few minor changes:1. The table scene was done with the curtains drawn back, as the lighting today was better than thursday.
2. For the final lines, we filmed them in our white tops instead of our black dresses.
Location: Sophie's House!
Today we refilmed the footage that we had previously filmed last thursday. We filmed using the exact same story board so no major alterations were made. After filming, we rewound the tape to double check that all the footage was all there and of a good quality.
However, there were a few minor changes:1. The table scene was done with the curtains drawn back, as the lighting today was better than thursday.
2. For the final lines, we filmed them in our white tops instead of our black dresses.
Friday, 26 November 2010
Editing! (26.11.10)
Despite the fact that we couldn't edit what we actually wanted to do today (because it wasn't there), we still made use of the 2 hour time period. We did the following things:
1. Edited the falling glass into it's intended spot in the song.
We did this by editing it down so that it was literally just before the point the glass came into camera shot and hit the floor. Once this was done, I slowed the speed down to 50% so that when the glass shattered on the floor it looked really dramatic. This is the climax point of the song, and although it looked good it was not long enough to fill the gap we had. So, we decided to copy the footage and paste it in in the gap. We then edited it with reverse speed, and this gave us the effect of the glass shattering and then putting itself together again. We felt this looked very effective.
2. Adjusted the flashback shots in the last chorus to fit more smoothly in with the song.
Firstly, we identified a shot in the song where Joe is meant to notice Emily leaving the house. My group mates felt that this shot didn't work, so we deleted it out of the video all together. Next, we pulled down from the video line a long shot of Joe walking through the corridor in the house to follow Emily when she leaves. We cut this into two sections, and placed the first section in the spot where the original shot of Joe was, and the other we put in the place of a close-up of myself. We did this as we felt that the flashbacks shots needed to be closer together for them to have an impact and make sense to the audience.
3. Tidied up some previous editing that we had done.
This included simple things like re-framing shots, and generally just slightly cutting down any shots to make the editing as tight as it could be.
Today, a big problem occured...
When we came to upload our footage today, we found that the footage of Emily and Joe in the dining room wasn't on the tape and nor were the first 3 shots of us against the brick walls.
Then, to add to the dissapointment it seemed that our tape have experienced problems and out of the shots we did manage to obtain, all but 3 showed stripey lines throughout. Despite our best efforts, this problem was un-fixable so we have no choice but to film again.
RE-FILMING WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMEBER!
Then, to add to the dissapointment it seemed that our tape have experienced problems and out of the shots we did manage to obtain, all but 3 showed stripey lines throughout. Despite our best efforts, this problem was un-fixable so we have no choice but to film again.
RE-FILMING WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMEBER!
Filming Day 7!
Date: 25th Novemeber 2010
Location: Sophie's House (The dining room!)
Today we had an hour to film the remaining shots we needed, these were:
1. The four montage shots of Emily and Joe at the dining room table.
2. The two close up shots of Jodie singing her two lines that occur in the anti-climax section of the song.
3. The four individual medium close ups of us four girls against the brick wall in our white tops.
4. The close up of Charlotte singing the closing line of the song.
5. The extreme close up of me singing one of the closing lines.
6. An extreme close up of a wine glass being dropped onto the floor and smashing.
During the course of filming, we did manage to obtain all of the above shots.
What Worked Well?
For me personally, I believe the best shots of the day were the ones of us four girls against the brick wall. They were all framed really nicely in a medium close up, and I thought the white tops we wore really signified the innocence of our characters.
Problems/Things that didn't work so well.
We didn't come across any problems today, but what didn't work so well was the lighting in the dining room. It was far too bright outside so the actors seemed dimmed. We managed to over-come this problem by drawing the curtains in the living room and the turned all the dining room lights on - we felt this gave us a reasonable result.
Location: Sophie's House (The dining room!)
Today we had an hour to film the remaining shots we needed, these were:
1. The four montage shots of Emily and Joe at the dining room table.
2. The two close up shots of Jodie singing her two lines that occur in the anti-climax section of the song.
3. The four individual medium close ups of us four girls against the brick wall in our white tops.
4. The close up of Charlotte singing the closing line of the song.
5. The extreme close up of me singing one of the closing lines.
6. An extreme close up of a wine glass being dropped onto the floor and smashing.
During the course of filming, we did manage to obtain all of the above shots.
What Worked Well?
For me personally, I believe the best shots of the day were the ones of us four girls against the brick wall. They were all framed really nicely in a medium close up, and I thought the white tops we wore really signified the innocence of our characters.
Problems/Things that didn't work so well.
We didn't come across any problems today, but what didn't work so well was the lighting in the dining room. It was far too bright outside so the actors seemed dimmed. We managed to over-come this problem by drawing the curtains in the living room and the turned all the dining room lights on - we felt this gave us a reasonable result.
Storyboard!
This is a story board composed by my group member Jodie Butcher. Here she has drawn basic pictures to represent the framing of the shot, and then shot details on the right so when we go to film we will be able to efficiently get all the shots as we have a decent plan to follow.
Friday, 12 November 2010
Re-Filming: The New Plan & Influence
We decided as a group that the series of shots we originally planned for the anti-climax section of the song just wasn't working. Instead, we brainstormed about new ideas; we developed an idea that was influenced by the iconic film Citizen Kane
The couple here are at the beginning of their relationship, and quite clearly show how happy they are with eachother (they are close together and he is giving her a kiss on the cheek).
By the end of the montage, we see that they are sitting opposite eachother at the table. The distance bewteen them is huge in comparison to the initial shot in the montage, and it really implies that the closeness between the couple has been lost. There is also no communication between the two, and they are both sitting silently reading - this gives off a completely contrasting vibe to the one that was felt at the beginning.
Our Idea!
So, using this as our influence, we came up with a plan to use a similiar dining room setting. However, because our montage needs to be only 15 seconds, we are only going to do 4 shots of the couple drinking wine at the table. In the first shot they will be extremely close to eachother, and by the fourth they will be at opposite ends of the table.
Our Twist on the Idea
To ensure that we are not simply replicating the table scene of Citizen Kane, we are also going to film short shots of us 4 artists standing in a white t-shirt and trousers. This quick shots will be edited in between each table shot, and this is to show the audience that the reason why these two people are moving apart at the table is because of us 4 girls who the boy has cheated on his girlfriend with. We feel that this is a modern twist on the Citizen Kane influence, and fits more tightly into the girl-group video criteria.
"It was a marriage just like any other..."This famous quote is said by Charles Foster Jane just before a montage sequence begins, showing the viewer an insight to his marriage.
The couple here are at the beginning of their relationship, and quite clearly show how happy they are with eachother (they are close together and he is giving her a kiss on the cheek).
By the end of the montage, we see that they are sitting opposite eachother at the table. The distance bewteen them is huge in comparison to the initial shot in the montage, and it really implies that the closeness between the couple has been lost. There is also no communication between the two, and they are both sitting silently reading - this gives off a completely contrasting vibe to the one that was felt at the beginning.
Our Idea!
So, using this as our influence, we came up with a plan to use a similiar dining room setting. However, because our montage needs to be only 15 seconds, we are only going to do 4 shots of the couple drinking wine at the table. In the first shot they will be extremely close to eachother, and by the fourth they will be at opposite ends of the table.
Our Twist on the Idea
To ensure that we are not simply replicating the table scene of Citizen Kane, we are also going to film short shots of us 4 artists standing in a white t-shirt and trousers. This quick shots will be edited in between each table shot, and this is to show the audience that the reason why these two people are moving apart at the table is because of us 4 girls who the boy has cheated on his girlfriend with. We feel that this is a modern twist on the Citizen Kane influence, and fits more tightly into the girl-group video criteria.
To-Do List!
After today's editing session, we came to a group conclusion that we needed to do a very small amount of refilming. We found that:
1. We didn't have enough footage between the last chorus and the ending shot.
So we need around 3 more seconds of lip-synching footage to pull it together.
2. The anti-climax section of the song still didn't work, despite our best attempts at editing.
This means that we will have to shoot about 10 seconds worth of this footage again to try and create the feel that we originally wanted, as it is simply not working as it stands now and does not make much sense with the song.
As well as re-filiming, there are also a few minor additions and adjustments I think we need to address in the next week, these are:
1. Adding the heart-beat sound effect to the very first flashbacks.
I have already found the sound that we are going to be using (see previous 'sound searching' blog post), so all I need to do now is put it on a memory stick and take it in to the lesson where we can upload the sound and edit it into position.
2. Adjusting the last chorus so it fits together more smoothly.
Today I noticed that the last chorus didn't quite look right; the actual lip-synching looks good, as we have tightly edited it. But we have also got Emilys flashbacks that link up to the pre-video footage, where she is packing her case and leaving. The shot of her packing her case is fine, but then there is an extremely large gap until we see Joe's reaction shot of her walking out with her case - and this reaction shot is very short in length. We decided as a group that we are going to re-adjust this sequence so that the reaction shot is longer and closer to the other flashbacks, we feel that this will make the chorus flow more.
1. We didn't have enough footage between the last chorus and the ending shot.
So we need around 3 more seconds of lip-synching footage to pull it together.
2. The anti-climax section of the song still didn't work, despite our best attempts at editing.
This means that we will have to shoot about 10 seconds worth of this footage again to try and create the feel that we originally wanted, as it is simply not working as it stands now and does not make much sense with the song.
As well as re-filiming, there are also a few minor additions and adjustments I think we need to address in the next week, these are:
1. Adding the heart-beat sound effect to the very first flashbacks.
I have already found the sound that we are going to be using (see previous 'sound searching' blog post), so all I need to do now is put it on a memory stick and take it in to the lesson where we can upload the sound and edit it into position.
2. Adjusting the last chorus so it fits together more smoothly.
Today I noticed that the last chorus didn't quite look right; the actual lip-synching looks good, as we have tightly edited it. But we have also got Emilys flashbacks that link up to the pre-video footage, where she is packing her case and leaving. The shot of her packing her case is fine, but then there is an extremely large gap until we see Joe's reaction shot of her walking out with her case - and this reaction shot is very short in length. We decided as a group that we are going to re-adjust this sequence so that the reaction shot is longer and closer to the other flashbacks, we feel that this will make the chorus flow more.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Editing! (12.11.10)
Today in our double lesson we continued editing our project to get it to the furthest point we could possibly do.
What we did Today
We managed to edit to the end of the song today, and easily detect what we had left to do in order to finish our production. Here are some of the main things we did today in terms of our editing:
1. Re-adjusted image sizes to correct framing and cut out 'bad' shots.
Whilst watching the footage through today we noticed that 3 of Jodie's shots had people in the background walking their dogs or simply walking past. We were unsure what to do with these as we felt it ruined the whole tone of the video, but then a class mate suggest we actually zoom in and drag the image to make the people in the background dissapear. We successfully did this by dragging the size of the image from the corner, and we found it worked quite well. In some instances it was not possible to get rid of the people throughout the duration of the shot, so this meant cutting the length of the shot.
2. Constructed the shoe montage and placed it in to the song.
As we had originally stated in our pitch, we wanted to colour code each girl in the group individually. We did this in a subtle way by wearing black dresses but each had individual heel colours. However, as of yet we hadn't used this in the video. So we cut down our extreme close ups of all our feet and created a quick flowing montage to establish this colour scheme.
3. Added more footage into the chorus to break up the length of it.
In our feedback we got told that a certain shot in our chorus of us all standing in a group and singing was too long, so we wanted to improve this. We selected a nice full-body shot of Sophie singing a line of the chorus and cut it down to fit in the middle of the long sequence. We found that this did really break it up and made the chorus flow better.
4. Added another flashback into the second chorus.
This originally came about from the fact that we adjusted the size of the choregraphy scene in the chorus as we felt the framing wasn't central. By doing this, however, we found that we ended up with a jump cut, as we didn't need to re-frame the whole sequence (only the last bit where we step out). This meant that we had to cut the shot with the razor tool, and change the size of the second part of the sequence - this is where the jump cut occured. So, instead of just leaving it framed incorrectly I suggested we put another flashback sequence in so that it breaks up the two shots. We chose one of Emily sitting on the stairs looking through the banister (giving the sense that she is somewhat imprisoned by this relationship).
5. Put the ending shot on the song & made audio adjustments.
We felt that the song was far too long at the end - the lyrics finish and there is about 10 seconds worth of quiet music. Instead of deciding to fill this with random shots, we decided to use an audio crossfade to make the music fade out quicker. This worked well, and to compliment this we used a final 'blooper' shot of the four of us together in Epping Forest laughing. We felt this looked nice and wasn't out of place, and decided to decrease the overall speed to 50% so it was in slow motion. This fit in well with the tone of the song but finished it on an uplifting note. We then added a dip-to-black effect at the end to close the song.
What we did Today
We managed to edit to the end of the song today, and easily detect what we had left to do in order to finish our production. Here are some of the main things we did today in terms of our editing:
1. Re-adjusted image sizes to correct framing and cut out 'bad' shots.
Whilst watching the footage through today we noticed that 3 of Jodie's shots had people in the background walking their dogs or simply walking past. We were unsure what to do with these as we felt it ruined the whole tone of the video, but then a class mate suggest we actually zoom in and drag the image to make the people in the background dissapear. We successfully did this by dragging the size of the image from the corner, and we found it worked quite well. In some instances it was not possible to get rid of the people throughout the duration of the shot, so this meant cutting the length of the shot.
2. Constructed the shoe montage and placed it in to the song.
As we had originally stated in our pitch, we wanted to colour code each girl in the group individually. We did this in a subtle way by wearing black dresses but each had individual heel colours. However, as of yet we hadn't used this in the video. So we cut down our extreme close ups of all our feet and created a quick flowing montage to establish this colour scheme.
3. Added more footage into the chorus to break up the length of it.
In our feedback we got told that a certain shot in our chorus of us all standing in a group and singing was too long, so we wanted to improve this. We selected a nice full-body shot of Sophie singing a line of the chorus and cut it down to fit in the middle of the long sequence. We found that this did really break it up and made the chorus flow better.
4. Added another flashback into the second chorus.
This originally came about from the fact that we adjusted the size of the choregraphy scene in the chorus as we felt the framing wasn't central. By doing this, however, we found that we ended up with a jump cut, as we didn't need to re-frame the whole sequence (only the last bit where we step out). This meant that we had to cut the shot with the razor tool, and change the size of the second part of the sequence - this is where the jump cut occured. So, instead of just leaving it framed incorrectly I suggested we put another flashback sequence in so that it breaks up the two shots. We chose one of Emily sitting on the stairs looking through the banister (giving the sense that she is somewhat imprisoned by this relationship).
5. Put the ending shot on the song & made audio adjustments.
We felt that the song was far too long at the end - the lyrics finish and there is about 10 seconds worth of quiet music. Instead of deciding to fill this with random shots, we decided to use an audio crossfade to make the music fade out quicker. This worked well, and to compliment this we used a final 'blooper' shot of the four of us together in Epping Forest laughing. We felt this looked nice and wasn't out of place, and decided to decrease the overall speed to 50% so it was in slow motion. This fit in well with the tone of the song but finished it on an uplifting note. We then added a dip-to-black effect at the end to close the song.
Rough Cut & Feedback
Positive Feedback:
1. Our first scene (before the song starts) really shows off our camera work skills (the use of 2 cameras, and the boot shot in particular).
2. There is a good intergration of the story into the music video.
3. The whole video ties in with girl-group conventions (for example the choregraphy, and the fact that we unite as a group but still create individuality through costumes and individual shots).
4. The black & white effect for the flashbacks worked really well, and it is easily distinguishable that it is a flashback.
5. The ariel shot in the second chorus shows off original camerawork ideas.
6. The lip-synching was of good quality, it was in time with the song and there was a good perfomance of them.
7. The different locations we used were nice (the house we used was interesting).
8. The lighting worked well.
Negative Feedback:
1. The speeded up footage in the anti-climax section of the song didn't work, it gave a comical feel to it which we didn't intend to happen.
2. The shot of us singing together in the first chorus is too long - people may lose interest.
3. There was a 'dodgy transition' somewhere in the song (but people couldn't remember where)
Suggestions:
1. We could experiment with lighting if we are to film again (the halo effect for example).
2. We could experiment with a couple more transitions.
Analysis of Shot
We were asked to select one shot of particular interest in our production, and produce a paragraph of reflective writing to practice our evaluating skills for both the coursework evaluation and the final exam in the summer.
The shot that I have chose to use for this is shown above. It is taken from one of the flashback scenes of Emily and Joe.
This shot shows Emily and Joe in fight, and this screen grab is taken from one of the three shots of this particular section. I find this particular one both interesting and relevant to our video because it shows Joe trying to embrace Emily, but she is pushing him away. Firstly, this relates back to the lyrics of our song; it is not a direct link, but the song itself is based around someone missing a relationship - but for all t he wrong reasons. This flashback shot is a visual representation of the kind of disfunctional relationship that the song lyrics are reffering to.
The shot itself is a birds-eye view, and shows the couple from above and looks down on them. This shot-type is aswell relevant to the lyrics, as it potrays a sense of vulnerability of the couple as the camera is looking down on them making them look small and over-powered. This is symbolic of a fragile relationship, and can also be seen as a sign of weakness (where both people in the relationship are weak as opposed to one more dominant character).
The framing of the shot shows the couple in the middle of it, which shows that they are central to the story. You can also see stair banisters from above, giving a sense that they are trapped in their own destructive relationship, but the huge open space which is their house makes it hard for them to leave eachother (as they are leaving so much behind). In the shot Joe has his arms open to embrace Emily, but you see that she is pushing him away. This tells the audience that they are having an argument, but it is Emily who is being distant from him as he tries to make peace. This shows Emily as a defensive character, but instead of just coming across as being generally hostile the audience are aware of her reasons (because of the flashbacks at the very start of the song which show that Joe - her boyfriend - is a serial cheat).
In this shot, lighting isn't of great importance. The use of black and white is to represent that this is a past event, and it was a dull and dismal part of the couples (especailly Emily's) lives. The use of black and white can represent many things, but most commonly it is used for an older looking effect. I feel that this shot works in black and white, and the effect adds to the picture that the audience have about the two peoples relationship (and the darkness that lies within it).
The shot that I have chose to use for this is shown above. It is taken from one of the flashback scenes of Emily and Joe.
This shot shows Emily and Joe in fight, and this screen grab is taken from one of the three shots of this particular section. I find this particular one both interesting and relevant to our video because it shows Joe trying to embrace Emily, but she is pushing him away. Firstly, this relates back to the lyrics of our song; it is not a direct link, but the song itself is based around someone missing a relationship - but for all t he wrong reasons. This flashback shot is a visual representation of the kind of disfunctional relationship that the song lyrics are reffering to.
The shot itself is a birds-eye view, and shows the couple from above and looks down on them. This shot-type is aswell relevant to the lyrics, as it potrays a sense of vulnerability of the couple as the camera is looking down on them making them look small and over-powered. This is symbolic of a fragile relationship, and can also be seen as a sign of weakness (where both people in the relationship are weak as opposed to one more dominant character).
The framing of the shot shows the couple in the middle of it, which shows that they are central to the story. You can also see stair banisters from above, giving a sense that they are trapped in their own destructive relationship, but the huge open space which is their house makes it hard for them to leave eachother (as they are leaving so much behind). In the shot Joe has his arms open to embrace Emily, but you see that she is pushing him away. This tells the audience that they are having an argument, but it is Emily who is being distant from him as he tries to make peace. This shows Emily as a defensive character, but instead of just coming across as being generally hostile the audience are aware of her reasons (because of the flashbacks at the very start of the song which show that Joe - her boyfriend - is a serial cheat).
In this shot, lighting isn't of great importance. The use of black and white is to represent that this is a past event, and it was a dull and dismal part of the couples (especailly Emily's) lives. The use of black and white can represent many things, but most commonly it is used for an older looking effect. I feel that this shot works in black and white, and the effect adds to the picture that the audience have about the two peoples relationship (and the darkness that lies within it).
Editing! (3.11.10)
Today we were given an hour to continue our first cut editing (we initally asked for both the hours, but Mrs Allison gave us the extended deadline till Friday but with one hour's editing time as a compromise).
Today we achieved:
1. Putting together the last chorus in terms of just lip-synching, so now all the lip-synching shots are in place on the editing reel.
2. We put in two sets of flashbacks in the last chorus, using the standard black & white video effect.
How much do we have left to do?
To achieve our first cut to the standard we want it to be we would ideally like to:
1. Add the remaining flashbacks to the the video reel.
2. Try and sort out what we are going to do about the anti-climax scene.
Realistically, we can enter our first draft submission now. It is not perfect, but in comparison to the rest of our class we are actually quite far ahead having around 3 minutes worth of footage to show. Our plan will be to show the class our video as it now stands on Friday, and obtain feedback and come up with a final plan of action about what to do next!
Editing tools/features used today:
1. Black & White (Video Effects)
2. Speed Increase (Speed/Duration)
Today we achieved:
1. Putting together the last chorus in terms of just lip-synching, so now all the lip-synching shots are in place on the editing reel.
2. We put in two sets of flashbacks in the last chorus, using the standard black & white video effect.
How much do we have left to do?
To achieve our first cut to the standard we want it to be we would ideally like to:
1. Add the remaining flashbacks to the the video reel.
2. Try and sort out what we are going to do about the anti-climax scene.
Realistically, we can enter our first draft submission now. It is not perfect, but in comparison to the rest of our class we are actually quite far ahead having around 3 minutes worth of footage to show. Our plan will be to show the class our video as it now stands on Friday, and obtain feedback and come up with a final plan of action about what to do next!
Editing tools/features used today:
1. Black & White (Video Effects)
2. Speed Increase (Speed/Duration)
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Response to Deadline Extension Email
This now means that our plan will be to finish off the last chorus on Wednesdays lesson, and will recieve our feedback on Friday.
Plan for upcoming week! (1.11.10)
The plan for upcoming week depends mainly on whether we are entitled to a deadline extension.
If we aren't entitled to a deadline extension, the plan will be as follows:
Wednesday (3.11.10)
1. An hour of editing time in lesson
- Putting the last chorus together
- If there's time, we will try and put together the anti-climax section of the song.
2. In the second hour of lesson time, we will present our first cut to the class and get feedback.
- We will also provide feedback for the other groups productions in our class.
Friday (5.11.10)
1. We will begin to learn the exam criteria that is based around this coursework.
2. We may be entitled to edit in this lesson, if so we will:
- Start by making any additions/changes/subtractions of our video according to our feedback.
- Make an assessment of what needs to be done now, after all the feedback has been recieved.
If we are entitled to a deadline extension, the plan will be as follows:
Wednesday (3.11.10)
1. Spend the majority of the 2 hours editing, in this session we will focus on:
- Putting the last chorus together (Emily leaving - the link back to the first feedback).
- Trying to put together the anti-climax (Charlotte will be back then so we shall see what her ideas are on it).
- Neatening up our editing, making sure everything is on time and how we want it to be for our rough cut.
Friday (5.11.10)
1. Show the rest of our class our rough cut version
- They will provide us with personal feedback on what needs to be improved/changed/taken away, and of course what they like about the production.
2. Review the rest of the class's productions, and give them feedback on their productions.
If we aren't entitled to a deadline extension, the plan will be as follows:
Wednesday (3.11.10)
1. An hour of editing time in lesson
- Putting the last chorus together
- If there's time, we will try and put together the anti-climax section of the song.
2. In the second hour of lesson time, we will present our first cut to the class and get feedback.
- We will also provide feedback for the other groups productions in our class.
Friday (5.11.10)
1. We will begin to learn the exam criteria that is based around this coursework.
2. We may be entitled to edit in this lesson, if so we will:
- Start by making any additions/changes/subtractions of our video according to our feedback.
- Make an assessment of what needs to be done now, after all the feedback has been recieved.
If we are entitled to a deadline extension, the plan will be as follows:
Wednesday (3.11.10)
1. Spend the majority of the 2 hours editing, in this session we will focus on:
- Putting the last chorus together (Emily leaving - the link back to the first feedback).
- Trying to put together the anti-climax (Charlotte will be back then so we shall see what her ideas are on it).
- Neatening up our editing, making sure everything is on time and how we want it to be for our rough cut.
Friday (5.11.10)
1. Show the rest of our class our rough cut version
- They will provide us with personal feedback on what needs to be improved/changed/taken away, and of course what they like about the production.
2. Review the rest of the class's productions, and give them feedback on their productions.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Deadline Email
This is the email we sent to our teacher Mrs Allison, to ask for a deadline on our rough cut.
We await a reply.
What Next?
Today was supposed to be when we finished our rough cut completely. However, we were unable to do this as we were not aware that we would be asked to leave the media room so early. Therefore, we still have stuff to do.
List of things left to do for Rough Cut
1. Complete the bridge section (seek advice on how best to over-come the problems we had, could potentially mean re-shooting).
2. Add the heartbeat sound effects to the first set of flashbacks.
3. Edit the last chorus and put our lip-synching alongside the flashbacks (those of Emily packing her bags and leaving - links in with the beginning of ths song).
Some of these things (such as adding the heartbeat sound effects) are achievable by the time that our rough cut is due for presentation (3/11/10). However, some things (such as the editing of the last chorus) are going to require atleast a further 2 hours editing time. This poses a problem, because me and Sophie are the only two out of the group who actualy attend Chauncy full-time, and we are both not free on Monday and Tuesday to try and finish off our rough cut. So, we have emailed Mrs Allison to ask if she would extend our deadline to Friday so we could use the 2 hours on Wednesday morning to complete it. If she says no, it is not the worst thing in the world as we have got a fair amount, it does mean though that our feedback will probably be much more and we also wont recieve feedback on the last chorus as it has not been done yet!
List of things left to do for Rough Cut
1. Complete the bridge section (seek advice on how best to over-come the problems we had, could potentially mean re-shooting).
2. Add the heartbeat sound effects to the first set of flashbacks.
3. Edit the last chorus and put our lip-synching alongside the flashbacks (those of Emily packing her bags and leaving - links in with the beginning of ths song).
Some of these things (such as adding the heartbeat sound effects) are achievable by the time that our rough cut is due for presentation (3/11/10). However, some things (such as the editing of the last chorus) are going to require atleast a further 2 hours editing time. This poses a problem, because me and Sophie are the only two out of the group who actualy attend Chauncy full-time, and we are both not free on Monday and Tuesday to try and finish off our rough cut. So, we have emailed Mrs Allison to ask if she would extend our deadline to Friday so we could use the 2 hours on Wednesday morning to complete it. If she says no, it is not the worst thing in the world as we have got a fair amount, it does mean though that our feedback will probably be much more and we also wont recieve feedback on the last chorus as it has not been done yet!
Editing (27/10/10)
Sophie, Jodie and myself arrived at school at approximately 10.30am this morning, and began to edit our remaining footage. We were asked to leave at 2.30pm - we assumed that we would have more time than this, which meant we were unable to finish the amount of editing we had planned.
What we did manage to achieve today:
1. We completed the first verse, first chorus, second verse and second chorus to a standard which we are happy with to put forward as our first draft.
2. Put together a very rough draft of the anti-climax section of the song.
3. Produce a list of what is left to do regarding our rough cut.
First Verse:
The majority of the first verse had been completed in a previous editing session, which meant there was very little left to do to complete it, the only thing we needed to do was put a reaction shot of Joe before the chorus. To do this, we pulled the footage onto the left hand side of the screen, and used the curser to pin-point the reaction shot that was best for us to use. After we chose this, we used the cutting tools to mark out the area. We then pulled it down onto the editing reel, and cut it down to fit into the designated time slot we had already prepared. We decided to put another zoom effect between this shot and the first shot of the chorus (just so the audience could establish that this was seperate from the footage of us girls).
First Chorus:
We wanted to make the chorus quick paced with our editing, so we decided to a series of shorter shots to make up the section. We did it so we all had a solo section, but we also had two seperate shots of us as a group.
Problems/Difficulties
This section was relatively simple, it was just somewhat time-consuming editing the footage down to make it cut in the right places. The only problem we came accross in this particualr section was we couldn't seem to get Jodie's lip-synching in time. Some words appeared to be occuring at the right time, but others looked a little odd. We weren't too sure how to fix it, as Jodie thought it was probably due to her lipsynching than the way we actually edited. But I then thought that maybe if we slow down the footage by a very small amount it may help it look more in place, so we reduced the speed down to 97%, and we found that this made the lip-synching fit better.
Second Verse:
The second verse is where things began to get a little more complicated as this is where the flashbacks needed to come in. Firstly, we decided it would be easier to get all the lip-synching bits in there, and then just edit them out afterwards to replace certain bits with the flashbacks. This proved to be a good idea, as it made the placing of the flashbacks much more easier as it gave us a more realistic sense of what followed.
Step-by-Step
1. We cut down the shot of Sophie's one-line close up, and pulled it across to the appropriate position on the wheel.
2. We had two alternative angles to work with for my main section of the verse, and decided that we wanted to incorporate them both. We used the first close up for the first two lines, and then cut to medium close up from the opposite angle for the second two. We felt that this worked well as there was no continuity issues.
3. We also had two alternative shots to work with for Sophies chorus, but theses were slightly different in the sense that Sophie was in two completely different positions. Again, we divided it in half, doing one line in the first medium close up and the second from the other angle. At first, this looked strange, so we definately knew we had to put a flashback to seperate these two images.
4. Using the razor tool we cut down Jodie's bridge lines, which was a close up. Together, these 6 shots made up the second verse without the flashbacks.
Adding the Flashbacks
We decided on putting the flashbacks between the transition of my first shot to my second shot, and of Sophie's first shot to her second shot.
Using the left hand screen, we viewed the potential flashback images. We cut down one where Emily pushes Joe, and he falls onto the floor. We dragged this onto the reel, and cut it down to be much shorter using the razor tool. We then selected the footage with our mouse, and dragged the black and white effect over it to make it lose its colour. After much tweaking, we positioned it in between my chnage of shots. We then used the same process of the shot where Joe is actually on the floor, and placed this inbetween Sophies two shots. Next we added the shot of Emily looking out the window (we had trouble deciding the length of this shot, as we felt it was not interesting enough to use for a long amount of time), which then followed on with a shot of Joe punching a bollard on "passion to hate", which then continues on very shortly into the chorus.
In this section, I liked the fact that we managed to edit according to the beat, whereby a lot of the shots change when the beat hits. I think this makes it look more like a proffesional product.
Second Chorus:
In this chorus we included...
1. Choreography Scene
1. Flashbacks
As mentioned, we had to use the razor tool to cut into the first bit of our singing as the shot is still on Joe punching the wall. This was easy to do and we managed to easily line the shot up so that the lip-synching was in time. We then used the razor tool to cut out the sections of the scene where we felt there should be flashbacks, in the end we took out 3. The only problem was is we had left ourselves a very long time in the actual filming for a flashback, and we wasn't sure whether it would be too long.
The first flashback we used was of Emily on her phone crying, this was good as it looked quite dramatic which fit in with the tone of the chorus. For the next longer section, we used the birds-eye shot of Emily and Joe fighting; this shot was really long, so we cut it down into 3 sections and put it together as jumpcuts (a theme which we had adapted to since editing began). This actually worked out quite well, and the obvious segregation of the 3 shots makes it more interesting to watch (and works as it symbolises a passing of time - so instead of the audience just viewing the whole lot of that footage, they see the 3 most interesting bits whilst being aware that this is a big on-going argument).
The Anti-Climax:
We experienced many problems with this particular section...
1. The shot (which we originally planned to be continuous) had to be edited together, which meant that it lost that on-running flow.
2. The shots weren't that good over-all, and didnt really portray what we wanted to portray from this section of the song.
3. When we copied the footage and then reverse played it, it appeared to be moving too slow (although we had sped it up); therefore we had to speed it up to 200% to make it look right, which then meant it finished too early over-all.
By this point, we found that we had to leave the media room for the school to be closed. This left us in quite a situation, so we left this section as it is and will return to it next week when the second term begins.
Friday, 22 October 2010
Sound Searching
For our flashbacks before the song, we need a heartbeat sound effect to play over it to make it more dramatic. Mrs Allison thought she had one already saved, but it was unable to play on our editing reel. I did a simple google search of 'heartbeat sound effects', and from this i clicked this link http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/sound-effects.html
From this, I selected two heartbeat sounds. After previewing them on windows media player, I saved them to my desktop. I shall put them on a memory stick and bring them to Wednesday's editing session for Sophie and Jodie to give their opinion on. As a group we will decide if either of them work well, and will either use or disgard them. Here are the two samples I found:
(BLOGGER IS NOT UPLOADING VIDEOS AT THE CURRENT TIME, I WILL TRY AGAIN AT A LATER DATE).
From this, I selected two heartbeat sounds. After previewing them on windows media player, I saved them to my desktop. I shall put them on a memory stick and bring them to Wednesday's editing session for Sophie and Jodie to give their opinion on. As a group we will decide if either of them work well, and will either use or disgard them. Here are the two samples I found:
(BLOGGER IS NOT UPLOADING VIDEOS AT THE CURRENT TIME, I WILL TRY AGAIN AT A LATER DATE).
Half Term Plan!
During the half term, Jodie, Sophie and myself will be coming in to edit more footage (Charlotte will be on holiday during this time).
The date we are definately now scheduled to edit is Wednesday 27th October.
This day will be the last proper opportunity to edit. Obviously, our main aim is to finish the first cut completely. However, we cannot forsee how the editing will progress on the day, so in the event we find ourselves not able to finish the first cut completely we are aiming to:
1. Have all the lip synching shots on the editing line and in the correct position (even if we are planning to put the flashbacks into them at another time).
2. Cut down all the flashback shots to the length we need them to be, and then edit them to black and white.
Even though these are two simple sounding objectives, they may require more time than we initially think as today it took us nearly to hours to edit 30 seconds of footage!
On this day, we will get an overall sense of how the video will turn out, and from this we will make notes of any additional shots we need to obtain after half term as well as any edits that we feel that we may need to do another time as well.
The date we are definately now scheduled to edit is Wednesday 27th October.
This day will be the last proper opportunity to edit. Obviously, our main aim is to finish the first cut completely. However, we cannot forsee how the editing will progress on the day, so in the event we find ourselves not able to finish the first cut completely we are aiming to:
1. Have all the lip synching shots on the editing line and in the correct position (even if we are planning to put the flashbacks into them at another time).
2. Cut down all the flashback shots to the length we need them to be, and then edit them to black and white.
Even though these are two simple sounding objectives, they may require more time than we initially think as today it took us nearly to hours to edit 30 seconds of footage!
On this day, we will get an overall sense of how the video will turn out, and from this we will make notes of any additional shots we need to obtain after half term as well as any edits that we feel that we may need to do another time as well.
Editing! (22.10/10)
During today's lesson time, Sophie, Jodie and myself continued to edit our footage.
What we achieved today:
1. We edited up to the First Chorus, and spent the majority of our time editing the pre-song footage.
2. We cut down and selected the Emily & Joe footage that we wanted to appear in the First verse, where Charlotte and myself are perfoming.
What went well today:
Although we spent the majority of the two hours working on the pre-song footage, we felt that the over-all result was good. However, we did come across a few problems and diffculites... these were:
1. The shots were too long. We found that a lot of the shots of Emily were too lengthy, and although the tone of the song is slow and sad we felt that this bit needed to be sharp and edgey to make it more dramatic. We did this by deciding against using continous shots that flowed to using jump cuts. Ordinarily, we would not use this type of shot when editing, but we found that it worked in making the flow move quicker; we felt it did not look odd because the footage itself is of Emily moving out of her house dramatically.
2. Corresponding the two cameras together. The footage we edited today was shot from two seperate cameras, this was mainly so we could film the talking scenes as one whole thing as opposed to us doing shot-reverse-shot with one camera where we would have to get the actors to repeat their lines more than once. We at first found it difficult to work with the two reels of footage on the editing line, but Jodie suggested that instead we dragged the footage from camera 2 to the split screen and simply pull the footage down from there. This worked well as it allowed us to work with camera 1 on the main line and just add the additonal footage as and when we needed it.
3. Deciding the length of the flashbacks. In the first verse, we put shots of Emily putting the case into her car and driving off. At first we were unsure whether to try a continous flow like originally planned or stick to the jump cuts. We analysed the situation, and felt that due to the fact we only wanted short shots it would look most effective to do the jump cuts. It took us a good 10 minutes manipulating the footage to get it to the perfect length, and we asked our teacher once or twice on her opinion as to whether certain shots (such as the one of Emily from inside the car) was too long. She preffered the quick style editing, so we adjusted it to this length.
Effects used today:
1. Zoom. We felt that we needed some type of transition from the reaction shot of Emily after the cheating flashback to the start of the actual song. We decided not to use white dip, black dip and cross disolve as we already have them in our production. Looking through the effects list we found zoom, and just tried it to see what it looked like. We dragged it from the effects box on to the edit line and placed it inbetween the reaction shot and the extreme close up that starts the song; we then dragged it in to reduce the length. The effect this gave us was then a quick zoom into Emilys face that then zoomed out to Charlottes extreme close up. We luckily really liked this and decided it was a good way to establish the pre-song footage ending and the actual song starting.
2. Reduced Speed. The close up reaction shot of Emilys face was something we felt was essential to the story after the flashback scenes. However, we only managed to obtain one decent shot of Emily doing this, and it was of quite a short length. As there was not much happening in the picture we decided to reduce the speed of it to pro-long it. We did this by right clicking the footage box and clicking the speed/duration option, we then reduced the speed number to 50%. This worked quite well, as it made the shot the length we wanted to it to be.
What we achieved today:
1. We edited up to the First Chorus, and spent the majority of our time editing the pre-song footage.
2. We cut down and selected the Emily & Joe footage that we wanted to appear in the First verse, where Charlotte and myself are perfoming.
What went well today:
Although we spent the majority of the two hours working on the pre-song footage, we felt that the over-all result was good. However, we did come across a few problems and diffculites... these were:
1. The shots were too long. We found that a lot of the shots of Emily were too lengthy, and although the tone of the song is slow and sad we felt that this bit needed to be sharp and edgey to make it more dramatic. We did this by deciding against using continous shots that flowed to using jump cuts. Ordinarily, we would not use this type of shot when editing, but we found that it worked in making the flow move quicker; we felt it did not look odd because the footage itself is of Emily moving out of her house dramatically.
2. Corresponding the two cameras together. The footage we edited today was shot from two seperate cameras, this was mainly so we could film the talking scenes as one whole thing as opposed to us doing shot-reverse-shot with one camera where we would have to get the actors to repeat their lines more than once. We at first found it difficult to work with the two reels of footage on the editing line, but Jodie suggested that instead we dragged the footage from camera 2 to the split screen and simply pull the footage down from there. This worked well as it allowed us to work with camera 1 on the main line and just add the additonal footage as and when we needed it.
3. Deciding the length of the flashbacks. In the first verse, we put shots of Emily putting the case into her car and driving off. At first we were unsure whether to try a continous flow like originally planned or stick to the jump cuts. We analysed the situation, and felt that due to the fact we only wanted short shots it would look most effective to do the jump cuts. It took us a good 10 minutes manipulating the footage to get it to the perfect length, and we asked our teacher once or twice on her opinion as to whether certain shots (such as the one of Emily from inside the car) was too long. She preffered the quick style editing, so we adjusted it to this length.
Effects used today:
1. Zoom. We felt that we needed some type of transition from the reaction shot of Emily after the cheating flashback to the start of the actual song. We decided not to use white dip, black dip and cross disolve as we already have them in our production. Looking through the effects list we found zoom, and just tried it to see what it looked like. We dragged it from the effects box on to the edit line and placed it inbetween the reaction shot and the extreme close up that starts the song; we then dragged it in to reduce the length. The effect this gave us was then a quick zoom into Emilys face that then zoomed out to Charlottes extreme close up. We luckily really liked this and decided it was a good way to establish the pre-song footage ending and the actual song starting.
2. Reduced Speed. The close up reaction shot of Emilys face was something we felt was essential to the story after the flashback scenes. However, we only managed to obtain one decent shot of Emily doing this, and it was of quite a short length. As there was not much happening in the picture we decided to reduce the speed of it to pro-long it. We did this by right clicking the footage box and clicking the speed/duration option, we then reduced the speed number to 50%. This worked quite well, as it made the shot the length we wanted to it to be.
3. Increased Speed. When we edited the shots of Emily reversing in the car and leaving the drive, we found that although we reduced the shot lengths down, the car movement was still slow in comparison to the pace which we were going for (the first one in particular). So, to ammend this we increased the first shot to 150%, and the rest to 125%. This worked well, as it wasn't fast enough to look like it had intentionally been speeded up, but made it look as if Emily had just made a fast maneouver in her car.
How do I feel about the production so far?
So far, I'm really happy with the way the production is coming along. Obviously, there are times where I worry if we are going to get a decent first draft produced, but judging by the way we worked today I believe that next week we will be able to achieve a good amount by the time the deadline is here. Even if we don't quite finish the whole song, we will have higher quality footage which means that we will have to make less improvements and just focus on completing the production. My favourite shots so far are still the cheating flashbacks at the beginning!
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Permission Letter
Before the project began, we were advised to write a letter to the Copyright holder of the song 'Missing You' to ask permission to use it. Here is a copy of that letter:
Dear Copyright Holder,
For our current A-Level Media Studies Advanced Portfolio we are producing our own music videos; this will consist of us performing the song, and editing it on a software programme that our school provides us with. As a group, we decided on a girl-group theme and the song we decided to chose was ‘Missing You’ (The Saturdays). We are writing to seek your permission to use this song in our video.
To briefly explain a little bit more about our production, we would be creating a video which is then supported with a digipak and a magazine advertisement. We hope to demonstrate our skills of storyboarding, camera-work and editing. Also, we would just like to make very clear that the use of this song is only for educational purposes, and would not be exploited in any other way (such as to a large audience or websites).
Throughout the whole process of this task, the artist that originally sung the track will be recognised and we would not try to pass off the product as our own in any way. Our examining body is OCR, and they will be more than happy to clarify that this is a legitimate educational task. If you would like to send us a copyright notice to feature in our coursework, we would happily oblige with your requirements; if this is the case, please send the information to the address listed above.
We’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this, and look forward to hearing from you.
Your Sincerely,
Laura Pinkney, Charlotte Andreas, Sophie Legge and Jodie Butcher.
We did not expect a reply and have not recieved one so far; as we did not hear of any objections we continued on to use the song in our production.
Dear Copyright Holder,
For our current A-Level Media Studies Advanced Portfolio we are producing our own music videos; this will consist of us performing the song, and editing it on a software programme that our school provides us with. As a group, we decided on a girl-group theme and the song we decided to chose was ‘Missing You’ (The Saturdays). We are writing to seek your permission to use this song in our video.
To briefly explain a little bit more about our production, we would be creating a video which is then supported with a digipak and a magazine advertisement. We hope to demonstrate our skills of storyboarding, camera-work and editing. Also, we would just like to make very clear that the use of this song is only for educational purposes, and would not be exploited in any other way (such as to a large audience or websites).
Throughout the whole process of this task, the artist that originally sung the track will be recognised and we would not try to pass off the product as our own in any way. Our examining body is OCR, and they will be more than happy to clarify that this is a legitimate educational task. If you would like to send us a copyright notice to feature in our coursework, we would happily oblige with your requirements; if this is the case, please send the information to the address listed above.
We’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this, and look forward to hearing from you.
Your Sincerely,
Laura Pinkney, Charlotte Andreas, Sophie Legge and Jodie Butcher.
We did not expect a reply and have not recieved one so far; as we did not hear of any objections we continued on to use the song in our production.
Editing (20/10/10)
Today I joined the team late for editing in lesson. They briefed me on the general aim of the 2 hours, and that was to basically reduce down the footage on our editing reel to make it easier for us to select the footage we actually want to use. This was done in preperation for a more lengthy editing session this coming Friday (22/10/10).
We then captured the footage from both the cameras we used on Monday's filming session. Whilst watching this, we made breif notes on which bits could be cut out from it to use for our main production.
What's happening next?
On Friday we will spend the 2 hour lesson focusing only on editing our footage. We have provisionally booked a computer to use in the half term on Wednesday and Thursday in order to get some extra editing time to make sure we meet our deadline for the 3rd November. This has to be cleared by the school, but for now this is what we have scheduled in.
We then captured the footage from both the cameras we used on Monday's filming session. Whilst watching this, we made breif notes on which bits could be cut out from it to use for our main production.
What's happening next?
On Friday we will spend the 2 hour lesson focusing only on editing our footage. We have provisionally booked a computer to use in the half term on Wednesday and Thursday in order to get some extra editing time to make sure we meet our deadline for the 3rd November. This has to be cleared by the school, but for now this is what we have scheduled in.
Monday, 18 October 2010
Filming Day 6!
Date: Monday 18th October 2010
Location: Sophie's House
Today's aim was to film all the flashback scenes with Emily and Joe as well as the audio scene before the song starts.
Using New Techniques
Seen as this is an advanced portfolio, we were thinking of ways to demonstrate that we can work at a higher level than we did at AS. We came up with the idea of using 2 cameras; by doing this we could film one scene from two angles, and then edit them together so the continuity will be perfect. We thought that this might be tricky to edit, but decided to give it a go.
It worked well, the only difficulty was positioning it so that the other camera was not in shot. It often took us a while to make sure that the framing of both shots was correct, and that no other camera could be seen. We will not know how successfully this idea will be until we begin editing this particular section, but we are hoping that it will create a smooth look to the video which looks more proffesional then us simply re-enacting the same scene twice but from different angles.
Flashback Shots
Here are some photographs are the flashback images we film, they show the type of angles and locations that we chose for each particular shot.
My Favourite Shot of the Day!
Today my favourite shot when filming was the one where Emily puts her suitcase in the car. Charlotte thought of it, and it consisted of us filming Emily putting the suitcase into the car from the inside of it. To do this, we had to unattach it from the tripod and sit inside the car and hold the camera free hand. At first, we had trouble framing Emily in this shot, but after a few attempts we managed to obtain a succesful shot.
How did the filming go overall?
Today I felt the filming went okay. Lately the group are feeling very time-pressured as we are all keen to make the first-cut deadline after half term; I do believe that we will achieve this, but due to certain time constraints of our actors it seems as though we never have time to relax and shoot things at a slow pace. This does worry me somewhat as it makes me think that our shots may reflect how rushed we sometimes find ourselves, and today we did have to take some of them free-hand purely because we did not have time to constantly adjust the tri-pod as Joe needed to be somewhere at a certain time. Saying this, I do feel that it went well; we managed to obtain most of the shots that we wanted (plus a few more which we thought of during filming) and hopefully they will all be to a good a standard.
The 5 most effective shots of the day:
1. The shot from inside the car of emily opening the boot.
2. The birds-eye shot of Emily and Joe fighting.
3. The long shot of the them both pushing past eachother in the hall-way.
4. Joe's reaction shot when Emily leaves in her car.
5. The long shot of Emily driving away in her car (two-angle effect).
5 things we could have done better:
1. We could have obtained more extreme close ups to create a stronger sense of action.
2. We could have tried to find a source of light to shine on our actors as it was often dark in the house.
3. We could have obtained more location shots to make the story seem more personal.
4. We could have filmed a longer series of shots in terms of the flashbacks (most of them were only a few seconds and I'm not sure they will be enough).
5. We should have planned the reverse-play scene better to ensure that it looked as effective as possible.
Location: Sophie's House
Today's aim was to film all the flashback scenes with Emily and Joe as well as the audio scene before the song starts.
Using New Techniques
Seen as this is an advanced portfolio, we were thinking of ways to demonstrate that we can work at a higher level than we did at AS. We came up with the idea of using 2 cameras; by doing this we could film one scene from two angles, and then edit them together so the continuity will be perfect. We thought that this might be tricky to edit, but decided to give it a go.
It worked well, the only difficulty was positioning it so that the other camera was not in shot. It often took us a while to make sure that the framing of both shots was correct, and that no other camera could be seen. We will not know how successfully this idea will be until we begin editing this particular section, but we are hoping that it will create a smooth look to the video which looks more proffesional then us simply re-enacting the same scene twice but from different angles.
Flashback Shots
Here are some photographs are the flashback images we film, they show the type of angles and locations that we chose for each particular shot.
My Favourite Shot of the Day!
Today my favourite shot when filming was the one where Emily puts her suitcase in the car. Charlotte thought of it, and it consisted of us filming Emily putting the suitcase into the car from the inside of it. To do this, we had to unattach it from the tripod and sit inside the car and hold the camera free hand. At first, we had trouble framing Emily in this shot, but after a few attempts we managed to obtain a succesful shot.
How did the filming go overall?
Today I felt the filming went okay. Lately the group are feeling very time-pressured as we are all keen to make the first-cut deadline after half term; I do believe that we will achieve this, but due to certain time constraints of our actors it seems as though we never have time to relax and shoot things at a slow pace. This does worry me somewhat as it makes me think that our shots may reflect how rushed we sometimes find ourselves, and today we did have to take some of them free-hand purely because we did not have time to constantly adjust the tri-pod as Joe needed to be somewhere at a certain time. Saying this, I do feel that it went well; we managed to obtain most of the shots that we wanted (plus a few more which we thought of during filming) and hopefully they will all be to a good a standard.
The 5 most effective shots of the day:
1. The shot from inside the car of emily opening the boot.
2. The birds-eye shot of Emily and Joe fighting.
3. The long shot of the them both pushing past eachother in the hall-way.
4. Joe's reaction shot when Emily leaves in her car.
5. The long shot of Emily driving away in her car (two-angle effect).
5 things we could have done better:
1. We could have obtained more extreme close ups to create a stronger sense of action.
2. We could have tried to find a source of light to shine on our actors as it was often dark in the house.
3. We could have obtained more location shots to make the story seem more personal.
4. We could have filmed a longer series of shots in terms of the flashbacks (most of them were only a few seconds and I'm not sure they will be enough).
5. We should have planned the reverse-play scene better to ensure that it looked as effective as possible.
Plan for the upcoming week (Date Starting 18/10/10)
This is our last week before half term, and although Sophie, Jodie and myself are planning to come in during the school break to edit (Charlotte is on holiday), I have set the group certain targets to reach by the end of the week to try and keep us on schedule.
1. Film the entire flashback scenes over the course of Monday and Tuesday.
2. Upload all footage onto Adobe Premier.
3. Continue editing in Wednesdays' and Fridays' lessons (try to have complete the edit of the pre-video acting scene, the first verse and the first chorus).
4. Keep updating our progress on our blogs.
5. On Friday, review all the footage we have and make a group assessment as to any extra shots we will need to acquire in the new term or any changes to our video.
1. Film the entire flashback scenes over the course of Monday and Tuesday.
2. Upload all footage onto Adobe Premier.
3. Continue editing in Wednesdays' and Fridays' lessons (try to have complete the edit of the pre-video acting scene, the first verse and the first chorus).
4. Keep updating our progress on our blogs.
5. On Friday, review all the footage we have and make a group assessment as to any extra shots we will need to acquire in the new term or any changes to our video.
Script for Pre-Video Acting Scene
Establishing Shot of house (ambience sound) 2 seconds.
Extreme close up of Emilys hand opening the door handle. 1 second.
Long Shot of her walking out with a suitcase and shutting the door. 2/3 seconds.
Long Shot (from switched angle) of her dragging suitcase down the path. 2 seconds.
Extreme Close up of suitcase wheels. 1/2 seconds.
Long Shot of Joe running out the house and up to Emily. 2 seconds.
Joe: Emily! Wait!
(He grabs her shoulder, she turns, shot-reverse-shot begins)
Emily: Get off me Joe, I'm leaving you!
(She pushes him off her and turns to walk, he rounds around in front of her and grabs her shoulders - all a full body shot sequence)
Joe: But I don't understand, what have I done?!
(Shot-reverse shot)
Emily: You know what you did!
(Flashback sequence of Joe cheating with four girls is shown, cuts back to full body shot of Emily and Joe looking at eachother, there is silence for 1 second, then a close up of Emilys face).
Emily: *sighs*
SONG STARTS.
Extreme close up of Emilys hand opening the door handle. 1 second.
Long Shot of her walking out with a suitcase and shutting the door. 2/3 seconds.
Long Shot (from switched angle) of her dragging suitcase down the path. 2 seconds.
Extreme Close up of suitcase wheels. 1/2 seconds.
Long Shot of Joe running out the house and up to Emily. 2 seconds.
Joe: Emily! Wait!
(He grabs her shoulder, she turns, shot-reverse-shot begins)
Emily: Get off me Joe, I'm leaving you!
(She pushes him off her and turns to walk, he rounds around in front of her and grabs her shoulders - all a full body shot sequence)
Joe: But I don't understand, what have I done?!
(Shot-reverse shot)
Emily: You know what you did!
(Flashback sequence of Joe cheating with four girls is shown, cuts back to full body shot of Emily and Joe looking at eachother, there is silence for 1 second, then a close up of Emilys face).
Emily: *sighs*
SONG STARTS.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Editing! (14.10.10)
In today's lesson, we decided to spend the 2 hours editing our footage. Last lesson, we were able to complete the short flash back sequence successfully, so we tried to continue on as far as we could in the song (we didn't think we were going to get to the first chorus though).
What we edited.
Firstly, we went through the footage briefly with the razor tool trying to cut out any footage that we knew that we wasn't going to be using. We did not do this specifically, as we didn't want to cut things out which we may find we needed at a later stage. So, we decided to try and start fitting the lyric images to the song. We dragged the song onto the audio line and then found the first shot we needed (which was the extreme close up of Charlotte's mouth). Once we found this, we cut it down with the razor and dragged it to the beginning of the time-line where the music first started. We were actually able to line it up quite quickly, and to our luck we found that the lip-synch looked perfect.
For the next bit of the song, we wanted a nature shot. During filming, Sophie had suggested a spinning technique for a shot. She took the camera free hand, and recorded it whilst spinning round, to get the trees as the main image. This worked perfectly, and we decided that this was good to use for the beginning bit of the song to set the scene of where we were. We added it in with the razor tool. Then, we had a close up shot of Charlotte singing the second introductory line, so we decided to use it. We felt that it made sense using this shot because it was her lips that featured in the extreme close up, so it linked the two shots to make more sense. Again, this was easy to time. We then cut another section, which ironically was just footage of us walking where we hadn't turned the camera off. The shot worked well because it had a similiar 'nature' feel to the tree shot, so again the two shots had a link.
Following this, we then cut Charlottes verse. We decided that although this verse is going to feature other singers in it at various points, today we were only going to fit her bit in and then add it later once the initial footage is in place. We examined two different filmings of the verse, and decided to use the second one as the camera was more steady and when matched with the song the lip synching was much better. After this shot we then cut a piece of footage of me singing my first line; we had this from two different angles which we then combined together by finely cutting it down with the razor tool. Initially, we had a problem with continuity, whereby in the first shot when I am looking at the camera my eyes were open and then when we cut it to the second shot my eyes were suddenly closed. This looked like a very obvious problem, so we overcome it by shortening the length of the second shot and lengtehning the first one. This meant that the part with my eyes closed was cut out, and it fit much more nicely.
Effects we used when Editing:
Speed Reduction
We used speed reduction in the first nature scene, we did this because we felt the pace of the spinning was too fast for the song. To achieve this, we right clicked on the block of footage to open the drop down menu. From here, we clicked on the Speed/Duration option and this opened a seperate box. We then changed the Speed from 100% to 50%. We found that this helped keep the tone of the song.
Reverse Play
We used reverse play quite subtly in the second nature shot. Just by looking at it, you could think that we just filmed it walking backwards. We did this because we found that it showed us backing away from the distant figure sitting on the grass (Sophie) and then turning away from her. This looks effective as it looks almost like a point-of-view shot. Again we did this by right clicking and going onto Speed/Duration. To achieve the look we simply ticked the 'reverse play' box.
Cross Dissolve
We used cross disolve to soften the transition bewteen a few shots. We felt that the transition from the nature scene to Charlotte's opening verse was a little blunt, so we wanted an effect that made it more smooth. It has a nice effect because the scenery of both shots blend in really nice, and it makes an interesting transition shot. We achieved this by clicking Shot Transitions under the effects section, and dragging 'Cross Dissolve' onto the editing block.
Dip-to-Black
We wanted to use dip-to-black as another way to smooth transition (without re-using cross dissolve). We positioned it just after Charlotte's 'I miss missing you' close up, it comes in as soon as she has finished singing "you". It has pretty much the same effect but due to the scenery of the two shots we felt that dip-to-black was a better effect than cross dissolve. We achieved this by dragging the 'dip-to-black' effect onto the timeline, and inbetween the two shots. We then altered the length by carefully dragging the sides in to our desired lengths.
What we edited.
Firstly, we went through the footage briefly with the razor tool trying to cut out any footage that we knew that we wasn't going to be using. We did not do this specifically, as we didn't want to cut things out which we may find we needed at a later stage. So, we decided to try and start fitting the lyric images to the song. We dragged the song onto the audio line and then found the first shot we needed (which was the extreme close up of Charlotte's mouth). Once we found this, we cut it down with the razor and dragged it to the beginning of the time-line where the music first started. We were actually able to line it up quite quickly, and to our luck we found that the lip-synch looked perfect.
For the next bit of the song, we wanted a nature shot. During filming, Sophie had suggested a spinning technique for a shot. She took the camera free hand, and recorded it whilst spinning round, to get the trees as the main image. This worked perfectly, and we decided that this was good to use for the beginning bit of the song to set the scene of where we were. We added it in with the razor tool. Then, we had a close up shot of Charlotte singing the second introductory line, so we decided to use it. We felt that it made sense using this shot because it was her lips that featured in the extreme close up, so it linked the two shots to make more sense. Again, this was easy to time. We then cut another section, which ironically was just footage of us walking where we hadn't turned the camera off. The shot worked well because it had a similiar 'nature' feel to the tree shot, so again the two shots had a link.
Following this, we then cut Charlottes verse. We decided that although this verse is going to feature other singers in it at various points, today we were only going to fit her bit in and then add it later once the initial footage is in place. We examined two different filmings of the verse, and decided to use the second one as the camera was more steady and when matched with the song the lip synching was much better. After this shot we then cut a piece of footage of me singing my first line; we had this from two different angles which we then combined together by finely cutting it down with the razor tool. Initially, we had a problem with continuity, whereby in the first shot when I am looking at the camera my eyes were open and then when we cut it to the second shot my eyes were suddenly closed. This looked like a very obvious problem, so we overcome it by shortening the length of the second shot and lengtehning the first one. This meant that the part with my eyes closed was cut out, and it fit much more nicely.
Effects we used when Editing:
Speed Reduction
We used speed reduction in the first nature scene, we did this because we felt the pace of the spinning was too fast for the song. To achieve this, we right clicked on the block of footage to open the drop down menu. From here, we clicked on the Speed/Duration option and this opened a seperate box. We then changed the Speed from 100% to 50%. We found that this helped keep the tone of the song.
Reverse Play
We used reverse play quite subtly in the second nature shot. Just by looking at it, you could think that we just filmed it walking backwards. We did this because we found that it showed us backing away from the distant figure sitting on the grass (Sophie) and then turning away from her. This looks effective as it looks almost like a point-of-view shot. Again we did this by right clicking and going onto Speed/Duration. To achieve the look we simply ticked the 'reverse play' box.
Cross Dissolve
We used cross disolve to soften the transition bewteen a few shots. We felt that the transition from the nature scene to Charlotte's opening verse was a little blunt, so we wanted an effect that made it more smooth. It has a nice effect because the scenery of both shots blend in really nice, and it makes an interesting transition shot. We achieved this by clicking Shot Transitions under the effects section, and dragging 'Cross Dissolve' onto the editing block.
Dip-to-Black
We wanted to use dip-to-black as another way to smooth transition (without re-using cross dissolve). We positioned it just after Charlotte's 'I miss missing you' close up, it comes in as soon as she has finished singing "you". It has pretty much the same effect but due to the scenery of the two shots we felt that dip-to-black was a better effect than cross dissolve. We achieved this by dragging the 'dip-to-black' effect onto the timeline, and inbetween the two shots. We then altered the length by carefully dragging the sides in to our desired lengths.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Us vs. The Saturdays!
Although we are you one of The Saturdays songs for our production and do in fact take influence from the group, it is important that we differentiate ourselves from what they have done in their video to the song.
Missing You - The Saturdays
Missing You - The Saturdays
Differences
The story behind the video: When we compare the story of our videos, we can see that they are not the same. In fact, the Saturdays don't really have a story behind their video as it is purely just them singing it in different locations. In ours, however, we have constructed a story behind it, using the flashbacks to represent a story that compliment the lyrics. I personally think that this is a better idea, purely because it gives the audience another point of interest as to just the artists.
The Locations: In the video, they are in a hot country. They have individual seperate locations (which we incorporated into our video), but it is a very summery theme and the locations include a beach and a grassy hills. Although we liked the idea of using a summery setting, we felt that using autumnal weather was more fitting for the lyrics of the song (as well as this, the sunshine was LONG gone by the time we started filming so we didn't actually have much time). We also use the inside of the house as a location, and this is not used at all in their video at any point.
The Costumes: This relates back to the locations, in the sense that they are dressed for summery weather. We, on the other hand, have gone for more of a mid-season look. The only problem with out costumes is that I'm wearing a scarf which makes it look very wintery. However, it was meant to be an accsessory.
The Party Scene: Towards the end of the song, they have a party scene in the video. We originally contemplated trying to replicate this in some way, but then we realised it would be too difficult to compose such a scene. Saying this, I'm glad we decided against it, because again I don't think it fits with the theme of the lyrics and I much prefer our idea of using a story containing flashbacks.
The story behind the video: When we compare the story of our videos, we can see that they are not the same. In fact, the Saturdays don't really have a story behind their video as it is purely just them singing it in different locations. In ours, however, we have constructed a story behind it, using the flashbacks to represent a story that compliment the lyrics. I personally think that this is a better idea, purely because it gives the audience another point of interest as to just the artists.
The Locations: In the video, they are in a hot country. They have individual seperate locations (which we incorporated into our video), but it is a very summery theme and the locations include a beach and a grassy hills. Although we liked the idea of using a summery setting, we felt that using autumnal weather was more fitting for the lyrics of the song (as well as this, the sunshine was LONG gone by the time we started filming so we didn't actually have much time). We also use the inside of the house as a location, and this is not used at all in their video at any point.
The Costumes: This relates back to the locations, in the sense that they are dressed for summery weather. We, on the other hand, have gone for more of a mid-season look. The only problem with out costumes is that I'm wearing a scarf which makes it look very wintery. However, it was meant to be an accsessory.
The Party Scene: Towards the end of the song, they have a party scene in the video. We originally contemplated trying to replicate this in some way, but then we realised it would be too difficult to compose such a scene. Saying this, I'm glad we decided against it, because again I don't think it fits with the theme of the lyrics and I much prefer our idea of using a story containing flashbacks.
Todays Activites! 13/10/10
For the first time in a long time, today I actually went to a media lesson rather than being absent due to filming through it. As filming now could not take place, we decided to spend some time focusing on editing because we are now in fact behind schedule.
What I achieved during the lesson:
- Uploading my anamatic onto blog! I have been meaning to do this for a while, but as we have missed so many lessons it kept slipping my mind. We composed the anamatic on Adobe Premier, we were able to add the song to the timeline. When then exported it into a Windows Media Player file so it was compatible with blogger.
- Uploading A2 Production Practice onto my blog! This was the small scale prelimary excercise that we carried out at the end of year 12. We went to knebworth house and in small groups practiced lip-synching and capturing interesting shots; I wanted to add this as evidence of our practicing, so you can find that under the title 'A2 Practice Production'.
Editing
As mentioned previously, we decided to try and do a bit of editing this lesson to make sure we do not fall behing schedule even more. However, as an hour of lesson was already gone we were aware that we wasn't going to achieve much so we only planned to focus on the series of four very short flashbacks at the beginning of the video before the music even starts. Here's how we did it:
1. Firstly, we seperated the footage of that particular section from the rest on the timeline so we were able to look more closely at it.
2. Next, we then started by roughly cutting out shots that were no use (these included shots that didn't work and bloopers).
3. Once we had finecombed these shots, we then started to reduce them down as they are only meant to last for about a second. Initially, we had trouble cutting it down because we kept making it too long.
4. After many attempts of reducing the lengths of each shot, we managed to perfectly time them to the timing that we had originally wanted (approximatley one second each).
5. Then, using the effects tool we highligted our footage and dragged the black & white effect onto it, so that our footage would now appear this way (as we want our flashbacks to be in black and white).
6. I then had an idea about adding a white dip between every shot for a dramatic effect; so we dragged on the white dip effect individually to each box, and shortened them down. We played around with how long we thought it should last, but in the end we decided as a group that it had more of an impact when it was extremely short and snappy (which Mrs Allison then went on to refer as 'tight' editing).
The Result
Sophie, Charlotte and I were extremley pleased with the result of this editing. We managed to achieve the exact look that we were going for and it actually worked out exactly how we planned. We all played a fair part in the editing process, and contributed euqally to achieve a good result. We had initial worries that we would not be able to achieve the desired effect, due to difficulty of cutting down the lengths of the shots so much (we weren't sure if it would make sense to our audience). However, we found that when the sequence was finished that it was clear enough for the audience to understand its purpose so we were very happy with the result!
Influence from Previous Production
As mentioned previously, today when editing we used the white dip effect. This was no fluke, I was having a conversation with a class mate about last years main production when I remembered that we had used this previously. Here are two screen grabs that show when the white dip is happening (they do not show the proper effect, but these are the most specific screen grabs I could get!:
Although these are two extremely different productions, in a sense we have used the white dip for a similar reason. In both productions they are being used as a seperation device to make the cut between each shot more of a friendly transition. It is especially useful in this current production, is it really emphasizes the fact that Joe has been with 4 other girls at seperate times. I think this simple edit is so effective as it just helps the audience to understand the concept of timing, and that it is flashbacks that are happening.
What I achieved during the lesson:
- Uploading my anamatic onto blog! I have been meaning to do this for a while, but as we have missed so many lessons it kept slipping my mind. We composed the anamatic on Adobe Premier, we were able to add the song to the timeline. When then exported it into a Windows Media Player file so it was compatible with blogger.
- Uploading A2 Production Practice onto my blog! This was the small scale prelimary excercise that we carried out at the end of year 12. We went to knebworth house and in small groups practiced lip-synching and capturing interesting shots; I wanted to add this as evidence of our practicing, so you can find that under the title 'A2 Practice Production'.
Editing
As mentioned previously, we decided to try and do a bit of editing this lesson to make sure we do not fall behing schedule even more. However, as an hour of lesson was already gone we were aware that we wasn't going to achieve much so we only planned to focus on the series of four very short flashbacks at the beginning of the video before the music even starts. Here's how we did it:
1. Firstly, we seperated the footage of that particular section from the rest on the timeline so we were able to look more closely at it.
2. Next, we then started by roughly cutting out shots that were no use (these included shots that didn't work and bloopers).
3. Once we had finecombed these shots, we then started to reduce them down as they are only meant to last for about a second. Initially, we had trouble cutting it down because we kept making it too long.
4. After many attempts of reducing the lengths of each shot, we managed to perfectly time them to the timing that we had originally wanted (approximatley one second each).
5. Then, using the effects tool we highligted our footage and dragged the black & white effect onto it, so that our footage would now appear this way (as we want our flashbacks to be in black and white).
6. I then had an idea about adding a white dip between every shot for a dramatic effect; so we dragged on the white dip effect individually to each box, and shortened them down. We played around with how long we thought it should last, but in the end we decided as a group that it had more of an impact when it was extremely short and snappy (which Mrs Allison then went on to refer as 'tight' editing).
The Result
Sophie, Charlotte and I were extremley pleased with the result of this editing. We managed to achieve the exact look that we were going for and it actually worked out exactly how we planned. We all played a fair part in the editing process, and contributed euqally to achieve a good result. We had initial worries that we would not be able to achieve the desired effect, due to difficulty of cutting down the lengths of the shots so much (we weren't sure if it would make sense to our audience). However, we found that when the sequence was finished that it was clear enough for the audience to understand its purpose so we were very happy with the result!
Influence from Previous Production
As mentioned previously, today when editing we used the white dip effect. This was no fluke, I was having a conversation with a class mate about last years main production when I remembered that we had used this previously. Here are two screen grabs that show when the white dip is happening (they do not show the proper effect, but these are the most specific screen grabs I could get!:
Although these are two extremely different productions, in a sense we have used the white dip for a similar reason. In both productions they are being used as a seperation device to make the cut between each shot more of a friendly transition. It is especially useful in this current production, is it really emphasizes the fact that Joe has been with 4 other girls at seperate times. I think this simple edit is so effective as it just helps the audience to understand the concept of timing, and that it is flashbacks that are happening.
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