Audio

Today I worked on the audio for this project using Soundtrack Pro. I needed to fade out the end of the 'Blurred Lines' routine and then create a speeded up 'rewind' of the music as a transition between the two routines. This didn't take any time at all to complete, as I literally reversed the first track and speeded it up a little.

I know have to fit all of the audio pieces together in the edit and I should be almost done. although I am going to continue to look at this piece and see if there is anything I can either improve or add, as I still have a few weeks left before the deadline.

Submitting for Feedback

Today I uploaded the two routines so far to Vimeo and sent the links to my tutor for his feedback. I am really hoping that he is happy with what I have done and there aren't too many things that need to be changed because I am really happy with the pieces so far and would be disappointed if he didn't like them. I have just over a month left before the deadline for this project so hopefully I'm on the right track. Fingers crossed!

Fast Routine Photos

Editing Fast Routine

Today I cut together the second routine for this piece. I knew that I wanted lots of fast cuts in order to match the pace of the edit to the music and the actions of the dancers. I started by going through each shot, naming it and deciding which ones I was going to start with. I chose the best long shot of the routine as a base and then started cutting my favourite close ups in. Once I had all of the close ups in, including two split screens that I put together in After Effects, I then used frames from the mid shots to cut into the base sequence so that one shot wasn't on screen for too long.

I found this edit easier than I thought I would, mainly because I used the music track as a guide. Each of the clips had the music in the background so I was easily able to identify exactly when one clip started by what word was being sung at the time.

I am really pleased with the edit and hope that when I show it to people they will like it just as much as I do. The next stage for this routine is the visual effects. I have not quite decided what effects I am going to use because I am not sure that the freeze frame effect I used in the slow routine, or the light streaks effect I looked into will fit with this routine. I have plenty of time to figure it out so I may do some more research and look for an effect that looks really good and will fit with this routine.

I have also worked a little more on the slow routine today. I added an extra freeze frame near the beginning of the piece and I am now happy with this routine as well, although I would like to show my tutor the video to see what his opinion and advice is.

I have not yet decided how I am going to transition from one routine to the next, so this is something else I need to look into.

Second Shoot

Today I finally shot the second dance routine for this project. I used the same location as the first shoot, but lit it a little differently so hopefully it should look a little brighter. The shoot didn't take too long and went really well. The only issue I had was with the camera. I used two Canon xf305's and even though the settings were identical, one looked more blue and cooler than the other. I couldn't work out why so I had to leave it and I will alter this in After Effects to match up the footage before I start the cut.

I am really really happy to finally be done with filming and now I can relax (a little) and edit. I have a few ideas for what I want to do in terms of the visual effects for this piece and I am looking forward to trying them out. I am confident I can pull everything together now and have something really good by the deadline in 6 weeks.