Other Effects

Other effects I used when editing my music video was an effect called 'Keyer'. This effect enable to layer images on top of each other but cutting certain parts of the footage out showing the footage underneath. This achieved a psychedelic look as it gave a look of lots of different footage being morphed into one.
Here were the settings for the effect:





After this effect, along with the other effects I have added to my footage, this effect was achieved:



As you can see, it is a very 'trippy' effect. I am happy with this as it creates a weird illusion of footage being overlapped and entwined together.

Layering Effects

To achieve my psychedelic effect I knew I would have to experiment with different effects.
The first effect I found that helped achieve my desired look was called 'prism'. This effect created an almost 3d like to the image.
Below is a before and after of the effect being added on to the footage:


The next effect I added was 'negative'. This effect inverted the colours of the footage. This made for a visually pleasing effect that appeared 'psychedelic', below is a screenshot of the effect and the settings:

Next, I wanted to make the colour of the footage appear a little more psychedelic as it was just black and white shades before. To achieve this I used colour correction. This enabled me to change the colour of the footage to be more colourful and vibrant.
Below is after I added the effect:


The final effect I added was called 'Bad TV'. This effect gave the footage a VHS look to it which I liked as my artist is inspired by bands from the 90's, a time when VHS was very popular. This effect gave the footage a 'raw' look to it and made it more grainy without loosing clarity.
Below is a screenshot of the effect after it was added to the footage:

Music Video First Draft

Here is the first draft of my music video. I will soon be screening to this to my class and receiving feedback on the ways I can improve my music video.

Production Log

Today I filmed the whole band performance for my music video. I set up the bands equipment in the corner of a music rehearsal studio where the walls were all white. I had help from my friend with filming some hand held footage. The rest of the footage was filmed with the camera on a tripod. A number of different shots such as a canted angle were used when filming.
I am very happy with how the scene came out and will not need to re film this.
Below are some screenshots of the footage:

Production Log

Today I filmed Tom playing the drums for my music video. After watching many music videos from the my chosen genre I noticed a receptive shot used for filming drummers in music videos. This was a shot where the camera is placed over the drummers shoulder giving an over view of the drum kit. I also placed the camera in different areas around the kit on a tripod to get close up shots of the performance that will be synced up along to the music video. I also got a mid shot of the performance to show all of the drums and Tom in the same shot.
I will edit this footage later to achieve my desired psychedelic look.
Below are some screenshots of my footage.

Production Log

Today I filmed the scene where Dom is playing bass guitar. I encountered some problems when filming this scene. The first was position Dom in front of the screen. When filming I had to make sure there was no unwanted background surroundings scene in the footage. To overcome this I had to take my time when filming free hand and when positioning the camera on a tripod I would have to make sure only the white background could be seen. The other problem was getting Dom to 'act' and move around when filming. I wanted Dom to move along to the music as it is conventional for rock performers to move around a lot on stage and in music videos.

Here is  a screenshot of my footage from today. I am happy with the footage and will not need to film this scene again.

Production Log

Today I shot the first performance scene of my music video. I filmed myself singing along to the song against a white screen. I had help filming from my friend so that I could get some free hand footage which was not filmed on a tripod. I am happy with how the footage came out and I will not need to re shoot this scene.

Here is a screenshot of the footage. I will edit this footage to achieve a psychedelic look. This will be done be experimenting with different effects on Final Cut Pro.

Final Digipak

Final digipak design

Final Magazine Advert

Magazine Advert Adjustments

Here is the adjusted version of my magazine advert. After receiving feedback on my advert it was agreed that the placement of the text on the advert was in the wrong places and looked slightly messy. To correct these errors I placed the text in different places until I found a spot where it looked the most professional. I placed the text in the top right hand corner as this is where the eyes naturally gravitate on the poster.

Digipak Adjustments

Here is an update on my digipak. The adjustments I have made are I have flipped the top 3 panels upside down so that when they fold together they are the right way up. Also previously some of my images were slightly stretched and distorted. I have also added the spines to the digipak to give it a professional look.