Creating an anematic

We put all the storyboards into final cut pro and then we put the track onto the programme so we can edit it in time with the song. We had to import the track into itunes then from there import it into final cut pro. Usually we would create a log bin and name it to store our shots however they were already in a log bin so we just named it so we know where to find the shots. The copy we had of the music was a wav file so we changed it to a wmp so it was compatible with final cut pro. Once we sorted that out we dragged the song into final cut pro and locked it so it would not be ruined while we were editing. We had to drag the clip from the log bin we needed into the video window to check if it was the right one then we dragged it onto the timeline to edit it. In our music video we wanted to have an introduction with background noise and then the song would start after so the first thing we did was to sort out the shots needed for the introduction. We had our storyboard next to us so we know what is meant to go next. The introduction was meant to hide the band's identity at first then when the song starts the band would be seen by the audience so at first we had shots of a mysterious man picking up money from a hat and walking away, this was done in a high angle tilted shot of a hat on the pavement with money in, the camera then tilts up the body of this man while he picks up the money and puts it in his pocket. As we did not want to show who this man was yet we stopped the tilting at the sholdour and then the man turns around and walks away. We all thought this was a good introduction as it gets the audience entrigued to where the man is going and what he is doing. We then needed to fit in the background noise and we had already put the shots in and we went on soundtrack pro which has a variety of background sounds to choose from so we went through to find street sounds. We had to keep continuity between the shots so that it would make sense on what is happening so for example in the beginning when the man is picking up the money and putting it in his pocket we had to make sure that the shots matched his actions. We also had to remember to cut out the voices as what we filmed had a microphone so you could hear us in the background which we didn’t want to be in the video, this was an easy task as we just had to mute it. We changed the order in which our shots went occasionally as we thought it looked better and fit more with the song. Some examples include when there was a drum solo or a guitar solo we just focused on the drummer and the guitarist instead of originally we would have the whole band. We also repeated some shots for example one shot of the singer which we added in places where he was singing in the chorus when we had the guitarist or drummer but we thought as his singing was a strong point in that time in the song we thought that he should be introduced at his strong points. Some of the shots we didn’t put in from the log bin as we realised we didn’t need them as they did not fit anywhere.
This was useful as we needed to organise our shots so we have a clear idea of what order they would fit in to go with the song as clearly we didn’t realise that some of our shots would not have worked well with the timing as we had to extend some and cut some out completely. I feel more confident editing this year than last year because i used it all last year so i knew how to use it, i just had to remind myself and i was fine.