Production Blog: Music Mania!


 After finishing filming with the intention of editing next I informed my editor it was time to begin! My group mate Connor and I decided to collaborate on ideas for the editing of the video, so we met up after school at the local coffee shop! After arriving we realized getting our music finalized was a critical part of the editing process. Previously I had done research on what songs fit with my genre of horror and what type of artists produced these songs or sound tracks. After doing some research as a group my group mate addison suggested the song, "Born Too Late" by the Poni-tails. I composed an email to Warner Chappel, the producing company of the song. However, after a week of no reply I found the company’s contact number and called. The representative I spoke to said that use of the song would be $1,000-$2,000. This was completely out of my budget and my group’s as a whole. So, after looking into other options I discovered royalty free music. Which means the individual who licenses the song is not obligated to pay a fee, and you do not own the copyright to the music or other media piece. I discovered music by Vivek Abhishek. It created the perfect eerie effect. However I wanted to modify the music a bit more. First, I knew I wanted to speed down the music as my final task reached the end. This creates suspense and deepens the tone of my production. On my previous tasks this year I had added music to my productions, but not editing the music in anyway. I decided to research how to trim the music as my first step. I went on Youtube and searched for music editing programs. I ended up downloading the application “SoundTrap” and  “Audacity”. However, both of these applications were hard to use and I became very confused. So, I decided to go back to the editing program I used on my previous productions, “iMovie”. I found a video tutorial on youtube and added my music into “iMovie”. Next, I split the audio into clips and adjusted the speed of each clip, going from a normal playback speed to a much slower speed. I also knew I would need to adjust the volume of the music completely during some portions of my production as there was dialogue. I saved the audio to my computer and wrapped up todays music planning! 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A soccer showdown

Image
   Today was our second day of filming on October 6th, 2021. Our group was excited to finish our Adidas commercial. Jade Walrave and I changed into our costumes before heading to our filming set. The track, our filming set, was not very busy so we began finding an area with good lighting to film our final scenes. The final scenes we needed to film was the action scene where Jade and I were in a head to head match. We first began by filming a low angle of me and jade running in order to show off the adidas brand cleats. After this we filmed a few of my shoes alone in order to get the perfect shot. Between filming each scene we would go back and review the scene in order to change anything wrong in it. We ended up re-filming the first scene around 5 times before capturing the correct shot. Next we grabbed orange cones to set up the “goal” for our shot. We began practice our blocking for the scene and making sure the angles were correct. It was difficult to originally figure out ...
Read more

Production Blog: Extra Details

Image
  Making my film takes a lot of planning and attention to detail. With a schedule of two shooting days, there is a lot of work to do to make sure everything runs smoothly. Here are some of the extra details I had to consider when planning my five-minute film. After I identified the specific locations I will be filming at, including both interior and exterior scenes I still had to work out the details. I first had to e nsure that I have permission to film at each location and was in compliance with any local regulations. Next, I must c onsider the time of day I will be shooting each scene and plan accordingly. Make sure I have all the necessary equipment, including cameras, lighting, and sound equipment. Identify all the participants in my film and make sure they are available on the scheduled shooting days. Establish health and safety protocols to keep everyone on set safe and healthy. Provide personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves, to all cast and crew members. Se...
Read more

Group Blog

Image
  For my commercial assignment, I decided to pair with Jade Walrave, Ely Silverberg, and Mya Hauser.  For this commercial, I wanted to choose some of my peers with who I knew I was comfortable working with and filming with. I met Ely and Mya last year during my general paper class and we often worked on many group projects together. We always would finish our projects on time and we worked great together as a team. `I also met Jade last year during AICE Testing and she sat in front of me. We ended up becoming friends and hanging out the whole summer. After reviewing our schedules we discovered we had AICE Media together. I knew we would work well together as we already got along with each other outside of school. Together our group will function well because each member has their own specialty and skill set. Ely is good at concepts and creating a layout and design for each scene as well as the production as a whole. Mya is better at scriptwriting and is great at relating the s...
Read more