We came up with our original ideas by coming up with 2-4 emotions and we picked “Depression, Stress, and Freedom. This led us to make contrasts with not only the themes and actions in the videos but also the colour and I used the film to make it seem like a distant memory as the film went on. We took inspiration from multiple different creators like Imase and Fuji Kaze. The biggest inspiration we took from is the fan made music video “Racing into the Night” by the Anime Men. We had some idea’s about putting some “risky” scenes with knifes and alcohol. We ended up not using these scenes due to the fact that our teacher said it would set off a trigger warning that may upset some audiences. Our brainstorming technique was sometimes suboptimal to the timing of our project. This is because some of our group members were disengaged with the project at the time. The brainstorming process was definitely the most boring part of the project leading to this result.
We created a, timeline, storyboard, script, time sequences, effects list, colour chart and a list of all of the resources we were going to use (ie: props, editing software). The use of the computers during the planning phase was good and we used them efficiently except for the fact that some people were playing games or were off task. Our use of OneNote was very good. We successfully executed this by utilizing the “Collaboration Space”. Peoples use of teams and the internet was NOT GOOD. People were off task and playing games leading us to not finishing our deadlines on time. For my group members to not be off task and playing games during the time we could have used to finish the task early. One of my group members Havish learned how to use a camera effectively by learning how to reduce and increase exposure and other settings.
We edited the video together by having one person import all of the videos on our computer and give all the camera videos to me over email. Then I edited the video at home. I used the functions of adding text to a video that is moving, Blurring, transition effects, video effects, colour functions and film fade. I used one video of a coffee machine by downloading on my computer and I also edited it on photoshop to make the blur cleaner. I learned how to add and remove text while the video was playing and I also learned how to use other programs and import them into my video with clarity. I would engage in the editing more because I didn’t finish it on time due to some 3rd parties and I would also film more.
The best aspects of our video were the dark parts transferring to the bright cityscapes In the video. This incorporated the idea of iridescence into the video while still retaining the overall message of the song. We did need to improve the transitions to make them cleaner in the chorus especially. I learned to not rely on people to engage themselves without direction. I also learned the full processes to making a film.