The Final Edits

    I only have a few days left of my project and the stress is getting to me. I have been working on and off on the commercial for a few days but I haven’t gotten it to where I want it to be. The clock is ticking and I don’t have a lot of time left. I will need to work hard these last few days.

    Most of my editing is finished. I have combined the clips and made the video look good. The only changes I need to do now is how it looks and a few sound effects.

    I am not experienced when it comes to adding vfx to a video. I will took this opportunity to learn and experiment. The application I used for this project was Adobe Aftereffects. I have not used Aftereffects before this project. This project is the first time I have used Aftereffects.

    For the sound effects I did some research on YouTube. I will found Nike commercials that use sound effects. I will took these commercials into consideration and began to add some sounds in.

    Something common Nike does is add sounds from sports games in the background. They use the sound of fans roaring in the stands to add almost a sense of motivation. This makes the viewer think, “that can be me if I use Nike.” 

    I added the vfx and sound effects into the video and so far it looks good. I will need to work tomorrow in order to add some finishing touches to make the commercial look perfect. 

    

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Reviewing the Film

    Me and my group worked over the weekend and edited and created a draft of our movie. We made this in order to show other people and get their unbiased opinion on the film. We each split up after editing and went to different people we knew in order to get their opinion on the film and what we should change.       I decided that I would show my video to a few of my friends from middle school to hear their opinion. I sent them a message over social media and they responded after about an hour of waiting. They said that they would love to review my movie in order to help with the project. I sent them the file and I patiently waited for their response.      20 minutes later and they sent a message to me with their criticism. One of the bigger criticisms they had with the film was the music didn't feel like it fit with the movie. They said that the almost rock genre music doesn't feel like it fits with the situation being shown.     ...
Read more

Editing the Film Based on the Critiques

Image
    My group and I gathered all of our recommendations and critiques for the film into a google doc. In the doc we summarized the changes that we should make for the film. The most important change that we need to make is the look of the movie.      I met up with Rashawn after school to work on the project. Our goal for today's work on the project was to change the overall look of the film. The original filter on the film was meant to make the situation feel more tense. It is used often in other films to make the setting feel almost darker.      I suggested that maybe it was just the fact that the filter was too much. The effect looked good in other professional movies. But when we used it, it felt almost overpowering and too much. Rashawn and I changed the filter in Adobe Premiere Pro. With Premiere Pro there is an option for visual effects to change the opacity, color, and even saturation. Using these we changed the each individual shot in order...
Read more

Filming the Last Shots

Image
      Today my group and I had our final day of filming. I met up with my team members after school and we took the bus to Rashawn's house. When we arrived we went to his room and discussed the plan for the day. It was decided that we would follow our original storyboard and improvise if we needed to. I carried the equipment and we made our way to a park near Rashawn's house.     The park was the main location for filming. I would still play the main role of James, Rashawn was Kofi, and Hadar was the DE Agent. The first few shots were simple. I acted out the scene of James meeting Kofi at the park.       An issue that we experienced during the filming was the camera. I worked with Rashawn to set up the camera angles. The tripod that we had wasn't working correctly and fell over a few times. The camera ran out of battery after a few takes and we had to improvise. I took out my phone and we used it for filming.      Using my...
Read more