Video & Sound Production - Project 02: Shooting Practise and Editing

Week 03 - Week 10

Ahmad Firas Bin Ahmad Fisal | 0345121

Video and Sound Production (VSP60104) | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Project 02: Shooting Practice & Editing (30%)

INSTRUCTIONS

Quick Links:

Project 01: Audio Editing Exercises

Final Project: Stop Motion

Final Google Drive Submission for Video and Sound Production (VSP60104)

(ONLY for Mr. Martin, the Lecturer)

PROJECT 02: EXERCISE 01 - TIKTOK VIDEO

TikTok Video: My Campus Life

Requirements:

- Vertical orientation (Horizontal is allowed)

- Dimension: 1080x1920px

- Aspect Ratio: 9:16 (1:1 is allowed)

- Apply Composition and Framing knowledge

Additional:

- Creative Framing

- Timelapse

- Transition

- Props
- VFX

Part 1: Pre-Production

Explain TikTok and suggest three TikTok videos:

TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to create and share short videos with others. The app has experienced fast-paced growth in popularity among the youth and the adults too. Short-duration videos are one of its attention-catching features.

In addition to being entertaining, Tiktok has developed into a marketing tool for most companies. The platform is being used by brands to connect with their target market, especially the younger generations. The site is also used by influencers to promote their work and establish their individual brands.

TikTok attached is my top three favourite contents:

@the_pastaqueen The Classic Carbonara #thepastaqueen #carbonara #pastatiktok ♬ original sound - The Pasta Queen

@kambiz.ahmadi Can you guess which celebirty owns this home? Located in Los Angeles, California! Hint: they are a judge on America’s Got Talent! #mansion #hometour #luxuryhomes ♬ love nwantinti (ah ah ah) - CKay

@amirxh autumn term🍂🫶🏼 >>> #fyp #minivlog #dayinmylifevlog #college #university #rhul #royalholloway #fallaesthetic #study #student #studyaesthetic ♬ Originalton - 🤍

For this particular exercise, my vision is to produce a "day-in-my-life" type of video but instead of just showing what I do on campus, I would like to include another inspiration from cooking voice-over videos by doing a voice-over of my own recommending things to do on campus after class.

We are allowed to use any other devices for shooting and editing this exercise. I've utilised my iPad for this next process of editing.

Software used: CapCut

By using CapCut, I begin trimming the video to ensure that only footage that I would like to portray will be on the sequence and not the remaining of it. Sir Martin mentioned in class that it would be better if u colour grade, animation editing, etc. to enhance our TikTok video.

I had my video with moving subtitles, and adjustments of the photo editing to ensure that they are consistent and followed the theme that I had in mind. The video attached below is my Final TikTok video submission.

Final submission of Project 02: Exercise 01 - TikTok Video

TikTok Link:

@livingahoelylife [Assignment] . These are 5 things you can do on campus to wind down! 😄🫰🏻 . #TaylorsUniversity #SubangJaya #Campus #TaylorsUniversityLakesideCampus #ContentCreation ♬ Obituary - Alexandre Desplat

PROJECT 02: EXERCISE 02 - PRODUCTION SHOOT

We were divided into groups and each group will be assigned a trailer to recreate. In class, we were briefed on the different positions and the tasks that accompany them.

Role: Boom Operator / Location Sound (with Hayato)

Production Shooting: Group

Post-Production: Individual

Our Director created a plan via Google Docs on what needs to be done prior to the shooting day. I was tasked to buy Energizer Double A batteries for the operation of the Boom Mic.

We have come up with storyboards on how and where we envisioned the shoot to be like. The pictures attached below are the rough storyboards that the group has provided.

Figure 2.1 - Storyboard #1

Figure 2.2 - Storyboard #2

Figure 2.3 - Storyboard #3

Unfortunately, for Scene 03, we changed our location due to certain circumstances and utilised the photo studio instead. When I was in post-production, it feels like the change of location is suiting due to the mood that it gave to the whole plot.

Below, will be the work-in-progress (WIP) pictures attached to show briefly how my post-production went. However, I will now include a list of details that acts as a mood board on how I want my clips to portray them at the end.

Theme: Break-up, Flashback, Regret, Sadness

Transition Style: White Flash (to portray flashback)

Colour Correction/Grading: Warm (Colour Temperature)

The Art of Colour Temperature: A Filmmaker's Guide

Workspace:

After going through the stages of choosing the appropriate video clips into a sequence, respective audio files, and trimming them to my liking and direction. This image is an overview of the utilisation of the tracks in my workspace. The blue audio track is from the camera's sound, which wasn't used because we have separate audio tracks from the boom mic that was used. The subsequent tracks are utilised for ambience and also a song of choice to aid in my narration/creative direction to this trailer I'm making.

Figure 2.4 - Workspace Overview

Vignette:

I followed a User Guide from Adobe in creating vignettes that were used on half of my clips as part of the colour-grading stage. This help set the mood of my clips to make them look like a flashback. (Pictures not attached) but in this stage, I also colour-corrected from the Lumetri Colour panel to make sure that it blends well with the vignette-inspired look I'm going for.

Figure 2.5 - Vignette Panel

Stabiliser:

Only in post-production that I realised this clip showing a phone in a low-light environment was shaky due to the tripod-less decision from the other production crews. I decided to look up online the steps to stabilise my footage to reduce the shakiness so that viewers won't be distracted from it.

Figure 2.6 - Stabiliser Effect

Adjustment Layers (Part 1: Transition):

I've also decided to add an adjustment layer for my transition rather than editing it directly onto the clips for organising purposes. I've decided to go for the white flash transition to portray the actress waking up from her flashback daydream of her brief moments with the actor. Creating those Keyframes and adjusting the White Input Level is what controls the transition.

Figure 2.7 - Transition Effect (Adj. Layer)

Adjustment Layers (Part 02: Flashback Clips Effect)

I turned the flashback clips to have a dreamy effect by using the Gaussian Blur effect and by manipulating the opacity to not blow the effect too much. It blends well with the warm temperature clips that I did before this stage.

Figure 2.8 - Flashback Clips Effect (Adj. Layer)

Audio:

Apart from the room ambience that I've added to mask the sound of the photo studio that we used to film those scenes. I incorporated a section of the song Like I Can by Sam Smith which viewers could also scene was playing through the phone. I picked a section of the song that is super fitting to portray the mood of the whole video.

I also followed a guide from this site to ensure that all of the added audio is not overpowering. This is to maintain the sound hierarchy of the whole sequence/project.