Editing Blog: The Green Screen That Intervned
While editing my music video, I had a lot more fun than I expected. Editing is still one of my favorite aspects when it comes to creating my projects. I believe that I improved a good amount since I edited my commercial. From editing my commercial, I realized that you should always keep how you will end up editing in mind as you film. I could not help but to think about editing due to my constant fear of the shots not matching up with the music. I ended up strictly planning out how I would avoid these scenarios between and on the days I filmed. Although this was time-consuming and tedious, I think that this heavily contributed to the success of my editing. By taking the time out to plan each gesture and put it in sync with the lyrics, I was not only able to edit smoothly but film faster than I normally would. I will definitely be utilizing this method in the future to ensure a well-organized process of filming and editing. I edited the music video on my phone and exported it onto my computer when I finished. This time around I only ran into one minor problem and a major problem while editing. The minor problem was the time length of my music video. After dumping all of the footage into the software, the duration was 2 minutes and 45 seconds. This did not phase me at all because I purposely filmed extra in the case that a shot did not fit the music video well or in the case that my film was too short. As a result, I had no issues cutting my music video down during this project. I ended up cutting my music video down to 60 seconds in the blink of an eye and I was very excited that I was able to do it so effortlessly this time. As I moved deeper into my editing, that is when I stumbled into my major problem. The green screen. I was both terrified and thrilled when it was time to see if my green screen would work. For some odd reason when I was using the chroma key in the editing software, it was not picking out the green background. I immediately got worried because I was relying on the success of the green screen for multiple shots. I eventually figured out the problem thanks to the information I gathered through the Internet and Youtube. But this triumph was only temporary as I encountered my next trial. After I used the chroma key to remove the green screen background and replace it with the background I selected I noticed my actors and I looked off. I then realized that there was a greenish tint on our skin and I knew that the source of this problem led back to the green screen. I spent a great amount of time not only attempting to search for a solution but I tried to come up with one myself. That is when I finally came across the answer to this problem and it was as simple as turning the brightness of the background down. By doing this, the green tint that was on our skin disappeared and I was back on track with my editing. Following this, I worked on the transition between clips which was fairly easy to do since I had an extensive plan of what I would do. In the end, I decided to use some filters and a slight fisheye effect on my shots to amplify the R&B vibe of the song. Even though I had some troubles with the green screen effects, I still had a good time editing the music video. I am so glad that my creativity was able to shine through my filling and editing.
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