Research and Planning:- Lighting and Colour Research.

We have now uploaded all footage from both shoots, the car park and wood scenes, and have started editing it. Throughout the editing process we have been using a variety of different effects on Final Cut Pro, such as: 

Strobes and Blink- We have decided that we don't want to use the strobe effect that we learnt earlier throughout all of the performance shots as this can get a bit off putting and would draw attention away from our shots and just make people focus on the flashing. For this reason we have only started applying it to certain shots within the breakdown of the song. As well as strobes we have used the Blink effect, which means the shot flashes. We have decided that this looks more effective so we will not be using the strobe effect.  The difficult aspect on using these effects is trying to get the flashes to black in time with the tempo and beat of the song.  

The Speed tool on Final Cut Pro.

Speed- We have also been changing some shots to half-speed (slow motion), such as the opening shot of water dripping. This is because it makes the shot a lot more effective as it makes it seem more dramatic and it means the ripples of the water are easier to see and this then matches the pace of the beginning of the song, as it is a lot slower at the start.

Motion/ Scale- We have also used scale to zoom in on our shots and this means that we can

 cut into certain parts of the shot quickly, without having to film the close-ups separately, which could lead to some continuity errors. Whilst this is good, for extreme close ups we will have to film these separately as the quality of the shots goes down the more we zoom in and we don't want any shots to look unfocused and grainy as this makes them appear more amateur and not effective enough. 

The Colour Correction tool from Final Cut Pro.

Colour corrector- We have been using the three wheel colour corrector which edits the lighting from our shots. We are using this effect to dim the shots as they look too bright and this is making them appear too cheerful, which does not fit with the dark and brooding atmosphere that is common for a heavy metal concept and it is the effect we want to create. So far we have edited the highlights down to 214, the blacks to 88 and whites down to -12 and this has made them look a lot more gloomy which fits the stereotypical atmosphere in our genre music videos and looks really good.