Music Video production journey

For the Post-production phase of our Advanced portfolio task of a music video, We started off using Adobe Premiere to edit the music video and added in all the footage from the narrative shoot that we had done.

After this we added shots according to the shot list. not all shots were the same as that identified in the shot list as we had to deviate from that and add more shots and rearrange them with the performance shots to make sure it did not become monotonous. So we added the shots and fitted them according to the amount of seconds we wanted to allot to each shot, after adding all these narrative shots we added the performance shots as well and the music video started to have its shape. 

After adding and putting the footage in its place between narrative and performance, then we added effects and transitions, the most we used were "Cross dissolve", "Film dissolve", and "Dip to Black". 

Then I also added the effects to merge performance shots with each other and with the narrative as well.

Then we also added a diegetic of the thunder where we showed the black rainy clouds, for this we had to download a thunder sound and then crop out the part which we required by adding a sound effect to the music video, for this we picked out the part which had a more appropriate thunder sound and then placed it to the music video editing window.

Then we also did the color correction and added Video effects as well to make the music video more meaningful. We kept a slightly dull and Sepia tone till the middle of the music video to show the struggle and hopelessness and even used black and white shots as well in the start. for this we reduced the saturation and also the contrast, our teacher advised us to not disturb the brightness levels as that makes the footage look unprofessional and pale. Below is a comparison of how a shot looked before video effect and after adding the saturation and reducing contrast: 

We also increased the lighting and saturation in the shot of the 2 homeless guys and increased contrast in the shot of the old man.

Finally towards the end of the music video when the plant grows and it rains overnight which is a sign of blessing we added more color to the shots and increased the contrast to depict hope and blessing.

After adding all these audio effects, video effects and video transitions and improving on the drawbacks of the first 2 drafts we took out a final music video in Mp4 format and uploaded it on Vimeo.com. This was our production journey which was full of learning and a fun experience that helped us learn a lot and also show our creativity by using the tools provided.

Music video Post production editing done by Fatima Ali and Humble Awan
Post Done by Humble Awan