Rough Cut 3- Production Diary

This Rough Cut has had several changes compared to the last one such as the new added bars at the side like the traditional silent film and of course the removal of the bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Also obviously the titles I have added in in order to follow the conventions of normal silent films as well as further developing the narrative of my story line. And not forgetting the artificial camera movements I've added in.

However, first I will first talk about the cinematic bars I've added in. This was done to more accurately replicate the look I wanted as it ensures that the video appears as if I have a scale of 4:3 instead of 16:9. So we see very significant changes in this department because I really feel it has helped complete the over all aesthetic of the video. We can see the new borders in the image to the right of the text an below we can see what the video used to look like.

Secondly as I mentioned before I have added the intertitles I've previously blogged about. This has allowed me to create a full video that is on the beat of the song. As seen by the way the shots will cut or transition on beat of the song. I did this by using the ripple tool on premiere pro which allows the dragging of the size of two clips simultaneously. By using this tool I also made sure to zoom in on the wave forms of the music file itself to make for accurate cutting on the beat.

Finally I also added in some new artificial camera movements that I learnt how to do on YouTube by watching several videos on the matter. To add more context when I say artificial camera movements I mean when I have take an ordinary shot place it in a premiere pro timeline and make sure that the effect controls panel is open. Then I would go to the start of a clip and add a key frame at the scale position and any other variable I want and then move over to the last frame of the shot and then change the variables to where I want the shot to end up. Then all there is to do then is to render the file through and review it and depending on the variables you change you may create a zoom as we see in the shot of just the protagonists face or even just a pan. Below you can see the effects panel and program monitor so you are able to see some values to give more idea of how it is  done.