Editing

After the filming process was done, we began editing. We used The iMovie app on our phones because anybody with an iPhone can use it. Luckily everyone in our group had iPhones. So we were able to edit without a computer. This made the entire process less stressful because nothing extra was needed. And the fact that we used our phones to film made the process even easier. In iMovie you can trim the videos and put them in order. You can also add any filters necessary for color correction. It also comes with preset transitions for the video to create better pacing. Overall, using iMovie has been really effective. It’s very practical for our group members who are not experienced in editing.

Before placing our clips into iMovie, we needed to see which clips were usable and which needed to be trimmed. During this phase of editing, we discovered some issues, mostly with videos needing to be trimmed, but some clips needed to be re-done. Some of our group members started to panic a little, but we managed to get our heads together. We realized that we had enough time to go back to the beach and re-film the clips that needed to be better. after trimming the videos that could be used we were surprised with the results so far. This happened before we even put the audio from the music into the video. Macy and Adriana took a step outside to record a song using the voice memos app and then paste it into the music video. They recorded it by playing the music off of Macy’s phone and recording the audio with Adriana‘s phone. They were successful in their attempt. We put the music in and really felt it coming together.

When we are going through the clips that we had we noticed that there were a few videos that needed to be redone. This means that at least one of our group members would have to go back and record more footage to meet the time requirements. This may have caused some stress among our group but we managed to pull it together. We had faith in each other that we would get that music video done we have trust in one another. The actors will have to be wearing the same clothes as they were on the day of filming. They would need to be plenty of continuity re-filming the needed clips.

Filming by the sea

The location we picked for our music video was changing a lot, so everyone would be able to get there to film. We were aiming to get some shots with the sunrise and sunset to fit the type of vibe of our video. We also had a backup plan if that didn’t work, due to rain or other uncontrollable events. The song we chose can be interpreted in many ways due to the fact there are no words. We used the beach for our location. We didn’t have any issues with health and safety. We were able to make sure that the beach was safe for us to film. We Made sure we were not in the way of any beach goers and got their permission if we needed them in the video. we also checked in with the nearest lifeguard to make sure that we could film for our video. He said that we can film but to make sure that we checked in with him every few hours and to let him know when we are leaving.

For our props we used a car and some of the lifeguard stands. Of course, there is the chance these scenes can be cut out during the editing phase. We also used some beach towels

and sunglasses. Costumes for our music video were some "typical Floridian" beach wear. Shorts and a tank top or a bathing suit as we were going for a "beach vibe". Anything that is considered beach or beach like clothing. (What a surfer would wear).

The camera angles we used for the music video were: wide shot, pan, tilt, trunk shot, high angle shot, close ups as well as two people shots. For our male protagonist, we will be using our close friend Sam. We gave him a suffer beach boy look. We used no beauty make up on him. Sunblock was used as our version of makeup. We had a few props. we used towels, cars, the pier. we are mainly relying on the setting to tell our story. Our setting was at the Lauderdale by the sea beach. We were under the fishing pier for a large portion of the music video.