What have I been up to: everything.

Editing!!

I chose to edit using Premiere Pro since I'm already familiar with the program and thought it would make the process a whole lot easier.

  I started by editing the flashbacks so that I could nest them and focus on the sequence where the character is older and creating. Once I'm done with the line edit I will be adding the titles!!! Thankfully I've chosen the name of the film.

There's not much to uncover here as I'm just adding the clips and making sure the pacing of the video and conversations is good and not awkward... once I get into graphics I will have to explain a lot more!!! 

What Problems have I ran into??

For the sake of time, I don't think I will be able to include the last portion that is in my script, I wrote more than I could actually fit... so I think I'm just going to roll with the flashbacks and establish the character before all else. 

Also the audio in this one clip has an annoying tap noise that I can't get rid of... I'm gonna find a different take to see if it works better because it's really bothering me.

 

After editing the flashbacks, I needed to start on the real bulk of the editing and that's when I knew I'd be heavily reliant on the music to drive the emotion forward.

My favorite part is you guessed it; EDITING. I'm an editor first and I always will be above all aspects of production, it just brings me absolute joy. it all just comes together and it's my way to experiment with the style and the flow. 

An idea arose!!!

For context: When I was shooting these shots I was in the garage, and there's a mirror that was in front of where I had set up the tent... you follow me??

***Pic for reference

So when I had the lights out, my camera was practically incognito, you couldn't see anything but the fairy lights that illuminated the tent, but then a funny thing happened, the tent went out of focus and thats when I got the glorious shot of BOKEHHHHHHH. I immediately knew after that, I was going to abuse tf out of this bokeh shot to enhance the lighting in my videos. This wasn't a shot I meant to get, but I'm really happy it happened because it wasn't my initial thought to include bokeh!!


So this was my result!!!! (with no vfx needed, simply practical)
But how did I remove the black??? Let me explain.


After uploading the footage into the software, I tapped on "Effect Controls" there's an option below the opacity called "Blend Mode," which allows for a different stylized appearance of the video, adding more dimension. I chose the Screen blend mode.

The End Result!!!!

Look what I got just from NOTICING THE ENVIRONMENT!!!!! Yay. Yay. Yay.