Within one of our media classes a proffesional user of After Effects came in to both introduce us to what After Effects was and to also start to use After Effects in a practical way. I have previously slightly used After Effects however I only knew how to import and cut video clips and music. With this introduction I learnt how to use keyframes on both video and audio, allowing me to add video, text and shapes, as well as how to make these move, spin, have motion blur and change opacity.
I was also shown to the TV Studio where greenscreen work is created allowing people to add backgrounds behind them or even add objects infront of them. This opertunity was worth it to more understand how greenscreen works and operates, however personally I do not think I will be using greenscreen within my music video.
(This photograph of a greenscreen studio is very similar looking to the studio I visited with a camera facing central towards the main green screen area with studio lights above, which were able to be changed to suit the background which was being keyed onto the greenscreen)
Very early on I contacted Mosaik, an independent music composer to ask whether I could use a song from his collection of music, I contacted him through his website to which I got a reply allowing me to use any song from his five albums.
I the found another song I would possibly want to use in my music video called Heatwave by Hollow Coves.
However I will most likely use Mosaik's music as I enjoy it much more and I can imagine many more ways to create a music video out of it. I narrowed down Mosaik's music until I found my favourite song which I had clear initial ideas for in mind, I chose to use his song "Aerial".
This video was created in a group, we mostly made sure we new how to frame the various shot types. We experimented with filming techniques such as pull focusing and broad/narrow depth of field. Within editing we tested around with slowing down footage and general manipulation of video speed. Time-lapse was also used, however as the length of filming was short it would most likely be classed simply as speeding up the footage, however I still built an idea of how time-lapse would work. This all helped me understand how to use the different techniques more effectively.
