This is our final edit for our music video for the band; Canterbury, and their song; Diver. After reviewing the song's lyrics, Ash and I decided that the song was about a person who had split up with their partner who had been cheating on them. We decided that we wanted to make a story driven video that showed what the lyrics were saying, hence the boy and girl characters. From our draft work, we decided that we definitely wanted to keep the hand drawn/ photo album opening that we came up with when storyboarding. This suggests that the video is memories from looking at the photo album and follows the idea that the song is about two people's relationship.
The first shot that is shown is the long take of the couple walking, which eventually fades out to show just the male on his own. This straightaway shows that the video is about a couple who have split up. The next major decision we made was to try and link the images with the audio at the same time, such as the line "you should see this view", we show the pan of the hillside. This helps the audience relate to what they can see as the lyrics are represented. Another part of the video that was specifically chosen for how it was, is the instrumental after the 2nd chorus. We decided that it would be the right time in the song to show some flashbacks into what had previously happened to remind the audience what they had already seen, as well as showing the new hand held shot of the female as though you are seeing through the male's eyes. We used a black and white filter to create the flashback effect, as this makes the instrumental stand out more and helps to suggest that it is not continuing with the story shown in verse 1 and 2.
The chorus went through a few different stages before Ash and I settled on the final, 3 sections that are in the video above. Originally it was only going to be me singing, but it was too boring to watch, even with multiple angles. We therefore decided to try cutting between us both but again it was still slightly boring. Finally, we came up with splitting the screen and playing 3 different videos simultaneously. I am very happy with the final chorus design as it is unusual and like the intro, is a part of the video that really stands out as being slightly different.
Overall, I am very pleased with the video I created. I enjoyed making it, especially the editing side as I loved figuring out which clips to put where and what other effects to use. The video came out with a good style I think, due to the photo album intro and the chorus sectioning.
The first shot that is shown is the long take of the couple walking, which eventually fades out to show just the male on his own. This straightaway shows that the video is about a couple who have split up. The next major decision we made was to try and link the images with the audio at the same time, such as the line "you should see this view", we show the pan of the hillside. This helps the audience relate to what they can see as the lyrics are represented. Another part of the video that was specifically chosen for how it was, is the instrumental after the 2nd chorus. We decided that it would be the right time in the song to show some flashbacks into what had previously happened to remind the audience what they had already seen, as well as showing the new hand held shot of the female as though you are seeing through the male's eyes. We used a black and white filter to create the flashback effect, as this makes the instrumental stand out more and helps to suggest that it is not continuing with the story shown in verse 1 and 2.
The chorus went through a few different stages before Ash and I settled on the final, 3 sections that are in the video above. Originally it was only going to be me singing, but it was too boring to watch, even with multiple angles. We therefore decided to try cutting between us both but again it was still slightly boring. Finally, we came up with splitting the screen and playing 3 different videos simultaneously. I am very happy with the final chorus design as it is unusual and like the intro, is a part of the video that really stands out as being slightly different.
Overall, I am very pleased with the video I created. I enjoyed making it, especially the editing side as I loved figuring out which clips to put where and what other effects to use. The video came out with a good style I think, due to the photo album intro and the chorus sectioning.
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