Results of our Split Screen Test

Above is the final product of our split screen practice. The scenes we filmed were one of the couple together, two shot's of the couple without each other and a spare split screen space, which we have decided in our Music Video we may decided to show a performance scene such as the Artist with a guitar. This idea seems to have been successful as the audience have different views and perspectives on the relationship and what the Artist is singing about, the filler also bring back the performance and music to the audience, which is big in Indie Music Videos.

The park was where we decided to film this practice as we could use the park as a playful place for the couple, also a very lonely place; the natural setting is also helpful for us to gain an idea of the lighting and rural scenes.

Results of our Overlay Experiment

Below is the final product of our overlay experiment, for which we wanted to use the technique for our Music Video.

On Final Cut Pro when editing this we attempted to overlap the two shots on top of each other to create a scene of the past and the present being shown in the same shot; although this did not workout as expected, and the end product was unclear, fuzzy and unrealistic, meaning that the smooth transition and style for the past and present would not look professional.

To fix this we cut the separate clips both down the middle, discarding of the area we did not need, we then merged this together to create a sense that the both scenes are happening in the same place, but one in the past and one in the present. Due to the lyrics we know which of the scene this will be. Although it is not the smoothest of editing, we were not planning to do it in this way, so when we film are final music video we will keep the camera at the same height but move it slightly to the side so we have enough room to cut and merge; hopefully this will work well, if not we will keep this scene short so it is not obvious to the audience.

Practise Filming...

We have decided to complete a 'pilot' for our final idea, in which we will practise the techniques, such as split screen, and overlay we have decided to use in our Music Video. We have picked Wednesday 26th October to complete this task, this is the perfect day to experiment as we have no other commitments on that day, meaning we have the time to gain the knowledge of how we will edit the Final Product. This in the end will hopefully save us time in our real filming.