filming and editing for lady sovereign

we refilmed the lead female role for Lady Sovereign as we felt we needed a range of different locations and shots as our previous shoot was limited, we used a different actress this time as we needed to get our shoot done and we needed to use someone who could film with us at the time, as it turned out our new actress did a very good job fitting the role of Lady Soveriegn. We filmed in similar locations that would fit the 'urban' themes of the song itself.

PICS OF FILMING

We then went and uploaded all of our footage onto final cut and will be editing it soon so we can get closer to completing our music video and meeting the set deadline.

filming and editing main lead footage

We went on two shoots filming the section that the lead singer of 'The Ordinary Boys' covered in the song, we also filmed parts of the chorus so we could cut away from band performance scenes. We filmed in a few different urban locations, such as a park, a bridge and down an alleyway. This would give us a few different options when we went to edit on final cut.

ADD IMAGES OF FILMING

When we went to edit on final cut we were keen to use fast cut editing to match the fast upbeat tempo of the song, but it was still important to keep the video flowing whilst using fast cutting. It was also important to make sure that the video would flow between the lead male and female parts and that there wasn't a big jump in both performance and location between the two.

Here are some photos of us editing our footage:

editing lady sovereign footage

After we had finished filming all of Lady Sovereign's involvement in the music video we set about editing our footage on Final Cut Express, we chose to use this piece of software over I Movie as it is a more professional piece of software and there are more different effects and editing options. Here are some screen shots of us editing our work:

Whilst we were editing we discovered the difficulties of matching the lip-syncing to the music with a rap artist, as the pace that Lady Sovereign was rapping at was sometimes quicker than that of our actor. We also realised that we would have to re-film some parts of Lady Sovereign's scene to make the video flow better and to also re-film any shots that did not quite go according to plan. We also need to move onto filming our lead male role and band performance scenes