Comparison of Final Footage with Original Footage

The House

Original

Edited

Filters Applied and Edits Made

The entire track has been put into black and white, with both the brightness and contrast increased. This is to give a depressing sad feel into the video as well as to create atmosphere. It also improves lighting quality and makes the grain on the original footage appear emphasised.

On this shot, a slow zoom has been added in using the ‘Pan/Crop’ tool. This zooms into the window so that it links into the next scene which is in the window. This helps establish both the house and the window.

The transition is a fade to show passing of time and to blend the two simultaneous shots together in a more seamless fashion.

Filter Screenshots

The filters were applied to the entire layer and are so the same for every piece of footage in the edit.

The Zoom

The Window

Original

Edit

Filters applied

The same filter has been applied for atmosphere and improvement in lighting.

In this particular shot, it has made the window appear brighter, giving contrast on the hair and darkening elements not in the window. This is atmospheric and depressing as it doesn’t give the room that much light. A lack of light has depressing connotations.

The Studio

Original

Edit

Filters applied.

The same two filters have been applied here.For this shot, the filters have caused strong

contrast and shadow to appear over the model’s face. This allows the elements of pure whites (parts of the cheek) and the black (vest and hair) to stand out strongly and these are emotionless colours. This creates sympathy for the audience and they just want to help the character in their situation, which is one of the aims the music video has.

The Woodlands

Original

Edited

Filters Applied

Again it’s just the same black and white, brightness and contrast filter applied here.

In this particular shot it has rapidly increased the brightness, and removed highlights and hints of potential colour. This again is depressing and atmospheric which makes it match the song, the songs meaning and the meaning I am trying to convey in the imagery.

The River

Original

Edit

Filters Applied

Again the same brightness, contrast and black and white filters have been applied here.

In this shot in particular they have again made the model really bright, which has helped the two colours of black (the hair and the dress) stand out causing strong contrasting images and creating separate representations within the same shot. This all leads to confusion, which is what the character at the time in the song is feeling, so this creates a link between the character and audience and allows a relationship to build up based on this mutual confusion.