Investigation Post 4/24

 Work Log

Monday (Week 1): Downloading Music Video Clips

Tuesday (Week 1): Labeling Music Video Clips

Tuesday (Week 2): Editing Music Video

Wednesday: Editing Music Video

Friday: Editing Music Video

Music Video Edits

Over the last week, I have spent my time editing the music video for The Visitors' cover of Burndt Jamb by Weezer. I was able to implement and employ a lot of new and old things in the making of this. Specifically, I think I've learned just a little bit of what goes into making a video look way more cinematic and professional. For me, I honestly think having the two black cinematic lines add something, but what really takes the cake for me was the use of color grading. I think compared to the video without color grading, there is a fair difference in the sense of artistic professionalism and quality in how the visuals look.

Along with that, I learned about motion tracking stabilization to edit one of my shots. As a disclaimer now, the shot in my opinion is the worst one in the music video. However, I still think I prefer the final shot compared to the original. This video below is what I roughly learned this function from:

So to explain the motion tracking that I implemented, it works by essentially going into After Effects, clicking on the "Tracker" option, and then using the stabilize motion option. What this does is not only keep a certain object on the screen in the same spot throughout the clip, but it will also attempt to stabilize the rough movements that come from the camera shake. You put the focus of your tracker on a certain pixel, and then press the play/analyze button and it will put the focus on that pixel throughout the entirety of the clip, leading to the points that you can see on this image. The program will then reposition the clip around on the XY-axis to then keep that pixel on the same point of the screen throughout the whole clip (this is also why you need to track a pixel that is constantly in frame without anything covering it.