Production Report for Final Project

I had many ideas of what I wanted to do for my final video project but upon learning that we had to shoot at school during lab hours, it took me forever to think of a coherent project. I knew whatever it was, I wanted it to be a music video so my process began by listening to my Spotify library. Often when I listen to music, I also get visuals of how to tell a story with it. I came across Regina Spektor’s, “You’ve Got Time”, also known as the title song to the popular Netflix original, Orange is the New Black. Then, the concept hit me! Why not make a video about a girl racing against time? So for my final project, with the help of Nour Saudi, I was able to do a piece on having to submit a paper by deadline. I played the girl, while Nour recorded all of the action shots. I recorded all of the B-roll (and basically any other shot I wasn’t in). We finished shooting in 2 hours. Then it was time to edit! Because I already had a storyboard and music choice, I was able to finish the project fairly quickly. When I chose which shots I wanted to use, the sequencing took little to no time in Final Cut Express. Then, it was just a matter of adding the song, shortening it a bit, and making it cohesive with the scene changes. Lastly, I added transitions between clips, a title, and end credits. It all took me a little over a class period to do. I am very happy with my continuity project “Deadline" turned out.