reflecting back on the AS year - OVERVIEW

To begin with, Mickey taught us how lip synching is used in final cut pro, picking out a clear word from a song and using the 'M' on the keyboard to mark out where the word comes in, then doing the same for the video clips. This insures that the song matches up with the video clip.  When putting the song with the clips, we had to make sure that the markers were all lined up, but this was quite difficult if you did not mark the specific word in the right place.  Other than that using the tools were easy to pick up, the razor tool that was useful for cutting up clips.

When filming for our own music video, there were some difficulties, one being that the speakers were not loud enough, it was hard for Shazray to lip synch, as he could not hear the song properly. Another difficulty we had was that we didn't film enough clips, so therefore we had to go and do more filming, but luckily this time we had a CD player and it was much easier for Shazray to hear the song and lip synch.

Using Photoshop, we made our digipaks, as I am quite familiar with Photoshop it wasn't that difficult for me, I added an effect to the image on the front cover to give it a more professional look, then added text in the appropriate places, on the front/back cover and down the spine. 

I was pleased with our final edit, I felt that the words matched well with the video clips and there were a variety of shots, making our music video successful and entertaining. I am also pleased with the digipak as all of the conventions are included making it look realistic and  professional.
I wouldn't really do anything different next time apart from insuring that there are more than enough clips to work from, as this will help when editing clips together.