Omar’s A2 Media Blog

During the editing phase of our music video (Ed Sheeran - Photograph) The issue that arose was of grains since it was very difficult to get rid of the grains and to try and maintain the quality of the video itself. We added transitions and we decided to use the median effect to try and get rid of most of the grains but a few shots we're too grainy due to which we kept thinking about what to do moving forward.

 The 3rd day of our shoot was more productive the both the other days but it was also more difficult for us since the 3rd day was when we had to wrap everything up. Through out the shoot we kept checking to see if we had missed any shots or if there was a shot that had some issues or anything so we had to keep double checking our raw content. Other than that, we utilised day 2 for the final office shots so we could be finished with recording our entire project and could proceed forwards to the editing phase of the Music Video and we also had to redo a few indoor lounge shots as well since a few shots were too grainy. Below are a few shots that we had captured from our 3rd day shoot:  Video Link: https://youtu.be/LY0t0ELM-3s Video Link : https://youtu.be/X1WZoG66uhI

Day 2 of our shoot was more productive since we were able to get more shots covered. One big issue that arose was of the Theme Park since we wanted to shoot in the Theme Park for our second day but considering the fact that it was the weekend and many people were there it was going to be very difficult for us to pull off the shoot without having a lot of civilians in the background. Another issue that arose was the weather, the weather forecast was not showing any possible chances of rain and out of the blue it started to drizzle which made our outdoor shoots very difficult with all the equipment and everything being at a potential risk due to rain. We still decided to try and get a few outdoor shots so we could progress with our music video and complete our shoot in 3 days since that was our target all along and did our Theme Park shoot either way and were able to get a few very good shots that we really wanted to use for our project. Below are a few shots from our second day of the s...

 Below is the Behind the Scene for one of our shoots that we had conducted for the music video in the theme park which we wanted to use for the flashback.  Video Link: https://youtu.be/gJf4AG7HRI0

 The first shoot of our music video was not very productive since we needed the Gimbal for most of our shots and unfortunately it was very difficult for us to arrange a Gimbal in the first place since either most rental places were not willing to give it on rent and a few were asking for way more than we could afford. We as students did not have much capital to work with for our music video. Due to which we had just rehearsed most scenes with the actors and familiarising them with the whole shoot locations and the expressions we wanted from them and the type of shot it would be. At the end of the day we were still able to record a few  opening shots for our music video. Below are a few shots that we had recorded:  Video link : https://youtu.be/6LEt_qwgflc Video Link : https://youtu.be/LAIQEDYMc48

 Samrah Mehmood as Bestfriend #1  Alizey Zafer as Bestfriend #2  Noor ul emaan as Assistant