College Movie Music Video Project - Citizen Erased
After weeks of hard effort, I've finally completed my most complex music video yet, using the song 'Citizen Erased' by Muse and the films 'The Bourne Ultimatum', 'Children of Men' and '28 Weeks Later'.
Our task was to create a three minute (I go over by 2 :P) music video with three differing films (no trilogies) and up to 10% of our own footage. The films I chose all differ in terms of actual story, although their 'Apocalyptic' feel matches them all together. All three films make use of handheld cameras which is yet another reason as to why I chose them.
This is the first time I've 'properly' ever used 'Final Cut Pro' to create something on this scale. I use a lot of effects to match the films up better using certain colour filters and by shifting the footage around to create a frantic 'shake' effect.
You will notice that the footage I shot appears at the beginning and at the end of the video, as I didn't want to disrupt the movie footage with amateur camerawork. I basically got three fellow students to run around like retards as if they were trying to escape from the apocalypse. My tutor demanded I used a tripod, however as you can see I didn't take the advice as the entire thing consists completely of handheld camerawork.
Overall I am very pleased with the project and feel it is definitely my best music video yet. Of course this is simply because I've always used Windows Crappy Maker and this is the first time I've had access to professional industry-standard software.
Please feel free to comment and criticize.
