Draft Photos for Ancillary Texts

All of the above images were taken in New York of well-known landmarks and monuments, which the audience will recognise. Many of the photos have an American flag in them or a typical New York yellow cab, this signals to the audience where the video is set. Some of the images are more suitable than others, such as the pictures of Broadway. Although they are musicals, they are more drama related than folk / indie rock music. The pictures of shops are also irrelevant to the music industry, so I have chosen to use more generic images for example the street signs, the skyline and other landscape image like Central Park.

Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

I had to cut out part of this shot, because I was visible in it when I was adjusting the actresses hair, because it kept moving due to the wind.

This is the mid-shot used of my actress as she lies in bed, which depicts the line 'can you lie next to her.' As she lies down she is asking her former boyfriend about his new girlfriend, whilst lying there reminding him of herself.

This shot shows the scene on the park bench, which is supposed to represent Central Park in New York as a location - as couldn't film my actress in New York herself so I thought it was better to use other general locations so that it wasn't obvious that it wasn't New York.

The above three images show a fade in transition, which I have used quite frequently in my video as a transition, because the song is very calm and slow so cutting each scene together doesn't fit with the rhythm of the my chosen song. It also represents thinking / dreaming of somewhere / someone.

The above image is the rate stretch tool on Adobe Premiere Pro, which allows you to speed up or slow down a certain piece of footage. This is especially useful in order to lip-sync accurately.

The above image is the razor tool on Adobe Premiere Pro, which allows you to cut up a piece of footage into two halves for example. This tool was very useful for me, because I filmed one take of the song in location so then each shot was about 5 minute long so it helped to chop them up into smaller bits in order to lip-sync them.