Video update: near completion

This is the video near completion. I exported it to show progress and to see the colour, however, final cut has changed the coding during exporting again! The colour still looks washed out and really is not pleasing to watch. Although some of the footage looks somewhat similar to final cut such as the doll near the black pot in pentagram, other clips look completely different, such as the clip with the purple vase and metal skull. Rather than change it all again in Final Cut, I decided to try  to edit the washed out footage on Youtube itslef. This is the result of the in 'YouTube editing'.

  

From simply looking at the thumbnail you can clearly see the difference the in YouTube editing made. To achieve this effect I increased the saturation on the video by 2; and left the contrast and temperature the same.

This screenshot shows the different with Youtube showing the original and the preview of the clip. In terms of this clip, I prefer the preview version. Not only does it look better lit but it also expresses the atmosphere of candles much better than the washed out original. Although with the preview version is does not actually look natural and the colour correcting is obvious. Despite this, it does look better than the original. 

However, with this clip, I prefer the original because the original emphasises the ghost like charm of 'Paige cavern'. The lips in the original also look better as the look darker and more maroon whereas the preview looks more bright. with the preview, 'Paiges' face is also seems a shade darker, which takes away from the ghost like charm. Also, in the preview, her hair is clearly defined, whereas with the original it looks more blurred out and really pushes to show a pale, ghostly face.


Although it works on some clips better than others, the preview version still looks better with the majority of the video so I will be keeping that.



I also experimented with changing the contrast while keeping the saturation.

As you can see, the preview looks more red and it is darker, emitting more of a fiery red look. Although, on paper, it should fit the theme,  I think here it looks too over done, also this level red did not sit well with the rest of the video. Also the black out looks less defined as the rim towards the bottom of the screen is not lit as well as the rim directly opposite.

 This shows the contrast at 0 with a saturation of 2 as you can see, the bottom of the '7' is not clear at all as the light seems to bright.

This shows the video with a contrast on 1 and saturation of 2. The colour looks overly intense here, even though the 7 is more visible I will stick to 0 contrast.

Digipak (colour test - no spines)

These are the panels on my digipak. Although I have not included in the spines, this is because I simply placed the panels together to ensure they looked good together and that the colour scheme was apparent.

Update

Music Video:

for my music video, I was told to spread out the lip synch a little more as it was all clustered towards the beginning. Another piece of feedback was to either take out or do something else with the spiders. This is because it looks slightly random as it comes from nowhere and does not link in with the rest of the video. I was also told to recheck the shots cut to the beat as not all of them were exactly on point.

Digipak:

for the digipak I was advised to change the disk tray. The disk tray was supposed to show a crystal ball, however when in with the disk tray, a peer told me it looked more like tin foil as the entire ball could not be seen.

Mag ad:

for the magazine ad, I was advised to make the picture a little darker as it did't seem to fit in with the rest because of the dark colour scheme.

Feedback From Video

The feedback I received was to add in the quick shots of my actress looking up on a regular basis rather than just 3 times. I was also told the birds eye view shot of the pentagram along with the voodoo doll in the middle of the pentagram was seen too many times. Another piece of advice I received was to include more of the lipsync and to soften the lip sync with the side profile. On the topic of the colouring, it was suggested there is possibly too much colour with the blue for the chasing the scenes and the orange/red for the ritualistic scenes.

General photos

Weird stuff

Front panel

Candle

Test sequence and draft with red highlights

Draft with Bullet Key

This draft is the original draft with the bullet key added for effect. The reason for this was because with the original export, the ritualistic scenes look to be more washed out and unrealistic. This new export is showing the same issues with the ritual scenes, making them look completely washed out. This new export has also changed the colour of the scenes with Nicole running in the forest, they look more grey than the blue in Final Cut. However, the new effect has rid one of the original problems of the green line around Nicole's lips during the lip synch.

The following is from YouTube, where the colour still looks very washed out when compared to the actual clip when editing in final cut. The second shows the same clip in final cut.

As noted, the colour looks very different and looks completely washed out. 

Change In Effects

When considering the name I realised it changed the general atmosphere of a normal everyday looking lady who is a witch into someone who is more of a Hollywood style witch with the face emerging from the shadows. To make reference, I used the following two videos. The first video is definitely more of hollywood as it is seen to be in out of space. Some parts of the second video look more Hollywood, while others look more natural and less hollywood.

Stay - Shakespeare Sisters  


My Heart Is Broken - Evanescence