Foo Fighters Animatic Analysis

Foo Fighters Animatic

Questions:  

1) What we had to do

Firstly, we were shown the music video, the Pretender by Foo Fighters. We rewatched it and paid attention to the shots, and the pace of the music video. After that, we drew a storyboard – each square box contained what the shot looked like. I’m not particularly the best artist, but the video I edited clearly shows what shot its suppose to be. We then had to take a picture of each slot, and upload it onto the Mac, these images were saved so that they could be in cooperated into the clip. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 was the programme I used. It became more difficult to match the pace as the seconds went by because the pace gradually increased. At the bottom of the picture, I uploaded the actual Foo Fighters music video so that it can be followed.


2) What we learned by doing this

I learned during this process that editing a real music video will be difficult. Especially with the song chosen, because the song is upbeat, the pace needs to increase and it will take time, and concentration to ensure that it looks as realistic to an upbeat music video. During the Pretender, the pace starts slow and continues into a faster pace, which is quite hard to keep up with. I also learned to attention to the actual instrumental so that it matches with the pace I’m editing.


3) How is editing the music video different from editing the thriller?

The pace is a clear difference between editing a music video, and editing a thriller. The thriller’s pace was longer, upto 10 seconds, however in a music video it cannot be that long continuously. To maintain the audience’s attention, the pace needs to be quicker so that the audience is kept engaged.