Victorious Music Video

So this was the most ambitious video project I've ever done. Which is kinda sad now that I think about. But anyway, I chose the music video Victorious by Panic! at the Disco to recreate because I wanted to have fun actually filming the scenes. Lauryn mostly filmed though, because she's a champ. 

Pre Production and Production

Before even starting to film, Jess had to fill out a timestamp sheet, Lauryn figured out the cast, and all three of us came up with props and costumes needed. We filmed the dodgeball scenes in the gym at school, but we missed some scenes due to time constraints. For the rest of the video, Jess kindly offered up her house, and so on a Sunday we headed over there, made some props, and started filming with the cast and crew. 

It took 5 hours, but we got all the shots needed. It felt amazing. We also had lots of fun.

Editing

Then came editing. You bet everything you own that I stepped up to the plate. I swung and missed the first two times, but on the third swing I cracked down and annihilated Adobe Premiere Pro. I added some slow sliding effects, zooms, slow-mo, color correction, plopped the audio of the actual song in, and all the transitions by hand. 

Lauryn made the credits, and Jess made the little intro stamp of the song. Copyright stuff. Surprised we didn't get striked, honestly.

Haunted by Regrets at Fifteen

What I wish we would've done was get the last couple of shots for the dodgeball scenes. Next time I know to not skimp on anything. The audio transition past that part really hurts the video and flow of the music. Oh well.

Please watch it we all worked hard. Shout out to my boy Jack Weidner though for his great performance as Breadbin Urine.