My video project is a house tour of the Delta Delta Delta sorority with a twist. My main characters are two of my best friends, Sara Hoffmann as Eminem and Jordan Zenisek as Rihanna. I wanted to create a video that incorporated my focus for the semester but also tried to change up the traditional version of your average house tour. The filming portion of my project took nearly four hours simply because I needed the lip syncing and acting to be as perfect as possible- without the side giggles of course. In retrospect, I can note that the extra effort to get the narrative spot-on made the editing process much easier.
In filming, I played the song ‘I Love The Way You Lie’ on my iPhone so that the actors could accurately lip-sync the lyrics. The song therefore helped with deciding most of the choreography. I conducted the house tour as I went along, deciding on which rooms in the house would get the story of the lyrics across the most. Starting with the Pansy Bathroom on our main floor and ending with the front door, I blended together a total of 20 different scenes in 14 rooms of the house to produce the ‘Delta House Tour via Love the Way You Lie’.
In the editing process, the most difficult aspect was cutting the slides as accurately as possible to make the lip-syncing match the music playing. After the first 5 slides or so, the process became much easier to get down. In some areas, I had to copy and replay a scene with a subtle transition so that the music could catch up with the scenes. This is simply due to my not calculating a few of the song’s pauses or extra seconds of instrumental. I also tried to choose transitions that fit well with the song’s story (intense/aggressive ones for rapping portions and subtle/calm transitions for the chorus). Overall, I think the editing of this video taught me A LOT about Adobe Premiere and the different tools one can utilize. Not only did I strengthen my skills with this project, but I got a few laughs out of it as well!
Jordan in the Pansy Bathroom Jordan with Fred in the Foyer Jordan on the floor in Living Room |
0 – :09 Rihanna intro :10 – :19 :20 – :25 |
Sara comes down Main Spiral Stair Case Sara eats celery in the Downstairs Kitchenette Sara throws pizza box in Breezeway Kitchenette Sara comes down New Edition Staircase |
:26 – :32 Eminem (Verse 1) :33 – :37 :38 – :43 :44 – 1:08 |
Jordan with New Edition Sketchy Telephone Jordan with more sketchy stuff in Breezeway Jordan on floor in Living Room Jordan crying in Old Edition Bathroom |
1:09 – 1:18 Rihanna Chorus 1:19 – 1:30 1:31 – 1:34 1:35 – 1:36 |
Sara busts out of Old Edition Bathroom Stall Sara tossing papers in The Study Sara in Messy Storage Closet Sara with Nintendo games in Endzone |
1:37 – 1:53 Eminem (Verse 2) 1:54 – 2:01 2:02 – 2:13 2:14 – 2:25 |
Jordan with Oreck Jordan in Old Edition Laundry Room |
2:26 – 2:50 Rihanna Chorus 2:51 – 2:59 |
Sara with soap in Old Edition Laundry Room Sara on chair (Jordan enters) Sara on rocking chair in The Lounge |
3:00 – 3:22 Eminem (Verse 3) 3:23 – 3:33 3:34 – 3:46 |
Jordan with mirror at the Front Door Jordan at The Living Room Piano |
3:47 – 4:09 4:10 – 4:20 |