After adjusting the aperture and exposure, I decided to film myself studying in bed. Though I could not place all the items on the bed, the video still works. This is because I decided to change my script a little. Instead of placing all items on the bed, I decided that the cloned "me"s can bring the items from off-screen to show the original me. This action shows the audience what the original me ordered the cloned ones to do.
I also filmed this version in high definition (HD), which is 1280 x 720, so I can edit my close-ups. (By the way I'm using my own camera, olympus pen e-p1, which is much better for photos than videos. I didn't borrow from school as I thought it's less convenient, which was lucky in a way, since it'd be more inconvenient as I had to re-film. The video quality could be better though...)
I filmed in the same order as the previous version. A photo of the scene was taken before I started filming, so that I can use it as background, in case the background of some shots were different. I kept the actions of the original me within the bed, and actions of the cloned ones outside, to ensure that there'll be NO overlap this time. I also didn't have to worry about the placement of the items as they were brought in from off-screen. Even the "reading" (lecture notes) was off-screen when placed on the bed. I changed the television scene to a keyboard one to keep the filming location within my bedroom.
As a precaution, I checked the dream scenes of the video to make sure that they can be edited correctly before continuing with the split screens.
Although the dream scenes were successful, the sky was dark by the time I filmed the split screens. (I started filming in the afternoon, after I came home from school.) Hence I had to alter the brightness/contrast and colors in After Effects (AE). They look a bit unnatural; I hope it's not too obvious since the split screens are just shown for a second or so. I used photos for the second split screen as their quality is much better.
I zoomed in for the close-ups. As the scenes where I rubbed my hands are masked, the clip became too small so I had to use the background photo. When I zoomed in though, the two clips scale up at different speeds. This produces an unintentionally disjointed effect, which I think is nice and it also foreshadows that the events take place in a dream.
I also couldn't frame the shots properly without the clock at the top right corner (I forgot to remove it before filming), so the time is a bit jumbled up for that. However, I didn't cover it with a solid in AE as the process is tedious (there're subtle changes in the lighting of the different scenes). I also thought the clock serves as another foreshadow that the multiple selves are a dream.
After piecing the clips together, I added titles. Since the video is a bit humorous, causal fonts are used, in various font sizes, with icons. I also added light rays as a visual effect during the scene where I rubbed my hands.
After checking that everything fits properly, I exported the video and added music loops in GarageBand. I changed the music for the dream scenes from country to rock. This is to differentiate reality from the dream. I'm glad the pause in the country music loop (for the scenes in reality) synchronizes well with the titles (: The beginning of the dream sequence takes a softer but upbeat music to build up to the rock music at the later scenes. The rock music indicates the happiness of the original me, as well as sets a faster pace to hold the audience members' interest.
Here is my video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmWqAXVgzEo):
Yay I finally found how to link videos here :)
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