Audio/Video Mashup Pt.2

Hello everyone, and welcome back! This is the second part of my Audio/Video Mashup project in my Digital Design course! So without further ado, I will be posting the link below, and writing my description of my process!

Alright! So located above is my video, and I hope you enjoy it.

To get into my description, I had to immediately start off and say that I have had the most fun making this project. Grabbing clips from audio and video and being able to make a mashup out of it is something I never saw myself enjoying! I knew that I wanted to create a mixture of audio clips that would set a base tone/mood for me to build off of, and I am extremely happy with the way that it turned out. Before I began to piece and mashup my video to my audio, I wrote down notes about time clips of the audio, and then possible ideas of what to put into those sections.

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Below are my descriptions of the clips themselves.

With the first clip, from 0:00-0:41, I wanted to include clips from cartoons, only because I felt that old cartoons would definitely fit that section.

Going into 0:41-1:11, I wanted to create a different section that would contrast from the cartoons, so I chose nature scenes. I had a huge amount of nature clips from a show, and knew that I wanted to incorporate them in at least one of the audio clips.

While making the third clip, from 1:11-1:36, since I had slowed down the audio, I decided to include the clips of a bomb dropping, and the initial impact of the bomb itself. I feel that this was a very strong match to my audio, only because of the sound itself and how it corresponds to the video.

With the clip from 1:36-1:53, I chose the snippets of people watching something (I believe it was either an astronaut launch, or a rocket launch) because I also wanted to incorporate it into my mashup. I looped it, but added few changes to the clips because I hadn't added a loop yet and wanted to see how it would correspond when I watched the video as a whole.

In the 1:55-2:24 clips, I added another explosion, but closer and more dramatic because I felt that it also matched the audio fairly well. I slowed down the video to try to match it as best as possible, but you can see that when merging into the next clip, it didn't quite fit, but I had fought with it for a while and it never matched completely, so I now know what to look out for when adding a shorter video clip to a longer audio clip.

In the 2:24-2:54 clip, I added wildlife. Along with the others, I wanted to include it. I had to add an extra loop to this to make it fit the audio because once again, it didn't fit as perfectly as I had hoped.

Last but not least, in the clip from 2:54-3:40, I included the old shows because it just felt right to end with them, since I started with cartoons.

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Overall, I used multiple overlays, transitions, filters, and speeds to complete and show you all my finished project! I used all of these mainly because I have made a "movie" before on iMovie, so i felt comfortable using most of these editing techniques. I also used all of these techniques to become more comfortable with the ones I have either never used before, or barely knew. I feel that this was a successful project for the amount of time I used working on it, as well as how I made decisions on what to either keep, change, or delete. I feel my main issue was trying to fit shorter video clips to match my longer audio clips, as I either had to slow down the video or loop it to fit. I didn't exactly face much difficulty in this project.

I learned from this project a new liking for audio and video mashups, as it was awesome being able to create my own unique sound and movie for others to enjoy and to see. It was a great experience being able to learn about new things that I would have skipped over.

Well, as you can see, I had a lot to say about this project. Like I stated before, I really enjoyed everything about this, even the few difficulties I did face. I hope you all enjoy my "movie," and I thank you for taking time out of your day to see it!