Finishing The Commercial And The Editing

We started off where we ended last time. Figuring out what to do with the music. Soon after we had collectively decided on a song I realized that the app we were using, iMovie, did not allow songs that were under copyright. This meant I had to find some of the prerecorded and free music available on the app. We decided on a few different songs that fit each shot. For all the sporty shots I used a song that was building up the beat and creating excitement. For my shot that was chill, I used a song that was chill and calmed everyone down. For the final song on the Nike logo, I decided to record the original song we wanted to use through the microphone option. Now that I had the song choices it was time to finish mashing up against each shot. I shortened many of the shots and zoomed in on spots like where the Nike logos were to make smooth transitions between the logos. On shots that didn't have zoom-ins on the Nike logos, I used some of their free transitions. I used a wipe and a swipe transition to make it look like the actor was running or falling into the next shot. Finally, for the Nike logo, I had to find a landscape one from google to use. After a lot of searching, I not only found a Nike logo that was shot in landscape, but also one that was a gif. This meant it better filled the time allotted to it and looked nicer than a still photo. After finding the songs and editing each shot it was time to combine the 2 steps. I first added the exciting song and started it at the beginning where it picks up in the beat and ended it at the last beat drop. The beat drop transitioned into my shot which had the chill music attached to it. Finally, I added a fade to black on my shot which led to the Nike logo. From there I recorded the original song we were going to use, The Eye of the Tiger, from my phone and put it at the end with the Nike logo. Now that it was all officially mashed together, sounded good, and looked good I could finally say our commercial was done.