Music Video

[QueenB15]

OHK Im new here so bare with me lol.. i am makin a music video. I want some effects that I just dont no where to find them at.. I want a sillouette theme like somebody dancing in a sillouette, I also want an effect like im in water, I also want a fire effect like fire is on the ground and im dancing in it.. if u go to Pussycat Dolls music video and watch "Buttons" watch the fire effect thats EXACTLY what I want.. and I also want the tunnel effect thats in that video.. IF ANY ONE know's where/how to get these effects LET ME NO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! THANK U SO MUCH FOR UR GUYS HELP! Please e-mail back at BaByGrL4858@aol.com ur response thanks y'all!

- Paige


OH and whats the best program to edit videos and stuff on.. im not doing a professional music video so like windows movie maker was what I was doing originally.. but if theres any programs like that to edit videos let me no and i also want to no how to do the effects!

thanks so much!!

[Huy Vu]

If you look closely, the fire on the floor is actually the reflection from the lights above, and it's difficult to replicate in editing. The tunnel effect you were talking about took place in an actual tunnel I think. However for the shot where the tunnel is directly behind the singer you can fake that by using a green screen and just putting a background behind her.

If the siluette effect you were talking about is similar to the Ipod commercial then the best way would also to use green screen and then increase the contrast on your subject so that their face is blacked out. There's a bunch of thread on this forum that explains it better than I can.

One thing is for sure though, there's no way you'll be able to do these effects in Window Movie Maker. If you plan to do lip-synch then it's impossible to do it in WMM because the player doesn't allow for frame by frame editing. You should look into Premiere or Avid, although those are pretty pricey.

Hope this help.

[aravance]

You could find all those effects in Apple's Motion 2, which comes with the Final Cut Studio package. Although you would have to have the skill and intuitiveness to know how to implement them correctly. But it doesn't sound like this is an option for you. I get the impression that you are just learning how to do these things, and with limited resources. In which case I would just try to find ways through production to give the illusion of these things. That's probably the best you'll be able to get.

[Sony FX1 User]

CGI can do that, i so the video
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