After working in Premiere Pro for longer now I have become aware of many more functions the program has which have helped me to add some more meaning to the narrative of the video through the camera and effects. Meaning can be made through camera by what an effect can represent, for example, different colours/filters can each create a different mood or meaning.

To elaborate on this, one tool I’ve found really helpful is the Lumetri colour application which we used to add a filter of colour over some shots using an adjustment layer. This tool allows you to add a wash of any colour you like by adjusting the colour wheels to find the exact colour you want. This was perfect for the shots of the sock puppets as we wanted them to have a dream-like feel and wanted the audience to perceive them as flashes of the star’s past relationship. Giving the sock puppets shots a pink hue with Lumetri colour connoted the idea of the relationship being looked at ‘through rose coloured glasses’; insinuating how perfect it seemed.

Another tool which we will use to add meaning is the zoom tool in Premiere Pro to create a gradual push in effect to some of our shots. This will help us to create meaning by allowing us to draw attention to parts of certain shots, for example, the polaroid camera on the line of the lyrics which mentions it. The push in effect can also be used in the shots of the star lying on the ground; a gradual zoom on this will make the shot feel more surreal and entrancing which will draw the viewer in. This will also help connote the dream-like themes of the video.