During the summer of 2020 I began filming a lyric video in my hometown of Grand Ledge, MI.  Since gathering footage took place over several days, my main challenge for this edit was color matching shots with sometimes drastically different sky conditions.  I edited and colored in DaVinci Resolve and used Adobe Illustrator & After Effects for graphics.  The lettering uses an unmatted alpha channel rather than luminance to create variations in shading.  This approach lets the text "hang" better within the spaces of shots, with the background having subtle influence on its appearance.