Sunday, 21 August 2011
21 August 2011
I returned on the weekend to finally finish the project. I spent about 3-4 hours in front of the computer reviewing all the footage I had found to ensure that I haven't missed any words that I would need. During this time I had also crated a soundtrack within Garage band.
By the end of the 4 hours I had found majority of the words and several others as well as adding all the titles in. So by tomorrows class I would have to add all the transitions, credits and the soundtrack into the final product.
By the end of the 4 hours I had found majority of the words and several others as well as adding all the titles in. So by tomorrows class I would have to add all the transitions, credits and the soundtrack into the final product.
15 August 2011
I spent a lot of this class working on the project itself and generally thought that by the day it was due it would not be completed. By the end of the class I had only about 7 snippets of film that would eventually be pieced together, no audio track or titles. I decided that it would be best of me to return on the weekend to finish it off.
Monday, 8 August 2011
Collecting the Films
My goal for this class was to catch up on one or two of the weekly assignments that needed to be worked on, since I was pretty much away for the first lesson and the following week (because of family commitments).
Another goal for the class was to start finding clips of people.
After a bit of catching up on the skills needed to complete the weekly assessments I set to work completing the first one, which was to implement cross dissolves and a fade to black cross dissolves. I found this to be quite easy to complete but it was enjoyable.
During this class I also found some great clips for the video editing assignment. On Vimeo I found some interviews and even a mini documentary which has a lot of different people on it. I'm really happy with what I have found. Now to look for some more.
Another goal for the class was to start finding clips of people.
After a bit of catching up on the skills needed to complete the weekly assessments I set to work completing the first one, which was to implement cross dissolves and a fade to black cross dissolves. I found this to be quite easy to complete but it was enjoyable.
During this class I also found some great clips for the video editing assignment. On Vimeo I found some interviews and even a mini documentary which has a lot of different people on it. I'm really happy with what I have found. Now to look for some more.
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Idea for Video Editing
So my original idea was to ask all my friends on various social networking sites to film themselves in front of a camera reciting a fairly long quote and edit them in a montage fashion (each of them would be saying a different word). However, Michael said no, you actually have to source the materials from sites like Vimeo and Youtube.
Looking back at this I could of probably could of asked my friends to upload it to their Youtube/ Vimeo accounts. There would be no challenge in that.
So the plan changed to actually sourcing the materials from Vimeo and Youtube without the aid of friends but still montage-ing the clips together to form the quote.
I'm hoping to find while trawling through the different sites and files to find some good clips which involve interviews with a different range of people. If I can't find any or many of these any clips, ones which just involve a singular person in front of the camera framed in a head shot or head to shoulders range.
Looking back at this I could of probably could of asked my friends to upload it to their Youtube/ Vimeo accounts. There would be no challenge in that.
So the plan changed to actually sourcing the materials from Vimeo and Youtube without the aid of friends but still montage-ing the clips together to form the quote.
I'm hoping to find while trawling through the different sites and files to find some good clips which involve interviews with a different range of people. If I can't find any or many of these any clips, ones which just involve a singular person in front of the camera framed in a head shot or head to shoulders range.
First Day Woes
Already I have had my first timetabling confliction.
For the first day of the semester.
I had to miss the last two hours of the first class due to a 'compulsory' lecture for a compulsory unit.
I had learned in the first hour that our main video editing project would require the use of Final Cut Pro. As well, we could not use our footage but footage and materials sourced with a Creative Commons License.
I already have a pretty solid understanding as to what the Creative Commons License is and it's restrictions, because I am a member of an online art community that utilities this form of licensing as well as many others.
We were also asked during this class to get ideas ready to present next lesson as to what our video editing project could be. I have a small idea in my head already.
For the first day of the semester.
I had to miss the last two hours of the first class due to a 'compulsory' lecture for a compulsory unit.
I had learned in the first hour that our main video editing project would require the use of Final Cut Pro. As well, we could not use our footage but footage and materials sourced with a Creative Commons License.
I already have a pretty solid understanding as to what the Creative Commons License is and it's restrictions, because I am a member of an online art community that utilities this form of licensing as well as many others.
We were also asked during this class to get ideas ready to present next lesson as to what our video editing project could be. I have a small idea in my head already.
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