Pointless but cool entry

I just wanted to write something today coz it was feb 29th and since students for the next three years won't be able to include this day in thier assigments, I thought that I would make the most of being able to include it in mine.

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Finishing before the end of Feb?

I wanted to try and get the video completely done by the end of february but realistically that doesn't look like it is going to happen. So, instead I have been putting more time into it to make it look good rather than worrying about rushing it. I managed to add in a cool filter today, playing with the hue and saturation of the video footage at the end of the video. I'm pretty proud of how that bit has turned out.

At the start of the youth video there I have used a piece of video that plays photos really fast, the problem is that they were to the rhythm and beat of the music that it was created for (obviously) which isn't the music that i have used. For this reason, to get it perfect I would have to go through the video and cut each frame at the photo and then remix it to the beat of my music. This isn't completely undo-able. It is in the time that I have. Simply becuase I will need to put time into doing all the other wonderous things that this project requires from me. Not to even mention the rest of the assignments that other modules are starting to introduce (i don;t even want to think about them right now...)....

So anyway i have edited the pictures as best that i can and made it fit to the music as best that i could. It looks really good but to ensure that everyone doesn;t pick up on the slightly-different-beat-to-cut-ratio, i have put titles over the top of it (which works really well having made all the pictures widescreen...).

Onto the final cut!!!

I opened final Cut this morning to start the youth video and i realised how much work i still had to do :( I hadn't even accomidated for the DVD menu and cover (both of which are integral parts of the product, as the researching proved). But undetered by this minor hiccup in my confidence in getting this project done in time... I continued anyway and have been working on it solidly for about two hours!!!!

Firstly I imported the audio track that was created for the video. I am very happy with how it has turned out. It seemed to fit the style for a youth video. The next part was to assign the different segmants of the video that I have been given to different parts of the project. This isn't too difficult, but it is difficult to do well. Anyone can drag and drop video clips into random positions, but I want it to look really good. Not least beacue this is my final year project and I want it to look awesome!!!

The difference between documentation and examiners report

I admit i am not a fan of all the written work but that is what I have been working on for the last day or so. The documentation and the examiners report. I have read up on them both and gotten a better understanding on exactly what and how they differ. The documentation is to go with the DVD itself as part of the product deliverables and the examiners report is for the (obviously) the examiners and will consist of all the interesting stuff like why i chose a DVD and what research methods i opted to use.

Looks like i will be writing them up for a bit longer :p

Two Down!!!!

I FINISHED VIDEO 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I now have two videos that have been completed. They look good and show off my camera skills mostly. The next challenege is the youth video which involves making old footage look cool and new using cool effects. Fortunatly for me, all of the footage i have been given to use for the youth video is very usable and campletely adaptable to whatever order or layout i see fit. There are a few issues which i can see arrising - for example the strange motion lines that appear on the screen after a lot of movement.

>>note to self.... research those lines!!!<<<

i will try and find out what they are and if there is any way of getting rid of them ready for when i am re-mixing the video.

Nearly there!

I added some slow motion bits and fast cuts into the meet to eat video today and it is looking really good. the most important thing about this video is that it needs to show off my camera work since the mixing and effects will be better show-cased in the youth video.

I added in the music today too.

Getting back to basics

The next step for me has been to create the Meet To Eat video. This is pretty simple considering the music i will be using is roaylty free part strung together...
>> note to self - i need to put the long and short versions of the audio clips into one file for the final mixdown of the meet to eat video<<
... and the footage was controlled completely by me and therefore has been created to my exact specifications and matches the rough stoyboards that were created for the videos.

The basic 'story' to the video is that it starts off by walking into the room and then it just shows old people talking and having fun for a bit. Somewhere near the beginning is some text explaining what meet to eat is.

Getting there slowly

Well we are now in February and i have a lot of stuff to show for it but none of which is particularly presentable. The documentation is coming along slowly but at least i have one video completed and "in the can".

The only problem that I have now is all the other assignments. Most of them have all been handed in and completed but it has slowed me down quite a lot. I have just over two months to finish this project.... :p :p :p