This past week we started editing. Or at least tried to. We had many hiccups this past week in editing. When we first got to class on Tuesday the first thing we started to do was dump our footage. But since we had the footage on our phones it took a lot longer then we expected. When we were waiting, we downloaded the song and we dumped it on our computer After all the footage was done processing, we launched Pinnacle Studios and started to import all our files. This also took a long time. When it finished we saw something we'd never want to see. Our footage was corrupted.
When we saw all our footage was corrupted, we checked the footage file and we saw it as a MOV file. MOV files are mostly used for apple products so, it didn't work well with the Windows computers. Since we realized we need an MP4 file instead of a MOV we went on the web and tried a converter. This took forever. Every website we used only allowed 2 different conversions per day so it took longer, and we had to switch websites every time we finished with two files. By the time the class ended, we only got finished with about half of those files. Since Peter didn't do a lot of filming he offered to convert them all when he got home so we can edit perfectly today. It didn't go as planned.
When we showed up to class we got a computer and I launched pinnacle studios so we could start. Then the computer dies on me. I think it would only be one computer that wouldn't work but i was wrong. We tried 3 computers before we had to ask Ms. Cats. She had to try about 4 more until she gave us one. When we got on this computer we had all our files on a flash drive and we dumped them into the computer. When we launched pinnacle studios and imported the files, only half of them worked. Zeke and I look over at Peter and asked: "Did you convert the files?" and he said no. Since we didn't even start to edit yet we asked Ms. Cats if we can have extra time and thankfully she said yes. After that, we logged out of the computer and left the class.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Filming blog 2
For this blog, I'm going to tell you how I finished filming our music video. Since we only finished one half of the project, we went and finished the rest Sunday night. Zeke and I biked from our houses to Young Circle. Peter didn't end up coming because he had stuff planned already. Since we had to get more shots, Zeke wore the same clothes as last time. When we got there we called Sydney and waited. Sydney took her time to come, but, she was doing us a favor so we were patient. Eventually, she got there and we realized three bad things. All of our phones were dead, we had no camera, and there was a huge concert there.
So as we realized that we were in trouble because we had no camera to film and our phones were dead we came up with a solution. We could charge our phones in Publix. So when we got to Publix, we locked our bikes up and rushed inside. We looked everywhere but there were no outlets. Until I checked the bathroom. As i saw the outlet Zeke and I raced inside to charge our phones. We got our phones to 20% and we left Publix. Now we had to figure out a way to film with all the commotion in the background. I thought we should've waited until Monday night to finish but Zeke was determined to finish that. So we ended up filming, even with everything in the background.
So the shot we left off on was the part where Sydney (Delilah) is confused about where Zeke(Singer) is. So the first shot we filmed Sunday was tracking to a wide shot of Sydney sitting down on a bench sad and confused. We had to redo this shot a couple of times because Sydney couldn't sit correctly. The Second shot we took was a wide shot of Zeke sitting down next to Sydney and singing to her. We messed up a couple of times because Zeke kept laughing. The last shot we took was the final shot. It was an over the shoulder to a long shot of Sydney and Zeke hugging and walking into the distance. After this, our phones died but we thankfully finished. Now we need to dump and edit and we will be finished with this project.
So as we realized that we were in trouble because we had no camera to film and our phones were dead we came up with a solution. We could charge our phones in Publix. So when we got to Publix, we locked our bikes up and rushed inside. We looked everywhere but there were no outlets. Until I checked the bathroom. As i saw the outlet Zeke and I raced inside to charge our phones. We got our phones to 20% and we left Publix. Now we had to figure out a way to film with all the commotion in the background. I thought we should've waited until Monday night to finish but Zeke was determined to finish that. So we ended up filming, even with everything in the background.
So the shot we left off on was the part where Sydney (Delilah) is confused about where Zeke(Singer) is. So the first shot we filmed Sunday was tracking to a wide shot of Sydney sitting down on a bench sad and confused. We had to redo this shot a couple of times because Sydney couldn't sit correctly. The Second shot we took was a wide shot of Zeke sitting down next to Sydney and singing to her. We messed up a couple of times because Zeke kept laughing. The last shot we took was the final shot. It was an over the shoulder to a long shot of Sydney and Zeke hugging and walking into the distance. After this, our phones died but we thankfully finished. Now we need to dump and edit and we will be finished with this project.
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