New Equipment

I started using my new editing software and audio recording / mixing equipment this week.  The mic works pretty well.  It filters out a lot of the ambient noise which is captured on the camera mic.  The 4 Track is awesome, but hard to figure out at first. I still need the manual to do almost anything on it.

The software is amazing, but I am learning it much like I learned Excel.  Self taught and slowly at best.  One problem I am having is that I am saving the files, and my computer is loosing them.  I don't think that is a software issue, I think it is a hardware issue.  So far I have been able to retrieve them, but it is scary.  I have spent about 6 hours editing and mixing a total of 3 minutes worth of possible finished material.

I think I have the end of the film set.  I won't give anything away other than to say that the film doesn't have a "happy" ending, but it does have a "hopeful" one.  That is the idea I have had from the start.

Mixing video to audio is hard.  There is probably some easier way to do it, but I have been trying to sync it up using vocal and visual cue's.  So far I have managed to do it, but it is taking a long time.  You don't want a delay between the mouth moving and the words being spoken.

So far the camera work has been pretty still.  I would like to experiment with some camera movement.  I need to get a dolly cart.  I am thinking that I can make one at my "real" job.  My wonderful girlfriend has also loaned me an external hard drive that I am using to store all this video and audio.  It is working out great.

Attached are two stills from the interviews I did Monday.  I am going to try to do a better job of getting still photos to add to this blog.