final project 11/30 update

so i finished my movie last tuesday before the thanksgiving break. i saved it to my flash drive and now it is saying there is nothing in the file. the file is saved on the desktop at school and hopefully will be there on tuesday for the final crit. i am also hoping my sisters dinosaur computer is just being quirky and once i get home i will be able to open the file and post my screen shots to the blog. overall the movie was a success, thank you class once again for your participation. imovie is fun, but i think for any other in depth project i do, movie wise, i will look into other programs or do most of the editing myself. imovie is limiting, i was able to add some special effects and sound, but not exactly what i wanted to do. the transition option on editing is a pain because anytime you add a transition it cuts the movie to make room for the transition. the solve that problem i made my own transitions with photoshop and saved as jpegs and added as clips to imovie and inserted to the movie. this allowed my recorded clips to remain accurate with time and sound. also adding subtitles is tricky too, it does the same thing, cuts the clips to accommodate for the info inserted, which i also solved with my transitions, as well, so i killed 2 birds with one stone. i used imovie for my demonstration video and learned a little, this time around more experience was gained so it was a little easier to use, but still overall pretty limiting. i added some fun quirky little nuances so i hope ultimately all will enjoy. the video is @ 20 mins long, so i am also hoping to present first to get it out of the way. hope all had a good holiday. see everyone on tues. & good luck!

final project screen shots

screen shots of my movie. 2 interviews were done with my camera and 3 have been completed since with the digital recorder. so far the interviews have been improv"ish" and i am happy with the results. i plan to add music, to the beginning and end. i will also contribute my thoughts and feelings to the video. at the end. basically its turned into a research project and my findings have been interesting so far.

1st Blog Post Final Project

this is my first post to my blog for my final project. i have had consent forms signed by all, but 2 classmates. i checked out the camera from the equipment room and am now (i think) charging the battery. the camera i checked out is the older of the 2 we could choose from and only works from a battery pack, the battery pack apparently doesn't hold much power and takes a long time to charge. the light is green on the charger which made me think it was charged, then as i tried to record the camera was telling me the battery was dead. so i am waiting to see if the light turns red for go instead of green. if this doesn't work i will try to use the newer camera or use my own digital camera to record the video. i am hoping to use a video camera, we shall see. i will begin to record classmates this afternoon and thursday and go from there.

my ring making project

My horribly edited iMovie about wire wrapped antique button rings. ENJOY!