Beginning to Edit

 

    I'm starting to begin the process of editing after collecting all the footage I need for the project. I downloaded DaVinci Resolve onto my computer as I have experience using it before and it's free. It's actually a pretty good editing program and has a lot of features. I remember having to use it a lot last school year for my TV Production class because I had to edit projects from home. 

    I'm planning on using the animation feature that DaVinci Resolve has for my project. I have some experience using animation in this program and I think that using it will really give my project a special edge that other projects won't have. 

Recording Session #2

 

    Yesterday, we finished recording all the footage for our project. We did it at our friend's house late at night and it took about an hour to get all the footage. We got a variety of different shots just to have options when I'm editing. We tried out practically every type of shot that's possible with an iPhone and a crappy $12 tripod. 

    But ultimately I think it came out very well. The shots look professional and have a purpose to them. I'll be looking to start editing the project together next week as I'm going to be out on vacation in 2 days and don't return until the end of spring break. 

Title Sequence

 

    I was planning on doing a cool title sequence for my project sometime this week. Now that spring break is coming up I'll have time to record all the footage I want. However, I'm having difficulties figuring out what exactly I want to do for this part. It's only just hit me now that the 2-minute time limit is pretty short, especially for all the different components I want to have within my project. Or I was thinking of just putting the title text on top of the footage rather than creating an entirely separate sequence. 

Audio

 

            I've been experimenting and learning how to use the app Audacity to edit my audio. I have some familiarity with using the app before because I used to have a podcast, which required me to edit audio clips. 

    I'm mainly experimenting with audio effects such as the telephone effect and the radio effect. I'm also trying to mix different audio layers together as I have music and different audio channels within my project. 

Beginning to film

 

        So over the weekend, my group filmed the first portion of our project in Las Olas. We went around 7 at night to get shots during both the day and the night to see how it would come out. We ended up using footage taken mostly from when the sun was out, however. 

    The shoot took around an hour it was very quick and the footage came out really well. The iPhone 13 on cinematic mode could genuinely pass for real studio film quality. The reason we decided to film here was in order to gather B-Roll footage for the first half of the project. We got a lot of different shots so I can have a lot of options to choose from in post. 

Filming Schedule

 

    Ok, so the start of our official filming schedule is Monday. We plan on using the time we have during spring break and practically all of this coming week to film the project. By the end of spring break, we are hoping to be pretty much done. 

    The remaining time after spring break will be to edit the project and add some finishing touches. We'll film this coming week on Monday, Thursday, and Friday, and then we have practically all of the spring break to record. 

Stuff That I Bought

 

    So I recently bought this tripod for my phone to use for our project. It's 55 inches and even comes with a remote controller, which could be useful if we don't have enough people to help us with filming. Definitely needed this item as I'm planning on using a little of still shots for my project.

    I also tried looking for a stabilizer because a tripod isn't as mobile or as small to be able to use in more active places or situations, however, they are way too expensive and I'm not trying to spend that much on equipment. I was thinking that I could borrow the stabilizer from the tv room since I'm on TV 4, so  I'll ask on Tuesday next time I see my teacher.