|
||||
   |
Well the first semester is over, & I am back at the computer after a couple of weeks’ break. After weeks of sitting in front of the screen editing video & sound, my interest in the old-fashioned way of doing things has considerably increased! Overall my marks were pretty good, my weakest paper was Music Continue reading Diploma in Digital FIlm – the end of the course Hey there. I came across this fun website the other day and was impressed with how we can now make animated shorts with just a script and a few ideas. This site allows you to type in a script, or just a few lines of dialogue, and cartoon characters speak your words. Continue reading Movies without a camera A great film from the students at Rangitoto College… Marrick is a loner with no friends who compensates by creating an imaginary friend. However, one day, a new girl comes to class who sees his pain and helps him out, eventually becoming his friend. We are well and truely back into it after the break! Tasks are becoming more complex, and we have longer to work on them. My best marks so far are for screenwriting. I have always enjoyed writing, and the essay I wrote on the editing in “Psycho” scored an A+! Having an excuse to do Continue reading Diploma in Digital Film weeks 11 & 12 The mid-term break is over, & the pause to catch up on reading was appreciated. There are some 500 students on the course, which means a tremendous workload for the tutors – especially as many of us are struggling with the new software. Marks for work submitted can be somewhat slow in coming, but I Continue reading Diploma in Digital Film – week 10 For probably the first time in its history, Apple is offering a free trial version of its software. No doubt to help counter all the refunds it has issued for disgruntled FCP X users, the company is offering anyone with a suitable applemac computer a free 30 trial of FCP X. Continue reading Free trial – Apple’s FCP X With repetition some of the basic principles of the craft are becoming evident: good sound, directional continuity, cut on movement, the 180 and 30 degree rules… 101 – Video & Audio Craft – We enter the world of Foley effects: “Record the sound of a punch – suggestion, use a lettuce or a cabbage” Our Continue reading Diploma in Digital Film: Weeks 8-9 and the midterm break It’s double-ouch time at Apple, or should I say ‘crunch’ time. Yep, the people at Apple, the ones who thought they knew what editors wanted, have re issued Final Cut Studio 3 following the firm’s disastrous release of the much-criticized FCP X editing app. Continue reading Final Cut 3 re-released – ouch! This week I went to the local Hospice Charity Shop. They had four video cameras at $10 each, however a cursory glance showed that they were all ten years or so old, so only recorded to tape systems not compatible with a computer. Bummer! I thought I had found a treasure-trove. The integrated Auckland library Continue reading Diploma in Digital Film – week 7 |
         |
||
|
Copyright © 2012 Viewfinder - All Rights Reserved Mosaic Media Ltd. Company website |
||||
