The Whole Process

Consider: the quality and usability of your recordings; the effect of layering and juxtaposition of both the audio and the video and; the things you learnt from working with this kind of audio and video.

What Went Wrong:
I found this absolutely excruciating. This was one of the worst exercises! The reason being is that I saved all my work to the media server as soon as it got wiped. I thought I had lost all my progress, but found the work without the media being online, to which I had to link the footage and audio one by one to their original files on the media server. I then decided to scrap it because it wasn’t going to work and I made another project. This one was not bad! I was very happy with it…except my score (audio track) wasn’t working. It was mute. I tried everything. I was told to restart the computer, but save my work first. I saved it…to the desktop of a guest computer *smack to the forehead*. Square one again. I started from scratch. Finally, I had made my project.. only to find it wouldn’t upload. I had to transfer the file over to my laptop, convert it using AnyVideoConverter Lite, and upload it to YouTube. Total time on project – 8 hours.

What Went Right:
Despite this horrendous experience, I liked the way in which I contrasted the sped up images of the hustle and bustle of Melbourne, with the beat of a pedestrian walk signal beeping at every second. It gave rhythm to the piece and sort of stylistically framed my work. I noticed that the patterns I chose of using sped up, and then jarringly slower and calmer footage, was fine. I wasn’t as jaded by the experience as I thought I would be. Somehow I managed to order the use of footage in a way that was coherent and symbolic of what Melbourne city life is like. It gave more attention to the content of the piece, rather than the editing itself. What I did like, as well, was the use of speeding up the footage of a crane. I remember always watching cranes as a kid and trying to catch them moving around, but I never could. Now I created a clip of sped up time, allowing me to see the crane swing two and fro. I really like this, just for the sentimental and visual value. The tram pulling up and cars going past is awesome! I intentionally used the red car zooming past from the left as an Edgar Wright-y (Sean of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) transition, like an automobile screen wipe transition.