Another Coursework Update.

Our second draft is very nearly complete! On Thursday, we set the in and out points of each of the clips and put them in an order. We chose a specific order, because we wanted it to start off with a happy memory or two, then move into the more negative images. We've added some distortion to a clip of a well and sliced in clips of Hannah next to it, getting closer. We looked through all the other distortion filters but we haven't decided which ones we're going to use. We've just written them down in my notebook so that I can have a fiddle around with them on Wednesday. 

We also decided on music for the dream bit. It's called 'Playful Moaner' (...) and it's by Chuck Bettis. It's so creepy, but that's kind of the point. It is creative commons and we are allowed to use it, as long as we're using it for non-commercial purposes, which we are. We have to attribute it to Chuck Bettis, which we will do on our YouTube page (www.youtube.com/users/catsinspace2011). I'll do it here too. 

 Community Of Commotion (Chuck Bettis) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Is that us covered? I hope so. We'll put the link everywhere we post the video so it should be alright. We just need to go in to school now on Wednesday and Thursday so we can put the final pieces together, put together the remainder of the filming diaries and make sure it looks alright.

Our failed efforts at editing.

Today, divine intervention stepped in and prevented us from successfully editing. We haven't yet finished filming another part of our coursework, which is quite integral to our piece, so we couldn't do much on the editing front. So, we decided to design our logo, so that we could at least put that in. We looked for a font, but the fonts on Fireworks are rubbish, and the font generator we tried to use wouldn't work because I hate Macs and apparently the feeling is mutual. Then, we managed to go to the library and found a good pair of moose antlers we could use for the logo (so today wasn't completely a flop, I guess...), but we still couldn't find a font, because life is tragic and full of woe. Then, we thought 'ah, we'll do this bit at home, it's do-able at home', so we decided to maybe start putting together some of our more ridiculous clips for a blooper reel, but once again, divine intervention stepped in and Ralph died (Ralph is our camera, if you didn't know). It was a scary time, I tell you no lies. We thought our baby had died. He wouldn't work for so long, because he was stuck in purgatory (I thought I'd make this dramatic, so you can feel the emotions we felt during this difficult time) between USB mode and camera mode, but then Jess gave him new life and he lived! Scary times, but we got through it, and Marsha still has her skinny, ginger, Scottish husband. But by the time all of these calamities had ended, it was 10:30 and there was no time for editing anything. 


TODAY HAS BEEN A FAILURE. 
But at least Ralph is alright.