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Making Movies!

We're stars...

So after watching the guys from Loading Ready Run drive the Desert Bus, I thought that it would be a good idea to start some kind of show. So doing something creative is cool, but content is king, I needed something to actually video.

I thought of Dad's mini-talks that he gives occasionally and recognized here was good stuff that should be recorded anyway! So I called him last week and set about video'ing one. So our first video is up at Bluefishvideo.blip.tv.

I used an iSight camera attached (via firewire) to my macbookpro and a Cannon Powershot IS3 for the close-up view. Both cameras recorded everything (in 1 take). I then edited the videos, splicing them together, in iMovieHD on the Mac.

Changes for next time...
* I kept each audio track with its respective video track, next time i should just use one of the audio tracks consistently through the video.
* More editing pauses, with Dad talking consistently I was forced to make some hard cuts/uneven cuts between views, so that made things more difficult when editing the tracks together.
* Multiple takes, reading the above line makes me think we should do multiple takes, but we're running without a script anyway so every take would be different... I don't know about that one.
* Some shots worked better with one camera, and some better with the other one, I need to probably replace the iSight with another Cannon. I was really impressed with the Cannon, it worked great for this.
* Make the text into separate images, the iMovie software disappointed me here. It had no function to just drop a block of text on top of currently running video. I could make it on the lower corners, or scroll it up starwars like, or have it scroll over the video segment but no just plain overlay of the text itself. I think I may have to switch to final cut pro for that (i think we have that but it's on the iMac).

We now, as many great producers, I have to go buy a new overflow valve for the toilet since ours has slowly stopped working... I can feel the fame now. :-)

Angry face pouting

;-[

I've got an old firewall box here with some paint on it that looks like that. I go through moods like that too.

No More Desert Bus

Well the Desert Bus is over. I really enjoyed watching these guys & gals, it was the best "reality tv" show ever. They raised over $70K for the Child's Play Charity. A great event for a great charity.

I started putting books on bookshelves last night. I finally got my room straight enough to start the process. I also need to sort out DVDs too. Well I guess I need to sort the books as well right now they are all mixed together. I like getting DVDs for some reason... I really don't know why. no I don't have a bluray player or anything. I think thumb drives with DVD movies on them will replace DVDs not more disks.

'eh more later.

Desert Bus for Hope 2: Bus Harder!

Hi all, there is a game called Desert Bus in which you drive a bus from Reno to Las Vegas. And that's all. You don't stop for gas, you get one point for reaching the end of the road and then you turn around and go from Vegas to Reno. If you crash you get towed back to where you started and have to start again. Your max speed is 45 miles/hour. AND THE GAME IS IN REAL TIME! So you play it forever...

So for the Child's Play Charity, some guy(and gals) are filming themselves driving the bus from Reno to Vegas and back. You can watch them at desertbus.org. It's fun because you can watch them talk back to people asking them questions in a chat room while one of them drives the bus. There is also a bus cam where you can watch the road go by. Be warned they've been up for quite a while now and are a bit loopy...