wow, its been a while... well, editing...

today i enter the editing suite to work on the behind the behind the scenes doc that jess, rich, nathan and i are working on for leslies module. today is the first proper day i can sit with something to work from and try and piece together a rough edit over the next couple of days.

meanwhile im still unsettled about my individual project for phils module and what im going to do for the third year.

do i turn no more noodles idea into my indie project and create it as a test to see if the format would work for the BSU.TV channel or do i film some of my script for gordon bennet? im leaning more and more towards the No More Noodles idea to be honest, now all ive got to do is re-pitch the idea so it would appeal to my lecturers. why can i never make up my mind?!?

well was this intentional

just watching the great human race on beeb 2 and the bit with the lass in the tent at night at the place where the oldest human remains have been found.
if you watched this i hope you noticed it was like a game of 20 questions. harry hill take note...
im not sure whether i would have used such a piece like that in this unless the idea is to try and keep it light hearted in an attempt to try catch what might be a normally uninterested audience(read fear of loosing mentioned audience if you like)

editing trials and tribulations

well ive been editing the two projects we have been doing and getting stressed when meeting some problems along the way and finding it a rewarding experience when everything goes well.

im editing my individual project in premier pro CS3 and whilst being familiar with the programme and finding it is actually not so accessible when going into advanced features, it doesnt really go into the depth you get in FCP 6 like at uni. it may be that i have been spending more time with FCP as i have been spending more time on the group project to date which has been edited with a apple mac, and not had time to try out techniques learnt in class at home on Premier. ill have to spend some time getting used to using it or upgrade to PPCS4 and try again :)

few problems, my dodgey pc doesnt seem to like at the moment, keep getting the blue screen of death, not good. and the fact i didnt realise that FCP on the power book was set up for HD720 and not 1080i and so had to render every little bit i had edited every now and then. frustrating to say the least.

otherwise its been pretty good and i can safely say i reckon that it doesnt matter which programme is used to edit with, but as FCP is currently 'standard' i will be using this as often as i can. i wonder if i can find a mac OS that would run on an ex windows set up...