EDTE 286 Video 2
I am not comfortable with using someone else’s video but the assignment required downloading and re-editing video from the internet. I found a video composite of still images of a trek around the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal from May 2000, the same year I did the trek in October. A few of the images from Herve’s video were selected and recast into this video post. The music was found at a site offering samples of various types of music.
I used Final Cut to re-edit the appropriated video. I created still images out of the MPEG4 video and piled them together with simple cross-fade transitions. I added the intro and end text using the Final Cut text features. Yes, there is a misspelled word… I thought I fixed that but I guess I did not replace the text with the corrected version. The audio was layered in with some dynamic processing and fades. The voice was recorded with the voice-over feature on the computer internal microphone… Yes, there is fan noise. Also, there are some places where the background audio is too loud and makes the voice hard to hear. All this could be changed given more time to re-work the sound levels of each audio track.
I love Nepal. My time there is very strong in my memory. I used someone else’s images but I have many similar images on film and in my mind. The people and the place permeate a visitor’s person leaving an imprint on the very essence of their personality.
You have a gift for this man! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is one fine production - this must be very satisfying work for you. I look forward to seeing your future posts.
ReplyDeleteIt's true- I imagine there is a need for people with the right sound, voice, diction, enunciation, to have to narrate things, educationally and otherwise. I am intrigued by your storytelling- And it makes your videos very cool-
ReplyDeleteFinal cut huh? I want to use it now.