...the actual rough cut shouldn't take much longer than a few hours. At least for the laying down of the process footage. Monday will be fun indeed!You may remember this excerpt from Friday's entry. (If not, refresh yourself.)
I lied. Completely. 100%. Any illusions I had about a short day of work, about finishing the cut in record time, about reveling in the free moments as an opportunity to upload video from my own personal camera, all of them, garbage. Okay, garbage is a little harsh, but I'm still amazed at how long it took me to cut together video for this upcoming episode. Once again, I am choosing to keep the subject of the video a secret (unless it's out already) but it certainly should not have taken a day's length to be put together.
To be fair, a great deal of my time was awarded to my little sister who asked for my assistance with a college paper. She wanted me to read through it, make corrections, give suggestions, etc and her being my sister, I could do nothing but try my hardest to give her the most thoughtful and helpful criticism. Suddenly, it was 11:30/12 pm and it was time to shoot Beyond The Trailer! I barely touched the footage that morning.
BTT had some bumps in it. A photo shoot was done the week before, so the lighting set up was changed completely. Certain lights we always use were replaced with large soft boxes which cast drastic shadows, at least too drastic for a YouTube talking head video. Erik Beck showed up in the nick of time and fixed a few things. To this day, after taking an entire course on Cinematography, uncertainties abound inside me when I approach a lighting setup. There's just something so nerve-wracking about it... With only two opens, the shoot went by in a flash and I could get back to working on the rough cut I barely started.
Looking back on it, an hour or so may have been left to my disposal as I vainly attempted to fix a few things, insert title cards and ponder music selection, but reservations prevented me from really taking a creative license with the video. Something about my process, about cutting to the audio rather than the images themselves delayed me. Which portions of the interview should I use? What would Rebecca consider the most important? Should I drop in clips of her saying XYZ while it's happening or of her saying it during the interview? How personal should the video be? (The Lando's shot the episode in Florida, where they are from, and had their Mom be guest chef, with father and grandparents interjecting on the sides. Hence the personal bit.) Burnt out as I was from the weekend and feeling the tension of finals week fast approaching, my tendency to take risks and my amount of enthusiasm was depleted. Hopefully this will not happen on Friday. I don't know what I'll be doing that day...
Not much else really happened on Monday. My "last day" is next week, but I'm hoping I can extend the working invitation out to May instead...
