what i would do different
use shorter clips,the real rocking bits of the film use about 20-30 second clips.tho there is space for longer meditative bits....chek out the weird pysedelic bit with billie pipe going mental.....
use less archive/more archive footage. i wanted to get a feeling of swindon today, now you cant know your future without knowing your past but i think we could make two films with the footage we have. one slighty dreamy version reminissing about swindons past, and another of an overall veiw of swindon.
the software worked well,tho it did crash twice during the performance..,i blame billie...and the fact i was recording off the output.i just have to keep on updating the software. find new effects, ways to present images, but i see the software as a growing entity..,and the mix it made was a good starting point.
i was pleased with the sound, but more sound clips would have been good. unfortunatly due to cinema restrictions we couldnt go quadraphonic on the night,which is a real shame...the quadraphenia worked realy wel, and added an additional psycedleic elemen to the film....better luck next time...
things i learnt and didnt know about....
finding out about how much stuff was on youtube, and especialy the bbc website made finding archive footage a real joy.i wasnt expecting to find so much stuff.
peoples enthusiasm.., it seemed people realy liked the idea, and the film gave an enjoyable veiwing experience. people watched out for their own clips, and recognised bits from the film.it also gave an oppertunity for a stroll down memory lane.
how easy it was to edit the clips.......
i used i am the mighty jungulator, to manpulate both the sound and vision
quicktime to quickly chop and edit the film
TubeTV to download and keep films from youtube
Snapz pro to grab video and audio from real audio sources and dvds
Sound Studio to edit sounds
Imovie to edit all the selfgeneragtive chuncks into each other
how easy it was getting a blog tgether to explain the process...(tho would still llike to work out how to get proper links on the page......)
one final ting....im going to stick the media on a computer at the reate centre, so people can add to it if they want to. and also im working on an internet streaming self generative video juke box,,,,more on that when i get time.....
cheers and thanks.......
matthew x
