Recycling

Film 1, otherwise known as Recycling, is complete! This first film was a challenge for me, I was new fairly new to FCP and remembering how to use the other equipment was a slow process. What should have taken me three weeks, took five. I didn't manage to grade the film because I was running out of time and had to focus on film 2, Energy. I hope that if i have time at the end I can come back to film 1 and grade it. I had a lot of help from others, including Mike, who mixed and did something else (basically made it listenable) to the music, Jona, who stepped in as an actor and has been my filming buddy and Ollie and Dani, who have guided me through FCP. I feel, that thanks to them I have gained some skills that will make editing Energy that little more easier and bearable.

I have logged and captured Energy and will be coming up with a storyboard in the near future. I know that I want this film to be quicker and sharper and have a lot of effects put on it. If think the message in Recycling was a bit weak, although it does what it says on the tin, which is 'a film promoting recycling, directed towards students,' it doesn't have that edge that grabs attention. I am hoping that I have learned from my mistakes and will produce a more jazzy film 2 that grabs the audience.

Yesterday I managed to film a short interview with Nigel, one of the Biology tutors. He was great to interview, had an interesting voice and is more then happy to be filmed again. He gave me an overview of the biodiversity on the campus, and it has given me the foundations to approach the other Biology tutors and ask for their imput about the campus' biodiversity. I am hoping to find out about the species that are on the campus and give an overview of the surroundings and why it is important to take care of what is living here.