Effects

For the credits at the beginning I want to create an effect with the transition of the words using an effect that looks like someone is writing or drawing it on while still keeping the feel of how long the club has been around with the font type. I want the background to scroll upwards to reveal more of the painting as the words come on so it gives the feel as if someone is there painting in front of you, you just can't see them... 

I have put an effect on the text of the interviewees where it looks like the text has been brushed on which I hope works out well.

Editing

In Avid I want to edit my footage so that the tutor introduces what the documentary is all about and the n gives a general background on the Art Club. During this I will have cuts to other related sequences to show what he is talking about and to make it all the more interesting. I want to carry this over to other parts of the documentary as well, and I know this is a much used convention of documentaries. For the other interviews of the students I want to group their responses together that are similar and have a smooth flow so that it is easy to understand what is happening and to become engaged in what they are saying.

Music

I found some music I would like to use and hopefully will work well in my documentary. it will probably only be used t the beginning credits. It is open source and the license states I can copy and use it so this is the link just for documentation:

http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/19495

Video camera's can die on you

I had a bit of an issue with the video camera dying on me and I couldn't eject the tape because it wouldn't even charge either, but luckily when I went to inquire about this problem at the shop they changed the battery and then it worked again .... weird. 

Shooting

For project three I chose to document the Wellington Art Club in Miramar, which has been around for about 100 years and houses a variety of classes. I started interviewing a few students and a tutor and also did some filming of the class at work. I took shots of the outstanding art work and you can tell a lot of time, hard work and love has gone into these paintings. They were all very fun and a pleasure to meet and talk to, and more than willing to share their experience of the Art Club with me. 

This Club is a place of peace and tranquility for its students where they are able to get lost in an illustrated world of their own creation. I really enjoyed finding out more about the Art Club and the light and friendly atmosphere of companionship.

They also gave me this book to take home with me which is awesome.

Working on the editing

I used editing tools in both Avid and After Effects and used these to try and exaggerate this spooky theme but echoing place. Most people only venture through this space during the day and is deserted at night so I have the walking through during the day to show this and even then its in eagerness to get out again. Then at night I have shown the stills and panning views of its silence yet still inhabited somehow. Exporting and importing between these two programs was a little tricky at first because I wasn't sure on a few settings but I managed to get it.

the filming process

Filming was quite fun and enjoyable. I decided to do some filming during the day and some more late at night. The effect of someone walking through the subway in a rush and not wanting to look back was easiest done without a tripod but I did get one for other more still shots in detail. It took a couple of tries to get all the footage I wanted and then that was done

Embedding for web

I am having some difficulty in embedding my quicktime movie onto the web and I have tried all I can think of but it still won't work. At least I have it working offline but it is frustrating.