A Sad Confession...

Alright, so I had a much harder time with this than I had anticipated. I was going to do a little story about off-campus living. I found a friend at the library that lives off-campus this year so I filmed him for about 45 seconds. I asked him his name, what year he was, all that business, and we talked about living off-campus. My friend then invited me back to his house to do the story, but before we got there, he said that he really had too much work to get done, and went back to the library. I did get the video at the library, however, the entire thing came out sideways, as I held the camera vertically, forgetting that Sandy said never to do that when shooting video with these cameras. So that clip is junk. The next 2 clips I had, although properly oriented, make little sense without that introductory clip. Finally, on top of it all, every clip I have, regardless of whether or not it's good, comes out terribly on the computer. The video pauses for 5 or 6 seconds at a time while the audio keeps on rolling. It's just a catastrophe, really.

Although I did like the guest speaker last week, he seemed a bit unprepared. He even said something like "Luck favors the prepared", little ironic, no? But I guess what I'm trying to say is, it would be great if any of the guest speakers would talk a little bit about the technical aspects of what we're doing. For instance, if Fred Field had taken one of the cameras from class and showed us how to shoot a decent video, then upload it and edit it, it would have been perfect. The instructional video in class about still photography was indeed helpful, I would like to see one just like it only about video, or maybe just someone to show me the ropes. Check out the new slideshow though, it will at least give you an idea of off-campus life.