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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
How is this Going to Work? [Rough Cut Finished]
There comes a moment in the making of every film, when you are sitting down in front of your computer, final cut pro open, and you insert the final shot of the film. You sit back, pull your eyes away from the screen, take a deep breath, and whisper to yourself: "How the hell is this going to work?"
For those not in the know, after shooting a film, you take a look at the footage and then cut the shots together to make a "rough cut". The rough cut is exactly like it sounds, it is rough. There are sounds that feel awkward, cuts that don't match, and lighting differences that could make you scream. And don't get me wrong, I do scream. Editing a movie is like a collage, it looks terrible until you find the perfect pattern and then everything begins to make sense. I'm trying not to complain however, because I kind of screw myself by shooting on this:
As you might have guessed, this camera does not produce the creme de la creme of sound and image quality, but I seem to have managed so far.
So, now that I have finished the rough cut, successfully panicked, where do I go from here? Well, first I need to correct the color on all the shots, and then edit all the sound so that what you listen to when watching the film sounds somewhat natural (or unnatural...). Thirdly, two students have volunteered to write a score for the film, and finally I need to make sure that everything is polished and up to par with my standards...
All this for a 7 minute movie. Dear Lord.Labels: Film
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1 Comments:
Frank looks an awful lot like a certain anime/otaku journalist.
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