Working Hard

So I’ve been busy in the last half of this semester. Mostly helping other people though. First I helped Calum get a job in America! I filmed and edited an application video for him. This is an abridged version:

Then I presented/narrated a short film that my housemate Chris Devlin was working on. I also helped record the sound and stuff. It’s pretty cool:

Our last project of the year was to make an experimental film. We were given various starting points, but we we free to do almost anything we wanted. I took the opportunity to try out an idea I had been sitting on for a while. I wanted to make a point about how editing can conceal and reveal details, and alter pace. Most people are aware of continuity editing and conventions such as the shot/reverse, wide and close-up. I wanted to see what happened when everything was shown at once, so I directed and edited Behind the Lines with my colleague Adam.

We filmed on a Canon 500D, edited in Final Cut and applied an image matte in After Effects (the lines). We also recorded all the sounds separately and I composed the soundtrack in Logic. It was a really fun experiment.

How many of you saw the guy in the background of the last shot? And if you didn’t, go back and watch it again. (It’s TomSka.)

Summer is here, so I’ll be planning and writing more than filming for a while. I’ll also be working on CakeBomb version SEVEN POINT ZERO with Amy. You guys are in for a treat…