Editing begins with issues

Editing began on the 10th of March 2010 with a few issues regarding the camcorder and issues with the PCs operating system and drivers for the camera.

First issue was exporting the film onto the computer, as i am going to be editing from my laptop, the easiest option, i thought it would be easy, unfortunatly the maximum operating system for the camcorder was XP and my laptop runs using Windows 7, this meant the drivers for the camcorder could not be installed and I initially thought i would have to re-shoot using another camera. Luckily my home PC which my family share uses XP and i was able to install the necessary drivers and software onto that so i could obtain my footage.

The next problem i have encountered is with the footage itself. Becuase of the cameras age, it has some problems with audio/visual lag, as such the audio is out of sync with the video. While this seemed to be a problem initially, it only applies to the opening of the trailer, where the original audio is needed. Using Adobe Premiere Pro's editing system i was able to separate the audio onto a separate line on the timeline and make up for the audio lag by syncing it to the video. This is the final problem i havfe encountered thus far.

All that remains to do now is to put the comedy sketches in using rapid editing and find some music to go with the film, as i was planning for a christmas release, perhaps some christmas music? i will see what i can find.

Here is but one of the issues i have encountered allthough it is the most common one, the program Premiere Pro will continueously ask me to locate files which are being used as it cannot find them, and it will freeze and not respond alot aswell.

Review of Ideas in light of Filming

Ok so the filming took place on the 9th of March 2010, due to certain restrictions of time and the quality of the camcorder being used, some of the ideas which were listed below could not be performed, although most of the essential parts still remain, health and safety prevented the trolley riding scene from being filmed. While some scenes could not be filmed, the physical comedy side of things still remained. Here is a list of the scenes which i have filmed.

• Opening shot in a bar of two friends making conversation, one in each shot



• Panning shot of deputy manager walking into the bar



• Point of view shot from one of the friends of the manager telling them one will be fired



• Voice recording of further bad news



• Shots of each friend looking at one another competitively



• Spillage scene of one luggage boy dropping a case and spilling the contents everywhere



• Smack scene of one luggage boy being hit in the face with a case by the other



• Scare scene of one being scared by the other in a hall



• Mystery scene at the disclosure of the cast they wish to keep this one private until the finished project

Filming went off very smoothly and with only a few minor problems of laughter during some of the scenes which meant some substitutions had to be made

Storyboard is now available, could not be rotated on the blog