Creative Critical Post and last minute Production

 Okay so 

Podcast!

Editing took a few hours for the podcast. The majority of what I was doing was cutting out any rambling from the interviewer and I, and cutting out silence where I was reading what to say next. One part I mentioned that thrillers often have messages, however in the original raw footage I said they didn’t. I did my best to splice it in a way where I said the correct line; it still sounds a little choppy, but I did my best. Some of the splices I hoped to cover up with the background music; unfortunately, it did next to nothing. It did blend some of the more subtle ones, but overall, the music simply adds a more relaxed and conversational atmosphere.  

During the production, I wrote the script for the sponsorship segment and then forgot to have the interviewer record it. My brother does not have access to a microphone, and he is currently an eight-hour plane ride away. So, I got my uncle to record it instead. 

Here is the clip for that audio: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6os5EC0GkmoHzm4sRdKpVZhZ2dSJv0u/view?usp=sharing
 

I took a video of my screen while I edited from my phone because my laptop does not have a screen recording feature. 

Video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aUk2QBy83MTFMk5ghyB8cti8IjWYA6Zx/view?usp=sharing

While I was editing in class, I asked my teacher whether I should leave the screen black for the recording. She said yes, but more importantly, she recommended adding a logo. And I decided to take any chance of drawing something that I could get. 

The name “movie fiends” gave me an idea on making a monster themed logo, and I came up with this: 

Timelapse:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nJfv8_14nIF7DVL0hyBlyvKJ0756st_A/view?usp=sharing

The podcast ended up being about seven minutes. I only used two songs, “TV World” and “Green Room,” both by Toby Fox. 

The Other Thing!

 "OH MY DAYS!!" you may exclaim, "That's a lot of footage." Why yes, it is a lot of footage, and I hope to sift through it all and finish all the editing today.

    To introduce the questions more smoothly, I created a quick animation to introduce the question on a white screen as well as add more variety to the clips that are included.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sbnDJT04fv4qwbYpeOHgC1HPl_yhZnQ2/view?usp=sharing

    Editing this prodigious monstrosity that I call footage took hours. After trimming all of the blank staring into the camera, silent pondering, and note checking, I had around eight minutes to cut down. Rewatching the footage, I cut out a lot of parts where I rambled. These parts lacked substance other than to rehash what I previously stated.

    The multimedia hunting was significantly more and less difficult. Whenever I recognized that a shot was too long, I would switch camera angles (unfortunately the quality would dip, but to be fair all I had access to was a seven-year-old iPad.) Now, inserting scenes from the film was simple; I looked at where the clips would relate to what I was speaking of, and bridge any cuts to make the media text visually seamless. Not everything I was talking about related to the movie, however, such as the segments on distribution. To overcome this, I quickly filmed with my iPhone camera a monitor with the websites on them, as well as my mouse highlighting the text that needed to be focused on. 

Raw footage of a clip:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wazHz1elFQqZr2_9PlGKb5VhIeXEVite/view?usp=sharing

I also included this graphic of me calculating all the prices together just for fun:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBFQpQlxzhFcZuGSah8W5LOOiQrLQOyb/view?usp=sharing

    When I moved onto editing question three, I went back and included a variety of high-quality photos of my storyboard panels. In the original footage, the storyboard had insufficient details that one could make out well enough to zoom in, so I went with inserting the photos straightforwardly. 

The two songs by Toby Fox that I used were "Paradise Paradise," "You Can Always Come Home," and "Glowing Snow." I credit him in the video onscreen not long after the song begins by writing the song name and artist (i.e. Toby Fox.)