Thursday, December 4, 2008

Done

I can't believe it but I've finally finished and exported my movie :D!
I'm so happy with the way it turned out. I'm still scared that compared to everyone's its not that good but since this is my first time creating a project like this I have to say I'm very pleased with the result. I'm also really happy with all that I've learned regarding Final Cut Pro. I want to get a mac just so I can use Final Cut Pro to make more movies on my own time.

I also can't believe the class is over! I'm glad I took this class, even though I really don't know what kind of mark I'm going to get I feel that I've learned a lot and acquired skills that are really going to help me in the future. I'm glad I know more about Photoshop, Imovie and of course Final Cut Pro.

Looking Back I encountered many difficulties. There were of course lots of computer related ones, such as everything being deleted from the scratch drive and having to start over, trying to get a song from my Ipod onto the desktop, and learning how to do the most basic things on Final Cut and Imovie. There was also personal difficulties I encountered like Getting over being shy and filming in public and trying hard not to procrastinate because a project like this takes ALOT of time.

But by making friends in the class, going on Lynda.com and just diving in and doing something new I got over these difficulties and ended up not only creating a project that I'm proud of but getting a true experience too.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Almost done

So class is almost finished for the semester and so is my movie :D
I've been working really hard on it and I hope it's going to come out ok. I haven't seen anyone else's movie so I'm kind of scared mine wont be as good but because I'm not in Cin/com I'm proud of what I accomplished.
Working on the movie was hard. I encountered some difficulties like all my work getting deleted because of the new thing with the mac labs, then I had trouble figuring out Final Cut Pro and I gave up on trying to get a Youtube video into my movie. Although working with Lynda.com and Alex Sediva was really helpful. Alex was really nice and helped me a lot with adding effects. I really like using final cut pro now and would love to learn it really well because I think I could make so many interesting things on it.
I think this was a really interesting project and it really made me realize how much work goes into even one minute of film.
Even though I found this class one of the hardest, I enjoyed it because you definitely see your hard work pay off in the end.