I left for the Film School Thursday night at 11 and didn't come home until 6pm this afternoon, thus surviving my first Film School sleep over. It wasn't that I had procrastinated working on Cubicles, I just got into the editing zone and wanted to get as much done as...
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Contacting Google
Yesterday I decided to call Google to try to speak to their Public Relations department to see if they had some images of the Googleplex that I could use in the documentary. Surprisingly I got the typical automated machine runaround, but after punching in a few...
“There is No Rough Cut…”
"...always present your best cut." That was probably one of the more useful pieces of advice I got from Editing Professor Bill after I screened the first cut of Cubicles yesterday to him and Editing Professor Sandro. I felt the screening went pretty well. As always...
Get Your Office Space in a Documentary
During a futile attempt to contact the publisher of Office Space Planning, it hit me that I have a blog with readers (many thanks to FreshDV), so referring back to the previous post, I'm on a quest for B-roll. I've got plenty of pre-cubicle footage, but now I need...
The Hunt for B-Roll
This will be a fairly short post because I have a lot of work to do today. Right now I'm on a search for B-roll - any footage that will support or better illustrate the documentary. I mentioned the Prelinger Archives before, but now I've finally had time to dig...
How to Make a Documentary on Cubicles
Editing is going a lot quicker than I imagined. I just finished a rough cut that I'm pretty happy with yesterday, and I got some great feedback from the editing teacher. I realized I never finished recounting the epic Spring Break Documentary Road Trip or went into...
Editing Thoughts – Day Two
Yesterday's editing went quite well. I've got a 6:50 Thought Cut, so at least there's something to show. But it's far from over. I'm not too happy with the way that cut went, but going through the footage led me to another core idea that I might try today. Here are...
Thoughts After the First Day of Editing
I left The Film School around 2:30 after some late night editing. I'm extremely happy that I can finally say audios to Avid and work with the far superior Final Cut Pro (FCP). However, I'm still a loyal Adobe Premiere fan, and after some footage capture hickups ((For...
Off With the Talking Documentary Head
As noted before, some classmates aren't the biggest fans of the documentary aspect of our curriculum. Reasons vary from the lack of full creative control, non-fictional (educational) stories, or just sheer dislike for the documentary genre. I'll admit that prior to...