Friday, June 02, 2006

Film-Making 101

So I learned how to use Final Cut yesterday. Ok well not entirely but I've learned the basics and now I'm fooling around with the advanced stuff. For those of you who have no earthly idea what I'm talking about, Final Cut is a video editing program for Macs. IT IS OFF THE HEEZY!

I made my first two movies yesterday. Nothing special, just a couple interview-type videos that we're showing tonight for the 4th grade graduation (the 4th graders are moving up from the kids program - HIPTOWN - to the 5th &6th grade program - SWITCH56 (website not available yet because I haven't designed it yet).

My task was to shoot film from 3 different angles of the 4th grade small group leaders telling about their experience that year and any advice they want to pass on to the kids. I then was to cut them up, edit them, put touching music in the background, and make them flow in a coherent sequence that will move the parents to tears tonight. Umm. . .hardly. But I had fun doing it and learning Final Cut!

Last night we went and saw X3 (the new X-Men movie). It was awesome. I haven't seen the first two so I was a little lost at the beginning but I am definitely gonna rent the first two and have a movie marathon with Amanda, Gavin, and Amber. That'll be a blast (even though the girls aren't too into Sci-Fi flicks).

What's even cooler is that I met the producer of that and got to hear him speak about film-making and story-boarding here at the Creative Infusion Conference. He was amazing! The best part is he has a great heart for God and seeing lost people come to know Christ. It's very evident in his films that he is a film-maker who is a Christian (he doesn't like to be called a "Christian film-maker" only a "film-maker who is a Christian"); the Spiritual undertones of the movie are unmistakeable.

It was nice getting to hang out with the guys up here too, making some new friends and just having a good time.

I have to go shoot another video right now. I'll keep posting if ya'll keep reading!

3 comments:

Dustin Wilson said...

Dude that sounds sweet. Do you have final cut now?
I got a mac the other day and I will never go back to PC EVER!!! It is amazing. Videos are so much easier to make and nicer. My next thing on my wish list is final cut. Later dude. Keep up the good work look forward to hear about out when we get back to school.

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