Every three-and-a-half years, more or less...
...I update my blog. Gee, I wonder why no one reads it?
Life has moved on and sixteen months ago I took a rather deep plunge back into video. I went out and bought a 'prosumer' Sony EX1 HD camera.
It's really more pro than -sumer. It has been used quite a bit by CNN, including aerial shots of the Inauguration last January; it was used in the feature Public Enemy for secondary video in tight spaces. In any event it takes just glorious video in full, native 1080p (as well as several other formats).
I spent eight months getting to know the camera (for example, understanding what the fifty-six buttons and switches are for). During that same time I migrated from Adobe Premiere Pro, which I used on the Pemaquid film to Final Cut Studio 2, another steep learning curve. It happens that the camera, it's solid state media and Apple tools play very nicely together.
In March of this year, I asked my friends Rob and Jan if I could do a little video during maple syrup season at their farm in my town of Dresden, Maine. Out of that grew an 8-minute piece on sap gathering that we showed on a loop on 'Maine Maple Sunday.' After that, we met and they agreed to put up with me through four seasons. (They may want to revisit that decision...) In any event, I'm just shy of half-way through that process and beginning to look for post-production help and for money to pay for post-production help.
The experience of working with these folks, with their helpers and apprentices, with their customers, has been a wonderful one. They have been generous with their time during a very difficult summer season.
To-date I've amassed about 33 hours of footage and will probably end up with something in the neighborhood of a hundred hours before it's over. That will eventually be whittled down to what? Some format with a length between one and three hours, I suspect.
I've taken on a good friend who recently retired as my 'Associate Producer,' meaning she does all the tough work and I get to play with the camera. She's quickly made herself indispensable and helps me to maintain a steady course.
More to follow as we continue through the seasons.
Life has moved on and sixteen months ago I took a rather deep plunge back into video. I went out and bought a 'prosumer' Sony EX1 HD camera.
It's really more pro than -sumer. It has been used quite a bit by CNN, including aerial shots of the Inauguration last January; it was used in the feature Public Enemy for secondary video in tight spaces. In any event it takes just glorious video in full, native 1080p (as well as several other formats).
I spent eight months getting to know the camera (for example, understanding what the fifty-six buttons and switches are for). During that same time I migrated from Adobe Premiere Pro, which I used on the Pemaquid film to Final Cut Studio 2, another steep learning curve. It happens that the camera, it's solid state media and Apple tools play very nicely together.
In March of this year, I asked my friends Rob and Jan if I could do a little video during maple syrup season at their farm in my town of Dresden, Maine. Out of that grew an 8-minute piece on sap gathering that we showed on a loop on 'Maine Maple Sunday.' After that, we met and they agreed to put up with me through four seasons. (They may want to revisit that decision...) In any event, I'm just shy of half-way through that process and beginning to look for post-production help and for money to pay for post-production help.
The experience of working with these folks, with their helpers and apprentices, with their customers, has been a wonderful one. They have been generous with their time during a very difficult summer season.
To-date I've amassed about 33 hours of footage and will probably end up with something in the neighborhood of a hundred hours before it's over. That will eventually be whittled down to what? Some format with a length between one and three hours, I suspect.
I've taken on a good friend who recently retired as my 'Associate Producer,' meaning she does all the tough work and I get to play with the camera. She's quickly made herself indispensable and helps me to maintain a steady course.
More to follow as we continue through the seasons.
posted by Kunitz in Maine at 10:40 AM
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