Sunday 24 January 2010

Time for editing

Sunday 24th Jan. 2010.


                This week in general has been dull damp and raw,  tempatures ... 2-6c. I've had no inspiration to venture out into the countryside other than a few short walks, but I haven't been sitting around hatching eggs I've been busy editing  my latest  video  "Orchids in my Garden" a video about wild ochids in my garden and orchids I find on my travels, the video has to be finished in the next two weeks for the annual competition at my local video club... Burnley Film Makers. This entails a lot of patience and imagination to produce a film to competition standards with all the narration and music, in total I'll probably spend over 100 hours editing the original 5 hours of footage down to the maximum 15 minutes allowed in the competition.

Misty view of Pendle hill






The daily visit of our Pheasant



                                                       The general editing layout
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5 comments:

  1. Alcester nature photography.24 January 2010 at 13:53

    Sounds great, and to think I find photoshop time consuming!
    Cheers Colin.

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  2. Wilma24 January 2010 at 15:40

    Good luck with the distillation process! I'm sure the final product will be a treasure.

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  3. Helen24 January 2010 at 17:06

    Hope you do well in the competition. I have never thought of taking a video of orchids and wild flowers but it must be a good way of capturing a wider area than a photo can. Can't wait for the Spring/Summer then I'll give it a go.

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  4. Shirley26 January 2010 at 08:09

    Hello there David, thanks for your very generous comment on my blog. I’m delighted I popped by to this posting. I’d like to wish you all the best in your video competition :-)

    I also enjoy editing videos for my blog and agree about the final product being a fraction of the footage although my scale starts at around 15-30mins so that is a much smaller job. Funnily enough, Colin, I find it way easier than photoshop layers and masks :-D

    The one thing I struggle with is any voice-overs. I fully appreciate the time you will put into that alone. I’ve only done a few and don’t see ever making them a regular feature.

    I was wondering if you might consider posting a brief (or longer) video on your blog. I’m certain your visitors, like me, would enjoy seeing it :-D

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  5. Duxbury Ramblers28 January 2010 at 06:58

    I try to sort my photos into some order when the weather is bad, unfortunately I am soon looking through the window wanting to escape :)
    Hope the competition goes well, you must let us see it after - I for one am interested in the Orchids you see.

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