It seems a while since I’ve done any blogging, primarily because I’ve been completely snowed under with work…yawn.
Running on from my concept submitted to John Jameson Productions & Metro Screen (For funding opportunities that I clearly missed the mark on), I am making a live action version of “circulation”, for entry into the Newcastle Herald 2 minute showdown.
The comp features a relatively small prize pool, but as I always do, it’s good to have something with clear deadlines, such as competitions. The comp itself centres around the filmmakers’ ability to create a 2 min short film featuring items specified by the newspaper, and edited ‘in-camera’. This can pose a problem because traditionally, in-camera editing was easy to do with tape formats. You would shoot in a linear fashion, rewind slightly to get the shot length you wanted, and then start recording your next shot.
However, with the death of tape (it’s all but over people, face it) and digital mediums becoming prominent, stopping and starting a shot means that a new file will be written, which means that somehow those shots will need to be stitched together. The most common way for this is with a NLE (Non-Linear Editor). I know what you’re thinking, but if footage is stuck together in an NLE, how is it edited “in-camera”. An interesting question, and one which I will not answer until I get my entry together.
For now, here are a couple of test stills using the GoPro Hero HD. I really like this camera as it is small, inexpensive, robust and can shoot 1080p! In fact, I’m also putting a pic of the GoPro so you can see how small it is.
Nick
Bank Note Smiling
Bank Note Sad
GoPro Hero HD. Crazy small.
