I couldn’t find any converter that did what I wanted to so I decided to try and make do with what I had scraped together only for my editor to decided that it didn’t like the footage so it’s not letting the sound work on some of the clips.

I put this project off for so long because it was really only for my own satiation and the converting was a pain. Now I think I’ll just give up on the lot of it.

The project, by the way, was editing together the two vids of the play before last, the Merry Wives of Windsor.

I have a better version of the play up on YouTube and It’s got it’s own playlist and everything.

I spent most of the day fiddling with all the settings I could find for the output of the video. I didn’t get though them all (there are far too many options) but I think I’ve finally got one setting that works.

WM8 PAL download 1024

A bit annoying ‘cause last I checked PAL was for American TVs, but who cares. I can finally make videos that aren’t so blurry.

..I’m editing another draft of that script for a friend when I come across this sentence:

“Jordan shuts her eyes, as the implication of the knife sinking into him disgruntles her.”

Ouch! This sentence hurts.

And he was doing so well before that.

(It’s a slasher film by the way)

I tend to edit until I need a break and then I forget about it.

I’m only on act 2 scene 2. I’ve had to do far too much fiddling just to get the sound working. I don’t know why Adobe is randomly chewing up the sound, but cutting it up and trying to match it to the video is a pain! It seems to be working now though.

But the colour balance! Trying to get the footage from the two cameras to even remotely look similar is nigh-impossible. The first scene hasn’t a hope because, for some reason, the lighting set up was different on the two days. I’ve messed around with colour and saturation, and anything else I could think of, but the fact that it was on two different cameras, recorded in two different formats, with no white balance, means my options are limited. Even if the footage did match the sound quality is different so what can I do?

Gaaaahhhhh!

Right.

Note to self, Adobe Premiere Pro takes:

stop forgetting and messing things up.

Still sick though.

Since I’ve been doing nothing the past few days but complain about my health I might as well try to write something else today.

Two of the actors form midsummer’s nights dream got someone to record the play on two separate nights. I’ve decided I’d like to try and get copies of the footage and try and splice it together. Not least because I’d like to actually have a chance to see the play for once. Backstage all I could do was listen to it.

Of course I first have to get the footage. I’ve contacted the two guys but they haven’t answered back yet. I don’t even know if it will be possible and the audio probably wont match but I’d like to have a go. We’ll see what happens.