PODCAST 2

Now, I am in the mass communications building and my external hard drive will not turn on! It worked at the library on Sunday and it works on my computer (a mac and a pc)

But alas I am supposed to be writing about my experience creating this video. The creation of this video was much more simple, having the last experience to recall on and the ability to prepare created a much more efficient filming experience. I was prepared with my discussion points and ready to create a different viewing experience for you all. I took the advice of my group and positioned myself off-center of the screen and instead of speaking to the screen I spoke to the listener just off camera.
For this podcast we had a new location, the Coffee Haus, this location had its ups and downs. The filming took place outside so I apologize for the background noise and the other group that joined us in our filming, uninvited I might add.

This video took around an hour to shoot and then it was on to editing. The editing portion of this was the fun part last time, really it was! I was actually excited about implementing some of the suggestions from last time: keeping my transitions parallel, i.e., music on all or none, same colors, not as many effects, etc. I was just so excited to be playing with ALL of the options I let it get crazy! So, I head to the library with my friends and we attempt to upload our videos from the tape to the computer--- apparently the camera was not compatible with the macs in the library so after about 30 minutes of uploading we finally borrowed a camera from the library. The video is uploaded and the VERSION of iMovie is not the same as the version in the MCOM lab. It was a sad time at the library.

So, the editing begins and the problems began to stack up-- after three hours I had a 3.38 minute podcast and I was in the home stretch. I log in to YouTube and begin uploading- somehow between the exported file and the file on YouTube the audio and picture completely disengaged and now I am left with the horrible video above.

I really enjoy technology, but these experiences are not improving- I have HIGH hopes for the third podcast.

Enjoy.

*Apparently my My Book has attitude, it will work on EVERY computer unless they are in the MCOM lab. :(

The video that was ALMOST lost...

This was a less than fantastic experience all around. First, the taping of the 'B' roll and 3 to 5 minutes of my speech took much longer than expected. We quickly realized this process was going to be much more time consuming and difficult than originally expected. After many scripts, which was not originally planned, and a Saturday afternoon with B & J I have successfully recorded 5 or so minutes for this first podcast. I come to class with my 'My Book' external hard drive, my video tape, and the best of intentions. After three hours of editing (and learning to edit) I have created something that resembles a podcast with titles, music and my attempt at humor. I have been saving as I work but, as I go to save the final version of my first podcast iMovie freezes and a 'force quit' is required. At this point I think I have lost three hours of intensive labor on my project, I leave the school dejected ready to spend the following afternoon in the basement re-editing my podcast. Friday I open the file that has been saved on my hard drive and something turns out my way!! The podcast is there and one of my saves during editing has left me with about an hour of editing. I complete the podcast and think 'this is great' only to attempt to turn it in this week and find out my Western Digital My Book will not turn on. This hard drive has been out of the box two times since it was purchased January 15th or so.
This experience was not the best, but learning to film and figuring out the editing process was very interesting. I hope in my next 2 podcasts I will have better footage, more interesting, and that I will improve my editing skills.

The podcast was saved on a Mac in the podcasting suite, so I do have a video for your enjoyment. But as you can imagine this has been one of the less fabulous experiences I have had with technology.