We are plugging right along in session three. Today Sara and I shot the second movie-- a thriller set in an eerie cemetery.
The end of last week was full of lots of adventures and learning though. While we were editing our first movie, we found a few Final Cut Pro tutorials that explained how to use the program to create a "bleach bypass" technique, most commonly seen in drama films. We also learned about keyframes, which enable the editor to add movement to their footage.
Yesterday, we experimented with overlay techniques in Final Cut to see if we could make it seem like one person was actually two people. We almost succeeded, however the clips all came out a little transparent-- which was definitely a cool effect, but not exactly what we were looking for. We also learned how to crop an image, so we tried to place two images side by side, but there was a pretty obvious seam.
Today we filmed the first part of our movie in the St. Mary's Cemetery in Corvallis. It is one of the older cemeteries in town, so we were able to find lots of old tombstones to use as a back drop. Tomorrow, we're going to continue with the shoot, but we are almost finished with the movie.
Sorry there are no pictures of the shoot right now. There were only the two of us physically on set, and we were both extremely busy. I'll try to get some pictures posted soon!
