And again a night at CAPS-TV Ventura. This time I crapped out by 9:30. It was my final stab at the training CD of Final Cut Pro and seeing how much I could digest. And I mean final. Thankfully, my professional editor friend called me back and we're set to spend three hours editing music in Final Cut Pro with him at the helm so I don't have to learn it right now. Now I can stay with iMovie and finish editing "Voices."
In fact, before I popped in the training CD tonight I transferred the two interviews I shot last weekend from the SDHC cards onto my hard drive. Then I got lost in the opening sequence again. Then I almost couldn't stop. But I did stop. I put the hard drive away and started watching the training video. And then I crapped out.
I must say the interviews I shot last weekend with the rain outside looked just as soft and beautiful as I hoped they would. HOWEVER, the rain stopped and the sun started going in and out of the clouds and my exposure went in and out along with it. But worse than that I couldn't get sound at first because the sensitivity had been changed on the lavalier kit. Whoever had used the lav kit before me had changed the settings. I was losing my mind. Finally we got it all to work and I was typically embarrassed at my inexperience showing. Once again, I thought, "WHY am I trying to do this?"
Anyway, the last interviews are done and it is time overdue to edit, get into it, and get it done. Maybe I have one more interview to shoot -- I mean re-shoot. But other than that, it's Editing Time.
I wonder how much gray hair I'll have when this is over.
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