No school today due to snow day
This past weekend I went to the Polar Plunge to film. I didn't get very good ground video because the timing was difficult. I did get some pretty good aerial shots.
Yesterday, I watched the 90th Oscars. Most of the films I have not seen, but I was pleased to see Dunkirk won best editing, best sound mixing, and best sound editing. I saw this movie over winter break with my sister. I loved it; she thought it was terrifying. During the movie, I thought all of the air to air scenes were green screened because of how high quality and stable they looked and it would be pretty easy to set up such a shot. But when watching some behind the scenes, I found out they actually mounted full size IMAX cameras to the outside of the restored planes.
When watching Dunkirk for the first time, the editing was slightly confusing. I could tell there were three different threads going, but it was difficult to determine at what time in relation to each other they were happening. I came across this video two days ago which divides up the three stories. It also talks about the "snowball editing technique" which creates a lot of suspense. It makes sense now why this film won best editing.
Last Wednesday, I downloaded a free 7 day trial of Adobe Premiere Pro. I have worked a little with this program in the past, but returning to it now, I was a little disappointed. The video playback at times would lag so much I couldn't tell what I was looking at. I have never had that problem with FCPX. Also, the render time on Premiere is much slower than FCPX, which I have also heard from many other people who use both programs. Finally, in the future, I am not planning to become a professional editor. I am much more interested in the actual production aspect. For these reasons, I think I will stick with FCPX for the time being.
Finally, I have been in contact with Sam Haj and her mom about the Full Frame Film Festival. I am really exited to go.