After Effects editing

In Adobe After Effects I wanted to make my footage appear as though it was from an old exploration documentary. To do this I used a brown tone over the top of the clip giving it an aged appearance. In a couple of sections where I walked with the camera I wanted to overlay on a semi-transparent layer above these footage of the bush to the sides of the path as I walk past. This way I show more information about the site in less time of film. 

Avid sound editing

The sound for my footage had a lot of background noise of cars driving past while I was near the entrance to Otari and a chainsaw was being used by staff to trim branches as well. When I got deep into Otari I managed to find some beautiful bird calls that I edited over the top of earlier footage where the sound was poor.

Avid editing

After watching through my footage I put together the clips filmed from outside Otari and looking down over the bush above a raised walkway as establishing shots to set the scene. Inside Otari itself I have a few scenes of panning over bush and shrubbery as well as scenes of birds. 

Capturing footage into Avid

Today I spent my morning logging segments of my footage and then capturing it into Avid media composer so that it could be edited later.

Filming

I rented out a video camera from the store at the faculty of architecture and design this morning and started filming around 1:00 to take advantage of the high position of the sun which provided a great effect as it streamed through the leaves of the canopy. I managed to get through 15 minutes of filming before the battery for the camera ran out but thankfully my parents house was only 5 minutes away from my site so I managed to get back to shooting after only a short interval. I got around 30 minutes of footage from my afternoon at otari bush.

Waiting

I am merely waiting for an ideal day to do my filming on. I want it to be very sunny so that the rays stream through the leaves and branches above the path in Otari bush to provide some dramatic lighting to the scene.

New Media

New media encompasses everything that is now developed to be used by a computer or is a product of computer editing. Commonly the idea of new media is limitede to the viewing and storing of the media rather than a tool for creating it. This new revolution is just starting and already has had an affect on cultures and older material in a physical format is already being converted so that it can stored, transferred and edited digitally.