Shooting Arvo Pärt - Final Edition (Mac Edit)

My 1st Year college film, using an assigned piece of music called Fratres by Estonian composer, Avro Pärt, as the soundtrack and narrative.

Note: This is my first actual movie that I have ever made. Also, I'm too poor (because I'm now an unemployed student) to afford a proper camera, and nobody I know seems to have one (which is odd), so I used my digital still camera (Panasonic DMC-LZ7) to capture the footage. There's no live zooming in film mode, no night mode, and you can only record a maximum of 15 mintues per clip.

CUT & EDITED USING: Final Cut Pro 6


This version was the final submission made to my lecturers on April 15th, 2008. It is more evolved than the previous PC Edit, due to more time being spent on the sepia tone coloring and brightening and color correcting of the darker scenes. Not to mention, Final Cut Pro is just a clumsier program to use than Sony Vegas Pro. I know I could've achieved similar, if not better, results had I spent as much time cutting and editing it on Sony Vegas Pro as I did with Final Cut Pro (give me a two button mouse any day). I hate Macs!

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Entertainment

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• Shooting
• Arvo
• Pärt
• Part
• College
• Final
• Cut
• Pro
• Film
• Fratres
• Tabula
• Rasa
• Violin
• Piano
• Composer
• Writer
• Music
• Classical

[davep042]

I thought that your video was fine. Nothing special but very long and could do with being edited down a lot. If you had the chance then I think that you would be well advised to get to grips with iMovie 6HD then move on to Final Cut and really get to know your craft. I teach media in a secondary school to transition using only iMovie and your movie would be up to their standard.

[seifer2007]

Thanks for the advice. However, it wasn't my choice what software I used. If it were, I'd have done it on a PC and refined it using Sony Vegas, or Adobe Premiere Pro.

So, in light of this being my first movie, I'll take what you've said as a compliment. At least you didn't write it off as a failure! But I doubt this will be my future "craft", I prefer working with audio/music and in radio.

Again, thanks for the advice. I'll no doubt be making another movie in the coming months. Stay tuned!

[Hermoooo]

Hey man, cool video! Part is one of my favourite composers. Where abouts did you film this video? I think i recognize some of the places hehe

[seifer2007]

It's all filmed in Shannon, Co. Clare, where I'm from. The driving part at the beginning starts off at the Bunratty overpass, onto the dual-carriageway into Shannon. The forest and seaside area is the 3rd point in Shannon overlooking the river Shannon, which is an area actually in the very south of the town, a mere walk from from some close-by housing estates.

Have you spent time in Shannon yourself?

[SeanPerrin]

First, if you are serious about being a film student you had better get used to Mac. Secondly... learn where the notes on the piano you are playing are (or at LEAST which direction they are going), that was very distracting.

PS: Apple has made two button mouses for more than two years...

[seifer2007]

In regards to your first point, that's already a given. If I had the choice, I would have used a PC. I used a Mac simply because I had to.

Your second point is noted (no pun intended). However, in light of the time constraints I was under, and because I don't have an entourage of piano players at my disposal, I had to make do with the actor just hitting any key(s), right or wrong.

If this film was planned for, say, a short film festival, more preparation would have gone into the finer details.

[bizintin]

Is is quite lovely. What are you doing now? What direction are you going?

[seifer2007]

In Ireland, where I am, and probably throughout Europe, PC's are way more heavily used. In-fact, Windows holds about 90% of the market in OS's sold, therefore Macs are still not seen as dominant in many or any cultures or countries.

I'm just glad I have an ally. I assume the Apple ads also bother you? Considering that they flat out lie by saying a PC is basically only good for spreadsheets, etc., among other tall tales, I'd have to say they seriously bother me. But, they do amuse me.

[RandomCatFilms]

yea man macs are a esat coast thing i dont understaind how so many people flock to mac pcs have wayyy more programs for this and its easy for a normal person to efford and comes out better then macs programs, ive used a mac and i was let down of how limited they are with there programs its like they only have like 10 programs for video and audio and PCs have 1000s Avid was origanly on PC

[seifer2007]

You're probably right. Final Cut Pro is probably more powerful than Sony Vegas Pro, but that would only matter and be noticed if you were to use the highly advanced features in both.

My movie was made with the "less is more" logic. Sony Vegas Pro could have easily achieved a better look if I had done it properly, using the PC.

Although, I like your comment mentioning that PC's are potentially more powerful than Macs. Right on!