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Just so you know, what i've done is taken an existing video and slowed it down, to make it appear animated. For this i used Quicktime. (image one)

Because i could not use the entire video due to 30 sec time constraint, i took the video into iMovie and cut out all the footage i didnt need. (image two)

Dubbed it with a contrasting soundtrack (Mozart) u

sing Garage band. I did this for comic value.
I also added the sound of a baby laughing. (image three)

Files and formats:

(image 1) shows the details for the origional video file, which was in .m4v format.

m4v is a new type of Quick Time movie created by Apple. This means the file may be compressed, and still maintain high quality.

(image 2) shows the detiails of the edited video file. I changed the file format to .mov because

i edited the soundtrack and video in Garageband and it does not have the option to save the video as an .m4v file.

My final video-although it may not be immediately obvious, is different to the origional, because i have slowed down the framerate, making it appear more choppy. I also replaced the origional soundtrack with a different, more contrasting soundtrack for comedic value.
The only real problem I faced with this was that the lower the frame rate, the more quality was lost, which meant i couldn't slow the video down too much without it becoming completely pixelated.

May 07

So, this lesson, i decided to go in a TOTALLY different direction with my video.

i have decided to use the video from Saving Aimee- SMALL TALK. and what i'm going to do is slow the frame rate right down in order to make it look like its done in pixilisation.

i am saving the video from youtube,using the website mediaconverter.org

I saved it as a .mov file but the quality decreased a little

this version is before editing.

April 23rd

Due to lack of time, i have had to rethink a couple of things for the animation.

I am only using a 14 second segment of the song's chorus, which means the lyrics played will now only consist of:

"Let's go mad, and we'll drive to the city,
dance all night with your body pressed against me,
stay out late and we'll come back in the morning,
let's drive to the city, we'll drive to the city."

To make sure i use the minimum requirement of 15 seconds, i will use a 2/3 seconds either side of the segment for an intro and credits.

the arbitory element of this video has given me some inspiration for mine.

Lesson 4 nd 5.

during this lesson (5)i went to take pictures for my animation, but this is all i could take with the college camera because the internal memory was full.

Lesson 4: i edited the timelapse in final cut pro.
i sped it up from 40 odd seconds, right down to just under 5.
i have lost the evidence of this, so when i find it, i will post the video.

Lesson 3 - second half

I converted a video of Drive to the City from youtube into an mp3 file, using video2mp3.net
So now, when i eventually need to use the music, i will be able to load it into garageband.

I also tried to get the video downloaded, but there was a fault, so i have given Kevin the address for it, and i will get it from him at a later date.

You move around like the sound of a melody in my head,
just you with your notes and your B but your missing C and that's me,
and yeah its about time when we need to go somewhere,
its true there are things that I think I could show you,
but they're not very pretty.

Let's go mad, and we'll drive to the city,
dance all night with your body pressed against me,
stay out late and we'll come back in the morning,
let's drive to the city, we'll drive to the city.

Drive to the city,
we'll drive to the city.

Just stop turn the music on don't need money tonight,
and yeah we'll laugh with people just 'cause its funny to us,
you don't need your things 'cause we've got all we need right in front of me,
and we'll set the scene I'll be king and you'll be queen like the movie,
'cause we're so very pretty.

This is the 60 seconds of sound i will be using in my animation.

Lesson 3- half time

I have spent the best part of this lesson trying to figure out which 60 seconds of the song i am going to use for my animation (as it is only meant to be a 1 minute animation)

aswell as searching for Timelapse videos.

I found a video suitable for my animation, but i will need to ask Kevin if i am allowed to use it, as i havent created it myself.

in order to get hold of this video i needed to join the site vimeo.com and ask permission from the maker of it, to use it.

This took up a large portion of my time.

Downtown Atlanta Sunset Time Lapse from Atlanta Stock Footage on Vimeo.

Lesson 2 - The storyboard

Now that i have decided vaguely what i want my video to consist of, i need to draw up a storyboard, to make my ideas understandable to others.


While i was drawing up the storyboard, i realised i would like to use different people in my animation, rather than just the one, to spice it up a little.