10,000 wax cylinders digitized and free to download

Posted Nov 8th on BoingBoing:

"The University of California at Santa Barbara library has undertaken an heroic digitization effort for its world-class archive of 19th and early 20th century wax cylinder recordings, and has placed over 10,000 songs online for anyone to download, stream and re-use."

 UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive [UCSB]

Transferring Footage from the Camera to the Computer

Follow these steps for success:

 

1. Connect the camera
2. Launch Final Cut Pro
3. Create a New Project
4. Save that Project 
5. go to File>Log and Transfer
6. screen and name your clips, add them to the queue
7. edit and export
                             JOB DONE!

Video Cameras

Sony HDR-XR550VE

Sanyo VPC-WH1EX underwater camera

Toshiba Camileo H20

Sony DHR- PJ260VE

Canon 1200D 

Sound Equipment

Speak to Matt and Sophie about borrowing sound equipment.  They're happy to discuss your project with you and make some suggestions.

Green Screen Before Computers

A great video on the history of green screen - and a reminder of just how easy it can be now! So if you have any green screen ideas, run it past Sophie or myself. It's a fantastic skill to have, especially if you plan on studying film or media at university!

Matt

A bit of info on transferring your footage from the camera to the mac

Though it's for a Panasonic camera, the info here is in depth and explains the Log and Transfer function in Final Cut Pro 7 well.

https://www.american.edu/soc/resources/upload/White-Paper-Editing-AVCHD-with-FCP7-2.pdf

Lighting: Creating the Effect

A still from the thriller film Drive

An attempt at creating a similar effect:  coloured light, low key lighting with reflection in the computer screen.