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Recently I have been refurbishing my short films with my production logo at the beginning and sometimes at the end for artistic protection and branding. Unfortunately some of these shorts have been made on a different generation of mac and or made in HD as opposed to my usual DV formats and therefore, I need to add the logo which means I need to make sure I re-compress in the right format. It is not new to me that there are a million different variations on how to properly capture and compress video but it would save me a world of trouble and online research to figure out how to do this without error if the world decided to have three key formats and leave it at that. While compressing several wrong versions I realized this trial and error process reminded me of some life philosophies. These are a few I can come up with from the top of my head.
Compressing1: Just because you captured the video properly it doesn't mean that it will look high quality until it is fully compressed.
Life1: People hide the deepest part of themselves in labyrinths of personality,degredation, arrogence etc. But as they grow and mature into men or women, we see their true colours. Whether good or bad.
Compressing2: There are several different video formats, and two different ways (on my mac [compressor and FCP] in which to compress a film. Not all of them work for the type of format you captured in and must be careful to keep track of previous trials.Life2: We go through so many phases as we grow, and are exposed to so many options, some of which we choose that can hurt or help us. Try to look at the history of those close to you or a past experience to lead your heart in the right direction.
Compressing3: Compressing something in high quality or HD takes forever just hope its worth it.
Life3: (No Dali Llama stuff here) make sure you did it right or all your work will just be another "I told you so" from the parents, or the big man upstairs.
Compressing4: Don't click cancel before something is done compressing, unless it freezes, because you may have been doing it right.Life4: Never take the easy way out of a situation, unless it is stopping or slowing your life in a negative way. Working harder to get things straight is always worth it.
Compressing5: burn the good copy to DVD
Life5: Get the best of yourself out there and don't sell yourself short. I may be reading too deeply into this but waiting for hours and compressing things as trial and error makes you think about more interesting things than the task at hand. I think my video is still going, down with deceptive mac loading bars. 5 minutes my foot, just jumped to 2 hours. Great
Christian A.V. Petrozza
On May 14th my wonderful girlfriend and I went to see Robin Hood, Directed by Ridley Scott. As many of you know, I have been anticipating the Crowe-Scott dream team comeback for quite some time, watching the amazing trailer over and over up until the release date. I have to say I was quite surprised at the differences in style and narrative that Ridley Scott chose to use in the film since it was not the typical dark-palette, smokey-lighting and gory battle-esque style that I expected. But all the same I loved the way they retold the legend.
Big Warning here, NO SPOILERS!!! But I will set up the film so that if you are one of those people who enter a movie clueless but with expectations *cough*everycriticwebsite*cough* then you will not be dissappointed after reading this. THIS FILM IS A SETUP to the original legend, which means it is the events that lead up to the out-lawing of Robin and his band. The film takes very original liberties with the Robin Hood legend but also mixes them perfectly with the factual interpretations of figures such as King Richard, Friar Tuck, will Scarlett, and little John. Due to Ridley Scott's love for medieval history. He has added some great depth into the family structure of the plantagenets and their political toils between Eleanor of Aquitaine, a now aged and cynnical mother of a cowardly son and a warmongering king. The relationships and connections between them and the Robin Hood legend run very close together in the film as well as the legend which made this film great to watch as a history tid bits, with that creative touch of folklore.
Also if you are looking for a bloodfest like kingdom of heaven or gladiator you will not find it. The film has great battles and seiges, and as Scott's history films usually do, give a great look into the life of the soldier during wartime. Robin Hood is not a forgotten tale, it is known by the eldest of men and women to the youngest children and because of that the fights are kept at a 5/10 ranging from Narnia-Braveheart. I am a sucker for a good battle, and in saying that I can proudly say the film, despite the lack of blood, did not dissappoint in the slightest. Along with a great mix of comedy, romance, action, and glamitics (glamourous politics, kings queens, affairs, and gold chainmail). This film deserves an eight out of Ten, I felt the story pace was great but some of the editing in the first half to be a bit too abrupt. I will probably change my mind after watching it again. BUT GO WATCH IT IT IS AWESOME.
I was going to Write about how rendering videos on a mac is like life, (which is scarily accurate) but I got carried away with the greatness of the movie and what I wanted to say about it. Stay true and steadfast with your cameras and remember.....
Film and Film again, until PA's become Producers Christian A.V. Petrozza
