An Hour Away

Valentine's Day is only an hour away!

My brother gave me this beautiful rose as a gift and I am going to show it off at work tomorrow!

A Good Start

Although I have many grand ideas for videos I want to make... there is one on my mind of importance. A salvation testimony video of my younger brother, Ethan.

My pastor, Jonathan Purks of Victory Baptist Church, has encouraged the church to be working on personal testimony tracts. He also mentioned putting them in video form to place on the church's website.

Not very long ago I bought a software package that included a video editing program (Adobe Premiere) to become better acquainted with, and so my first project to be worked on is the story of my youngest brother coming to Jesus Christ one night a few years ago.  

Today my afternoon was spent setting up a studio in the basement and interviewing both Ethan and his dad, Dean. 

I believe the interviews went very well... until I realized with horror that I didn't hit record button on the audio!!!

Note to self: just because the red light is blinking does not mean that it is recording. 


Thankfully I noticed this before I got too far into the interviews. But the damage was done and I have learned from this very valuable mistake.


I am looking forward to editing and creating something from these two interviews... but it will probably take me a while as I'm a bit of a rookie at this editing software.

Wish me luck!

The Stolen Heirloom

You know, a movie isn't begun when camera starts rolling. It's a process that starts with an idea...

This weekend I came home with a great deal of equipment in tow. Why? Because I wanted to make a movie. I brought lights, cameras, a tripod,... everything I might need. 

What I didn't anticipate was all the planning. My sister Joanna and I have been brainstorming and storyboarding for the past 6 hours!

We have a beginning, a middle, and an end to our story about a stolen heirloom (that's the evil warlord's doing) and a ninja who sets out to get it back.

We've built the story around our resources and imagination. We have two willing actors to portray the multiple characters we created and it's supposed to be serious and funny... I think it's called sarcastic. :)

Although I had hoped to film tonight, it looks like that won't take place for a couple weekends because we have a long way to go on our storyboards and story development... but as I've learned in the production world: the better the pre-production planning, the smoother the production and post-production.

Hopefully us sista siblings will share the video with you when it comes out!


P.S.
Joanna taught me how to draw "angry eyes."
Now I can add that to my storyboarding skills! Yes!