My video on the scarecrows of Medford, NJ - simply titled Halloween 2010: Scarecrows of Medford, NJ was wrapped up Friday night, and I linked to it through my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Now I'll link to it HERE!
The ten minutes of footage was trimmed down to five when all was said and done, and the video itself is immensely simple, transitioning from one scarecrow to the next. I wasn't trying for any dynamic shots either. The transition I used in editing is Cross Stretch, which to me gives the impression of the picture being on a rotating cube. For music, I found covers of both "Monster Mash" and the theme to The Munsters. I also had "Halloween" by The Misfits available, but that would have been inappropriate for the dominating goody-goody tone of the video.
I tried something new for the titles to this video. I normally just add them in while I'm editing in Final Cut. I noticed in the past, however, that when I uploaded a video to YouTube (and this one was going to be strictly YouTube), the titles would look a little grainy. So instead I exported the movie from Final Cut into a Quicktime Movie, which I always do, only without any titles added to it. I then imported it to iMovie, which I always do when I want to upload something to YouTube (one of the program's built-in sharing options, perfect for the casual filmmaker/Mac owner). So I added titles using iMovie's functions, thinking they would come out sharper considering the strong cooperation between iMovie and YouTube. In the end, I think they do look sharper, but the simplification of iMovie's tools are almost too simple for me. Everything in Final Cut offers me a lot more control. Granted, this is a 2008/2009 version of iMovie I have that was included on my computer when I bought it, so some functionality may have changed (I'm well aware of new overall features recently added to it.
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