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create the DVD cover, the booklet, the printing and menu navigation - Overview

In massively understaffed number, met at the Starz production yesterday, a day before Heligabend to the film project ehrenbürtig complete.

Each team member worked a sub-task, so the Cover that booklet that printing and menu of the DVD could be handled synchronously.

the design we have to Corporate Design - held aspects. Sun Cover, booklet and DVD were designed to match the weblog. In the booklet there is a small thanksgiving, and photos of the making of the webblog link. Sun blog and film can be networked across all media.

Since the finished DVD will be presented to Mr. Feldman, we have focused on the design of the DEG Project. The film "Trip of the Fifty" is shown only as bonus material (previous production) and was not considered in the design.

The DVD menu itself consists of the main project (DEG Metro Stars Film, 100 sec.) And bonus material. As a bonus Faninterviews, photos of the shooting and previous productions (Trip of the Fifty) are shown. The
Faninterviews we cut that day from the total material. The sound was further processed in the same complex way (see previous post) because it was often much too quiet.

After a lot of problems in terms of design, we saved the files to 20:00 from final and made the first test-print on DVD Rudolfplatz. The result was satisfactory and the day's work so rewarding.

At this point, once a very big thank you the diligent workers who have worked productively despite Christmas rush into the late evening hours!


We wish all readers a relaxing Christmas and a happy new year ..

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compression

The finished film was :-) compressed using the MPEG Streamclip program .

Since our attitudes were not always perfectly tuned, we contacted Prof. Dr. Rotermund and asked for advice, this sent us a screenshot with the optimal settings. These settings significantly reduced file size, the quality suffers, however, relatively the least.

Screenshot 1: Settings have

The data rate of the clay increased, however, we (128 kbps), since the background noise appears very important for the atmosphere of the film. Furthermore, we have issued the film in the 4:3 format.

is necessary in the data reduction so that the film is available on the web. We created several Fimdateien for DEG from 17-45 MB. Thus it can be decided on the desired file size or quality.

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audio editing

In this post, it should Go to Special features for audio editing. Was used for Final Cut Pro related program "Soundtrack Pro". There is an audio editing program that more precise interventions in the waveforms allows the material than in the timeline of Final Cut is possible. Routine tasks such as setting a fade-in and a fade-outs, should not be discussed here, because what we have done a major part in Final Cut. Soundtrack Pro was only used if the tasks could be completed in the timeline.

problem: too quiet audio material

On admission, we have always made sure that the sound is not overloaded, otherwise it is unusable results. At some points the sound was too quiet, for the most part in the interviews. In Final Cut Pro, the problem could not be resolved, because there had already reached the maximum volume.

With the "normalization" in the "process" we have tried to raise the entire volume of the sample. Since peaks occurred, could not satisfy the result. The loud parts were a little louder, the quiet places remained relatively quiet. Accordingly, we have used the effect "compressor" to resolve this problem. It compresses the audio. make sounds are muted, are quiet places raised. So you can get a handle peaks. The parameter "gain" of the compressor allowed us to achieve the desired dynamics. The language of the interview was now not only louder but also more powerful and more saturated in the voice.

Screenshot 1: Effects

Screenshot 2: Compressor - Parameter

waveform editor (fine grind):

The more detailed view Soundtrack Pro allowed us to single, very short sound better throughout the Material extract. These noises, for example, the player or the sounds of the sled body check to the band, we worked with a so-called "Equalizer". It is used for raising and lowering certain frequency ranges. In most cases, we increased a little lower midrange to the sound does not sound so thin. The noise could be much better then integrated into the overall mix, before processing them were as good as not to hear. Each correct frequency using the graphical interface we have the (3 band) are equalizer in the frequency spectrum which we once down in the middle and once at the top were lifting. Then we listened to the differences.

Screenshot 3: Details of the waveform

a practical function was to send the AIFF or Wavs to Soundtrack Pro. Thus, we could also do more work later that we were not struck directly.

Finally, we arranged the edited and much improved audio tracks in the timeline of Final Cut Pro. The tracks were separated for music, audience noise, hockey sounds and language. The audio mixer are then served to the respective volume ratios to set or to mix all sounds. The audience sounds were mixed together of a plurality of tracks, once "Grundtumult" Fan singing and celebrating a goal. Also in Final Cut Pro, we looked always on the noise meter, so the level never exceeds 0 dB came.

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Starz Production goes online - but first the finishing touches

After a friendly contact with the online administrator of the DEG Metro Stars, Mr. Reinders, assured us of this, an editorial contribution to moving, including a short film on the official website of the DEG. The weblog link on the Starz Production will also be provided. Condition is of course a high-quality film.

The credentials of the server are already available.

Before we make the movie now online, we add another "interview bar", which we for the interview with Walter Köberle need (former national player and athletic director). We will also extend the credits by a few seconds to enzufügen all the names of the crew.

Two small additions in detail.

1) We, as diehard fans DEG (a part of before, the other part after the movie) have completely forgotten that it is not the athletic director and former national player Walter Köberle many people know. A banner with their name and function described above was being interviewed essential.
We created this in Photoshop with the logo of the DEG. As image size we chose the default, Pal 16:9, RGB mode. We reduced the opacity of the bar, so it was transparent. This gave the bar a more professional flair.

Screenshot 1: imported Photoshop

The PSD file we after editing in Final Cut Pro. There, this was suddenly in a different format, the interview beam was clearly too small and too narrow. After a long search and consideration, we came to the following idea:
right click on the PSD file, then object settings, then format, tick anamorphic. Now agreed the format. In our solution, we also met with the following program that looks very alien and we therefore also made a screenshot :-).

Screenshot 2: unknown program

2) The 100-second requirement meant that only our team name Starz Production could be called in the credits. On the Internet, however, all we want to be named as author. We added a "normal" rolling text in Final Cut Pro.

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details of film production

After several hours, the video is fully edited. Next week Tuesday (December 9 ) are still being touched up small blemishes.
In the next posts are a few reviews to be included and the sound is again more detailed way.

are some details of the section, technical aspects and problems are also explained in this post. Screenshots on the various topics to ensure clarity.

We just these issues in the workflow have a closer look because they have either prepares the biggest problems (significant time factor) or because they are best document the learning progress in relation to the first project.


to Eindigitalisieren:

Since there have been at our last project is already on this problem with 4:3 and 16:9, want We take this opportunity to explain (for the last time improved) capture short.

The starting material was consistently and without exception recorded in 16:9 and the associated settings captured (see one of the previous posts).

We have consciously decided to digitize all the material and to extract useful not only clips. The reason was the continuous availability of sound even when unusable images. The camera teams are often concentrated in some places even during the filming only the audio. These "sound-sections" we were able to identify our cards.

Screenshot 1 : long digitized traces

So we had a whole lot of large and long tracks. Each camera team had to create the task from their own very long film sequences much shorter. The minor sequences were consistently sorted. This happened on multiple Macs. The division of labor made us much faster to get the required results, that is, only to get even smaller, usable and designated scenes from the bulk of the footage.

Screenshot 2: smaller scenes

It was a huge job as we had to edit almost 5 hours of footage. The attribution of the clips we made further work enormously. We have not, however, held out for every single cut scene to later in the assembly of the individual sequences to keep track. This extra effort has paid off in retrospect, because we could thus work much faster and more accurate.

Screenshot 3: named clips

has produced clips After 9 hours the team finished the first of the Starz Production Schnitttag. Nevertheless, we had more material to be produced from the clips had to ..........

The Problem: Media reconnect

The problem lay in the fact that our many small groups, their coarse-cut blade material, all differently organized and stored.

Screenshot 4. media again

As a next group the next day combine to cut the project file was opened cpr, continuous indication of the different media are offline. As the clips from different raw material of our individual groups are composed, it was not enough the command "reconnect media" to press again. Rather painfully had to the individual files are searched for and could be individually. Especially since the problem was that the project file on some computers could easily open and not on other. Following solution to the rescue: the automatic location of Final Cut was placed by us on the external hard drive. Now the project work on all computers.

Screenshot 5: laying the location

The problem that is described here in a few sentences, was extremely time consuming and cost a lot of nerve. It was at this point the inexperience of the program, when masses of clips must be managed. The organization of files over 5 hours of footage is elementary. To have a next project this additional knowledge, and we would be more accurate data set for storage procedure for each group.

Screenshot 6: tons of files (on disk)


Screenshot 7: tons of files (in the timeline)

The Problem: Manual

It appeared while cutting time to time small and especially larger problems. We therefore decided several times to consult the manual.
We were frankly shocked already that the scope of the manual is 2243 pages. Here we were reminded once again that we work with a professional program and problems here, with our limited experience, probably self-evident. The difficulty was, however, that you will only find in the manual, if you know the technical term. If not, the search giant in the PDF is very tiring. There were also more often that our search term occurred on any of the over 2000 pages.

Screenshot 8: Caps Lock key - help in the manual: Press the Caps Lock key! (Which button?)

window to canvas:

Window Canvas located next to the viewer window, was later in the section extremely helpful. Especially the drag and drop was a function that we have the first project was not all that followed. Clicking on a clip in the Viewer window, holding down the mouse while moving the clips to the Canvas window, a selection of commands such as "Act" or "Overwrite" (so-called canvas editing). The feature improves the overall workflow considerably.

Screenshot 9: discovered arrangement of the tracks (detail)

Also in the Canvas window belonging Timeline We useful functions. We used not only the horizontal, sequential arrangement of the individual files, but used in some places the horizontal editing. If you activate the button bottom left of the timeline, the transparency of the top video tracks with the mouse in the respective clips are regulated (see the intro in the movie).

By and large, we used, however, the effects of these scanty reasons:

1) The excessive use of unconventional effects can easily lead to a rather unprofessional results. Many effects from Final Cut are in our opinion, more of a gimmick.
2) In part, the effects are difficult to edit to obtain the desired result. A good, simple cut is often better than a bad effect.
3) Effekteditierung is often very time consuming.

Screenshot 10: innumerable effects

The Viewer window:

A very useful feature we have found out at that window. We have recovered no more a movie snippets, but still knew which camera crew filmed the scene looking for, we have all the material loaded into the viewer. We then set the desired sequence by the In and Out markers defined (i and o keys) and then have them in drag and drop the timeline where you want it pulled.

Screenshot 11: Viewer and Canvas

The Viewer window, we have also used for our Effekteditierung (see post "Basic Overview of the progress of the cut"). It also is used to perform color corrections. Since we have only meticulous care in this project to the white balance of each location change, a color correction in the viewer was as good as necessary. Our fear that we could not see the images of different cameras belonging to one another, has not been confirmed to happiness.

Screenshot 12: use hardly necessary - constitute the color correction

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team-organization of the starz production

Before the finer points of the cut as well as more detailed technical aspects, we want to in this post again to the team organization received the starz production. to coordinate 11 people, which are next to this film project, all in different, more project groups is not easy and required some difficult and lengthy Kommunukation via e-mail. This raises the communication means e-mail but still emerged as one of the better ways. Our (set up for this project) in the social group Network "StudiVZ" was used to end at all not even go there and proved to be unsuitable for appointments.

;-) To the simplicity of the appointments to clarify, we have the following e-mail of 18 November published here. The countless, elle avoid long answers to the reader at this point.

original e-mail of 18 November 2008 for the appointment and the beginning of Eindigitalisieren section:

Subject: bands are broke!!

Hi.
So we have just the flow so that Nils and I, and Sepp would come in the morning, and only once what there is einzudigitalisieren.
Some can not tomorrow because of the media project, which would then point cut differently (Friday or Monday).
you need me again just send the exact dates.
Supposedly, the film next week Wednesday, however, already be done, but I question the Rotermund tomorrow in more detail.
need so we put together the latest deal cut next Wednesday and all.

@ Uwe and Jörg
So the other team then wanted to cut her material together. Do not know how you planned it. We are now just now assumed that their future because of the media project can not anyway, so we have for tomorrow now the other two teams.
But if you like time, you may like to come tomorrow, we'll see because of the division. If you
tomorrow but needs more time for the media project, you need not necessarily be there tomorrow, how you like it.

@ Jenny
exactly the same. Tomorrow is no compulsion to come only when you can set it up himself.
eg Friday I can in any case.

@ Bahar
If you have time could you also come tomorrow, then you could cut together with Joe, because Sandra can not because of the media project tomorrow.

@ Chris
custom then, the exact time for the Friday, if you want to cut then; or want to pick up the hard drive.

@ all
On Monday then also for those who want to cut it.
Maybe some can even begin Monday with the already put together.
gaze
Ma pointed convenient time.

PS
subject was just a read ^ ^ guarantee

nice evening and lg