Letting Off Steam
BY JENIECE TORANZO "GIDGET" MESA, ARIZONA USA- O.K. so this should have been done a long time ago! But, better late than never right? Or what I like to call-fashionably late. Ha ha. O.K. so I started this little project just a few weeks after we got back. It shouldn't have taken so long, but it did. It ended up on the back burner for awhile due to some really gnarly deadlines we were trying to meet. We won't go there though. 
All I had to do was color correct, change the size and some photo touch ups. Then import the photos into Final Cut along with the music. Then arrange the photos to where I want them. After that, go to After Affects to create the title and end piece (didn't like the plain simple ones that Final Cut offers). After creating both titles, render them out then go back to Final Cut and import them. Then add a fade in transition on the title and end piece. Also add a fade out on the music at the end.
Finally, save (of course I'm constantly saving often and saving early) and then export it to Quicktime. Then of course, if it's for the web, you want to import it into Sorenson Sqeeze to sqeeze the little buggers out of 'em. I mean make them smaller in order for it to play well on the web. Of course make sure you have at least two options-a small and a large video. So, anyway, here is a short quicktime video for all of ya's to enjoy! A trip down memory lane....awww good times, good times. I really do miss it.
Letting Off Steam in Lusaka, Zambia (Large QT)
Letting Off Steam in Lusaka, Zambia (Small QT)
Pictures were taken at "The Dolphin" restaurant where we shot one of the scenes for BAD TIMING. We ate dinner there with the whole crew and a few of the cast to celebrate the films. Heath and Edgar sang the karaoke. Soooo funny. We then went to a club to dance with the locals. It was amazing and awesome! Everyone is such great dancers and play awesome music! Love it!