For this week's assignment, you should record voice over narration to a video clip (it may be one that you've used previously or a new one). When you have completed the assignment, post a comment in which you discuss the recording you made and include information about which microphone you used, which audio recording software program you used, what problems, if any, you experienced making the recording, how the recording turned out, and any other details about this assignment you would like to add.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Upload your completed video to a location online where I can view it (such as Google Video, YouTube, Blogger, or other location) and include the URL in your post. Or, if you have trouble with this, please bring a copy of your video with you to the next class.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Class Nine Assignment
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I recorded my audio with the Samson microphone that I checked out from UH. Once I got the hang of speaking into it from an angle, the recording was free from popping “p”s and other annoyances. I recorded the audio directly into Audacity so that I could save it as a WAV and not be forced to compress it. Once I edited my mistakes and pauses, I saved the file and imported it into Premiere Elements with my music and my video for the opening sequence. I got my music from www.freeplaymusic.com and I think it adds a good feeling to my overall project.
I really like how Premiere Elements allows you to have separate audio tracks so that you can edit them simultaneously as you check the video for timing (Windows Movie Maker does not offer this option). Fading the soundtrack out to make way for the recorded script was a snap (waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy easier than trying to do it in Goldwave or Audacity alone and then bringing it into the video editor in hopes that it all works out right). You can view my current version at my video blog.
I wasn't really sure that I was going to be able to upload my video as my router died last night....rest it's soul I now have to wait 3 to 5 business days for my new one from AT&T. I was successful in uploading it, however, from work so you can see it at http://msposterickam08.blogspot.com/ on my blog.
I also used the microphone that I checked out from the lab and used Audacity to capture and edit the audio. I was limited on locations to record in as I did it at school so we recorded the audio in a storage closet that is between two noisy Kindergarten classrooms. :)
I decided that since I have already recorded my voice that I would be daring and have my students record their voices. I started by just having a few record their voices saying the names of the titles of the videos from my practice video that I have been using the past few weeks. They all wanted a turn, however, so I got lots of practice in recording each of them individually. I then decided to venture off and see what would happen when recording all 20 Kindergarteners at once. They really loved this and the sound actually was not bad in my opinion even though audio is new territory for me. In the end I used two of the group recordings and then 3 individual recordings in my video. You may notice that I did not use any of the boys individual recordings in my video. This is because no matter how many times I started over or redirected they all insisted on using funny voices while we were recording.
I've uploaded a video, not yet with voice over narration, so I am running behind a bit, to
http://viking.coe.uh.edu/~gkitmacher/ISS.wmv
This is composed of a series of four short videos edited together and with a title too. The videos include some animation, done for a Game but which nicely show the interior of the space station, video returned by the Space Shuttle about a week ago, showing the space station as it currently appears, and on-board video of one of the astronauts on the space station, Jeff Williams, about a year ago. I was able to produce this in a program called Sony Vegas, which is similar to Premiere, but which actually works pretty smoothly. I have not figured out how to do sound editing yet with the program, which explains why different sound tracks cut in and out, not smoothly, and some of the video has no sound at all.
I will now try and use the microphone to record over some description of the video, in between the musical segments.
Hi y’all. I posted a short video at http://artbruce.blogspot.com and it is also on YouTube but the one on YouTube posted without sound. I have no idea why the sound did not attache to the YouTube version because I uploaded the same file to both locations. I used the Samson microphone and Audacity to get the narration overlay. It took a while to figure out the correct steps to get the microphone to record anything other than a loud hiss and some whispers, but I finally got a reasonable wav file to attach to the video in PE7. PE7 only crashed a handful of times—very frustrating but I saved the file between each step so it was recoverable. Probably the most difficult aspect of the project was getting the sound track and video to synchronize. I would get the two synchronized in one section of the clip but it would slowly get further and further out of sync as it played. During this project I concluded Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is not really conducive to short clip examples. He is simply too slow and detailed to make sense of short clips. For example, in the chapter called The Blizzard his mountain climbers take nearly seven minutes to travel ten feet in the snow. It is beautiful! A short clip does not do it justice. To edit the scenes for a short video feels like showing an audience just the Mona Lisa’s hair and expecting them to appreciate the whole painting. I am looking for another subject for the final project.
I really enjoyed using Premiere Elements, and the Samson microphone worked beautifully once I figured out how to adjust the volume on my home computer. I had no problems adding a soundtrack and just adjusted the volume to be 7 dB lower than the narration.
Visual culture is my topic for my final presentation, but I wanted to see what I could do with some of the footage I shot with my friends painting. You can see my post on my UH blog at http://video-lrschmidt.blogspot.com/.
Finally, A Break! After changing cameras (the original had an issue connecting with the PC), I am able to upload video. Recording your voice has proven equally sticky. As Dr. Robin said, the microphone picks up every nuance...Good Stuff! I recorded my first voice over in Audacity, which was really easy. Exporting the audio was also very simple after downloading the MP3 codec. To do the voiceover, I recorded the video using the same script and just overlaid the audio. One thing that I've done that I think will make a huge difference going forward is to write a script for my semester project. Also, I plan to purchase Adobe Premier Elements from CougarByte when I get to the campus. Here is the link to my video. See ya'll in class.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2928975390058106011
Here is my link for this week. I had no problems using iMovie. I sped up the video on the last part of this video using premier pro and then transferred the video to iMovie to play with it.
I have now updated my video with voice over narration. Yea !! Once you figure out how to use the program (I am using Sony Vegas rather than Premiere) it is not too difficult.
The updated video is at the same url as before,
http://viking.coe.uh.edu/~gkitmacher/ISSTrial1.wmv
For those interested in more on how we designed the space station (a long time ago, here is a paper I wrote:
http://www.spacearchitect.org/pubs/IAC-02-IAA.8.2.04.pdf
Design of some of the equipment which went into the station, like the Cargo Transfer Bags, is covered in another paper I did about my experiences working with the Russians on Mir:
http://www.spacearchitect.org/pubs/IAC-02-T.P.01.pdf
I recorded my audio with a "MVOX" microphone and used Audacity to make the edits. This microphone doesn't look like a traditional microphone and is flat and looks a little bit like a mouse.
I made sure the light was facing me (just like Jaymie suggested in class) and stacked some books to place the mic on. This helped eliminate the background echoes and I think it was pretty good quality.
I also realized I sound like a kid on the mic, I don't suppose there is a program to fix that?
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