Back to editing

Back to business. Final day of editing. We managed to gather lots of Pingu sounds form the dvds, however some sounds were missing - luckily enough we had a mic and were more than capable of creating strange and disturbing sounds that go hand in hand with the Pingu episode. Almost there now, will post up a couple of our tests edits and then the final bad boy. Stay tuned.

Ice lollies for breakfast!

Our lollies had set nicely over night. After peeling off the moulds we had to chip at the ice to make it look as much like an iceberg as possible. The overall idea is that as the child eats the lolly the 'save pingu' message will be revealed. We have taken some professional photographs using a tri - pod and a high def camera. We will upload these pictures asap.

Late night editing

Editing late on a saturday night. Coffee and peanut butter on toast are keeping us going. We are making slow progress, but the more we learn the quicker we will get this done. We have started ripping the sound from previous Pingu episodes using a programme called 'handbreak'. Long night ahead of us, and another full day tomorrow.

Save Pingu ice lolly

We have devised a number of ways to advertise the Save Pingu campaign to children, one of witch is a Save Pingu ice lolly. We intended to just draw the idea out as shown, but because we had some spare time on our hands as discussed in the previous post we took it upon oursleves to create the lollies for real. Here is a step by step account to show how we made them:







We branded the ice lolly and by stabilizing the stick with tape we could leave the water and the mould in the freezer to set. Another long wait.

The editing begins!

Started editing bright and early this weekend. The day began with high hopes. We imported all 2,000 photographs into Final Cut, pressed render, and was greeted with a 7 hour loading bar! Not cool. Its almost finished now. We have been keeping ourselves busy whilst the photo's are rendering - like making Save Pingu ice lollies and working on other projects. Again, we will keep you updated.

Learning Final Cut Pro

Okay, Final Cut Pro is downloaded and the learning begins. We are practicing for a while each night and finding helpfull tutorials for the program. Will try and post up some test trails.

PANIC STATIONS

Panic stations indeed! Our good friend, and as it so happens, our editor, has been deported!!! Rob agreed to help us edit the complicated Pingu episode, but the plonker has gone and got himself deported. Canadian born Rob was visiting family in his home town. On his return he was stopped at customs and interrogated. Unfortunately Rob had forgotten to renew his visa (for two years). He was PUT IN PRISON overnight and flown back to the states the following day! Insane i know, but it gets worse. Rob is not allowed back into the UK for a year and will miss his graduation ceremony! This turn of events have led to Tom and I practicing on our Final Cut Pro skills. We will devote our weekends to editing. Apparently perfecting the sound so it runs in time with the film is going to be especially difficult and time consuming! Wish us luck. We will let you know how it goes.