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SRtS

For anyone watching this, a few things to bear in mind:

1. The “metadata” titles are rough and don’t reflect the right info & will be replaced with actual data

2. The graphics are place-holders & will be replaced with finished versions after picture lock

3. The v/o will be replaced with a female v/o – my voice is in there as guide only

4. The audio mix is very rough – this will be redone after picture lock

5. The pictures are ungraded and in some cases not standards cufflinks converted

 

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Fog

The fog was amazing today
Took a day out to clear the head
Went up Ticknock with the dog
Couldn’t see the City from the top
It may as well not have been there
At all

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SRtS 130923

More shortening, concentrating on the opening three minutes. Realising I need a big piece of music (why is it always the music which gets me motivated?) and conciseness. Andrew C responded saying he might be available on Wednesday.

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SRtS 130920

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Today I was mostly shortening. Went from 64’45” to about 56’45” without too much damage. Left a slug in for the opening which needs to be shot and edited. I think Aine & Gav are much reduced. Still need to improve the end, in particular sonically. Will be good to bounce off other peeps in the very near future.

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smartLav

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Bought one of these puppies today from cvp.com in the UK, ordered yesterday, arrived today! Great service from CVP I’m glad to say,

Anyway, the smartLav – I haven’t had a chance to test it properly yet but from one or two recordings through RodeRec (paid version) it sounds just as you’d expect from a cheap mic – it’s grand but a little hissy. I haven’t as yet had time to fiddle with settings at all, or read the manual for that matter. I’m reading that airplane mode on the iPhone is important so maybe there’s an interference issue, dunno but will test it properly over the next few weeks.

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Facebook preferred size

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I’ve been reading on fstoppers that Facebook apparently prefers some picture sizes to others, namely 960px on the longer side. So I tried with this image of the lovely Lauren. Seemed to work a treat.

Incidentally i think I used photoshop CC to resize this and I think it adds sharpening, must do a test comparing a resize in CS5.I need to do more testing on facebook with all types of pictures sizes and then chose one which performed the best.I always used facebook and pìctures to get more or to b buy real twitter followers to my page and it works really good.Thats why i want to test all this.

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Viewing of the whole cut as it stands today with DB for the first time, plenty to talk about since it’s 15 minutes over length but the reaction was mostly good. Very positive about The River, something DB hadn’t seen before, very emotional for him.

There are parts of it as a film I really like, REALLY like, for instance that whole section from DB being ill in India through to the monsoon breaking and the climb into Nepal, music vibe and pictures working well for me here. Also I’m really liking the white water River section, especially around Qumarleb and beyond to the capsize and resume.

Have to concentrate on music and getting it to a better length.

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Sweet potato

So this was supposed to be sweet potato with figs and spring onions, but I didn’t have any figs or spring onions so used apple ad asparagus instead. It was delicious.

Heat oven to 220C
Halve about 1kg sweet potatoes around their girth and then half again lengthways.
Slice each of these quarters into 4 or 5 wedges and chuck into a bowl along with 1/2 tsp caraway seed, 2 tbsp olive oil and a grind or two of sea salt. Mix thoroughly and then put into a baking tray into the oven.

Bake for 25 mins. Then chuck in a bunch of asparagus, halved lengthwise, bake for another 10. In the meantime chop an apple into thin slices and make a balsamic reduction by adding a dessert spoon of sugar to 40ml vinegar to a put and boil gently for a couple of minutes.

Combine all ingredients in a large white bowl and serve warm.