The Films

The next day was the last of the workshops, and the final thing we had to do was to edit the video footage that we made on the hills and reflect on the work we had done.

Luckily we had done some video editing earlier in the project so we could remember quite well how to do it and what programs we used.

We had already got the films off the flip cameras and Andy and Dave had converted them to make them work with Windows Movie Maker, so getting the films onto the Netbooks and to begin to edit them was a lot quicker than the last time.

It was fun to get a first look at the video we (and our machines) had made a few days before, again we thought about making a title for the films, which bits we should cut out, and which bits could have an effect applied to them to add emphasis to certain parts. Here are some screen shots from a few of the movies.

Project Breaking Point, Short Show Reel from David Bethell on Vimeo.

After doing the editing of our films we had a few thoughts about how we could have improved the machines, either making them differently with different materials, or where we would place them in order to make the best use of the recording equipment.
The main thing to come out of this was that we would need to make things slightly stronger as some of the machines weren't sturdy enough for the trip there, although they did work once they were repaired. Other ideas included making thing waterproof and making things secure so that we would be able to leave them for longer, in the environment.