First Lab

Today in J198 lab we worked with video for the first time. In order to get us acquainted with the cameras (we are using the Kodak zi8), we briefly interviewed our partners. After obtaining the footage, we uploaded and converted the files using Prism and edited them using Windows Movie Maker. Although the process was slow and more complicated than video uploading on on my Mac, it worked and I was able to successfully create a movie file. I then uploaded the file to my YouTube account, so now the whole world can hear Debbie talk about how her first party at Lehigh was a toga party (an homage to her favorite movie, Animal House).

The process of converting the footage from the standard .mov file to the Movie Maker .asf file was okay for today, but I am nervous for when we start working with longer, more complicated video files. I am worried that the Prism conversion of each file will take a lot longer and make this whole process a lot more time-consuming. I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Here is the final product :)