During our annual family holiday in Tofino this last July, Mischa, Michael and I caught three great swims in some local fresh water.
I used Google Earth for the fly-in intro. Not wanting to shell out for the $400 pro version, I used a screen capture tool called Capture Me when Copernicus continued to crash. With a very slow frame rate in the resulting captured video, I had to increase the speed of the clip in FCP by 200% to eliminate the stutter.
I also tried out the image stabilizer filter in FCP which worked fairly successfully, I thought considering some of the crazy camera shake on the full zoom shots.
Audio mix-down was straightforward. Up-converted to 720p 30 form NTSC DV. Eventually, I’ll be able to use these HD renders.
London Waterloo Int to Bruxelles Midi return: a quick rough cut video of our trip. Outward journey: Tue 27th June 2006 12:40-16:10, Duration 02h30m, Direct Inbound journey: Thu 29th June 2006 14:56-16:23, Duration 02h27m, Direct
All my closing thoughts seem inadequate or overly sentimental – I remember flying home, arriving at the Victoria International airport, seeing my parents, driving back along the highway and entering the house I had called home for so long. I foresaw the unfolding of all the events in my imagination with a certainty uncharacteristic of life. There were minor variations, of course: hedges trimmed, new music on the radio, new pictures hanging on the walls, etc. They were all indicative of time passing but time that I didn’t see. Along with the ever-changing flow of life was a new faith in the genuineness of its transformation. There is a new vibrancy and clarity that accompany each relationship in my life. My time is no longer dragged down by the boredom that lingered before I left. The bustle of walking on different soils has eroded away the veil of presumptuous complacency and re-invigorated my dulling senses.
