It's so hard, it just is. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about video. Whenever I start talking about it to Woody and use even the smallest technical term, he breaks and tells me he doesn't really care about those details. He does, however, give me useful feedback, he talks about them and tells me what I've stopped doing and what he likes the most.
Take Episode 1 for example, we re-watched it yesterday and you'll notice that there are a lot of camera movements in the interviews. I seem to have stopped doing those, not sure why. Secondly; the light. Man! Woman! Oh lord! This can go any direction and often is a case of hit and miss.
The interviews for the sixth episode have been recorded, even my mum stops listening when I talk about them! "Is she to blame", I ask myself often. Not really! For the past week I've been filming on the CTG, Fable 2 and secret floor every single day, sometimes just managing a few shots and other days taping 30 minutes of nice footage. Plus trying to film everyone on the team, but that's for another different reason... I need more drama or interaction between people. Oh and shadow a few developers for half a day or even more. That'll be nice.
You see- this blog is just a peak inside my mind at what's going on with the video diaries. Even though number six is only just being recorded (and editing it is planned for mid April) work for episode seven has already started. As you see there's a couple more planned!
Another thing I've noticed is the game-content in episode 1, to a lesser extend 2 and 4. Episodes 3 and 5 hardly had any game footage in them, but there are still little secrets or give-aways in them. I'll give you an example of how this happens; when you're editing you look at your shots on a frame-by-frame case. You decide exactly how long each shot is and where you cut to the next. When I'm looking at the footage, I go through it once frame-by-frame and analyze each shot to see what's in them. That's scary and often I know something is there, which you when you're watching it probably never see. But I need to get better at my camera movements.
In regards to the number of people watching these, and yes I know it's not about ratings or views, it's incredible! It really is, and as much as I would like to think it's because the videos are really
, honestly I am sure it's because so many people are anticipating or at least interested in Fable 2. It's almost cool to be a Fable 2 fan! ![Wink [;)]](/emoticons/emotion-5.gif)
Next week, the series Inside Lionhead are also up for an IVCA award! I just went and got myself a tuxedo (with a yellow bow tie!) for the event in London, fingers crossed. I'm expecting the worse (nothing) and hoping for the best (gold)! Wooohoo!
I can see that even on a Saturday, there are developers working in the office. Just look at the webcam! It would be nice to see you posting a few more (funny) shots on the forums, so I can forward them to the members of the team! ![Stick out tongue [:P]](/emoticons/emotion-4.gif)