Well this was my first serious foray into the use of FinalCut Express. This was a tough task. This program can do so much and I am working with no formal training with this piece of software. I have been able to piece together its potential by watching a number of YouTube videos. Oddly enough many of the concepts are discussed by teenagers! I suppose they have time to play with software. I have realized that making a 5 to 10 minute MP is a difficult task. One must know the topic you are disucssing, one must rough out a storyboard as well as formalize a script to go with the images.
One area I found particularly difficult was the uploading process to YouTube. I would like to find out if there is a way to reduce the upload time, it tool two hours to upload 10 minutes of video. I will research this aspect for MP#2.
I have also noted the frustrations that exist with all of the different formats that can be used for the creation of an MP. This leads to troubles when the MP is posted and peers cannot view the presentation, due to the fact that they do no have a media player that can handle the format which has been posted. It would be great if a stardard format could be created for video and other presentation types. At work I have display tvs and teachers who want to upload student videos into online areas such as Ning. If the teacher wants to send to the display and upload to NIng they have to do two different conversions to ensure the video will play and that the file size is not too big. Frustrating to say the least.
Having said all of this, I did enjoy putting my MP together. I have had to work hard to wrap my mind around the concept of the Posthuman. Will it be cyborg, will it be something else and what are the implications regarding current humans? In my rearch I can across Kevin Warwick
After watching this video an others regarding Warwick, I realize that momentum has swung to the cyborg side of the equation, a mix between machine and human. It will maintain the human form, but the cyborg will by in another league compared to humans in 2010. The crazy thing is it is happening today!
I have also come to realize that the Internet is assisting in bringing like minded indivduals together across boarders. Momentum is strong. Will we shed our physical vessel (body)? Not sure but change is a comin... (to be continued).
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