The biggest thing I learned since the last update was that SCUBA diving with a camera is more difficult than I originally perceived. First of all, swimming on the surface of the ocean, against the current and waves, while wearing 30 lbs of gear is quite difficult on its own. Then add trying to hold a camera steady and not let it sink to the bottom of the ocean; it gets pretty complicated. I also learned the reason I carry around my backpack with 20 lbs of school supplies in it; it makes it easier for those few times when I have to lug around pounds and pounds of SCUBA gear. I also figured out that a pole is very helpful when trying to film sea life in tide pools as it allows for a larger variety of shot angles and being able to film in tighter spaces. Additionally, when salt water dries on the lens of my camera, the edges of film appear white. Luckily, this did not directly block any of the important parts of the footage. At 94 ft below the surface of the ocean, the only colors present are green and blue, even if something is red it looks purple. Even with the red filter I used, the footage was very green. Unfortunately, in iMovie there is no way I have discovered to make footage from 94 ft below the surface look like real colors. Thus the footage does not look the best.
I have obtained all the footage I could. I have started editing my footage to look better and have started placing it into the documentary. I found even more music for the video. I found the person I want to narrate the documentary. I have started thinking of ideas for the thumbnail of the video, but nothing has stuck yet.
My biggest challenge right now is that I didn’t get all the footage I was hoping for in San Diego. The SCUBA conditions were not very good, so the only footage I got was of crawfish looking crustaceans. As I said filming while diving is actually very hard, so my film quality was not that great. When filming at the La Jolla tide pools, some water drops and bubbles on the lens made some shots blurry. As I stated earlier, I have yet to be able to find a way to edit the footage from deep in the ocean to look less green.
I have obtained all the footage I could. I have started editing my footage to look better and have started placing it into the documentary. I found even more music for the video. I found the person I want to narrate the documentary. I have started thinking of ideas for the thumbnail of the video, but nothing has stuck yet.
My biggest challenge right now is that I didn’t get all the footage I was hoping for in San Diego. The SCUBA conditions were not very good, so the only footage I got was of crawfish looking crustaceans. As I said filming while diving is actually very hard, so my film quality was not that great. When filming at the La Jolla tide pools, some water drops and bubbles on the lens made some shots blurry. As I stated earlier, I have yet to be able to find a way to edit the footage from deep in the ocean to look less green.