Mastermindesigns

Spring 2010

This weekend was crazy,  I have so much going on at once and no time to do it all.  I did not sleep at all friday night...  and Saturday morning I met with my senior projects group and set up and shot 2 families on a green screen for our video project.  The footage turned out really well, but I can't wait to be finished with this project so I can focus my time on other things.

It worked out really well shooting at the studio at Utah Valley University.  Last time we shot interviews it was really a joke...  We didn't have the right lighting equipment, didn't boom mic it, and there was a lot of background noise and other stuff going on that made it difficult to get quality footage.  I am still getting used to shooting video on the DSLR's and for the most part everything is going good.  I did forget to switch the framerate on one of the cameras so one was shot at 24p and the other 30p so hopefully that won't pose a problem when it comes down to editing later...

The Jensen family were very nice and saved us by bringing a lot of 720p footage from their last trip to Africa.  A lot of the other footage we have recieved from other people that have gone haven't been of the best quality.

Thanks to all the volunteers from Mothers Without Borders!  I wish I could go to Africa and help out... maybe some day.

I really can't wait to be finished with school so I can start making money for the work I do.  The projected estimate for this project had we been able to do it for a paying client would have been in the range of $20,000-$30,000.  Later that day on Saturday I went to Talecris Plazma Resources and donated plazma for the first time so I can have money to pay my phone bill and get some groceries every once in a while, (and make up for my losses haha).