Cool video: How To Make a Fun With Flicks with Josh Way

[pezdrake]

In the past when I have been very busy I'll print out my riffs on a spreadsheet and upload the MP4 version of the movie on my iPod and when I get some time between tasks (this was especially the case when I was trying to work full time and also was in grad school) just pop it out and try to come up with a few more riffs. 
I think it's interesting about the "timing" first pass.  I don't think that would work for me but it's pretty cool to see how someone else does it.

[SJP]

Wish Premiere let me record "on the fly" the way Vegas does...

It doesn't?  Which version are you using?  It looks like Premiere Elements has a narration feature back to version 7:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremiereElements/7.0/WS371CC032-151A-416b-BD71-9089133E6D1F.html

Using Premiere Pro CS3.  Every time I do anything in it while the video is running stops it automatically.  If there is a narration feature in it, I've never known it existed.  I sort of like using Sound Forge, though...its noise reduction is a lot more flexible.

[mikelesq]

Wish Premiere let me record "on the fly" the way Vegas does...

It doesn't?  Which version are you using?  It looks like Premiere Elements has a narration feature back to version 7:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremiereElements/7.0/WS371CC032-151A-416b-BD71-9089133E6D1F.html

Using Premiere Pro CS3.  Every time I do anything in it while the video is running stops it automatically.  If there is a narration feature in it, I've never known it existed.  I sort of like using Sound Forge, though...its noise reduction is a lot more flexible.

Yeah, I've been fooling around with VSTaudio plugins for Vegas (and some demos, including Premiere, to see if there's anything better), but none of them work as well for sound as exporting to Audacity.  Dedicate sound software seems to do a consistently better job.

A blog posted a how-to for recording voiceover in CS3 if you want to try it:

http://asiaaudiovisualexc09ferryrusmyanto.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/record-a-voice-over-in-premiere-pro-cs3/

[Lemming Howard]

Found the video very interesting.  But Josh left out where the humor comes from.  Once he does that maybe I could do it.

[K2]

I may be a recording equipment dipsh** but isn't the mic he's using supposed to be a side address mic? Reason I ask is because I use a very similar one to record my videos for work and I've been using it as a side address mic. If I'm using it the wrong way I'd feel silly.

[fireyf]

Wish Premiere let me record "on the fly" the way Vegas does...

It doesn't?  Which version are you using?  It looks like Premiere Elements has a narration feature back to version 7:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremiereElements/7.0/WS371CC032-151A-416b-BD71-9089133E6D1F.html

Using Premiere Pro CS3.  Every time I do anything in it while the video is running stops it automatically.  If there is a narration feature in it, I've never known it existed.  I sort of like using Sound Forge, though...its noise reduction is a lot more flexible.

I've got premiere elements and there is a narration feature.  It's under "Audio Tools" in the pull down menu above the timeline.  I imagine it's the same in CS3. 

[k1]

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[RVR II]

I think 1WC can handle Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior PLSKTHX

[Bob]

Classic!

[wherethefishlives]

His process is similar to mine, as well:
1st pass is mostly writing cues for where riffs can go, minimal joke writing
2nd pass is where the majority of jokes are written
3rd pass (the fastest) consisting of filling in the blanks and replacing some of the clunkers
Now I'm ready for a read-through with the wife.
I incorporate her notes into a 4th pass.
NOW we record.
The painstaking editing process begins:
-Cutting out everything between the jokes
-Massaging the placement of jokes and cutting out alternate takes (we stop and start a lot during the recording)
-Mixing the audio to stand up against the louder parts of the feature
-Doing my damndest to get rid of popping Ps (new microphones limit this problem but they don't do away with it completely)
-Find blank spots where Sync Lines can go (I only recently started spotting for sync lines after the initial edit was done; it's a lot easier to see where sync lines can fit when you see a big blank spot on your audio track)
-Record sync lines and any other lines that need to be replaced (either they were botched in the record or I thought of something funnier)
-Edit that crap in

And THAT'S why I don't come out with more than 1 riff every 10 - 12 months.  I'm totally stealing Josh's print-out idea and combining it with Pezdrake's Ipod idea.  That's a lot easier than lugging out the Mac book for a fifteen minute burst of writing before I have to get back to work.

[Scott_Zee]

Mucho respect for Josh. He's been at this way longer than any of us, and his stuff is pretty damned good.

[D.B. Barnes]

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