Watch ""Forth & Back: Cyprus-Istanbul-Cyprus"" on YouTube

[JohnnyHaze]

I shot and recorded this video document using an iPod Touch, and edited it on Final Cut Pro 6. The audio was entirely from my iPod Touch.

There were places where the wind noise was an issue, but I managed to record some wild tracks, using the fabric of whatever shirt I was wearing at the time as a "poor man's windscreen".

During editing, I created a pseudo "stereo" track in numerous places. This was accomplished by splitting the mono sound into 2 tracks, each one consisting of different sections from a single file from the iPod Touch. For example, a scene in the Bosphorus Sea has the Left channel ("channel" as in audio channels, not aquatic channels[emoji4] ) starting at, say, 5 seconds into the original mono track; the Right channel might start at 10 seconds in. The resulting effect simulated the feel of variations of waves (yes, another sound pun opportunity) surrounding the viewer/listener. For an ambitious no-budget home movie, I think the simulated stereo effect works fairly well.

"Forth & Back: Cyprus-Istanbul-Cyprus": http://youtu.be/VTXFaAiEyQA

[studiomprd]

don't give up your day job.

[bendybones]

Hi Johnny,

I like some of the transitions you've used.

You're using what you've got ad that's brilliant!

 

I did stop watching after about 6 mins coz the longer cat sequence around that point wasn't holding my interest enough.

I also like that you tried some things to create a pretty soundscape, rather than just leave it as it arrived at the iPod Touch mic.

Well done on that effort, and on the creativity.

 

ps 

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