EDITING THE SOUTH WALES DOWN YOUR WAY FILM

As usual editing an archive film takes a whole lot longer than you expect although for once I have three external drives plugged in and all working nicely together. I'm over half way through, some scenes whittled down down to out of focus shots haven't lasted as long as I expected but I've more than enough to get to an hour. I'm also into the routine required to get the cine derived material cleaned up and in HD 60fps. The NEAT cleaner is the weak point, it needs to be rendered once applied as it then needs saving to give it stability for the final editing. Without doing that it will just freeze the whole project, it turns out really great results though so well worth the effort.

There was a craft fair at the pub tonight but covered in snow as we are Mandy cannot risk going outside as the chances of slipping are mega. We had a great night at the RNCM yesterday, a superb concert which joined Manchester Camerata musicians with students at the college. Many of the Camerata are former students at the RNCM. Next week we have two visits, first their Christmas opera on Tuesday then John Tomlinson doing a masterclass on Thursday. If it is still snowy by Monday I'll probably do some filming up in the hills, usually Dove Holes which has plenty of lorries.

There are no DVD orders now, the weather and strike action has really done for the Christmas order rush, thankfully as we make no profit selling nothing probably saves us money, sort of! Back to the grind stone then, I'm determined to get the Welsh film done tonight, I've been doing it for several days and this is the push to completion. Lets have something Welsh then for our slide show and of course a shot of the garden first thing this morning covered in white stuff.