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The Footlight Club - Wait Until Dark - February 2013
Wait Until Dark - February 2013
Posted: March 10, 2013
The Footlight Club's "Wait Until Dark" is ready to ship. Please order your copy here.
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Posted: February 28, 2013
Wait Until Dark is still in the editing process. As per usual, there have been problems with the project. This time it is with the video files transfer from the big camera to the hard drive. And for the two hour show (slightly less because I cut some of the end of act 1 and beginning of act 2 simply to save space) it is a grand total of 120GB, from just this one camera. So, I have been unable to make it much past the process of the audio editing stage. However, audio editing I've found, is the much more difficult step in the process, especially when it comes to shows filmed at the Footlight Club. More specifically, shows which do not utilize house wireless mictophone systems into which I can tap and I place microphones at various points on the stage, the audience and elsewhere, are the most challenging. The challenging comes in that it is delicate to be sure there is adequate coverage since each set is configured diferently and all actors project diferently, and then mixing the several monaural signals into a faux-stereo source. It makes me happy when a show like Wait Until Dark turns out to have very easy audio! Thanks FLC! Anyways, in the coming days I'll be testing a secoond video data transfer and I have high confidence that this will solve the issue. After this point there will be a few days in which I will edit the video and render the final file. Check back here for details.
The Footlight Club - Cabar7A - May 2012
Cabar7A - May 2012
Posted: June 15, 2012
Cabar7A - The 7 Continents is ready to ship. Order your copy here.
Please also enjoy the following clip from Cabar7A - The 7 Continents
My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada.
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Posted: May 28, 2012
Cabar7A is in edit and will be ready soon. Check back here for details.
The Footlight Club - Wild Party - April 2012
Wild Party - April 2012
Posted: May 14, 2012
The Wild Party is ready to ship. Order your copy here.
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Posted: May 05, 2012
I've experienced a rendering failure for Wild Party, see below:
- Source File: C:\Users\SCOTTO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Wild Party.prproj
- Output File: G:\Wild Party - Andrew Lippa\Movies\SD\Wild Party FINAL.mp4
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: NTSC, 720x480, 24 [fps], Progressive
- Audio: AAC, 320 [kbps], 48 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 2 Pass, Target 3.90, Max 4.80 [Mbps]
- Encoding Time: 05:43:20
5/2/2012 9:41:57 PM : Encoding Failed
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API Failure!
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DVD version availability has been pushed to approximately May 11, 2012. Blu-ray copies will be available sometime after that as you see below the rendering time is significantly longer and requires much more processing power. Twenty four hours will be soley dedicated to making that file, probably overnight next weekend, May 19-20.
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Posted: April 29, 2012
Alright! The video of The Footlight Club's presentation of Andrew Lippa's "Wild Party" is almost finished. Sound editing is complete* and draft copies are presently being rendered** to be tested on DVD and Blu-ray discs. This test helps determine the optimum file size which will provide the best possible picture quality, sound quality and player compatibility. During this process I am also able to repair all types of potential issues associated with video production and polish editing cues prior to rendering a final version to ensure delivery of a top-quality product.
The estimated shipment date is May 04, 2012. Please check back here for updates.
If you would like to pre-order a copy of "Wild Party" please click here.
Please also enjoy the following three clips from the show...
A Wild, Wild Party
"No Tongue"
Old-Fashioned Love Story
* The soundboard at The Footlight Club unfortunately provided technical difficulties during the filming of "Wild Party." The result was that the audio feed from the microphones on the actors and in the orchestra pit was intermittently lost throughout the entire second act. The feed however from microphones placed on the stage and in the audience were not affected, but you may notice a slight volume change at random spots for about half of the duration of the second act. The sound editor for 1222pm has done his best to minimize the effects and to smooth the transition between lost sections of audio. Again, this occurs in the SECOND ACT only.
** Rendering is the computing process which converts the non-linear editing program data (including video, audio and any post-production modifications of these raw files) and compiles it into one continuous stream which can then be placed on media such as DVD and Blu-ray discs. This process can also be thought of as "saving" the final media file. Rendering times vary widely depending on the format desired. For example, "Wild Party" has an approximate running time of 100 minutes - to render a 100 minute, high quality, standard definition DVD video file will take ±10 hours. To render a 100 minute, high quality, high definition (1080p) Blu-ray video file will take ±24 hours.
The Footlight Club - Seussical - November 2011
A clip from Seussical. Performed at The Footlight Club on November 12, 2011.
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Quannapowitt Players - All You Need Is Love - October 2011
This is a clip of The Beatles' “In My Life” from “All You Need Is Love” performed at Quannapowitt Players in Reading Massachusetts.