Ah, the wonders of technology



          Well, the perfect plan for the sound and background music ended up being not so perfect, and some other aspects of the project have been shifted around in the last week. I guess I should come to expect that at this point in the project, being that our efforts have been filled with surprises, hurdles, and changes from start to finish. Although its a little frustrating to backtrack on previous steps, I'm finding new ways around the problem that will hopefully make the finished as good or better than previously.


          The main issue I just ran into was that the great background music I had chosen for the clip ended up being unusable, because the source prevented it from being downloaded in the way I intended. It's really annoying considering I now have to go back and find completely new music tracks, but I've actually already done some researching across a source I hadn't approached before: YouTube. Turns out there is hundreds of soundtracks across the platform from any genre or style. A few minutes of scrolling and listening got me the new tracks that will work great for the scene. That's really a relief since deadline day is really close, so it's nice to finally get that step behind me.


          Technical issues in general, not just with the sound, but with the editing, uploads, sharing content, has been probably our biggest obstacle throughout the process. Pretty much anything we've done in our project has been delayed by some kind of problem with the technology we're using. This would be one thing if we were halfway through, but it makes it way wore when we are so close and are just constantly being blocked. However, we're trying to make the best of the situation and make it the best film possible, and in a lot of ways, we're accomplishing that.




















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