With all the extra time I have while confined to my home, I’m taking courses in filming and editing.  It takes a ton of work to storyboard, rehearse, sound, light and all the other things to do this properly.  My filming is more like newsreels, and the editing is what I’m continually working  at  doing a better job.   As a professional friend once told me. “Less is better. Leave them wanting more.”  That’s my goal.

I now find myself paying close attention to opening scenes when I watch a TV show.  I’m getting some great ideas and am currently studying on how to do those things. I just finished editing episode 3 of 30 days of biking.

 

30 Days of Biking Day 8_0 from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

30 Days of Biking Days 4-7 from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

30 Days of biking Day 1-3 from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

 

Sheltering in place gives me more time to hone my video editing techniques. I usually do bike events, but walking and riding by myself gives me the chance to do something different.

Walking the bike path in Fairhaven from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

 

There is not a lot of bike video possibilities without all the events I usually work.  I am working on editing and will probably go back and re-edit many of my event videos.  I’m really enjoying this.

March 28 Ride around Fairhaven from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

 

March 26 from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

I’m working on my video skills.  Last night I created one of many to come, endings. This one is Star Trek themed and I have a plethora of themes to invent.  It’s keeping me busy.

Star Trek Ending from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

 

Biking on a Sunny Afternoon from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

A bike ride and music can be comforting.  I’ll be doing 30 days of biking again this year.

I signed up on the free registration page to commit to riding every day in April.  It’s my 5th go at this fun pledge.   In the past, snow, rain, and cold all conspired to make riding a challenge.  I have never done all thirty days,  but… because of committing myself, I rode on days that normally I would have brushed off.  In the snow. The Boston Marathon Midnight Ride. Mellow Johnny’s in Austin TX.  Riding with whales in New Bedford, MA.

I will begin this quest and have a blast riding my bike.   Try it. You’ll like it.

30 Days of Biking from Maria Bartholdi on Vimeo.