Liberty High drumline, 2011 Central California finals
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 10:33 PM This is the Liberty High School drumline performing its show "Echoes" at the PPAACC Finals Saturday at Liberty.
The Patriots finished second in class, and earned the third highest score overall. They've worked hard over the course of the season, and this performance shows how far they've come from the video I posted earlier this year. There's some nice musicianship and visual elements throughout.
This is my first video using a Kodak Zi8, which OfficeMax recently had on clearance for $88. I shot at the 720p (or medium) setting with the internal mike, and was surprised with the quality given the loudness drumlines can generate. The image processor struggles to keep up with slight movements, and because I shot without a tripod, there is some natural jerkiness that I tried to smoothe with software. The YouTube version of the video seems compressed vertically, meaning some students were cut out of the frame. I'll try to fix that conflict in the future but if anyone knows a quick fix, let me know.
