{"id":7212,"date":"2020-11-22T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:06:57","slug":"youtube-novice-trackday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/youtube-novice-trackday\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Novice Trackday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I finally got to posting my 2018 and 2019 track day experiences as a YouTube video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfwIwHGaZYU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d recorded quite a lot of video at the Rockingham 2018 L7C Novices Trackday, but hadn&#8217;t got around to turning it into something fit to be published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the unexpected success of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/21\/build-a-caterham-420r-in-30-minutes-youtube-video\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6539\">build video<\/a> I was looking for a video to finish off and this one seemed to be the one to go for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d started editing a video about the trackday a few times in the 2 1\/2 years since doing the trackday but never found enough time to really have a go at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So after the build video it took a few months to find enough time to get this video over the line. I learn a lot every time I create a new video and this was no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timeline for the Final Cut Pro project was complicated, but nowhere near as complicated as the Build Video &#8211; which had a lot of sped up video, titling and captions. I also made the mistake of not working hard enough on the voice over when I recorded it on the build video, which meant I had many hours trying to fix the audio in post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spoken piece to camera on this Novices video went a lot more smoothly. But again, I should have spent more time practicing the script, to make it more fluid, and to re-do pieces that I fluffed and should have stopped and re-recorded. Again, that took a lot of effort to try and fix in post, with variable results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot of the FCP timeline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"746\" data-attachment-id=\"7213\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/youtube-novice-trackday\/fcp-novices-timeline\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2136,778\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FCP-Novices-Timeline\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-2048x746.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-2048x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-2048x746.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-600x219.jpg 600w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-768x280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-1536x559.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-1200x437.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FCP-Novices-Timeline-1980x721.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption>Final Cut Pro Timeline for Novices Trackday Video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tumbnail deserves a bit of discussion: It&#8217;s a montage of bits and pieces and I changed the colour of my jumper to be purple rather than grey. Here&#8217;s the image stack from Pixelmator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"1119\" data-attachment-id=\"7215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/youtube-novice-trackday\/pixelmator-image-stack\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pixelmator-Image-Stack.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"546,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pixelmator-Image-Stack\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pixelmator-Image-Stack.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pixelmator-Image-Stack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pixelmator-Image-Stack.jpg 546w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pixelmator-Image-Stack-293x600.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption>Layer stack for putting together the Novices Trackday Thumbnail in Pixelmator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was great fun to make, I hope you enjoy it and that it encourages at least a few people to have a go at a track day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finally got to posting my 2018 and 2019 track day experiences as a YouTube video. 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After the unexpected success of the build video I was looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,39,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caterham-blog","category-trackdays","category-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thumbnail-002-24.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-1Sk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":374,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/telephone-call-2-williams-track-roll-over-bar\/","url_meta":{"origin":7212,"position":0},"title":"Telephone Call 2 &#8211; Williams, Track Roll Over Bar","author":"John Martin","date":"August 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Build-period Williams telephone update covering the track roll-over bar and related Caterham 420R fitment discussion.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Caterham 420R Build&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Caterham 420R Build","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/caterham-blog\/caterham-420r-build\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"FIA track roll-over bar photographed on a blue background.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FIA-Rollover-Bar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FIA-Rollover-Bar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FIA-Rollover-Bar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8125,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/seven-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":7212,"position":1},"title":"Putting the EV in sEVen &#8211; Index","author":"John Martin","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Project sEVen is the electric conversion thread for the Caterham, covering mechanical packaging, EV power electronics, CAN bus diagnostics, 3D scanning, CAD references, and systems integration.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Caterham Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Caterham Blog","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/caterham-blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cartoon-Seven-Vector-with-EV-Purple-Bumper.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7574,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/200000-youtube-views\/","url_meta":{"origin":7212,"position":2},"title":"200,000 YouTube Views!","author":"John Martin","date":"March 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"So I haven't posted a great deal on here recently... 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