Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Introduction Video


This week's assignment proved to be challenging due to my lack of knowledge in creating and blending videos together (as well as not understanding videography lingo such a B-roll). The first time I tried to record I used my phone, and I really struggled with having someone record me (I can public speak for children all day long but putting me in front of a camera held by an adult made me so giggly). So, I had to trash my first product and think about a solution.

I remembered that the technology teacher at my school helps the students record a newscast video every day, so I turned to her for some advice. She allowed me to use the video camera that the students use to record the daily news with (it came with a tripod). That really helped with not having to record on my phone while giggling at the teacher recording me. I was able to record an intro clip, B-roll clip, and an outro clip. Then all I had to do was slide the memory card into my computer!

I used iMovie to crop and blend my clips together. iMovie made it simple to add unique transitions, voiceovers, and music. I was excited and a little bit nervous about this video, but I had a lot of fun creating it. Next time, I will try to be a little more relaxed in front of the camera. I wrote a script for myself but it sounds like I am talking a little too quickly on the videos. I noticed that my voice is so much calmer in the voiceovers so I suppose I need to get over my camera shyness! I would also like to research about how to ensure that the quality of my footage is better (the beginning of my video looks semi-blurry to me, but then it clears itself up).

I hope you enjoy my video!

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