Reflection

This semester during E-com Video class we experienced and learned a lot new things. We made 5 videos this semester which included a procedure video, which was a video over any procedure we felt needed to be emphasized in our school. Emily, Abby and I made a procedure video over how to go to the nurse and what you need to do in order to go there.

Link to procedure video. https://drive.google.com/a/students.olatheschools.com/file/d/0B8Vzilif6T8mbzBjYUU3bWJpak0/view

The next video we did was interviewing another person about what they did over the summer, we made this video an audio video we dethatched the audio clips from the film and then we deleted the video to make this work, I interviewed Emily about her summer.

Link to over summer interview.

https://drive.google.com/a/students.olatheschools.com/file/d/0B8Vzilif6T8mN1gtMGtaRlRBSkk/view

The next video video was an ONW NOW video this was a video about our partner’s hobby that most suited them. My partner was Conlin archer and his hobby was basketball, this one was a little bit more difficult then other videos because we had to collect B-roll and during class all of the gyms were occupied so we had to get the camera and rent it out to film in the morning. But besides that this project was very fun, I learned so much!

Link to partner’s hobby video.

https://drive.google.com/a/students.olatheschools.com/file/d/0B8Vzilif6T8mUFo2a1dlaW4xNUk/view

The next video we did was the blood drive video, I was very excited about this video, I had watched some from previous years and thought it looked like a really fun project and it was! I thought it was fun not using a tripod to hold the camera and we actually hold it doing live footage.

Link to Blood drive video.

https://drive.google.com/a/students.olatheschools.com/file/d/0B8Vzilif6T8mZTJUaG83MFVDSFk/view

 The last project was the final ONW NOW segment; This project was journey it all started out with our class being split in half. After we had our groups we had to discuss a theme we wanted to base our video over. We decided individuality because it would go with almost everything and it was a good story concept to go over. We then had to assign different roles that were going to be involved in ONW NOW, I was teleprompter so I was in charge of making the words appear for the anchors to read off of while they are being filmed. We then discussed what activities we wanted to go and get interviews and B-roll over to complete the story, this was hard because everyone was so different with their schedules outside of school, after the pair of 2 partners were picked they then decided which event they wanted to film, Nicole and I filled Bowling tryouts at Mission bowl on a Friday. We had planned out everything we needed so that the trip would go smoothly and we would get everything we needed without disturbing the bowling tryouts that were going on. The coaches were so nice and let us barrow a couple of the bowlers during tryouts to let us interview them. I thought that was so thoughtful of them, after we got the interviews we started filming B-roll and then we were done it went so smoothly because we planned out what we needed and how we needed to get it.

The second half of the project was editing it all together. I had to make voice overs that went along with the story we were trying to get through to the audience, then we had to make the video by detaching the audio to all of the clips then arrange them how they were to make the J&L edits, then added the voiceovers in between the interviews.

After I was done editing our group discussed the intro that needed to be help in the beginning of the ONW NOW video. We all chose hobbies and our video was going to make it look like we were passing each other our hobbies but then they turned into what the other person hobby was and so on. After our whole bowling video was made we had to make a folder to hold all of the videos we needed for ONW NOW so that when it was time Mrs. B could collect all of the data and take it downstairs. When were were ready to head downstairs we were a little unorganized but this was bound to happen it was our first time every doing this, after we had finally got organized we headed downstairs everyone went to their positons and we got all of things we needed out of the way, a concern the anchors had was that when they were sitting/ standing they couldn’t see the words on the screen they had to read off. There was no way to fix it so we went along with it doing the best they could and they did, overall this project was very fun, learned so many new things that I will carry along with me for next semester.

link to ONW NOW Final

One major thing that I learned this semester was how to hold the camera without using a tripod while having the camera being steady as if it were on a real tripod, how to adjust the white iris and make sure the shot want to white or to dark. I learned to look at my audio levels to make sure all of the clips were around the same line so that they were even. I learned a lot more about J&L edits.

One thing that I would like to improve on next semester is making my voice over cleverer and more about the story I am trying to get through, not making them sound like I am actually interviewing, this will require me to work harder on the voice overs and putting more thought into what I am trying to say.