Semester 1 video reflection

This semester I learned many things about editing. I learned how to make music videos, how to add voice-overs, the six shot sequence, and many other things. I learned how to shoot good shots and put them together in a way that flows and tells a story. I think the most important things I learned this year were the six shot sequence, filming, when to transition clips, and how to tell a story. I personally did not like the backpack journalism project. My favorite project was making music videos. I will apply pretty much everything I learned in this class to future use.

Lego video

With this project I had to film somebody using Legos and add voiceovers that went with the story. Some aspects about this project I enjoyed was editing the footage and selecting the best clips to use. One thing I found challenging with this project was filming without a tripod. It is hard to keep the camera still and it makes your arms very tired after filming for ten minutes straight or more. I feel like that kind of puts pressure on the person building the Legos to build them as fast as they can to be more convenient for the person filming. And just in general, it was a bit uncomfortable being filmed while building the Legos. Maybe just for me because I am not particularly good at this activity. I personally find this project very tedious, despite how short it is. Overall, though, I am happy with how my video turned out, and from how much I have learned from this project.

Fifteen (shortened)

I had to shorten my original three minute music video to ninety seconds. This was difficult for me because since this is a very slow song I had to cut parts out and edit different parts together so that it could tell more of a story within ninety seconds. I also didn't have room for a lot of the original clips I used so I had to get rid of them. This also made editing very challenging because those clips helped give more flow to the video. I used an exstensive use of fading effects to make the video appear as if different scenes are happening in different days and times but it still did not have the same flow as my original video did. Also, I had to shorten many clips, which makes it hard to distinguish them and process them before they move to the next clip. Overall, I thought my video ended up to be very rushed and a little awkward for the story telling aspect. I am fairy satisfied, though, with how I edited the song to make it suitable for a minute and thirty second video.

Fifteen

The Chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkUVr8wWiTg&feature=youtu.be

 With this project I learned how to effectively use the 6 shot sequence for good story telling. Also, I developed a better sense of how to tie clips together in a way that looks appealing and makes sense. I will apply everything I learned from this into my next project. Collaboration in this project was very different from the last two because this one actually DID include collaboration. The last two were entirely made by me (minus the acting). Though, I feel that the collaboration made the video much better than what it would have been. I think that having multiple different ideas floating around from different minds makes the video more unique and less flat. It also makes it look more professional and you can kind of tell that each shot differentiates a little bit from each other. To improve my collaboration skills, I will try to be more open to others opinions and ideas.

6 shot sequence 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU66ogcspR4&feature=youtu.be

6 shot sequence

6 shot sequence