This quarter I am in a video class instead of an animation class. To start of the quarter in this new class we made a video using the six shot system I talked about in my last post. The video had to be to a least 30 seconds long and contain all of the six shots I learned about. The than those perimeters we ha all the creativity in the world, as long as it was school appropriate. As I was thinking about ideas for my video and working on my storyboards weird idea popped into my head. The idea was to have a thumb war that was more intense than it should be. Once I had the idea I started making my storyboard by drawing how I wanted my video to go while including all six shots. After my storyboard was done I started to make my video. I made my video by filming little clips of the actors having thumb war from different angles in the order of my storyboard. Once I had all the video I needed I imported it onto my computer. After the lips were on my computer and saved, I imported them into Adobe Publisher which is where I edited the video. The editing the video, each shot needs to be three to five seconds longer, any longer and the viewer get bored. After all the videos were the correct length I put them in order and uploaded them to Google Classroom and my YouTube channel. The link for my YouTube channel where all of my video projects will be is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeq-wA-1-VfJnsYEs9OcBXw.
New Information Obtained
Since I'm in a new class this quarter I learned a lot of new information.I first learned about the program that we are going to be editing our videos on. This program is called Adobe Premier. Throughout class I learned how to import my video clips into the program and make them longer or shorter since each shot needs to be between three and five seconds. After each video was imported and cut to the correct length I put them in order of my storyboard. Once everything was cut and put in order I saved my video to my computer and then exported the video to my YouTube channel. I also learned things about making videos and the filming process. When filming it is important to keep the camera at eye level. We also use the Rule of Thirds which keeps the shots entertaining and pleasant to look at. The information I learned outside of the technical aspect of video was communication with my peers. To be able to get a good quality video I need to be able to communicate with others when they are in my shot or being to loud. All this information I will be sure to use to my later projects.
The Road Ahead
There are many things that I will do differently in my upcoming videos. I will take more shots so that way I have options to choose from when editing my video and I can make sure I am using the best shots I have. Another thing that I will do differently is use the Rule of Thirds more effectively. In this video I did not use the Rule of Thirds as often as I should have but in my next video I will be sure to pay close attention. I will make these changes due to the critiques I received from my classmates and my teacher Mr.Cooper. Even while there are some things that I would change there are also some aspects of my project that I would not change. One of these is how creative and thought out my video was. This creativity separates my video from my other classmates and let people know what kind of ideas I have.Overall I really enjoyed making this video and I'm excited to create more.
