Holiday Greeting Video

I think my partner and I did a very good job on the transitions between each other's scenes. I think it made the video a lot smoother and relaxing. I also like the fact that we pretended to be part of the cultures that we talked about. Also, I think at the end of the video when the bells come in is perfect because it made it seem more realistic.
Wha I would have liked to do that I saw in other videos is to to add music that relates to the cultures that we talked about but unfortunately we did not have time for that. Also, a better tittle would've been a good idea so that it catches the viewer's attention better. I also liked how some people acted the dances or rituals of their cultures and when they compared their holidays to different ones because it added more information and it gives you a better idea of what the holiday is.

Cyberbullying (Rough Draft)

5 things learned from other videos

5: Some scenes look very good when the person talking/ being recorded walks and the camera moves along to the person.(Bree's video)
4: Music can make a big difference in the video. A sad song makes the video sound more serious and it brings more drama to it. Upbeat songs make the video go with faster pace and maybe a little more entertaining to watch and usually has comic relief to it. (Eddy's video)
3: Camera angles make a bid difference. Sometimes it makes the scene look bad and sometimes make it look very cool.
2: Lighting is important. Sometimes, when standing in front of a window can make it difficult for a person's face to be seen if it has poor lighting and the sun is entering through the window.(Bree's video)
1: Good teamwork makes a great video!

Greenscreen workshop (with reflection).

Reflection: One of the important considerations when filming with a green screen is that the screen is not wrinkled and that the person being taped does not wear green or the same color as the screen. Some of the problems with trying to eliminate a green screen background is that the actor's clothes or body can be mistaken to be part of the green screen and they could be part of the background you put on it. I think that using Adobe After Effects is easier to edit a green screen background than with Premiere Pro because it was a lot easier to get rid of the green without having to take as much time with it. Also, it was more accurate on getting the green part out and it did not put the background on the actor's body nearly as much as Premiere Pro did.

Final Draft: Cyberbullying (with reflection).

Reflection: What I am most proud of my group's final draft is the way we edited our music and the narration together and the serious tone of the video, they went pretty well and the piano piece was perfect for the tone that Sam narrated in. Some of the suggestions for our final draft were to make more actual video instead of just slides of pictures. WE tried and we wish we could have done that but we just did not have enough time for it. Some of the changes we did for our final video was, although not suggested by others, to make the introduction title shorter and create smoother transitions from scene to scene. We also took one of the interviews out because the person being interviewed moved a lot and it just looked bad. WE also changed some of the pictures and added more to fill out the video. We also added a bibliography and the credits because we did not have enough time to finish the final draft. If I had to do this project over again, I would organize things better and try to come up with better ideas to make the project work.

Title Template

This is an example of an title template, which means that the title already came with the software but you put your own capture on it. You might use this kind of title when you want a template because it looks better.

Title Overlay

This is an example of an overlay title, which means that the title is on the screen at the same time the clip is rolling. You might use this kind of title when you are introducing a person or want to put a caption.

Title 1

This is an example of a still title, which means that the title does not overlay the video and the title has a background. You might use this kind of title when you want to introduce the video.

Inserting

The difference between an overlay and an insert edit is that inserting makes the video longer and it does not interrup the sequence of the main clip. You would use an overlay when you want the video to seem more realistic in sence of time, while you’d use an insert edit when wanting to show the whole clip when inserting something in the middle of it. In this case the overlay edit works better because it shows the video continuously and it makes more sence in terms of time.

Overlays

This is an example of an overlay edit. An overlay edit places a clip over the clip without making the video longer. To do this, you drag the video somewhere in the other video. I decided to overlay the 2nd clip where I did because it made sence in the video.

Baler Interviews

Reflection

I learned how to edit a clip from a video. I had to set the set in point to tell the software where I wanted the clip to start from and had to set the set out point to tell it where to end at. I also learned how to make a title for the video.

My Introduction

With this assignment, I learned how to edit a clip out of a video. I now know how to set the set-in point, which sets where I want the clip to start, and how to set the set-out point, which is where I want the clip to end. I liked the final product but I wish I was louder so that I could be heard more clearly. My partner and I helped each other by correcting our mistakes and letting us know how to do the assignment correctly if one of us did not know what to do. The challenges I had was when the computer was being very slow and when we accidentally uploaded the wrong file into Youtube.

Patience

See notebook for reflection.