Coronavirus, or Covid-19 has influenced all of us in one way or another, being the lack of ability to see friends or family, or staying quarantined yourself. In this video, I talked to students who's states were had vastly different numbers of cases, ranging from approximately 1,500, to over 25,000. Some difficulties in the process were that some of the interviews were harder to reach, and pushed back their interview repeatedly. This made it harder for time in editing, In addition, I honestly don't understand how to edit zoom interviews very well, so that made it difficult. On the bright side however, I thought that the interviews were interesting, and made for good comparison.
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This project was fun to do because I was able to participate in the trip to Washington D.C, but also get my footage. However, it being a trip that took place within areas like the Senate Building, House of Representatives building, and also the Holocaust Muesuem (I didn't know what footage I would end up using) it wasn't always easy. First of all, when in the offices of the senators and house members, I wasn't supposed to move around. This was because my classmates were presenting their speeches, and small movements were distracting in a small room. This caused a significant effect on my footage because I had very little room to work with. In addition, lots of the work was done on the spot because of the tight schedules, and I couldn't plan most shots because I didn't know where we were going, or the space I had to work with. I did most of my interviews in the airport because of this, causing efficiancy to be key. Overall, I think that the project turned out well through the rapidness of the trip. This is a project that I helped to make while I was collaborating with the current 8th graders at the middle school. It was a group of 5 high schoolers, and 5 middle schoolers, and we had students from broadcast and pano read off statements that have occurred from misuse of social media. One challenge that we had in the studio was getting everyone to say their lines in a way that was serious and commanding. We were able to fix this through talking to them, and making sure they understood that they were supposed to be saying it as themselves, not as though it were English class. Overall, I feel that the project is turning out well, and that it is making the necessary progressions that it needs to in order to become a solid PSA.
My video was a food-network like cooking video. In it, my mom makes a salad and explains in detail the ingredients she uses as well as stories regarding her cooking. Some challenges of making this was that my arm had hurt before I was making the video, so that picking up the camera was painful. I solved this just by powering through and making the best outside of the situation. Another challenge was that it was hard to find a time where my mom was home and the kitchen was still lit. However, after a little while I made time. And, in the meantime during class I kept busy by making posters to make Ladue View more known. My project was about the crowding in the main area of our hallways due to the freshman traffic that occurred there. Basically, freshman up to this point were unaware of where they were able to stand in the mornings, and reacted by standing in the middle of an essential hallway. A good thing about doing this project was that I was able to get a deeper understanding of why the event itself was occurring. Before this, I thought that the freshman were simply standing there because they felt that there was no other place to stand. However, throughout the process I was able to realize that they hadn't learned that there were not specified zones that they were supposed to stand in, and therefore they stayed clumped as they had in middle school. In doing the project, I wanted to add captions. However, I had some trouble with caption placement. I was able to fix this by finding the Title/Action Safe Zones. I was then able to find places in the video that would not disrupt the viewer from the actual content of the piece. Later in the semester, this plans to be a collaboration piece with Rhea Patney, but the collaborating article has not been written as of this date, 9/16. During my final project, I learned a lot about how to conduct an interview, as well as many new tips and tricks for the editing process. While interviewing seemed unnerving at first because I wasn't sure how people would react to the camera, it soon became easy to set up even on my own. I learned that when you recorded alone, the camera needed to be placed so that you could see it during the interview. And, when you recorded with others, it had to be placed behind your shoulder. I also learned some useful techniques to induce longer and more thoughtful answers. Words like "Tell me," helped me to make a simple statement turn into a full story. Furthermore, after interviewing I was able to learn more about editing. The new, "plot points," became a game changer because I was able to end much less abruptly. This made my work appear much smoother, and more professional. Overall, the process of interviewing and getting camera footage was difficult at first, but with practice, it soon became easier to work. If you want to watch the video go to my VIDEO page. This was a fun project to do, because I was able to test out many different types of shots. For my first shot, I started with a mid shot, and had them put on their backpack to show privilege. In shot two, I used a tilted shot of them walking down the street, and then a extra close up of the phone. This was to show the action of being distracted. Shot 4 was a follow shot, and shot 5 was a low angle follow shot. This was first, to bring a transfer between points of view, but the second was to show solely the angle of the homeless person, and bring you into their frame of mind. Finally, I revealed the homeless person in the last shot and used a high angle to make them appear "less than" others by making her appear smaller. Some challenges that I had about this project were that I wasn't sure how to create a change in the shift of view, however I was able to do this by changing both the music, and the color of the shots in every scene depicting another point of view. If you want to watch the video go to my VIDEO page. For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn Supposedly, this six word story was written after taking a bet from Hemingway’s fellow writer friends. A bet apparently worth $10, his goal was to write a novel in only six words. The “novel” has had many different takes over the years because Hemingway never specifically described what his story was about. One particular take is a popular, but morbid view. Many believe that he wrote this story about a baby who died or a miscarriage. However, this story isn’t as straightforward as one would think, some people believe that Hemingway actually plagiarized this piece. In a newspaper segment, Terse Tales of the Town, another author had written, “For Sale, Baby Carriage, Never Used,” very similar to Hemingway’s. One of my favorite six word stories included: “Spilled the yogurt, a Greek tragedy.” –3peat While using final cut pro, I learned many elements of editing that were very important to the process. The one that I found the most useful while working was the blade tool. I thought it was very cool that you were able to cut out parts of videos that you didn't want, but were still able to have the rest of the video. I also learned that editing is a tedious process, and that if you don't know what you're doing while videoing, the editing is hard to control. I faced challenges while completing this because I didn't always understand the quickest way to get something done, however, shortcuts helped me overcome this. Overall, I feel like I was able to learn the basics of editing techniques and feel that I am ready to move on to new types of camera angles, and ways of storytelling. To watch the video, go to my Video page. |
AuthorKatie is a student at Ladue High School. She enjoys blogging and filming different aspects of journalism. Archives
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