Recently for Writing and the Web we completed a video project. This video project was supposed to include many different elements, storyboarding, and a final product. I absolutely loved it. Basically, we had the ability to choose to make our video over anything. I chose to focus on running because it's something I've gotten into lately. To start, we had to create what's called a storyboard. Storyboarding is basically a visual representation using illustrations to show the flow of your video. It's your blueprint, your map, a plan to follow and know who will be on camera, the order of events, and the content on screen. I found the best part to be that it didn't have to be perfect, my drawings could be stick figures and it still worked as long as I could convey the overall idea. Also, I revise things all the time so it was comforting to know that storyboards undergo change all of the time, that's what they're for! An example of what a storyboard looks like Some of the elements I really enjoyed when working with transitions and actual film were the jump cuts. A jump cut is where you go quickly from one position to the next in the same sequential shot. I did this while the foot was on the starting blocks and I had the feet jump cut to the other persons as it was moving. You can see this from 0:33 - 0:37. I also really enjoyed the B Roll filming, the idea of just capturing a landscape and the detail of it to represent what was to come in the video was really cool. You can see this at the very beginning of my video as the camera pans the fieldhouse. Lastly, I thought the cross dissolve was an awesome transition. I think it works very nicely and transitions smoothly from one thing to the next and doesn't make for such a sharp switch to the next scene, this can be seen right after the B Roll footage. When it came to the techniques within the video I used headspace during the interviews and the rule of thirds in my last clip. I also tried to incorporate looking space and zooming in! All were easy to do and fun at the same time. I think the affordances of video recording helped me to better capture a story than any audio could do. Personally, I am a hands-on and visual learner. So videos are always a great way for me to really engage with something. I feel like this concept of running couldn't have been displayed the same without image. The most difficult part of this project was probably using the tripod. I had never used one before and I had trouble deciding what height to put it at and getting it angled correctly. On top of that, just getting good footage was a little difficult when working with actors. It's very easy for spontaneously laughter to occur out of nerves. Other than that I thought it went very smoothly. The limitations of working with video is mostly revolved around usability in my opinion. I feel like I was able to tell my story well but it would be difficult for, as an example, visually impaired watchers to get that same experience through a transcript. I learned different techniques such as the jump cutting and cross dissolve. While it was a little difficult, I learned how to use a tripod pretty effectively. I think this will really help with my final project because it's been my favorite project we've done so now I know I want to do something with video! It will also help me in my field as I'm also pursuing a minor in communications, maybe video is something I could use in the future for that in things like advertisements. Click Here to see the video! Photo Reference Krause, R. (2018, July 15). What is a Storyboard? Retrieved April 12, 2019, from https://www.nngroup.com/articles/storyboards-visualize-ideas/
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