During class time we got into groups and had some practice videoing using digital camera's and tripods. Tripod's are easy to use and are important for keeping the camera steady, reducing shaky and out of focus images. In our first session of video and tripod use, we had a lot of fun just playing around and figuring out how scanning & zooming works and looks!
During our second session we got a little more serious and worked on our group assignment, producing a video about "Overcoming Adversity". (see previous posting for this video). We came up with a story line between us and outlined the shots we wanted to take, with a sequence. This was our interpretation of a story board. We decided on an actress, a cameragirl and a support person/goffer (that was me!). We shot the images in the sequence we had planned.
Once we had captured all the images to portray our story - we went back to the classroom and the computer to edit. This was also a fun part. We used a program called Movie Maker to edit our footage. This allowed us to cut out extra parts, speed up some parts to create the desired image and keep within our time limit of 1 minute. Video editing packages also allow for effects between images which add interest and aesthetic appeal to the video. We were happy with the result, also adding background music. The most difficult part we found, was reducing our clip to within 1 minute. Therefore, when you watch the video, the credits run EXTREMELY fast! But if you really concentrate hard - you should just catch my name as one of them - Tess Ellery!
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