When I learned that my group chose and received separation as the topic, I thought the video would come along much easier, especially in the beginning. Trying to come up with a few ideas seemed hard at first, but then I realized that it didn’t all have to flow together as easily as some other topics would, because it is separation.
My biggest problem with this project was the fact that I didn’t know what to film, but mostly because I was unable to narrow my topic down to a specific idea. I had a vision of what I wanted it to look like, but still needed to piece it together. I took videos, but kept changing what my message was for the project.
I also found that the amount of time each of our videos had to be (1:30) was a lot less than I thought, especially after playing around with the slow motion and adding transitions. I felt that I was running out of time toward the end of my video because I still had so much left to say and show, so it took more editing.
However, the editing has probably been my favorite part. I enjoy using iMovie and bringing all the clips and music together. Comparing it to the way I write, this project was very similar. Here, I went out, and got footage, then put them the way I wanted to to make the story flow. In writing, it’s the same thing. I go out and report, get quotes, then piece it all together.
The unusual thing about this is, all the time and effort that went into producing the video, takes a minute and a half to show. When I write, the outcome is usually an article ranging from 500-1000 words.
As a print journalism major, I’ve mainly used my writing as a form of communication. This video project was something different and I’ve watched a few that illustrated much more meaning in a couple of minutes than I could on a few pages.
Video can illustrate things that perhaps words and photographs cannot. In video, you have the ability to add music and sounds, something that you cant do with written work.
As a group, it was interesting to see everyone go in separate ways with their videos. We all shared something different, and were all stronger in different parts than each other.
Since we had separation as a topic, combining the three videos was cake. We all did our own thing, and used a scene showing each of us walking to lead in to each story, or video. We were able to use black and white to show as a unique story.
I did want to include a bit more video in this project, but because I focused on people who are not here, it was difficult to do. Overall, I learned quite a bit from the project and iMovie, which I have started to use more and more.
