Seasons Greetings

I feel like me and my partner did a very good job on our backgrounds, they are very interesting and they catch the viewers eye. Also, I think that we did a good job on the ending of our video becuase after it was over the whole class started laughing and that seemed like a good idea. I think that our story line was also very well done, our research seemed accurate, and everything that we recorded seemed to fit into the final draft of our video. I believe that our creativity level was also extremely high and the video gave off good energy. From watching the other groups, I think that it would have been a good idea to have Michaela and I talking to each other over the phone. I think that that was a very creative and thoughtful idea and it turned out to be a very good idea. To make our video we had to first do research on the holidays we were going to talk about, then we had to make a script, after that we had to record on the camera, then we had to upload our footage onto the computer that we were using, then we had to pick backgrounds that we were going to use, then we had to edit our clips on adobe and edit out our greenscreen and put in the backgrounds that we picked. After that we had had to do the credits and find music. My partner helped me edit the clips and she showed me how to split the screen into two peices so we could both be on the screen talking with seperate backgrounds at the same time, I thought that was pretty cool. I helped my partner out by writing the script, finding the backgrounds, and finding and editting the music. If I had another chance to make this project all over again, i would probably pick different holidays to study, and had me and my partner talking over the phone throughout the video, not act like we were a news team.

Green screen Workshop

A green screen works by filming with a green screen in the background. Then when you edit it, green is a really easy color to get out. Then when the green is out you can put a background in it. An important consideration when filming with a green screen is to make sure there are no shadows because then the green is really hard to get out. A problem when tying to eliminate the green is that sometimes if there are shadows, the green is darker in the shadow and it is harder to get out. After affects was easier because you just click on the green and it came out.

5 important things found in other videos

From watching this video I learned that cutting out of a long interview and showing a different clip was a good idea because it kept the viewers attention and didnt bore them from listening to such a long interview. A good example of this is when Mr. Vela is being interviewed. Another idea i like was when Jacob was talking throughout the video but you didnt see him on screen the whole time, you just heard his voice. I also saw that making sure there isnt a glare is a good idea because it is hard to see what the camera is trying to capture while there is a big shining glare on the screen, a good example of this is when there are 4 kids sitting down texting, there is a girl sitting there and it is hard to see her because the angle of the camera and where the sun is hitting her.

What i thought was good thing to use in this video is at the beginning when the people are passing around pictures what seems to be a photo of a topless girl. i think that this method is good to use because it gets the audience's attention right off the bat. One other cool thing that was used in this video was the dramatic music throughout the video, i felt like it really helped hammer in the nail for this video. Picking the right music to use is very hard and if you dont pick the right songs, then the video doesnt flow, i think that their video flowed together and the music helped hold it together.