To complete the first assignment of “Making Video” class, students were expected to present a one-to-two-minute video introducing about themselves.
Before starting off to the filming process, I first wrote down a detailed plan which was diving into two main parts including the content of the video and the requirements to produce the video steps by steps.
After finishing with the plan, I put down all the words into vision by making a storyboard to have a further insight on what exactly need to be filmed and set up.
The storyboard consists 11 frames with different drawings and angles of the shot to help filming more easy and detailed.
The filming process is a combination of both our-door and in-door shooting. To produce a qualified video for the assignment, I use Adobe Premium Pro which is an editing software that I found is absolutely suits both amateur and expert.
For the intro, I film an A-roll shot with myself talking directly to the camera and use effects to make an introduction sequence to give the video a more up-beat feeling and eye-catching.
Subsequently, I used a bit of an animation for the map to give the video a fresher view.
I use the recorder on my phone to record the audio of the script has been written before, insert them through B-rolls to make the video less boring and so that I can give the audience an exterior view of both Melbourne and my hometown – Vietnam.
After finishing editing, I saved the video as AVI format then export it. This is where the trouble begins, my computer faces a crash so the Premier Pro program has to stop working, so I have to do the other half of the video in a rush time.
Additionally, the music I use for the background music is called Last Summer which I found is incredibly catchy and could help to uplifting the mood for viewers and Lavish by GCBEATS which has a relaxing vibe with it making the audience feel calm and focusing more on the video, both songs were under creative commons license (CC BY-SA 4.0).
In the process of accomplishing the video, there was both challenge and achievement. The filming process has so much fun since I have a chance moving around the city. Filming in public is a total new experience for me since I have never walking and filming at the same time. The challenging part is the editing, there are lots of new things I have not experienced with Premier Pro software, so I have had a hard time keeping everything under my control.
The downside of my video is when exporting it, the format and codec seems not matching so the quality exported as 480p was lower than I expected, which does not reach the requirement of a HD video.
Even though the result came out was not as good as from what I have expected because of the rush of time for the final result, but I am satisfied as I have gained more experiences in both filming and editing.
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