This was not as easy a project as I thought it would. It took a lot of thought and a lot of creativity. I did it, though. I picked the topic for this project because when I first received the prompt, this topic immediately popped in my head and I knew I could work with this. Usually, I like to stick with my first idea. This topic worked because everyone is dealing with school and most deal with twitter, so there was plenty of people to ask and make a valid argument. I immediately thought of shot ideas after I had my topic and I tried to stick with these original shots. My original idea was to make it look like "60 minutes."
If I had another month, I would have spent more time looking for a video editing software because this would have helped a lot. I wish I could have had some software to edit video clips because I wanted to fix the video with Devon to make the black bars disappear and fix the shot of him smoking a cigarette that was so shaky. I also would have made some shots brighter, like David's interview, and I would have improved the fade in effect of the speech after narration. I also would have tried to ask even more people. That way I could make even a stronger claim. I was kind of nervous it was too one sided, but this was the general idea of everyone I interviewed so with more people talking, the less one-sided it sounds. Otherwise, I liked what I did in the time given. I think it was of plenty of time.
I was really happy that a lot of effects that I wanted in the video worked. My favorite was the ability for me to narrate over someone talking in an interview and then fade them in. It felt like a real interview that I see on TV. I think it worked well with what I did have. Another big problem for me was the audio. Some narrations, no matter how many times I recorded it, sounded the way it did. I could not fix the voice sound, but the music helped even it out. I think the music also helped because it helped with the mood of the video. It could make you sad, happy, rejoiced and even disappointed by listening to watching the documentary and hearing the music.
I liked this project. I underestimated the work it would take to complete, but it was refreshing work from the studying I had been doing the week before. I think it came out well and I hope you think so, too. Here's my best.
