EDLD 5363 Week 5 Reflection

This has been a very interesting and fulfilling project and overall class for me. At the beginning of the class I had only used iMovie to import a movie and post it to YouTube. Now I have created a PSA with voiceovers, music, transitions, video, and still pictures with my group and it turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself.

All in all the project went pretty smooth, we did have some difficulty when scheduling our meetings, but we always found time at least once a week to meet and discuss the project. Preproduction basically laid the foundation for the project. During this process we assigned roles for each of us and created an initial script as well as ideas for shooting. After that Caroline made changes to our document to reflect where she would shoot the videos that were discussed. During production our entire group sent me what they had gathered, video, music, and voiceovers so that I could start editing the clip. During the post production we focused mainly on issues with the PSA video, first off the video was clocking in at around 85 seconds, so we had to cut some of the clips down, there were some voiceovers that had to be redone, and there were a couple of shots that had to be reshot.

As far as how our group could improve our service announcement, I really cannot think of anything else that we could have done in the allotted time. Of course if we had more time we could have adjusted some of the clips a little more, or done a few more things, but I feel that all in all our PSA turned out really nice and I am proud of it and what our team accomplished.

All of our copyright information is listed in the PSA document as well as at the end of the video.

Our team worked really well together. As I stated before there were some scheduling conflicts, but we all worked around them and created a successful project and PSA. Everyone in the team worked together and was respectful of each other’s ideas and input, everyone seemed “interested” and wanted to create a good project and not just something to get by with. I would be excited to work with any of my team members on future projects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLyNP73pogY

EDLD 5363 Week 2 Reflection

For this assignment I reviewed Windows Movie Maker and Apple’s iMovie. I chose to work with Apple’s iMovie for several different reasons. First, due to the fact that I use a Mac at work and my MacBook Pro at home and in the past have used their software for other projects, so I am more familiar with iMovie that I am with Movie Maker. Second, I like the interface and ease of use that is integrated into iMovie over Windows Movie Maker. Adding audio, cutting, and editing clips is very easy and intuitive in iMovie. For these clips I will use .mov file extensions, the default video extension that it exports to. iMovie also offers the ability to directly upload content to iTunes and YouTube without having to first export the video. While this option was not what sold me on the software, it is a nice addition that new users or people that are not technologically proficient could find very useful.

As far as learning, I have never really been one to create and post content online, so this is helping bring me out of my shell and forcing me to use the editing software in ways that I have not done before. This will give me more confidence to use iMovie or other video editing software in the future for work and other projects. One area where I see this can have a direct impact on my current position is that I can create short podcast for the teachers outlining task that they can do on their computers. While creating the podcast might take a little time up front, it can save time in the long run by empowering the end user.