My three major changes to my Digital Story are
my story, my visual images, and sound.
With the feedback given to me by my peer review
and my professors’ review I decided I needed to change the sentence structure
of my story. I needed to add more to it, give more details, and explain certain
areas of my story better, to give the listener a better understanding of my
story. So I revised my story and made changes to my sentence structure and added more details.
I then decided that my images needed to be more
appealing to my audience. They needed to be more compelling. I went through my
own images from when I was a hair stylist and when I lived in California to
pull personal details into my video. I also grabbed images that were taken of
me working for Nintendo at PAX.
The last detail I changed was the background sound. I felt
that the sound I’d used in my prior video was drowning out my voice too much.
I decided to find some different music and adjust the volume at a suitable
level. This way the music is secondary to my voice.
I will be reviewing Ishmael Mayhew’s Digital Story.
I related to your story a lot, especially when you've talk about how you felt like your great grandmother was a large influence on you and your pursuit of your Media Communications degree. I have felt a large
influence from my family as well. You digital story made me want to revisit my
own digital story because I felt your video was so well put together. I wanted
to see if I have any resonating feelings when I watch my own video, as I did
when I watched yours. I also loved how well your photographs worked with your
story.
I wanted to know more about how you interviewed artists’ and
entertainers for your blog. Why did you start interviewing them? What was your
blog about? I ask because later in your video you stated that interviewing
these artists inspired you to take an interest in music. So that makes me
wonder, did your interviews lead you to your love of music?
I loved that you included the information about your blog. I
would have liked to see a pop up of text that says “ComeAliveDaily.com”. Also
would you consider adding background music to your video? It may give your
video that extra boost of excitement for the viewer. You could even use your
own music and mention that in the video as well, maybe at the end in your
“Directed by” slide.
I think you can expand your digital story when you mention
you want to make your own television network, like MTV one day. When you say
you want your network to “inspire people and have a foundation on faith for the
youth” I’d like to know in what aspect your mean faith. Weather it be religious
or faith within the industry. I’d even love it if you would dive into how,
specifically, you’d like your future television network to inspire others. You
can expand on that by talking about different shows you’d like on your network.
Or you can say if your network will be strictly focused on music. I say this
because MTV has kind of strayed away from being totally about music.
All in all I thought your digital story was very well done!
Thank you for letting me view and review it. Keep up the great work!
iPhone Camera (video and photo functions)
Spice – Video Editor
Magisto
Video Downloader Plus
Dub Me
YouTube Capture
My workflow for this video consisted of me using the iPhone
camera function to create small portions of the video. I also captured some
photos to add to the final video. I then used the application Splice – Video
Editor, to then combine the videos and photos to make one video. Then I
transferred that video to the application Magisto. Using Magisto I was able to
add music, transition animations, and colorful backgrounds to the video.
I then sent the video to Ishmael from my phone via email.
Ishmael had to email the file I had to himself using Video Downloader Plus and
then save the video to his Camera Roll because he wasn’t able to properly
download the video using Magisto. He then used Dub Me App to create the voice
over. Then he used the application, YouTube Capture, to upload the video to
YouTube.
Reflection
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Team Members: Ishmael Mayhew and Taylor Kearney.
My
roles on the team were:
Team Leader – I contacted and organized the group.
Documentarian – Both Ishmael and I kept track of the project
details and deadlines.
Researcher – Both Ishmael and I researched
applications for our individual portions of the project.
Lead Writer – I wrote the idea for the project and created the script, which
was later changed.
Photographer/Media Producer – I captured the video and photos used in our
video.
Video Editor – I combine all the video and photo
footage I shot and added music, transitions, and background to the video.
I wrote out the idea for our video and the
script. The script was later completely changed and re-done to fit more of a
storytelling video. I then shot the video pieces for the video and the photos
that were used in the video. Then I tested out a number of applications to see
which would be the best to edit and combine my video footage. I also looked at
number of free applications that would add music and transitions to the video.
I decided I would probably have to use two separate applications to get the
effect that I wanted.
I used the Splice – Video Editor application to
edit the footage I captured and combine the video and photo footage I shot. I
then transferred that video to another editor application called Magisto. With
Magisto I added music, colorful backgrounds, and transitions to the video.
What surprised me about this weeks challenge is that there
was no one application that could do everything that I wanted in a video
editor. Some applications would force close and I would have to go back into
the app to add more footage and save what I had created already. Using Splice also was difficult because it
would slow down the video footage I captured when I reviewed the video. This
made the video look like it didn’t have a clean flow. I tried a number of video
applications and this, unfortunately, happened every time. I think it may have been
because the video, all together, is long. These applications may be better
suited for small videos less than one minute long. I also had to upload the
video using HD (high definition). If I used SD (standard definition), the video
was very unclear and blurry. However, I loved using the application Magisto in
particular. I will defiantly keep that application on my phone. It was really
fun to use this application and pair the background/transitions they had with
the music they had to choose from.
I am most proud of how the video turned out after I used
Magisto to add sound and color to the footage I shot. I feel the music,
transitions, and color go well with the fun, upbeat, slightly humorous theme of
video.
This project was defiantly a challenge for me. I have never
used any video applications before and I was really nervous that the editor
applications wouldn’t be easy to use. I thought it would be more difficult to
combine all of my small videos into one long video than it was. Although it was
hard to find an application that was really meant for beginners, like myself. A
lot of the video editor applications require you to use pinch and expand
features. This is where you use your fingers to place video footage on a table.
Then you would have the pinch the small video footage to make it longer or
shorter in time. That was really
difficult to do with my fingers. It was hard to get the applications to work
properly as well. It would be very slow, and become slower with the more
footage I added. So, I ended up looking for simpler application to use. That’s
when I found the application Splice.
Full Sail University uses their video as a recruitment tool
by starting off the video with the school’s logo. The video then has a narrator
who proceeds to describe success that the school has acquired. The commercial
includes examples, statistics, and interesting facts about different programs
and the campus itself.
Through the video, the visual focus takes you on a journey
through the campus, seeing various areas of the campus and different
classrooms. You are introduces to the President of Full Sail University whom is
also the narrators of the video.
There is a story within the commercial when the President
and Vice President describe why Full Sail University came into existence, what
they believe students need for success, and describe what they believe is
“bridging the gap between being a student and being a professional.”
Dollar Shave Club used a humorous video to announce their
new product One Wipe Charlies. This
is effective for Dollar Shave Club because their first video for their razor
product was widely successful when they released their funny ad campaign commercial
via YouTube.
The focus within their commercial is poop and wiping after
you go to the bathroom. The story behind One
Wipe Charlies is that men, in particular, shouldn’t have to use so much
toilet paper after they go to the bathroom. Their point they make over and over
within the video is, if you use One Wipe
Charlies, you’ll only have to wipe one time after you take a “number two”. They make it clear that you’ll get a forty
pack of wipes when you subscribe as well. Also, this product is geared towards
men only, though I’m sure they would be ok with getting business from women.
Science World uses their video commercial to invite people
to their facility by having staff lip-sync individual parts of the video’s song
while walking through different areas of Science World. This shows people what
Science World looks like in a fun and humorous way. They also showcase how kid
friendly Science World is by having lots of children, who look happy and like
they’re having a good time, in the video.
There is a story within Science World’s video. Their story
really starts off with their song choice You
Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet. The song does a good job of depicting what Science
World shows in their video. Their story is showing off the different areas of
the facility, what’s in the facility for patrons to see, and the fun things
patrons can do at Science World.
Team Leader - Organizes the groupDocumentarian - Keeps track of project details
and deadlines
Researcher - Explores and tests possible apps
for production useLead Writer - Heads up the scripting processPhotographer/Media Producer - Captures all
project imagery
Ishmael:
Video Editor - Pieces together individual
project components
Audio Engineer - Responsible for all project
audio, including voice over and soundtrackStrategist - Publishes and promotes your video
in an effort to increase it's visibility/view count
Our Script (rough draft):
Product: Oreos
Taylor reaches into cupboard and pulls out a
package of Oreos.
She goes to the fridge and grabs the milk.
She grabs a glass and pours the milk into the
glass.
She goes to the table and sits down at a
pre-set table.
She drunks an Oreo into her milk and
impatiently waits for the Oreo to sog up.
She lifts the Oreo up and half drops into the
milk.
She sighs and looks defeated.
She notices the fork to her left.
She places a new Oreo onto the fork and dunks
it into the milk and waits.
Success! No more Oreo mishaps!
Ishmael's voice announces (or text displays): Never have soggy Oreo sadness
again.
