New Technologies

I was asked to produce a short video on a topic of my choice and I decided to do a video on Shirley High School as it was only a practice and I just wanted to get use to using the software and video camera. I was asked to do this video so I could practice editing so that I would be able to edit when it comes to doing my film trailer.

The equipment and software I used for the making of the video was a video flip camera and Serif MoviePlus X6. Before I started the video I already knew how to use the video flip camera because previously I had made a short video earlier on in the year. I had never used Serif MoviePlus X6 but I found that it was quite straight forward to use and I now feel that I will know what to do when it comes to making my film trailer.

I started the task by deciding what I was going to film and then I went around the school and filmed various parts of the school. Then I uploaded all of the video clips on to my computer and decided what ones I was going to use in my video. Then I opened Serif MoviePlus x6 and added the videos in order onto the storyboard, I stabilized some of the videos as I realised that I wasn’t holding the camera very straight when I was filming. I trimmed one of the videos as I didn’t want some of the background that was shown on the video. I added in two texts clips, one at the begging and one at the end. Before every slide I added a slide transition to make the video look more interesting. Then at the end when everything was all put together, I went on to a copyright free music website and found a background track for the video. Then I exported the movie by file and then I added my final video onto my blogger.

I found trying to keep the video camera still was quite difficult, I didn’t think that it would show so much but if you knock the camera a little bit it has a big impact on the outcome of the film. I resolved this by stabilizing some of the video clips, but I think that next time I record anything I will use the tripod so that the film isn’t moving about.

I have learned a lot by making this video; it has helped me to know that you have to keep the camera dead still when recording or the whole film could turn out to look very un professional. Also I have learnt how to use Serif MoviePlus X6, I now know what tools to use to edit films etc and how to put everything together to actually make the video. Now knowing this I think it will help me a lot with the addressing the brief as I am now aware of most things that could happen when filming.