ONW 1 in 2000 Interview

The second video of the year! Isn't this exciting? It's only September and I'm already getting a lot done. Well, this is probably more exciting to me than it is to all of you, but I'm still happy about it.

I interviewed Lizzie, and then she interviewed me. That's the concept to it. It's basic, but it was still a lot of fun. She had a concept of how it would go in her mind. She showed me a video similar to this one, made by the YouTube stars Phil and Dan (I don't really know them). The concept is a semi-casual interview, one that will stay on topic, yet not bore the audience.

However, it was our technological-unlucky days. We couldn't get a tripod (huge class), and had to figure out the more advanced cameras. In fact, the first day, we had entirely no audio recorded. Because of that, we had to crunch all of our filming into one day. However, we still had to act happy, because that was what our idea called for.

It was still fun though, especially once we got to editing. But I won't jump the gun. Let me tell you the shooting process. We didn't really storyboard this, so we pretty much went around the school and we filmed us having fun walking around. Then my interviewing time came. The first place I chose had bad lighting, and we couldn't figure out how to white balance the camera, so I had to choose the same place she interviewed me. It's a very beautiful hallway filled with windows, so there was absolutely no lighting problem. By the way, I didn't realize my reflection was in the glass until editing. The only problem with that hall though is that people frequented it, even during class. So it isn't quiet. Bear with us, this is a giant high school.

Then the editing came in. I'm getting used to Adobe Premiere. I figured out how to create a title and control the volume of the audio, while not fading it out completely.

And my teacher just came by and complimented the creativity, after showing it to the class. So I guess it was good then. *proud face*

I'm Back!

I'm back! See that video? I made it with my friend Lizzie. This was the first video of my 10th grade year. We've been in school for a few weeks now, and we learned some basics with Adobe Premiere. We won't be using Final Cut Pro anymore. From here on it's all Adobe.

Let me summarize the video.

First there is an angry girl. She left her planner at home, but still has to leave class. So she steals her neighbor's planner. This is shown as a fast hand shot.

So she gets up and stomps over to the teacher (A medium shot). The teacher looks up at her, and she rudely slams the planner onto the teacher's desk. A giant red "X" says "Don't do this!" We all know that she definitely was not allowed to leave class.



Then we have a polite girl. We used a wide shot to show her getting her planner out, then a hand shot to show her filling it out. She takes her planner to the teacher, and the teacher happily signs it.

This one is allowed to leave class to go to the bathroom, nurse, etc. An extra wide of her heading towards the door shows that. A green check mark says "Do this instead."

So guys, always be polite to teachers and classmates. After we were done filming and editing, we received feedback from our peers. They said this video was cleanly shot, even though my head was cut off in a couple of shots. Our teacher also said that we may have to choose someone else to play the teacher, because it can confuse the audience.

What do you think of the video?