Roaming the immediate area, visiting with students
and employees of the downtown ASU campus and working together to create a
production to promote the Sun Devil spirit of the university certainly made this
Final Cut Pro project memorable. How fun!
All through the assignment, I kept thinking this
would make a great lesson plan for ANY publication staff to do just to gain
experience in reporting, documenting and getting out there -- in new territory
-- to gain knowledge. How often we get stuck in our classrooms, at our desks, behind
our screens or on our phones and limit our story angle because we limit our footwork and lose the personal aspect in a story.
As I looked over several captures and listened to the
topics in the lab after our taping session, I was amazed to see how many different
angles we all covered on campus life -- from food preparation to students coming off
the elevators to bookstore personnel. Our results were varied and extensive AND
interesting.
It was a learning experience for me as I have never
worked filming a project nor with Final Cut Pro, and I must say it is truly an
art form that involves precision and patience in double doses. It is great to
have expertise on our team (thanks Rudy, Bailey, Eva, Spring) to help with the
specifics for one who hasn't work in digital media at all.
Onward to the final edits!
Maureen Barton
Sedona Red Rock High School
Sedona, Ariz.
And fairly simple instructions for gathering video
ReplyDeletewide, medium, tight shots
A- and B-roll shots
talking space
Cindy Reves
McKinley High School
Honollulu, Hawaii
Maureen,
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had fun! That's the point. Video is a fun art form (glad that you recognize this "art") that can bring smiles to many faces, however, also tons of frustration. If things are shot well from the beginning, it makes the editing process so much easier. The most important thing is to enjoy the experience. It gets better with time!
Eva D. Coleman
Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center
Frisco, Texas