10A Reflection on Midterm Video

A couple weeks ago I was assigned to make a video for my midterm project in Inquiry.  The video had to be about 5-6 minutes long.  As soon as I heard that I had to make a video my first reaction was, "great I'm not going to know what to do because I have never made a video before."  For the project we had to write down three things that we like about Southern Connecticut State University or that we think makes Southern special.  My topic turned out to be that Southern is located in New Haven so there is always something to do.

I think that the requirements that I excelled at were; having a clear beginning and end, reaching the time limit, getting it done on time, and keeping the audience interested.  I made sure that I started my video off with an interesting beginning and end.  I know that if I am watching a video and the beginning isn't doesn't interesting me, I wouldn't watch it.  My video came out to a little over 5 minutes so I did reach the time limit.  If I had more time to make me video then I probably would have tried to make it a little longer.  I posted my video on my blog before the time it was do so I didn't get any points off for it being late.  I also tried to add music into my video in order to make my video more interesting.

Although I think I did pretty well on the midterm video, it could definitely use some improvement.  I think the biggest weakness in my video was the interviews.  Part of the reason my interviews were so weak was because I kind of waited for the last minute to do them.  Another reason why my interviews were so weak was because everyone that I asked didn't want to be interviewed.  I think that incorporating these interviews into out video was one of the hardest parts.  It was hard for me to come up with questions to ask the people that I was interviewing.

All in all, I think I did very well on the video, especially since it was the first video I ever made.  If I had to give myself a grade I would give it either a B+ or an A-.  As I said, the part of my video that needs the most work is the interviews.  If I had more time to work on it or could revise it, I would do my interviews early so that I didn't have to rush at the last minute.  Although this project was a lot of work and took awhile to make it was a good experience.  It was fun to make it just took awhile and now next time I have to make a movie I will be a pro at it!