PostCards

 In this project, we had to create 3 different postcards. The fall postcard pretty much helped me figure out how to use the clipping mask, then I used that on my Zach postcard. The Holidays postcard was inspired by a Hawaii postcard that we made earlier.
One problem that I encountered while doing these projects was being able to put images behind letters. I was able to solve this problem by reading the instructions thoroughly and adding a clipping mask to the layers and images.

Blood & Legos

Blood Drive 

This was my attempt at doing two different journalism projects, one over the annual ONW Blood drive and the other over the annual ONW Lego day.

 Our process was different than what we are used to, for the Blood Drive, we didn't really get that much instruction to what we were supposed to do when filming the people so we couldn't really get all of the shots that we wanted. But for the editing process, we had to find different "sound bytes", or different times when the person you interviewed spoke, then we had to write a script based on those sound bytes and then come up with our own voice over to tell the story that we wanted to. For the lego project, we had a little more time to prepare what we were going to do but it was pretty much the same process.

What Did I Learn?

The main thing I learned from this project was how to keep a camera steady and also how to interview people for different shots. I also learned how the microphones work so that I could gather quality audio. I also lean red that you need good teamwork with the other people in your group so that it all goes smoothly.

I would plan my shots differently, and also gather more shots if I was to do this project again because for some of the pieces, I felt like I didn't have enough shots to make a whole story. I would also come up with a better script because I realized that it was an important piece to the project.

I guess I would keep my audio the same if I was to do this project again because I felt like I gathered fairly good audio. 

I learned that I need a lot more close ups to make the story interesting and I think that would enhance my video for next time.

How would these 2 projects compare?

If I was to compare the two projects, I think that my preparation for the Lego Project was better but the Blood Drive turned out better. I think I had a better voiceover, and better shots for the Blood drive.

Lego Day