iMovie Blog
Shooting this particular iMovie was a difficult experience
in terms of iMovie being something completely new to most of the class. Not
many students had worked with iMovie or had used their cellphones for much
other than social media. Shooting footage for a four-minute iMovie was
generally a new experience for most the class.
One of the
more difficult aspects for shooting the footage was simply coming up with ideas
and criteria that fit the groups topic. In this case, it was abstract and even
more specific, green. One of the hardest parts was simply being creative and
letting one’s mind wonder in the right direction as to what these ideas could
even be. At first, it was difficult to find green in everyday life in terms of
something tangible to shoot for footage. What ended up happening was shooting
significantly more footage than needed. This was helpful because it gave the
project extra material and creating the iMovie could be a little easier. It
certainly helped the time aspect in terms of it getting to an even one minute.
So, being
creative with the group topic was something every group more than likely
struggled with. With the topic of abstract, expanding one’s mind was harder
than expected. Understanding the idea of abstract and what that could mean for
video footage was a little confusing. Ultimately, the group each has our own
ideas and understanding of how to incorporate each member’s color with the idea
of abstract and wrap everything together for a cumulative effort and idea. Separately,
the group struggled with ideas and footage for the personal videos, but when
we, as a group, filmed the transition footage, title and credits, it came
together rather nicely.
Filming the
actual footage was also a task itself. When the project initially started, my
phone had probably about 10 minutes of footage before realizing that it has all
been filmed vertically, not in a landscape setting. Therefore, all of that
footage was useless and new footage had to be filmed. So, getting my footage
time back up to par was a somewhat difficult task in terms of understanding
what to film. During this entire process, my iPhone broke and I had to get a
new one because the video and phone features of the phone weren’t working.
After getting a new phone, I was finally able to film what the group needed for
the project and what the personal video required. Shooting other ideas from a 1st
person perspective was easy. Although shooting myself was a little bit more
difficult of a process. My family ended up having to come to the local high
school turf with me as I shot the lacrosse ball into the net and they were able
to film me from behind it. This worked out pretty well because it was also a
close up and far away view with myself being far away and shooting on the
perspective of the goal. Combining all of the footage was straight forward as
the class began to all work on the actual iMovie.
Using iMovie
was a new experience for most the entire class and it took a while for the
class to get used to it. Lucky for myself, iMovie is on my computer so working
and practicing on the application from home was something that could be done.
Having never used iMovie before, it took the class some time to get used to the
application and understand how to work it. Collectively, the class struggled
with simple features like splitting clips, adding sound and adding their own
footage period. After a few classes to practice and get used to the program,
the class eventually had it down for the most part. Yet, using a new
application such as iMovie and even getting the whole class access to it was a
task in itself. Though, I believe the class ultimately benefited from using
iMovie for the first time and now have some genuine skill using a product that I
am sure we will all see again in our future professional careers.
Editing the
iMovie was generally enjoyable. It was interesting to sit back and get to work
on the projects and learning how to use the iMovie application. Being able to
throw on some headphones and learn and practice the application was a positive experience.
I know personally, I will most likely see iMovie again in my professional field
in Public Relations so I believe being able to start to understand this application
and start practicing on it was extremely beneficial. Being able to add whatever
music we wanted added on to the overall audience experience of the iMovie and
made the videos more interesting to watch. Also, being able to add filters,
titles and credits gave each student the ability to personalize the video in
any way, shape or form. Highlighting the lights and darkening the dark shades
made the videos look much more crisp and vivid. Simply learning how to add
edits and apply them to each personal movie was a beneficial experience.
Overall,
the iMovie project was extremely fun and helpful for each student and each student
was exposed to a new aspect of social media that they might not have previously
been. I know personally, this was a new experience for myself and I found using
and practicing the application helpful for my growth as a communication
student. Working in groups was very helpful because each student could ask the
other for help if they needed it, as well as ask for ideas and compare videos
to get an overall sense of what the project should collectively be about. I
know my group struggled at times to collect all the footage and combine it into
a way that showed out topic of abstract, but at the end, the group effectively
produced a product that could be seen, as a whole, as portraying the idea of
abstract as well as each color we all were assigned.
Youtube Link to personal iMovie!:
https://youtu.be/bGx3bkoOWjc
Vimeo link to personal iMovie!:
https://vimeo.com/266116417
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