Today I went over my script and did some changes. I also started looking more into moviemaker and made a trial and edited narrating/head titles,etc. I also used screen toaster to film the screen even though it was a bad quality, I think it did somewhat fine. I am currently thinking of using hypercam. I found a working camera and tested. What I am thinking of currently is to film my self and the screen. I will also use some of the methods that google docs publisher used. It might fail and end up in a disaster, yet I think it would be a good idea to take a risk and try. For today I will only play with those softwares and see which is the best.
Reflection two,
Today I went home and tried to do a test trial using moviemaker. I took some cut clips of some other documentary and merged it into one. It was very easy to use and I managed to edit a lot in it. One of the features it had is the zoom, where you don't have to zoom with your camera and make others sea sick. However, the down part is that it takes a bot of time to do all the editing and it is not very easy the first time. I also faced some technical issues, moviemaker failed to save and the data was damaged, I looked online and found a solution. However, since this is the schools laptop, I don't really want to mess around with it a lot and so I decided to do it with my personal computers.
Reflection 3,
Today I completed my training on movie maker and I have perfected all the basic features and some advanced ones. I also found a canon camera to film with. I as well managed to do some trials and look at the internet and see how to film a documentary or a film. I think today I have accomplished a new skill which is time management. I am right now on the right track, however, I think that by next week I will fall behind because if exams etc. I also changed some things in my plan since it was incorrect and few steps on my design. I also looked at some other student's designs and saw how they planned it. I also changed part in my design because it sounded a lot like a story. I deleted some parts and I think I will delete even more at the future.
Reflection 4,
I did my first trial using movie maker. It turned out good and it was not bad at all. the quality of the video was over my expectations. I basically filmed my first design since it is short and easy. While Filming I found out that deleting any film/video/music while its being used by movie maker and it is not published yet, can cause the files to get damaged and stop. To solve that, I loaded everything on my USB and my laptop. I also saw something interesting on the web. In the tutorial it mentioned something about green and blue backgrounds. It said If you want to change background, you have to have behind you either a green or blue background. I thought it was a great idea, however where am I suppose to get such a background and such a long paper. Beside I don't even have the right programs to edit it. I might as well just stick to the idea of computers behind me.
Reflection 5 I installed hyper cam and did a trial test. I recorded myself using Google docs. Unfortunately, it does not add any voice or it does not have any voice detection. Today I also realized that I need evidence which I obviously do not have any yet. I looked also some tips on cutting videos and editing them. I also realized that imovie is way better that movie maker, yet I was not able to convert it to mp4 (imovie and ipod supported) without having the evaluation sign in the middle.
Today I completed my training on movie maker and I have perfected all the basic features and some advanced ones. I also found a canon camera to film with. I as well managed to do some trials and look at the internet and see how to film a documentary or a film. I think today I have accomplished a new skill which is time management. I am right now on the right track, however, I think that by next week I will fall behind because if exams etc. I also changed some things in my plan since it was incorrect and few steps on my design. I also looked at some other student's designs and saw how they planned it. I also changed part in my design because it sounded a lot like a story. I deleted some parts and I think I will delete even more at the future.
Reflection 4,
I did my first trial using movie maker. It turned out good and it was not bad at all. the quality of the video was over my expectations. I basically filmed my first design since it is short and easy. While Filming I found out that deleting any film/video/music while its being used by movie maker and it is not published yet, can cause the files to get damaged and stop. To solve that, I loaded everything on my USB and my laptop. I also saw something interesting on the web. In the tutorial it mentioned something about green and blue backgrounds. It said If you want to change background, you have to have behind you either a green or blue background. I thought it was a great idea, however where am I suppose to get such a background and such a long paper. Beside I don't even have the right programs to edit it. I might as well just stick to the idea of computers behind me.
Reflection 5 I installed hyper cam and did a trial test. I recorded myself using Google docs. Unfortunately, it does not add any voice or it does not have any voice detection. Today I also realized that I need evidence which I obviously do not have any yet. I looked also some tips on cutting videos and editing them. I also realized that imovie is way better that movie maker, yet I was not able to convert it to mp4 (imovie and ipod supported) without having the evaluation sign in the middle.Reflection 6
Today I got the camera and started filming. During the filming, I made a lot of mistakes and so I had to cut them all down. After I finished editing, I closed movie maker and started doing some other subjects. When I reopened the video, I found there was nothing and all of it was showing the X sign. I panicked right away because we were approaching the deadline and I did a massive amount of work and filming (5 mins). I looked up the error and it said that movie maker can not handle long movies, it is recommended to be less than 3 mins per clip. So this time I will create a 2 and a half min clips and label them, then I will save them multiple choices to avoid any problems.
Reflection 7
I recovered some of the films and the cowboy seen. I also started doing the project and taking some credits. I installed hyper cam and started filming. I filmed some videos about Google Docs and videos of me working in Google Docs. I used the setting of filming one rectangular area rather than the whole screen. Apparently, screen toaster does not film for long time, there is a certain length where we have to stop after. I looked at Abdel rahman group video and h
elped them in filming. I also learned some skills from them and learned some tricks while filming. I filmed a 2 minutes of their video and gave some tips about editing.
Reflection 8
I started Working on my filming. I filmed now about three quarters and I still have to add some music and other clips. I also edited some of the beginning of my video and made it shorter. I added an intro and other clips. I tried my best to improve the video's quality as much as I could.
I also added music called turning Japanese that is great for an intro. The bad side is that it has some lyrics that is horrible and so I needed to get rid of them all. After finishing the edit, I deleted the other clips and videos and opened the project. Suddenly, I found absolutely nothing, I thought carefully and I restored them. After restoring the clips and the video was back and I can play it. I also saved it on my USB and sent it to my email and saved it in two other computers just to be safe.
Reflection 9
I finished the movie and I inserted songs. I also added some slides at the end put then deleted them as soon as I heard we need it to be less than 10 minutes. I can say that I had fun while I was editing, but sometimes I was fed up with the ease of use in movie maker and the confusions that happen. I filmed first in my brother's room, then I deleted the video because of the unprofessional background and recorded behind a white wall. I also learned a lot about Google Docs and other programs while I was researching and filming. In my plan I had to skip some parts such as surveying and handing in before the time because of the problems I went through while editing. I now have a final product and I'm editing it and publishing it. I also added some cut clips in the credit and shorten some scenes as well.Today I learned How can these simple and small devices can influence and enhance or lives. I think that I will finish at time
Reflection 10
I finished my video. I also deleted some scenes and shorten the credit and some unnecessary information. I also added some pictures at the end and embed the through the flames and the fire song at the end. I also used a white board to draw the process of documents and how it is shared over the net. While editing, I though of stop shortening it and take a risk for a change. The movie has to be less than 10 minutes (mine is ), but I am thinking of making it even longer or at least up to 8 minutes. I added some titles and subtitles Here is my final video
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