Final Video

Digital Video#4/ Blog #7

My First Movie Production Experience

This has been an interesting first move project. Initially I was extremely excited for the opportunity to create an engaging and dynamic video to entertain all. Part way thought the process my attitudes changed. My first idea was to teach my fellow iMet students how to rock climb, the passion that I enjoy greatly. I went to the rock gym, recruited my fellow rock climbers, and diligently took the footage while adding angles, danger and intrigue.  I chose to shoot this movie in a portrait format to better capture the vertical nature of rock climbing and encompass everything that was going on in the shots. After returning to my computer, it became obvious that all of my footage appeared either sideways or “squeeshed”. This was most unfortunate.  After two hours of searching the Internet for a formatting fix and countless failed downloads I had to abandon the project. With precious time to spear I altered my project to teach everyone how to open a bottle of wine. While it is true that I have posted a video, it is a sad representation of the true effort and devotion that was committed to this project. I have learned a great deal from this process, for example, I have learned to shoot in landscape format ONLY until alternative formatting options become available. Additionally, I have come to the conclusion that video is extremely difficult and managing to keep the camera still is practically impossible. I have gained a newfound respect for Ohler’s chapter on techniques as well as the film production community as a whole.

How to Open a Wine Bottle