Meeting as a class last week was a revelation! It was such an amazing experience to have the cohort in one place and even better to have my questions instantly answered by JP or Lisa. I felt that I was able to experiment and try new things with my capstone video because of the expertise in the room. Knowing that I would trouble shoot issues with other cohort members and our instructors, in real time, gave me to confidence to go further than I thought I would be able to in iMovie.
Some of the new things I explored in iMovie were re-framing pictures, changing the play speeds of certain clips, adding in descriptions over certain video clips and playing with sound of my uploaded videos. iMovie automatically chooses to use the Ken Burns effect when you include a still frame in your movie. For some of my still frames this effect was dramatic and went with the theme of the capstone summary but for others, like the Napa learns icon, it distracted and confused the eye of the viewer. I figured out how to disable this effect and even how to choose the way that the photo pans, wither bottom to top or the reverse. I also was able to slow down a clip so that it focused in on a particular student in slow motion and added the dramatic effect that I really wanted. The biggest change from my rough draft to this more final draft was the inclusion of explanatory information over certain video clips. I love that in iMovie there is a lot more flexibility in where the text can go over the video, unlike in Adobe spark, which I feel is limiting in this regard. Adding explanation of what is happening in the scene helps guide viewers and also helps the highlight the information that I want viewers to take away from the summary.
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Jona Sandau
7/6/2019 02:11:48 pm
Brandon! Yes, Monday was awesome and I wish we had more time like that together! I am also doing my video in iMovie and had to figure out how to stop the Ken Burns effect! How did you control the text in iMovie? Might you have a second to chat about that? I feel like I could save some script time if I could carefully place some text on a few of my images. It's awesome that we are all learning from each other in so many ways in this cohort, and I am going to miss that so much!!!
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Julie
7/6/2019 09:10:36 pm
Brandon I also agree it was awesome to meet in JP's room I never even mentioned it in my blog I was so focused on my challenges that I am experiencing. I had fun help Jona and watching what everyone was working on. I am excited to hear to worked through some stuff on iMovie we are just learning and learning. I am struggling to have enough usable footage. I am excited to watch your video way to persevere .
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