Process of making videos plus computer struggles: Week 3 Blog 1

For my final product I want to have the separate website be filled with both articles and short video updates (2-4 minutes). Last night I tried to make my first video. I knew it was not going be easy, but I did not think it would be as hard as it was. I used iMovie to put the whole video together. Before I started recording I had to write myself a plan of what I was going to say during the broadcast. Once I had the plan written out I started filming my introduction with my iPhone. This proved to be a bit of a challenge because I always wanted to look into the camera and not slip up what I was saying. I did multiple takes until I got a plausible recording. Broadcasters have to be both clear in their delivery and quick on their feet. After I finished filming the introduction I did a recording of my analysis on garage band. I decided that I would have film of the player going on when my voice was in the background. Recording my voice was much easier than filming because I did not have to focus on looking at the camera. Once I finished recording I went back to filming on my phone. I executed the conclusion much more sharply than my introduction. I think I am already getting more comfortable and confident in broadcasting to the camera. Once I had all the components I tried to put it all together on iMovie. This was a painstaking process, but I pushed through it. Unfortunately the old laptop that I was using was not uploading it to YouTube so I have to covert the file and email it to myself and then open it on my new computer. Once I downloaded it on my new computer I uploaded it to YouTube and all is well. I hope I become more efficient with this process because it took me a while last night.