Assignment 3 Report

REPORT

1. The challenges and tribulations of being a group assignment

 

Similar challenges and tribulations existed for this video assignment of which we had for the blog assignment.

 

Our main issue once again was finding a suitable time for everyone to assist in the planning and creation of the video. With each member of the team living in different regions and each having a busy schedule. This was a key challenge. So, in order to minimize the effect of this, we used the time spent together productively. This mainly included the practical lessons allocated to this assignment. We also utilized social networking as a form of communication. This ensured we could remain in contact easily.

 

For this assignment, in particular, we had an issue with allocation of roles. Some members of the group had never used video or music editing tools, so it made it hard to decide who would be responsible for each part. In the end, we decided that, although we did not all have experience in video editing, we would not learn from the assignment if we did not go outside of our comfort zone. Hence, everyone playing a role in the editing, report and filming. Those who knew how to use these tools, acted as very valuable aids in the process.

 

Our last challenge came simply because we are all separate individuals we all had our own ideas on the theme, videos and creation of our video. A number of ideas came up. In some cases, this can cause tension within a group, however each member of our group respected each other’s ideas and collaborated as a team.

 

 

2. The process of creating the video

 

The first step in our process of creating the video was to brainstorm. In doing this, we came up with ideas of how we were going to create our video- themes, video clips, music and text. We used videos shown in class, and other videos on YouTube as a guide of the format and to get some ideas. Our end decision was to create a promotional video for our blog, one that promoted visiting the blog as well as promoting the places we had visited.

 

After this, we started to organize the order of how we would create the video. Two team members then were allocated to make a video each. One of our team member’s sound engineers in their spare time, so they created some personalized music to back the video. In the video, we recorded two clips- one in which we give a review about our blog and one in which we give our top ten tips for travelling. We thought this would make the video more interesting. People who have travelled could relate and those who had not travelled would hopefully want to travel after seeing our video.

 

After all of the materials (text, videos, music) was collected we began to create our video. We use Windows Movie Maker to create our final product, as we agreed that it would be the easiest for us all to learn. We added text to make it easier for the viewers to understand which locations we were using. Additionally, we used some transition techniques to add effect and make the video run smoother.

 

3. How does the video relate to your blog?

 

As our blog topic in assignment 2 was “Tourism: from Sydney to the globe”, we created our video relating to travel. We believe our blog had a happy, positive feel, and we wanted our to video to have the same effect. We wanted to visually show our experiences of travel to our peers, in hope that they would want to experience the same.

At the start of the video, the images used directly relate to our blog, so that if people were interested in one of the locations, they could visit our blog and find a detailed description of our experience.

 

Most importantly, near the end of the video, we utilized our logo from our blog. Our video is not only just related to our topic of tourism but at the same time directly promotes our blog, encouraging viewers of the video to visit “From Sydney to the Globe.”