The first step of the lab was to download video files, which would be used in the lab. The purpose of this lab is to show our understanding of how to edit video files. The particulars of the task is to make a video which is exactly one minute long, adding appropriate background music and aiming to incorporate themes of drama and cuteness.
Having analysed all of the videos which were suitable to edit, I carefully considered how I could make the video appear "cute" and "dramatic". All of the footage was about ducks and swans and by reputation swans are more aggressive so I decided to create the drama by trying to replicate a game of "hide and seek" with the swan coming to find the ducks.
The video had to be exactly a minute long and consist of footage from at least three of the files we had to download. The first of the three was a clip of various ducks scurrying away from swans across a pond. I managed to supplement this by the second one being a clip of a solitary swan looking around, as if to suggest it was looking to find where the ducks may be hiding. I moved from this with my final clip which showed a duck swimming into a bushed area in the water, creating the effect that if he was in this area he would be invisible to the onlooking swan.
Finally, I added music to make the video more complete. I choose piano music which had a frequency which created a dramatic effect, but a light hearted vibe to it to maintain the cuteness requested.
Another thing I considered throughout the lab was to make sure that when I was changing to a scene from a different video, the transition appeared as natural as possible and gave the user the impression that the footage was all from the one video.
The video can be viewed at the below link on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LseWTfAahXQ
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