VideoScribe and GoConqr

I taught myself  how to use two different software's during my evaluation process, as I wanted the text to be more visually pleasing and interesting to look at. These included VideoScribe, where in which it is an interactive software, where you type your text out and then someone writes it out as you read it. The end product of this is a small video, where in which you just have to watch the text being written out to you. however, with mine I decided to add some music as well to make it more appealing to look at, but also to listen to.

The second software that I taught myself to use was GoConqr, this specific software allowed you to create text in an interesting way, whether that be through flashcards, slideshows or quizzes. I decided to use the flashcard effect when presenting my text, as it is more interactive through the use of having to click on the flashcards in order to flip them over, so instead of just reading the text infront of you, you have to interact with it.

Skills Development

During the course of editing my music video, I decided to add in a fade at the end. However, I had not done it before, so in order for me to do it I had to figure out what would work best for the video. The reason as to why I wanted to add the fade in was because, it would fit in well with the zooming out of the dancer at the end of the video.

Skills Development

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After Effects workshop

I took part in an introduction to After Effects in order for me to progress when making my music video, as a way of adding more effects onto it and making it look better and giving it more a professional finish. Within this workshop I learnt how to add text onto a video shot as well as an effect which goes with it, so it makes it more visually interesting to look at, as a way of giving the credits and opening title to the music video a twist. Furthermore, I was shown a collection of short tutorial videos that I can look at as a way of teaching myself how to use this specific software. Which will become helpful, as I plan on using After Effects within my own music video as a way of making it more interesting to look at. 

TV Studio introduction workshop

In order for me to progress within the media platform, I went to the TV studio which is in the creative arts building in the college, as a way of developing my skills further. Within this introduction workshop, I learnt how to put a background on the green screen, as well as how to change the saturation as well as where to place a person or object against the screen in order to get the angle correct so it looks professional. Not only this, but we had a set background of a palace, looking down a corridor, from the left angle. And with this photograph, we placed a chair in the centre, then continued to add chairs to figure out where to put them, and also that you can change the size of them, in order to make it more proportional to the image. Lastly, I went into the green screen area and sat on the chair, this then allowed me to look inside of the room and learn how the room itself works and the process of making sure that the subject is in the right place in order to film the sequence correctly. 

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