Here's an explanation of my project!
This project was important for several reasons, and for several people. For example, it was important to me because I needed a project for school. I’m glad I stuck with this one, because I learned a few new skills such as; editing on iMovie, managing time, what questions are most important to ask, and more. Some of these skills were already advanced because of the amount of editing we do at school. However, there’s always room to grow, and I can confidently say that I advanced in this skills from this project.
Moving on, this project is also important to my company, because it benefits their marketing. Hopefully, with this film, more students will be drawn to joining the class. It will be put on their website under their Learning to Draw page, and will be open for anyone who would like to watch. I’ve learned that there’s lots of information that’s nice to keep in a film, but no one really watches an interview for more than one or two minutes. So, with that in mind, I tried my best to cut down as much as I could without leaving the video without flow. I feel happy with what I have, especially since the first interviewing film I’ve produced. I feel that I’ve kept enough information and pace to where it doesn’t get boring, and I hope it attracts the artistic audience of San Diego. My final internship is a bit modified from the original project that I had in mind. In the beginning, I believed that I would be centering my project around interviewing students from every class. However, it has drastically changed to only two. Those classes are Introduction to art 1 and 2. These classes can be bought through either Groupon, or on Prima Materia’s website. Groupon is about a hundred dollars cheaper, and brings in more students than the package on their website does. For example, the two students that I had an amazing opportunity to interview are both from Groupon. Although they’re both from Groupon, they’re completely different people. Mary Wassner, one of my interviewees, is an optimistic woman that enjoys the company of her friends and boyfriend. She’s very easy going and excited to come to class more often. Tharaknath Rao is a very intellectual man that works in Biotech, but would like to get back into art. I began this project with just a google document and a storyboard packet I printed out. It was hard for me to start, because I had an unclear idea of what my mentor wanted out of the project. I might’ve annoyed her, but I asked so many questions about what her vision was for the video. She wanted videos for each class, but I believed that’d be a tad too much work given the time I had left, and I wouldn’t be able to attend each class due to my schedule. So, to overcome this problem, I asked my colleague Bill what he would like to gain from the videos. He said he’d only like one video with a few people in it from Intro to Art 1/2. I agreed to this idea, discussed it with my mentor, and came to the conclusion that I was only making one video. The goal is for it to be posted on their website, to inform new students that are interested in joining the class to get a headstart on knowing what it’s about. Overall, I interviewed three people. Only two people made it into the cut, because the third person wasn’t from the class. I was still developing ideas for the video, and realized I didn’t need her input. Fortunately, I’m still grateful for the time she gave me, and the rest of the people that tolerated my high school project. Right after recording Tharaknath, I uploaded the footage to iMovie, and got to work. It must’ve made me look like a bad receptionist, because I was super focused on my phone editing. But, it’s all for a greater cause. It was tricky to add in Mary Wassner’s video, but I managed to do it. I cut the video all the way from 30 minutes, down to only 2 minutes. Now it's full of key information and great reactions to make the video more lively. Here's a slide show of my presentation!My Project!
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