10A Time To Reflect

I have never created a video for a class project before in my life, and now that I am at Southern, I had to work on two at the same time!!! When it came to my Inquiry, I found that sticking to these requirements were easier than with my Recreation and Leisure class. I was able to get my video to fulfill all of the components that needed to be incorporated with this video; I stuck to the topic, filled the time limit, and interviewed more people than that was needed. My video had a beginning, middle, and end; it was done on time, and I made sure I gave credit to everyone who helped me and participated in it. Even though I did all that, if I was able to remake my video there would be things that I would do differently.

I feel that with my video, I was able to keep it informative, but it was lacking in the entertainment department. Although I do agree with the topic that I had, that the professors here are part of what makes Southern great, it was hard to get enthusiasm out of the students that I interviewed. If I were to give myself a grade on this project it would be a solid “B”. I put a lot of effort into this video, but without a doubt chose other people to interview, none of them wanted to be filmed!! Another thing that I would change about my video is that I would try to have students tell more personal stories about their professors, preferably funny ones. The one thing that I liked the most about my movie was that I was to the point, and you that you heard not just about how much the student s liked their professors, but also how the professors here also want to have a connection with their students as well.

As for the technology that went along with project, honestly I would be okay with never having to use it again. I used Windows Movie Maker, and not that I was hard to use, it just took time to learn how to use, and I am a very impatient person. Once I finished it, getting the video onto my blog wasn’t hard, it was the uploading it to YouTube that took forever.  As a piece of advice, when uploading something to YouTube give yourself plenty of time, I was done with my video at 5PM and it didn’t fully upload until 10:30!!!!