Week 5 Assignment: PSA Post-Production

Week 5 Assignment: PSA Post-Production

During this course I have worked in an excellent team integrated by Michelle Pittman, Christine Maier, Timothy Stanfield, Lucinda Gallegos and me. The name of the PSA is An Oasis of Technology. Michelle headed the group from the different stages. She provides the narration used for the work.

Based on the original script that was revised during the 3 and 4 weeks we provide the still shots and videos needed. One important step for this process was to obtain the permission from parents to get the shot of the students. Some voice edition and music was selected taking into account the respect of the copyrights.

The interaction between the team members was through the email, group wiki and skype, depending of the activities that we have to do. We share our part of the work in the wiki space to integrate the work and we met in skype when we have to take decisions and voted for the best work that finally released in our wiki space and youtube.

Credits and copyright information was provided in the PSA itself and in our pre-production document. I think that one way of improve our PSA is release it to the public and make them comments and suggestions about it.

EDLD 5363 Week 5. PSA Reflection

Public Service Announcement (PSA) Reflection.





Course Reflection

I envisioned that I would learn some techniques in order to be capable to integrate different elements, still images, voice, music and videos. I think that I have achieved those outcomes because I have experienced the steps that are used from the beginning of the project making the first proposal and the narration script and finally the copyright documentation. I can say that my envisioned outcomes aligned with those that I have reached with this course and the final product (PSA) proves it.

The outcomes that we set from the beginning of the course have been relevant because as administrators and teachers we are able to produce materials for our colleagues, parents or the educational community in general. We can know more about credits and copyrights. Of course, the produced materials will have better quality and a appropriate structure. In addition, as administrators we can supervise other in the production of a multimedia product.

We cannot say that there are any outcomes we did not achieved. But, I think that I would like have learned more about all the features that Adobe Premiere has. I think that the lack of time was a factor that prevent me of master this program. However, I think that I learned the fundamentals or the software in terms of sound, pictures and video integration and the manipulation of transition. Definitely, I can improve my skills if I continue practicing it.

I completed all assignments successfully. I think that we have enough time to read the materials see the videos. On the other hand, I think that I need more time to go deep in the knowledge of editing software. In this final part, the used progressive refinement throughout the course, in order to finish the work by the fifth week.

My first thought that making a video was going to be hard because I have never used this kind of software for edition. I can see that I am a team worker because we reach a certain degree of integration working as a team during the PSA production (the members played different roles and we communicate adequately by skype or email). In general, my attitude was of cooperation and integration as a team. In general, all the members have had this attitude, as well.

Week 4 EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology

In this 4th week of the EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology I think that it was a great experience to work with Lucinda Gallegos, Christine Maier, Michelle Pittman, and Timothy Stanfield. All of us have a busy time, but we take our time to meet in skype sometimes.
We have posted in the team blog still shots, the narration and video and we continue tuning up our work.

We will announce soon our final work in this blog.

EDLD 5363 Week 2 Reflection. Open-Source Video Editing Software and Podcast.

Podcast How to add Title and Credits using Windows Movie Maker

Reflection

At the beginning of this assignment, I think that it was a very difficult task because I had no much experience in editing video. I have had some experience in music edition using Encore, Cool Edit and Sound Forge, but a final user level.

I started looking for the software in www.download.com. The keys for seeking were Windows Operating System, Video Editing Software and Free License. From the retrieved list, I chose the programs Windows Movie Maker (Windows Vista) 2.6.4037, t@b ZS4 Video Editing Software 0.94 and Pinnacle Video Spin 1.1.2.542.

By exploring these programs, I found that indeed, is not too difficult to use video editing program for the most common need of a teacher. If you are not a professional, some of these programs could be enough. In my case, I think that Windows Movie Maker satisfies my needs because to strong reasons: It comes with Windows Operating System and allows multiple output and input formats for video and audio. The user can add special effects, music, and speech. It is very easy to share the movie over the Internet or master it to DVD media. With this program, the user can also save the movie back to the DV tape in the camera. Even when it does not allow too many features it is user friendly.

I think this is a strong candidate to be used as standard editing program for my school.