Video Profile Self Evaluation

For this project we had make a video about a hobby or interest of ours. I chose to do mine about the ways in which I consume media. But before I could even start pre-production I had to watch and compare other video profiles. This way actually quite helpful it gave me a clearer idea of what to do and influenced some aspects of when I went to film mine.

The first thing to do before I could film was to write a script, then compose a shot list for it. This task was quite challenging in particular because I had never thought of where or what I would film before I actually started. After the script and shot list were done I could finally start filming. This I found to be quite tricky because I did it by myself and quickly realized how hard I found it to talk straight into the camera without anyone there.

My strength in this project I’d have to say were my editing skills because I made quite a few mistakes while filming, usually in the middle or the end of a segment. But I managed to make it as seamless as possible.

My weaknesses however were firstly my time management so the project took a bit longer than it should have. I also made it harder on myself while filming by going straight from a mistake back into the script so that was quite difficult to edit around. I think I made my segments a bit too short, which also made it hard to add in extra footage to go along with what I was saying.

A big problem I encountered that couldn’t be fixed was that the aspect ratio was very narrow.  This is because I used my own recording device and it couldn’t be changed anywhere in the settings on it or the computer. So in future I will make sure not to use.

The improvements I could make for the next project is practicing talking into the camera so that I talk clearer and maybe make fewer mistakes. I will make to sure leave some time and/or make a clear distinction from when I make a mistake to when I start again so it’s easier to edit.

This project made me think about what I was actually going to shoot and what a scene will look like long before the filming process even started. This is a good skill to have because it means I will be more organised on other projects, and so the filming could be done quicker. It’s also good because you have an idea of how the finished product will look like before production is even started.