The Politics of being a commuter student both appeared in Daily Commute and in the creation of the video.
The struggles of struggling became an even larger struggle throughout the project. Discussing and putting into video a daily commuter students’ woe was not very difficult. With a group made up of all commuters, the topic fit quite nicely. They dealt with these issues every day they made the commute to Buffalo State. The real struggle began to appear in the execution of the actual project.
Video can be a far better communication tool when trying to portray a multi-faceted idea. The depth within a photograph can only go so far. A video can show much more with the images, the sounds, the changes in scenery and the changes in the subjects. While the video topic covered was not very deep, it could cover more bases than a photograph might be able to. Different parts and views of a “Daily Commute” can better be shown. From bed, to highway, to gas station, to the classroom, there was no real way to effectively communicate all of the expressions and emotions in just a photograph or writing piece.
While shooting, there was a lot of fun and a lot of failure. In an attempt to be serious in filming, very little emotion appeared in the clips. Through further trial and error, there was a consensus that the more dramatic the video appeared, the more sense it made. So, through a lot of re-filming the video began to take shape into a real thing that made sense. From the point of getting the final clips onward, the editing process went very smoothly. The video edit happened fairly quickly but the group was thrown a few curveballs when people stopped showing up to help. Parts began to make less sense as a result, which resulted in it being a little bit less refined than it probably could have been. The final product still got the job done but wasn’t perfect by any means.
That might be one of the editors being overly critical and involved, but emotions ran high throughout the process. As the third dysfunctional project of the semester, she was growing weary at the thought of another poor grade as a result of others lacking work ethic and communication skills.
Apart from a few dysfunctional moments, members united together and prevailed through conflict. The groups video was filmed partly as a team and partly as individuals, which led to the ultimate success of the project. If the project needed to be filmed entirely together it most likely would have not came together. The members of the project had very conflicting schedules which would have made it nearly impossible to pull off any more group footage.
Filming the individual clips was very fun for the group, and far less difficult than initially thought. The opportunity to test the group members acting abilities was fun and showed some hidden talents. This was the best part of watching other groups videos as well. A large part of the video’s success was the acting involved.
As the project was completed, the exporting of the video became yet another issue. The group learned the importance of keeping their folders and clips organized. Never again will they not rename a clip or create duplicates of a file. Adobe Premiere is a great and intuitive software, but the sourcing of the video is very confusing to a new user. If anything from using this software could be taken away, this would be it.
The last and final problems with this cursed project happened when trying to transport it from the computer to the thumb drive. The file would not move and was too large for the thumb drive. After moving some files to the trash, they thought they had finally done it, and a weight had been lifted from their backs. But the file had not completely transferred and only played the first 20 seconds or so before pausing and leaving the team feel defeated. Luckily, they were given another opportunity to try it one more time, but the video once again proved very difficult.
This video project was fun and complicated but made doable in the allotted time. The group came to the realization of just how much effort goes into 180 seconds. This was a great learning experience and gave a perfect introduction to what might go into a video used on YouTube or other social media platforms
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