Blog Post #2

EDTE 286 Video 2

I am not comfortable with using someone else’s video but the assignment required downloading and re-editing video from the internet. I found a video composite of still images of a trek around the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal from May 2000, the same year I did the trek in October. A few of the images from Herve’s video were selected and recast into this video post. The music was found at a site offering samples of various types of music.

I used Final Cut to re-edit the appropriated video. I created still images out of the MPEG4 video and piled them together with simple cross-fade transitions. I added the intro and end text using the Final Cut text features. Yes, there is a misspelled word… I thought I fixed that but I guess I did not replace the text with the corrected version. The audio was layered in with some dynamic processing and fades. The voice was recorded with the voice-over feature on the computer internal microphone… Yes, there is fan noise. Also, there are some places where the background audio is too loud and makes the voice hard to hear. All this could be changed given more time to re-work the sound levels of each audio track.

I love Nepal. My time there is very strong in my memory. I used someone else’s images but I have many similar images on film and in my mind. The people and the place permeate a visitor’s person leaving an imprint on the very essence of their personality.

Blog Post #1

Welcome to my iMET13 EDTE 286 Blog!!!

Blog Post #1

This first post for assignment #1 is my first blog... EVER...

And so it goes...

I was not sure what to do with this assignment because there are so many stories to tell and pictures to show.  So, I decided to take a few snaps of Jerusalem and make a controversy... just for fun.

I used iMOVIE.  This is the first time I have used this program.  It was straightforward.  I decided not to use much text because I added audio.  I will use Final Cut for future video editing assignments but I though I should try iMOVIE.  The only real problem was using the internal microphone.  It picked up all the noise of the computer.  An external mic and the dynamic processing available in Final Cut would have a much better result.  Also, I re-edited the photos to a smaller size and therefore a lower quality.  I usually maximize everything for the sake of better quality but this first post was kind of a test for what smaller files look like.  I am not sure why the youtube screen did not fit the video in the Quicktime MOV format.  It looked bad, so, I converted the video to MPEG4 and it seems to work better.

The use of three media: text, sound, and images are a powerful combination.  Mastery of their manipulation will lead to heightened engagement of students and improved learning outcomes.