GLCA NEWS February Tenth

This is the second GLCA newscast. Encouragement week is coming next week and the GLCA elementary students are really excited. I interviewed the students and put the footage together. I did not use any green screen technology for this, but I did use iMovie on the computer, which is something I have never done before.

I noticed that iMovie on the computer has so much more to offer then it does on an iPad. I could see that there are endless possibilities with it. While I enjoyed exploring it, it was also starting to annoy me. The app glitches out numerous times and I was unable to use the transitions that I wanted to use. I had to upload it to youtube a handful of times before it actually showed up. I also had trouble downloading the video clips. Hopefully, next time it will be easier to use.

When I was interviewing the students, I made some mental notes for next time. I asked them some questions that could be answered with a simple yes or no. Having one word answers is not very helpful in an interview.  I should have asked more complex questions.Some of the students played with their microphones, and that made the video clip unusable. Next time I need to make sure that there is nothing interfering with the microphones. I also ran out of space on the iPad that I was using to film. It is important to have a backup.

One important tip that I have for anyone making a video is to be ready to film at any moment. I have many shots that I would not have had if I turned the camera off. I figured that I could always delete footage, but I could never get back the moments that I missed.