My Friend Billy Video Project
While a student at Full Sail, we were tasked with showcasing what we learned in our Advanced Video course by submitting a two to four minute interview style, video portrait. I decided to interview a near and dear friend, as the subject for the video. Billy was more than eager to participate in the project. He is a dedicated social worker and someone who believes in the power of the message of change.
I prepared questions prior to the interview, however Billy did not have an opportunity to review them beforehand. In total, we spent around an hour talking. I lead the interview with my questions and he gave well-detailed responses. After the in-person interview, I transcribed the audio and began the process of highlighting portions of the interview which stuck out to me, being mindful of the time frame we were asked to work within. The highlighted portions were then copied onto a separate document where I began the process of piecing together a cohesive story from portions of Billy’s answers.
With having to keep the final video under four minutes, I ran into a little trouble with the selection process. Once the audio portions of the interview were selected, I double checked to make sure the total runtime requirement. This seemed like a quick process, but it took a little longer than anticipated. The portions I selected told a cohesive, detailed story, but there were sections that also needed to be taken out. Once a sentence or a few words were deleted, then I made adjustments with other selections in order to make sure the audio story made sense.
With a little time and rearrangement I was able to make the final selections for the video and began placing them into an audio/visual script. Through this process, my imagination took flight. I had all my selected, audio portions put into place and my mind began the process of imagining the correlating shots.
We were instructed to capture and showcase our understanding of the different types of shots used in video production. Specifically, we were to showcase wide, medium, panning, tilting, close up and detailed shots. I added into the script the types of shots that my mind had dreamt up. Once they were approved, Billy and I began production and capturing the shots I needed.
When all the video assets had been captured, I began the post-production process of editing. I utilized Adobe Audition and Premiere for post-production work and edits. I was already beginning to get familiar with Audition and Premiere and through working on this video project I was able to get even more comfortable with the programs and the editing process.