Tools, Teams, and Distribution

So far, the only real tools that I plan on using for my project are my camera and Movie Maker, both of which I obviously already have. However, I am open to buying/downloading other tools as needed. If I need to buy or download any other tools, I will definitely make sure to do my research beforehand in order to make sure that the tool I am choosing is acceptable.

For my final project, I will work by myself on that, so I have full control over what I produce. However, I know we will have to do a collaborative project as well. When it comes to my approach to collaboration - I always go in with a cautious mindset. I have had bad experiences with group projects in the past, so I am always wary now when I know I will have to work with a group - especially with online classes. It is hard because not a lot of us live in the same area where we can find a place to actually meet in person in order to collaborate effectively - this makes it so it is hard to set up a production location (as discussed in the Breslin text). In fall semester last year, I took digital storytelling - which was another collaborative course. My group accomplished our project by having a group email where we shared our ideas and our chunk of the work. What we did was we divided up tasks into the group leader, the script writer, and the video editor/creator. I was the leader, and was in charge of making sure everything was done by a specific day and approving of what we submitted. We did our project on how to prevent overpopulation in shelters. We each contributed a clip with a voiceover from the script and sent it to the one person who put all the clips together and then submitted it. We had to make sure that we each had the same software in order to complete the project. I am hoping that with this project, it will work much like that one and be somewhat easy to accomplish even though we can't meet in person.

There are a lot of ways to distribute a piece - whether it be film, video, or audio. My project will be a short video, and I will be distributing it via the internet. I plan to create my video using my camera, edit it in Movie Maker, and then upload it either to my YouTube account or just directly link it to my blog like I did with the photo sequence video.

Works Cited -
Roberts-Breslin, Jan. Making Media Foundations of Sound and Image Production. 3rd ed., Focal Press, 2012.