This week focused on learning how to edit video clips, I had fun trying out different software. It’s a new way for me to be creative. I have plans for my new skills. I got so excited I bought a new digital camera for a trip that I am going on with my husband for our ten year wedding anniversary. I am going to make a very nice vacation video when I get back. So far I have experimented with three different video editing software, Apple’s iMovie, Microsoft’s Movie Maker, and Adobe Premier Elements.
iMovie was easy to work with, (last week) but I could not use it for the file formats I found for editing this week. The file formats that I had to work with were .mov .rm and .mwv
Adobe Premier Elements had a nice look to it but the trial software had trial software written over the screen where you edit the files and I found it to be distracting.
I ended up using iMovie, it was easy to use, it didn’t seem to have very many features but it got the job done.
When I get back from my vacation I should be able to use iMovie, which I liked best of all so far.
For this weeks reading significant quote I chose, “The Art of the Edit”, Lonnquist had stated the importance of having more than one shot to use. A close up and a wide shot, that way you can ensure that you will have usable footage (Lonnquist). The example Lonnquist gave is that he had to use a poor shot in a project with an eyesore of power supply in the middle of the kitchen for a dream homes shot, simply because he did not have another shot to use (Lonnquist). I will keep this in mind when shooting footage, to make sure that I have multiple shots that way I will always have a shot to fall back on.
Thanks!
Sandra Villarreal
Work cited: Lonnquist, J. (1994, November). The art of the edit. Videomaker. Retrieved on April 6, 2009, from http://www.videomaker.com/article/1691/.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Week 1 Reflection Activity
I was very excited to start this course. In fact I had all of my reading completed before the class had officially started.
I was the first one in the class to post on the reading discussion board about the reading assignments and the significant quote which was from an article called, “Visual Acuity: from Consumers to Critics and Creators” were Ellis stated, “We were educated to read actively, yet we’re conditioned to view visual images passively”. This quote really made me think that this is true for my generation but is not true for today's k-12 student. They have learned through experience to interact with multimedia tools.
For myself I am learning to interact more with multimedia interfaces.
This week, I ran into some problems about the first week assignment number two. I knew we were going to have to work in a group for the other assignments. The assignment for week 1 stated that we would be working with a partner from our group and that we had to ensure that each of our group members has had the opportunity to interview and be interviewed (Course Syllabus). The major problem was me is, I had no idea who my group members are.
I noticed that other students in the course also had the same question. I did not see any official response to the questions about groups.
I assume some of them paired off. I have emailed some of them; I think they have all already paired up. Looks like I’m on my own on this one. I will interview someone else who is not in my course instead and have them interview me so that I may complete the project.
I am sure the next weeks assignments will run a little more smoothly for me.
Thanks!
Sandra Villarreal
Blogs to follow for Weeks 2 and 5
Works Cited:
Ellis, K. (2005). Visual acuity: From consumers to critics and creators. Edutopia. Retrieved May 30, 2009, from http://www.edutopia.org/print/1321.
I was the first one in the class to post on the reading discussion board about the reading assignments and the significant quote which was from an article called, “Visual Acuity: from Consumers to Critics and Creators” were Ellis stated, “We were educated to read actively, yet we’re conditioned to view visual images passively”. This quote really made me think that this is true for my generation but is not true for today's k-12 student. They have learned through experience to interact with multimedia tools.
For myself I am learning to interact more with multimedia interfaces.
This week, I ran into some problems about the first week assignment number two. I knew we were going to have to work in a group for the other assignments. The assignment for week 1 stated that we would be working with a partner from our group and that we had to ensure that each of our group members has had the opportunity to interview and be interviewed (Course Syllabus). The major problem was me is, I had no idea who my group members are.
I noticed that other students in the course also had the same question. I did not see any official response to the questions about groups.
I assume some of them paired off. I have emailed some of them; I think they have all already paired up. Looks like I’m on my own on this one. I will interview someone else who is not in my course instead and have them interview me so that I may complete the project.
I am sure the next weeks assignments will run a little more smoothly for me.
Thanks!
Sandra Villarreal
Blogs to follow for Weeks 2 and 5
Works Cited:
Ellis, K. (2005). Visual acuity: From consumers to critics and creators. Edutopia. Retrieved May 30, 2009, from http://www.edutopia.org/print/1321.
Web Conference Pilot
On June 3rd 5:00 PM CST, I took part in an educational experiment for my class this five week session called, Multimedia and Video Technology at Lamar University. The experiment was really a web conference pilot to test and get comfortable with the Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro web conferencing interface.
The conference started at 5:00pm but the room was to open at 4:30pm. I got set up early at 4:21pm. I think I jumped the gun and selected to be added to the meeting too early. I waited and waited… nothing happened... I looked closely at the screen… it now said that the meeting had been canceled. I knew this couldn’t be correct.
I clicked on the link again at around 4:45pm and I was now in the course room, “Success” I thought. I was able to see the professor, Kay Abernathy. I could hear her and others in the course room. Everyone was very excited and happily chatting asking if they could be heard and doing some brief introductions.
I ran the microphone and web camera wizards, everything seemed to run okay. I could hear the playback from the test of recording my voice. I could hear everyone clearly but I did not see the microphone button that others were talking about for me to select so that others could hear me.
Also after running the webcam install I could see myself on the cam but all the other options on the page were grayed out. I had to close out of the webcam so I could click around on the webpage.
After several minutes of not being heard, I decided I would log out and then log back in…that was a big mistake. I was not able to get back into the meeting and missed out big time. It kept saying that it was waiting for the host to allow me back in. Then it said the meeting was over.
I think it is a good tool and will help learners who are used to in classroom learning feel more connected to their classmates and professor. I think over time it will be more finely tuned.
I hope next time I will be heard, after all isn’t that what we all want?
Cheers!
Sandra Villarreal
The conference started at 5:00pm but the room was to open at 4:30pm. I got set up early at 4:21pm. I think I jumped the gun and selected to be added to the meeting too early. I waited and waited… nothing happened... I looked closely at the screen… it now said that the meeting had been canceled. I knew this couldn’t be correct.
I clicked on the link again at around 4:45pm and I was now in the course room, “Success” I thought. I was able to see the professor, Kay Abernathy. I could hear her and others in the course room. Everyone was very excited and happily chatting asking if they could be heard and doing some brief introductions.
I ran the microphone and web camera wizards, everything seemed to run okay. I could hear the playback from the test of recording my voice. I could hear everyone clearly but I did not see the microphone button that others were talking about for me to select so that others could hear me.
Also after running the webcam install I could see myself on the cam but all the other options on the page were grayed out. I had to close out of the webcam so I could click around on the webpage.
After several minutes of not being heard, I decided I would log out and then log back in…that was a big mistake. I was not able to get back into the meeting and missed out big time. It kept saying that it was waiting for the host to allow me back in. Then it said the meeting was over.
I think it is a good tool and will help learners who are used to in classroom learning feel more connected to their classmates and professor. I think over time it will be more finely tuned.
I hope next time I will be heard, after all isn’t that what we all want?
Cheers!
Sandra Villarreal
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