We had MOI on 23rd March! It's a whole new experience for me! At first, i thought that making videos were difficult and boring as it requires a lot of "computer work", which i really dislike! But after the session, it really changed my mindset of what making videos is really like.
Firstly, we were taught about the basics - BCU, CU, LS MIX SHOT, PAN. Also, I learnt that it is these basics that can be used to capture important messages in your videos. Furthermore, we also learnt that we could use to zooming effect in our videos!
Then, it was our turn to draw up an idea for our 1 minute videos. I was in group 2 and my group decided to do "My Rich Dream". This video is a parody of the song Billionaire by Bruno Mars, and it shows the desires that we had. For example, we dreamed of having famous designer accessories and clothes, meeting famous people and traveling to many countries!
Although we had a story and a plan, I realised that it was not easy to simply do a video immediately. We did not have the props we needed, thus we used paper and texts to portray our ideas. Also, we need to think into greater details for the video, and not just the vague ideas alone! This is important as vague ideas often lead our thoughts and ideas away from the original plan, thus killing the purpose of the video.
Furthermore, i was one of the actresses in the video and i realised that acting wasn't as easy as it seems. It was embarrassing for me as people were looking at us, and i often giggled while videoing. Honestly, it was very difficult for me to stop laughing; that's why I will never ever want to act! :D
After that, we all came back to our "classroom", and Guna helped us to edit. It was very interesting too see how he edited the videos based on our ideas and what little videos we could give him! Also, I'm amazed at how he could make our videos look like a TV show! He made everything fall in place, with a proper flow and order!
Lastly, although I liked the session today, I think I may not really try out movie/video making as it is not my cup of tea. Videoing, to me, seems extremely complicated and technical. All in all, i enjoyed myself, and I really appreciate the little details that producers and editors include in a video to make it eye-catching.