Got legos? And blood?

Similarities Between projects 

The scope of the blood drive project was to follow the story of a subject giving blood for the blood drive and edit the story with a voiceover and use sound bits.

The scope of the lego project was to follow the story of the two subjects building a lego set for lego day and edit the story with a voiceover and use sound bits.

These two projects were both filmed on the spot without much planning or instruction. There was no planning for this video.

I just grabbed a camera and followed the six shot sequence for both videos.

It was difficult to come up with questions to ask the subject on the spot.

 It was even more difficult to find sound bits that made sense with my voiceover because the subjects in the Lego build video did not answer the questions in complete sentences.

As I began editing the Blood drive video, I came to realize no sound had been recorded. To replace the emptiness I had to add my own dialogue as the voiceover.

What I learned

Both of these projects showed me how to go with the flow of what is happening around me and still end up with good shots and sound bits by using the six shot sequence and asking good questions. 

From these projects I learned how to act quickly in order to follow the subject. 

Technically I learned how to use the microphone to record a voiceover. 

I also learned how to properly hold the camera without using a tripod. 

Next time I will make sure the sound is turned on when recording and make sure the subject answers in complete sentences. 

If I were to do this project again I would ask some of the same questions because the answers made for good sound bits. 

This project helped me expand my learning on camera technique as well as editing technique.