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I knew right from the beginning what I wanted to do. When filming this video over spring break I had a general idea of the moments I wanted to capture and what kind of video I wanted to make. I have a little experience with filming and editing videos but mainly just for fun, no professional training. I’ve looked at and researched different kinds of videos online in the past and I was definitely inspired by them and that’s when I began to film. For this video specifically, I started out just filming all the moments from our family vacation in short little pieces. If there was a cute or happy moment I would try to hurry and capture it as quickly as possible.  My main inspiration came from wanting to capture all of our moments that we have as a family, so we could try to relive them by watching this video at a later time.

I started out editing by going into my footage and carefully selecting all of the moments that I wanted in my video and then added them to the timeline in Premiere. I separated the clips into different subcategories and folders based on who the clip was of. Then I began to piece every clip together with the music. This took quite some time because the beats to this song are very intricate and fast. So some of the clips only last 1 second before moving onto the next. It took a lot of trial and error but, I’m so happy with the overall outcome. After I finished the timeline and was happy with it, I went in and did some color grading.

While first editing my video, I messed around with trying to go in and out of the music for some moments and try to let some raw audio through, but it just didn’t sound right. I decided on keeping the music all the way through and I’m so happy I did. I think it gives it a nice cohesive feel to it.

A lot of my design process came from the music and how I could create a story with the music. It’s kind of trial and error. If something looked out of place or didn’t look right with the clip before I would have to change it. So, a lot of it was listening to the music and matching a moment to it and trying to create a visual story that was cohesive start to finish. 

I was so happy that my classmates enjoyed my video, the main feedback I got was to add a title/date/place to the beginning of my video! I thought this was a great idea, I went into premiere and added in a title, but I decided that I didn’t love it. I felt that it gave it a sort of slide show feel and appearance to it. So I decided to leave it how it is. In my opinion, I felt that the video just looked a little more professional without it. I’m so grateful for my classmates input and recommendations!

music by:

JPB – High [NCS Release] https://youtu.be/Tv6WImqSuxA https://soundcloud.com/jpb https://www.facebook.com/jayprodbeatz https://twitter.com/gtaanis Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/R8ZRCXy5vhA

filming by:

Madelyn Cuckovich (me), Amelia Cuckovich, Paula Diego, and Riley Cuckovich

For my video draft I created a video from my family vacation. This relates to my course topic because, my course topic is about me. All about how I love to travel, be happy, smile, and explore. I wanted to show all of these elements in my video.

I knew right from the beginning what I wanted to do. When filming this video over spring break I had a general idea of the moments I wanted to capture and what kind of video I wanted to make. I have a little experience with filming and editing videos but mainly just for fun, no professional training. I’ve looked at and researched different kinds of videos online in the past and I was definitely inspired by them and that’s when I began to film. For this video specifically, I started out just filming all the moments from our family vacation in short little pieces. If there was a cute or happy moment I would try to hurry and capture it as quickly as possible.

After filming all of the footage, I knew I wanted to have a video with no talking, just moments with music over it. I want the viewer to feel as if they can see how happy we all were and how much fun we had together and also how much we all love each other. My main inspiration came from wanting to capture all of our moments that we have as a family, so we could try to relive them by watching this video at a later time.

A lot of my design process came from the music and how I could create a story with the music. It’s kind of trial and error. If something looked out of place or didn’t look right with the clip before I would have to change it. So, a lot of it was listening to the music and matching a moment to it and trying to create a visual story that was cohesive start to finish.

Using the adobe software was very easy to use in my opinion. I really liked it. I’d say I probably used to razor tool the most (ha-ha). I have a lot of quick snapshots that last about 1 second so I used that tool a lotttt! I also used some different color grading tools, along with slow motion, and I used the trimming tool a lot too. I kind of just messed around with the program and tried to explore and use it the best I could.

I think the biggest challenge I had was just making sure the video looked okay. I’m not a professional and I’m not experienced with this software, so there were a few times when I would get stuck, but mainly it was just trying to make the finished product look as polished as possible.

Story Board

For my video project I really have a good idea of how I want to make this video. I have made a few videos in the past and have come up with my own “style” so to speak. I’ve never made a story board I usually do it as I’m editing depending on what project I am working on. I like to do a lot of little flash shots to show the happy moments that were shot. I don’t have a lot of long videos; I have a lot of short videos from random parts of our vacation from spring break that I want to incorporate. So instead of having a few long shots, I want to have a lot of short shots. All of these clips will be covered by music I think.

 

start off with the shot of me in slow motion standing on the beach.

• Cut to me riding the bike through the trees

• Me flipping

• A brief video of the beach

• Me running on the beach in slow motion.

• The video of me and my sisters hugging on the beach.

• My little cousin evva in the airplane smiling.

• A video of evva on the beach with her hair blowing in the wind.

• Shot of me and my sister spinning on the beach in slow motion.

When first designing my logo, I knew I wanted it to be simple. While sketching up some ideas I came up with a peace sign and just ran with it. I decided to incorporate the peace sign because I think it is a nice universal symbol that everyone can relate to. I also think that it represents something with a good meaning and that is something I really stand for!

As I began my draft, I made a peace sign in illustrator using different shapes. I filled the peace sign completely with light purple and my name was originally in the two upper halves of the peace sign. The font was smaller and in a darker shade of purple. I chose the color purple because it represents “bliss” and I really like the meaning of that and the look!

After critiquing my own logo and receiving feedback from my classmates, I decided to enhance my design. Some of my advice given to me from my classmates was that it was just a little too simple, also that the font was too small and that the two shades of purple clashed. Which I also agreed with.

When I first started designing my final logo I wanted to make it a little more exciting and eye catching. I decided to first take my name out of the peace sign completely so I could make the font larger. Once I did that I added an extra border around the peace sign to make it pop a little more. After, I decided to add a “gradient” effect to make it a little more interesting and not so plain. I made the font bigger and I outlined it so it is easy and clear to read!

I’m much happier with how my final logo turned out and I hope you like it too!