Assessment Task #6

During the past week, we were editing and cutting out unwanted parts of our video. We used movie-maker to edit and add sound effects as well as transitions. We were a little rushed in the editing because we had not anticipated the long weekend which resulted in us receiving two lessons less. Therefore we did not do an extremely good job of the editing but we managed to get something that was of a good quality. Had we had some more time with editing, we could have added some more transitions and other worthwhile things. I was happy with our result and it was successful.
Here is a brief structure of our video:

• Intro - professional basketball game
• The four of us gathered in a room having a discussion
• At the basketball courts displaying rules, fouls and violations
• Bloopers
• Credits

This was our content in our video.
When we put our video together we discovered that the first part was much better and enhanced in quality compared to the second half. This was because our video camera battery ran out and we had no other option but to use the digital camera as we aimed to begin and complete our recording on the same day. We did not schedule another day to meet up as we did not have any other chance to. We attempted to insert some sort of title clip or frame to lessen the harsh impact of the second half but this did not do much good. The difference in the quality of film was quite visible and obvious, regardless of our various attempts to reduce the impact. This was a major mistake in our video. We also realised that the following scenes entered too quickly and cut into the previous one. We did our best to put some sort of pause but there were still some errors. Also, when we first uploaded our clips, we found that the beginning of every clip was slightly cut. The first few words stated by the person were cut and we were not aware of any reason as to why this was happening. We had started and stopped the camera at the appropriate time so that we gave some leave-way before and after the person had spoken. Eventually we managed to get the clips in better condition but some beginnings were still not in perfect shape.
Even though we had some major problems in our final production, it was considerably good, with its essence, shots, various techniques and other special effects to make up for the wrongs that had been done. Overall, it was a decent video which instructed viewers on the basics of basketball with other amusing clips to entertain and capture attention.