Live Event Post

Recently we had another small project, and this was another one that had to do with making videos, which has been a trend lately. This project was called live event, where we basically had to document an event, which could be anything from a soccer game to a basketball practice. Before we actually started in the live event, however, we downloaded the book Everyone Can Create video, and read through some of the strategies we could use to film the event.

After we had thought of some things we might do for our live event, we created an action plan, which had information like where we were going, what shots we wanted to take, and interview questions. For my live event I decided to record one of my hockey games, but there were a few issues with getting the footage I wanted. The main issue was that I would be playing the hockey game, so I couldn’t film any of it. I fixed this issue by getting my mom to film for me, because she was going to be at the hockey game anyways. However, this raised a problem of its own, because she had no idea how to film anything on an iPad. To fix this new issue, I found a video that would show her how to record in any way she wanted, so that I could play the game and still get the footage I needed at the same time. I think this is a good example of how I used the Empowered Learner competency, because I leveraged technology to help me make and demonstrate my competency in my video, which was our learning goal. The second more minor problem I had was that for my interview, Ryan, the person I was interviewing, had to go right after the game, so he might have not been able to do the interview. This shows how I used the Navigate Ideas competency, because I took a risk with the interview, and also added to others ideas in ways that enhanced them, because Ryan had to do an interview himself, and he took inspiration from some of my questions, and asked me questions with some of my ideas in them. After actually filming the game and interview, I had to edit together my video, which actually didn’t raise that many problems, but I used the Creative Communicator competency because I communicated clearly and expressed myself creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate for my goal with my final video. Speaking of my final video, here it is now:

So, in conclusion, I think my live event video is a success, because it has all the different video strategies we were supposed to include, and it also shows how I used the core competencies. That’s about it for this post, thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more posts coming soon!