Bonjour!

Over the past two weeks in Maker we did another video project, this time recreating a short horror film called “Run.” My group for this project was Sunny, Aidan and Ryan, and I think that we worked well together to create our own very similar version to the original film and then improve even more for our second attempt. 

Before starting the actual filming process, we planned everything out. We decided who would be what character and their costumes and props. I made a list of shots that included the action shown, the angle and the amount of time, and Sunny drew a storyboard. Here is the storyboard:

While filming, we had a few challenges. One problem was that one of our group members forgot a tuque, however he found one in the lost and found. We also had to work around other people on the trails. This helped me learn how to work around obstacles that weren’t planned. After filming all of our clips, I edited the video together and Sunny did the audio. While editing, I had a lot of problems with the clips being too short, so I had to slow them down, which made it look kind of weird. This is our final video, Run 1:

This is some of the critique I gave myself for our final video:

As well, we also gave critique in this format for the other groups. This helped me remember and also learn more about how to give helpful and constructive feedback, especially because sometimes I find it hard to tell people what I think needs to be improved.

After the critiquing process, we got to try again to remake the original video, now with more experience and things to improve on. To prepare, I went over the video list and made sure the lengths were all right and made a list of what everyone needed to bring. While filming, I checked the videos right away to ensure that they were the right angle and length. While editing, I added the original video into CapCut and split it into each clip and then added our videos as overlays, which I think was a good way make sure the timing was perfect. I think that the learning and reflecting processes of this project were really important to creating our actual final video, Run 2:

In conclusion, this was both a fun and educational project.  I learned more video making techniques, as well as sound making. That’s all for this post!

Kaia out