Photos and Videos, and More Photos!

Over the past three weeks, I have been running around taking hundreds of pictures and video clips for my project, through my IPod Touch and camera.

During the first two weeks, I focused on getting the testimonials done because I wanted to finish that before spring break. However, I came across a hurdle. After filming about five people, I was told by my friend that I should videotape people using the landscape orientation on my IPod Touch because if not, the video slides would have two black panels on the side- take a look at my "Lucky, My Cat" Video.

 I realized that this was indeed a problem because after researching a bit, I found out that there is no way to change the orientation of the pictures after they are are shot! Armed with this new knowledge, I realized I had to retake the five testimonials. This put me back a few days, but I realized that in the end it would be worth it. If I had found out this information after taking all of my pictures, that would have definitely been a setback.

After that, I made a list of the pictures and video clips I would need for my video, and started making a schedule. Currently I have about one or two more pictures and video clips to shoot, before I start my video. In the meantime I have begun editing my pictures using an app called InstaText for the pictures on my IPod Touch.

I also came across another roadblock while shooting videos. For the few videoclips where I am talking, I initially put the camera on the top of a fence, on the window sill, and so on. Unfortunately, I realized that this, for the most part, wasn't working. Luckily my sister offered her helping hand in filming those few parts with me, and that worked out just fine. Yay!