Presentation and Distribution

REFLECTION + CRITICAL THINKING:
WoW I cannot believe this project is really over! I think the way my video progressed, from the first draft to the last was its biggest strenght. I put so much time and effort adding small details to the completed draft. These included: adding music that was actually played on the radio station, adding transitions that acted as a guide to the "story", and adding credits and thanking Brent for his time. It took me probably over 10 hours to complete this entire final draft. I worked hard on getting the transitions to fit smoothly and especially hard on extracting audio from the main clips so I can put some interesting B-roll footage in the video. I think that part took the longest. But honestly, I learned so much about flow and smoothing from that. I think the weakness in the piece is perhaps (after I looked at others finished pieces) is perhaps the way it seems like an interview. I mean in my mind, I think that is okay, but I would have loved to get "into his mind" the way others did. I dont know how to accomplish this, especially since being a radio host is so "loud and noisy!". I think overall, the weakness was not too much of a weakness.

Gosh,I cannot wait to do the next piece. Like I said, I learned soooo much about technique and flow. I really wanted to refine the story to what pertained to the story, not just what I remember he said, and made sense to me. I want to put myself in the audience's head and really tailor the movie next time to what they want to see. I think I did that with this video. I really took people's suggestions and incorperated them into the video (smoother transitions, better flow, less graphics). I think this is a little different from authoring a text. This involves using images and timing of clips, visually, adding sounds, using effects like black and white and transitions. But overall, I think it is very similar. I think a very talented author of text could create vivid images in the mind of the reader. I think he or she could create timing of transitions from images to images, almost creating sound in the mind of the reader as well. I know, for exam Harry Potter, I saw the flashbacks in black and white, I heard sounds of the students like wands swishes and bursts, and I saw a great flow and transition from scene to scene.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE:
You know, in the end, I really think I communicated what I wanted out of the video: I wanted to show the background and progression of how and why this radio host, which a lot of us have heard of and listened to, got to being a radio host. I really wanted to incorporate smooth transitions, but most of all i wanted to do a lot of extracted audio over B-roll. I really wanted to do this beacause I saw in the other films we saw first before we made the films, and it was very effective for me to see what they were actually talking about as they were talking. I nearly couldnt watch the thing on the big screen, but when I did it wasnt even that bad! I mean I dont think anything was "disapointing" I really felt proud of my work, because I know I am not a professional and that this is my first time doing something like this. I was honestly very happy with my entire project because of that reason. This was such a good expeince to see something i worked so hard on meet my expectations!

DISTRIBUTION:
YOu know, I never thought to make this avaialbe to a wider audience. I mean again, I kind of did this for me, to see if I can actually do something. I mean I wanted tosee if I could visually put together a video that I saw first in my mind. I think I want to show it to my family and friends, but honestly, I really just want to show it to those who would knew and understood and saw me working on it, so they could also enjoy the fruit of it! I really feel strongly about this audience, they would probably really enjoy it. The ones i have already shown it to do!