Pranking Basics
This is a basic instructional video on pranking, enjoy.
Reflection on processing:
In retrospect I needed to spend a lot more time on my video then I did. Almost all of my clips had no lead or end time on them, which makes it very hard to edit. Small things such as timing and extra clips and takes make the editing process that much easer. I think that the program Final Cut Pro is very intuitive and easy to use. The fact that you can simply cut up any clip and drag it into a sequence makes it very easy to manipulate a video to the standards that you want.
The clips that I did have were not the best. I don’t know if it was my camera or me but the white balance I had set up looked terrible. The best way I found to fix this was to use the 3-way color correction. To me this filter was the most useful of all of them, it allowed for any clip to be completely rewhitebalanced and made any badly lit shot look decent.
I also had a hard time with transitions. The more transitions that are added the more cheesy the piece looked. However without transitions between most of my clips I found that they did not blend well into one another and the editing looked bad so I worked with the most basic transitions I could and the piece seemed to flow better.
Overall I am pretty pleased with my first video project and look forward to doing more advanced things.
Comments
I thought that the pranks you chose to use in this video were great because they were quick and easy to learn. The close ups added a nice touch. I also had a hard time with transitions. There were too many to choose from. Overall I think that this was a good video and I think that many people's roomates are going to be upset.
Posted by: Emily Holland | October 31, 2007 9:03 AM
I thought your video worked really well. The pranks were well-thought out and your roommate played the part perfectly. You described how to do each of the pranks in detail, so your video was very easy to follow. Your video kept my attention as well, because pranking is a good topic for this how-to video. Overall, pretty great job.
Posted by: Ryan Mozzetti | October 31, 2007 10:25 AM
I really liked the strict instruction style of your video. You made the whole process very methodic and that really seemed to work, especially with how it relates to many of the DIY shows that are one TV. When your video I immediately was reminded of one of those show where they tell you how to repair a cabinet or some mundane thing. This style was an interesting pair with the actual subject of the video which was sort of silly.
Posted by: Britta Anderson | October 31, 2007 9:43 PM
I really enjoyed watching your video. The way you talk the audience through every prank is very easy to follow and methodical. Some of the changes you made with the close ups and on-screen labels since the rough draft were welcome improvements. The simplicity and laid back instruction are a nice contrast to the expected hilarity of pranking someone. Overall nicely done, you have a way with instruction!
Posted by: Josh Lieske | November 4, 2007 10:59 PM