I wrote out my interview questions. I had a vision of me sitting down in front of my laptop and answering these questions. I thought I could organically and smoothly flow about my research with no script. I pressed the record button. Mind goes absolutely blank.
My uncut A-roll is very weak and embarrassing. Thank goodness for movie magic because my interview needs some serious cutting and editing. Apparently when it comes to being on camera, I cannot talk good. I have now learned that I absolutely NEED to write a script. Writing is something I know I am okay at. Because my A-roll is 30 minutes of video with only maybe 2 minutes of usable audio (and 28 minutes of stop and start nonsense and stuttering), I’m planning to start cutting together the interview footage I have with my B-roll. Perhaps not the most traditional way to make a movie, but I know once I begin editing, my documentary will begin to take more shape and it will help me to write the rest of my script. I enjoy editing but am terrible on-camera. I feel confident about my vision and process for this documentary however. I will need another day to film A-roll and B-roll once my rough cut is made. I would say right now within the learning pit I am somewhere between “I need to work hard at this” and “I think I’m getting it!” I had my students film themselves for a few flipgrid assignments earlier this year. While I participated in the assignment too, I did not experience this sort of camera shyness. However, I can now certainly imagine what some of my students were probably feeling. If I do assign another Flipgrid project with my classes, I will be sure to suggest writing out a script beforehand.
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Lynda Bergenr
3/16/2021 07:19:46 pm
I understand the 28 minutes of nonsense...yup. that was me as well. I tried the script thing but now I am trying to practice what I want to convey in different ways without the script, I like the way that it sounds a little better, although now I am walking around my house a classroom muttering what I want to say, over and over again so that I can commit part of it to memory, and the people around me are ready to have m committed. Yay me.
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Jason Chatham
3/18/2021 04:39:22 pm
I’m kind of laughing. I think you are probably a lot better on your A roll than you think. Are you able to read the script and stay natural?
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