Self Evaluation

Overall, Jessica and I were pleased with how the final project turned out. It was out first time ever making a video, let alone using Final Cut Pro, so it was an intimidating project going in. But we learned a lot from week to week, and were able to put together a good motivational video of the women's lacrosse team. The biggest headaches actually turned out to be things outside of using the Final Cut program, such as getting the camera and firewire, and finding a computer that was compatible with equipment we had. At the end of the day, I truly learned a lot about digital media with this final project, and was very content with the project we showed on the last day.

Getting the footage and making the video

We had an idea of what kind of footage we were looking for. We wanted to focus on huddles, goals, and celebrations. It sounds like an easy task, but obviously we never knew when a goal was going to happen so it was a daunting task to keep up with the fast paced game. Jessica did a great job filming, and kept up with the pace great. We got some awesome shots of the girls celebrating after a goal and then after the win. While making the video, we were able to successfully incorporate newspaper clips, quotes, and footage from the game.

Editing

The first step for editing was to actually learn how to edit in Final Cut Pro. We had some raw footage to play around with on the program, and those couple weeks during the demos we really learned a lot on how to edit and cut footage. We then formed our storyboard, which can be seen on Jessica's blog. We were excited with the story we came up with, using the song "Don't Stop Believin" in the background. We hit some bumps in the road with the technical stuff, such as how to successfully operate our camera and getting the firewire from the cage. Once we got all that figured out, we just needed the raw footage from the game (and hope for a win!)

Final Project Proposal

For the final project, I will be working with Jessica Falcone. When we found out we needed to do a 30 second video, we both instantly decided we wanted to do something having to do with sports. After some deliberation, we decided to do a motivational video for the TCNJ Women's Lacrosse team. They are among the top ranked teams in the country, and have had some huge games in the past couple weeks. We plan to do this from a fan perspective