I have been with the non-profit singing group, Vitamin L, for over 7 years. I am a chorus member in the group, and recently I became a youth board member as well. Vitamin L has been a huge part of the way I have grown up. I am leaving for college in a couple months and I want to give back to Vitamin L, and Janice Nigro, the owner.
I am creating a promotional video for Vitamin L. The video will have many uses, and will be used to convince local schools to sign Vitamin L up for a concert.
I have been interested in film for the past couple of years. Outside of school I have made videos with my cousin Anthony. One of our favorite videos we made was "Ping Pong Palace". We got the idea one day when we were playing table tennis with headphones. We threw it together in a day and it was a lot of fun.
When I have the opportunity in school I do video projects. One of the projects I had the most fun with is my Lord Of The Flies video I created two years ago in Mr. Asklar's class.
I used an old, family camera to film, and windows movie maker to edit. It made me want to use better equipment, and better software in the future. I plan on keeping this WISE project as professional as possible.
But I can't do it on my own...
This is Jeff Hodges
Jeff is a really cool dude. He works with a local company called PhotoSynthesis Productions. He took WISE when he was in high school as well. He even had my teacher, Ms. Lord! He also had Mr. Asklar and did the same video project that I did. He also is into theater and did acting in college. The parallels that can be drawn between our lives gets me excited for our professional relationship.
Jeff has worked with Vitamin L before. He created the first Vitamin L music video, "Step Up, Speak Out".
Jeff Hodges, my out of school mentor, is helping me plan my project. The promotional video will be a two to three minute documentary style promotional video. The steps to create the film include planning, filming, editing, and distributing.
Planning
---Develop concept
---Understand the end goal
---Get equipment
------Hard equipment and software
---Create schedule
---Contact all people involved
------People who will be interviewed
------Schools where we will be filming
Filming
---Film as much as I can (you can't have too much B-roll)
---Try to control sound and light for high quality film
---Be consistent with interview questions
---Film with the end product in mind
---Don't count on fixing it later
Editing
---Organize all footage and save on an external hard drive
---Understand the editing software
---Practice by making a mock video only 20 seconds long
---Not done editing until it is perfect
Distribution
---Create an electronic press kit
------This includes the promotional video, pamphlets, letters, and other information that will be sent to schools in one package
---Use Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter to distribute.
Planning this project is challenging because these steps overlap, and plans change unpredictably. It is important to keep track of all these changes so I am going to create a Google calendar and share it with my mentors and Janice Nigro.
I feel two strong emotions right now. Excitement, and fear. I can't wait for the project to really get rolling. I want to meet people, talk to people, film people, and edit that film. I am scared about the project though. This project is a BIG deal. This might be the largest independent thing I have ever done. In terms of fear, I have been dealing with procrastination for the past five years. I need to conquer this part of myself before I go to college. I hope this project helps me do this.
Excited and scared.
Wish me luck on my journey! I know I am going learn, and have a lot of fun along the way.
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