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For this project, we started by choosing our subject and story. We decided to make our story about Maleah Boyd and Raven Dance Team. After we chose this, we started to set up interviews with the people we needed for our video. For pre-production, we also planned out what else we would need to film or receive for b-roll. Once we had a solid plan for what we needed to get, we filmed our actual interview with Maleah. We also got some additional b-roll from various parts of the school and got some clips from Maleah of her and the dance team. This lead us in to the editing process where we started by sequencing our shots. Once we had our shots sequenced and edited accordingly, we recorded a voiceover to help bring our information together in the video. We then presented our videos and got some positive and negative feedback. Next, we reedited our video based on the feedback we received.

Throughout this entire process, my main role was to keep our group on track and make sure we got our work done. I helped a lot with the pre-production processes. During this project, I definitely learned a lot. Probably the most significant information I learned was how to make your audio sound as good as possible. This includes how to use microphones and how to edit audio in Premier Pro. I also learned how to write a voiceover and how to make 2, 3, and 5 shot sequences. Throughout this project, I think I did a good job at time management, collaboration, and communication. I think I could still improve a little bit as a leader and I could also continue to improve my technical skills. I think I am pretty good with the editing processes, but I'm still not the best with the camera.

If I were to do this project again, I definitely would've changed our camera angle for our interview so it would be closer to our subject. I also would've liked to try to get more footage of the dance team practicing so we could show more of actual dancing instead of flags. I think I did a good job with my voiceover, so I don't think I would've changed much in that aspect. I also think I did a very good job at sequencing my shots and making the story flow. In future projects, I will definitely remember the technical aspects I've learned during this project. These aspects are used in almost all high production videos, so it is important that I continue to use them in future projects. As a whole, this was a pretty enjoyable project and I am looking forward to making more informational videos in the future.

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