Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Video...For Real This Time

Here it is! YAY!

Play Trailer

So I've been sick for the past few weeks with the wonderful flu, so now I'm playing catch-up! I tried my best with making a movie for this weeks assignment. I've never done something like this before! Rick suggested I make a promotional trailer for my senior directing project because promoting my shows in a High School setting is DEFINITELY something I will be doing in the near future. This could make an interesting assignment where I can include technology in my classroom having my students create promotional videos for their productions.

I do not have a web-cam or a microphone so I decided to use production photos taken a week before my show opened as the basis for the promotional trailer. I think it does a good job of capturing the essence of my piece and I hope it is helpful in motivating audience members to support the arts!

This was quite the challenging assignment, my illness aside. I had no idea how to use Windows Movie Maker (because I don't have a Mac) so I got to learn by trial and error. It wasn't as hard as it looked but it was definitely challenging and caused me to really work to make a good trailer, albeit a short one.

I've tried uploading it to my blog but my internet is WAY too slow at my house, so hopefully I can get it posted on campus where the connection is faster. Stay tuned to check it out!

Jason