Throughout this semester of COM210, one of my favorite projects that I have done this semester was my final video project. I have previously worked with Adobe programs in the past such as Photoshop, illustrator, and InDesign but I have never worked with Premire- so this has been really fun for me to learn how to use a program that I have never used before.

 I have learned a multitude of skills throughout this course, but some of the main skills that I have learned is to how to use some of the Blogging Best Practices and how to successfully write a thourough blog post that can sussessfully get my point across and correctly articulate myself online. I think i’ll be able to use this in the future because I believe that the world is becoming more technology based. 

I think I am going to go to the career path of a graphic designer after my internship this semester. Honestly all of the projects that we have done using Adobe will help because we use Adobe products day-to-day in that career field, for all kinds of different projects. 

I think it would be a cool skill to learn to know how to possibly code a website, I do think this might be too extensive to learn in just a unit, but I would be interested in learning about that. I also found that youtube was really helpful in learning how to use the products and tips and tricks how to use them.

All in all, I am very happy with the choice to take this class this semester. I have already reccomended it to a couple girls in my sorority since I think it doesn’t hurt for people of any major to learn the skills in this course as well as learn how to use the Adobe products that we’ve been using.

 I decided to create for this project was a tutorial on how to hem dress pants. My course topic is an internship at an apparel company. Working in the fashion industry it is so important to know all aspects of the industry, and that includes knowing simple sewing techniques such as hemming pants.  I looked on many different websites and how-to videos relating to apparel and non-apparel topics. 

The design process that I had from beginning to end was, first creating a topic idea that I thought would best fit my course project. Next, I went to shoot the film I needed. After I gathered all the media, I then created a storyboard on how I wanted my draft to look. From there I went into Premire and put all the clips together and trimmed and edited the audio as needed. I also added on a title and credit slide. I recorded all clips on my phone then uploaded them onto my computer. 

Some of the feedback that I got on my draft video story are to mute the background audio on some of the clips since there is some distracting background noice. Also to add in transitions between the clips to make the change of clips more seamless. I also added in some voiceovers to explain what is going on in the clips.

Using Premire was honestly pretty hard for me since I’ve never used it before. It took me a lot longer than expected since I had to learn a totally new software than the other projects which we have used software that I am very comfortable with.  All materials in this project are my own. 

What I decided to create for this project was a tutorial on how to hem dress pants. My course topic is an internship at an apparel company. Working in the fashion industry it is so important to know all aspects of the industry, and that includes knowing simple sewing techniques such as hemming pants. What inspired me was simple how-to videos that I researched and watched. I looked on many different websites and how-to videos relating to apparel and non-apparel topics. The design process that I had from beginning to end was, first creating a topic idea that I thought would best fit my course project. Next, I went to shoot the film I needed. After I gathered all the media, I then created a storyboard on how I wanted my draft to look. From there I went into Premire and put all the clips together and trimmed and edited the audio as needed. I also added on a title and credit slide. I recorded all clips on my phone then uploaded them onto my computer. Using Premire was honestly pretty hard for me since I’ve never used it before. It took me a lot longer than expected since I had to learn a totally new software than the other projects which we have used software that I am very comfortable with. The advice that I have to people using Premire is to be patient in learning it since it can get a little confusing, but once you learn all the basic tools it is not hard to get down! All materials in this project are my own. 

Sample Storyboard: How To Hem Dress Pants

Using my Late pass on this assignment.

What I decided to create for this project is an interview with a previous Intern from College Hill Custom Threads. This project relates to my course topic because since my project is about my experience as an intern for the same company, I thought it would be a great idea to interview someone who also has been through the same internship that I have. The design influences that mainly inspired me was a typical interview set up. Wheras I asked questions and they answered. I watched a couple interviews on youtube to really get a feel on how to word my questions to get the best possible answers out of them. My design process was  creating some thoughtful questions, finding my subject, Macy to interview. Then I  got my audio clips and uploaded them in to Audition. I collected all the elements myself through voice recordings of macy and I. The process for constructing my project was uploading the files in Audition and trimming and putting multiple files together. I mainly used the trim tool in this process to cut out filler words such as “um” and long pauses. I didn’t really find any technical challenges throughout this project. It was mainly just me learning how to use this software since I’ve never used it before. All my materials are my own.

From the feedback I got I made a couple adjustments. Some of the feedback I got was to fine tune a little more of the filler words and long pauses which I did pretty easily on Audition. Another piece of feedback that I got was to add a conclusion to the end. Which I did consider but I would have went over on the time limit if I did, and I would have to cut a huge part of the interview out and I thought I did a great job covering what the project was about in the intro. So all in all I just made minor sound adjustments to the audio story. Again, all of the audio is my own.

What I decided to create for this project is an interview with a previous Intern from College Hill Custom Threads. This project relates to my course topic because since my project is about my experience as an intern for the same company, I thought it would be a great idea to interview someone who also has been through the same internship that I have. The design influences that mainly inspired me was a typical interview set up. Wheras I asked questions and they answered. I watched a couple interviews on youtube to really get a feel on how to word my questions to get the best possible answers out of them. My design process was  creating some thoughtful questions, finding my subject, Macy to interview. Then I  got my audio clips and uploaded them in to Audition. I collected all the elements myself through voice recordings of macy and I. The process for constructing my project was uploading the files in Audition and trimming and putting multiple files together. I mainly used the trim tool in this process to cut out filler words such as “um” and long pauses. I didn’t really find any technical challenges throughout this project. It was mainly just me learning how to use this software since I’ve never used it before. All my materials are my own.

Here is some audio footage from me interviewing a previous student of the College Hill graphic Design internship