My video project is about the importance of coffee in the morning ritual. My biggest struggle while filming was keeping my sister from laughing. I wanted to be able to control the camera angles and such, so I chose to be behind the camera, rather than in front of it.
I chose to keep the image slightly out of focus in the shots before she drinks the coffee to show that she is not yet awake, and to make her appear hazy. I backed it with a track of driving, intense classical music.
I also used interesting angles to set the scene and to keep from having one long shot at the same angle because that gets stale and loses the viewers' interest.
After she drinks the coffee, I bring the shot into focus and back it with classical morning music to show that the coffee has woken her up.
My biggest struggle while editing was that Movie Maker has changed its timeline and made trimming music to start and stop at certain times more difficult than it used to be.
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