Natalie's Blog

For this project we went to the blood drive at Olathe Northwest on Friday 13th, November. We were taking a point of view from a donor, nurse, or STUCO member. I chose to take the point of view from a donor. I wrote questions as a guide to ask the donors then I went to the Flex Theater where the blood drive was taking place. I captured b-roll along with interviews at the same time. The next day I uploaded the video to the computer and edited it on Final Cut Pro. My video is 1 minute long to fit the time space. Next time I would bring a microphone to capture the audio better of the interviews and plan my shots better so I wouldn't be scrambled. I was in a rush trying to get all the b-roll and interviews I needed. 

This is a vlog type of video of a man and and woman going to a blood drive at a church. He filmed him and the woman through the whole process of getting their blood drawn. They went to the Red Cross Blood Drive that was at Highland Baptist Church. This video showed how the process worked of getting your blood drawn, but it was not a clear story. The man was telling the story. The video was very shaky, did not have voice overs, had music in the background, and was shot at poor angles. He did do a good job at showing each step and it was in focus, that is all I would apply. The creator showed the emotions, but was shaky and had a stupid camera lens. It distorted the view. There was background music the whole time and it switched between two music choices in the middle. In the beginning of the video the music was solemn, but in the second half of the video it was upbeat. It was a poor tasted in music and had no relevance to the whole video. He should have not had background music in t...