Video Montage Artifact
In our ever growing, modern world, many technologies are available for us to enhance everything we do in our daily lives. I aimed to take full advantage of that in creating my Artifact for my final presentation. My goal in creating the Artifact was to display the main points I wanted to convey in a creative, novel manner. I first found multiple clips from movies that displayed the various aspects of courtship I wanted to highlight. This was, in itself, an exciting task as I got to watch some of the most pivotal parts of many classic romantic movies. Next, I created clips and used a video analyzer to enhance the quality of all the movie clips I had. I then used Apple FinalCut Pro in order to blend the clips together with transitions. At first, I liked with what I had come with in the artifact, but I felt that something was missing. I realized that I could add slides before each clip that highlight what to watch for in the scene. It would not only add effectiveness to the Artifact, but would cover the reason why I selected the given clip. So I have added some guiding text in the artifact in the final draft. I am reasonably content with how the Artifact turned out. But I think I should have provided more background information on what the artifact is about so that it can be an independed video which does not leave viewers with questions in their minds! I will ensure that I keep this in mind when take advantage of more technological advances as I continue my
academics.
academics.
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