Grad school has kept me very busy this semester, with serious deadlines every single week. It would be the reason I haven’t posted any reviews in the last week, though there are a couple upcoming, if only in a short-round form. Tomorrow’s assignment was to create a book brochure & accompanying video promoting “Thrillers”. (Thrillers was my topic — others got banned books, Hispanic Heritage month, etc.) I have almost no experience with video editors (having used Windows Media Maker for very primitive projects), so I’ve been getting accustomed to Filmora today. This is the video I uploaded for class, and while it has its problems (some vocal pauses, no transitions, etc), I thought it would be interesting to share here given that all the books I talk about are ones I’ve reviewed here. I should note that this video is presented as if it was part of a bimonthly series, but my library has no YT presence — and that “address” for a mailing list is intentionally incorrect, though the library interior shots are from the actual place I work. The Natchez shots were all taken from my visit there last December, wholly inspired by Iles’ books set there. This was an interesting experience, altogether — writing a script, trying to record without echos/dogs parking/random people screaming/etc, then pairing visuals and audio.
Anyway, I am to finish Precipice tonight and post a couple of reviews to get the week started.
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Pretty good video! I’d keep watching that YouTube channel…. [grin]
Thanks There’s a few more video assignments in this course, so I’ll get more experience. Thought about doing flashy transitions and maybe music, but that video consumed 7 hours of my day yesterday as it was!
Awesome!
Very good video and for your first try with that video editor I’d say it’s a success 🙂 ! Your video certainly made me want to look into Robert Harris. Never considered him before.
Thanks! It received full marks and the teacher said she appreciated my making it like an ‘actual’ youtube video, pretending it was part of a series and including stuff like “like and subscribe”.
That’s awesome, congrats 🙂 You almost had me subscribing there so I agree with your teacher on that!
Hah! On that account I post like once a year, and it’s almost always raw footage (a short clip) of something strange I’ve seen in games. With the exception of Paper Lace Mafia, which is an idea I had 20 years ago and tried to make into a video. It’s so clunky I can’t even remember the storyline I was trying to go for!
haha seems like an account for keeping ideas 🙂