February 29, 2008

How did you first get into Video??

Filed under: Cool Vids n' Stuff,Thoughts — Mirada @ 4:10 pm

For me, I’d say it was back in high school when we had the option of a final project for our photography class. You could make a short video involving your family and/or friends and the moment we were given the assignment, my ideas started springing up like flowers! I’d never done something like this before. I really enjoyed watching movies and some TV shows but to check out a class camera and go film stuff??? AWESOME! Needless to say I was really excited and put a lot of time and effort into the project. I ended up making a comedic video involving home-made costumes and my younger brothers. I edited on-camera and even experimented with a little stop-motion animation and some lighting techniques. I was introduced to some of the basics of Video Production and really had a lot of fun! Yes, I scored well on the final grade too. :) I think I still have the VHS somewhere… I need to go dig it up because it would be fun to see my very first video project again. <3

What’s Your story??

) D 8)

~Mirada~

2 Comments »

  1. Vernell

    Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

    Trackback by Vernell — March 21, 2008 @ 8:25 pm

  2. I remember 1st grade, circa 1983. There were a small pool of GE top-loading VCRs on Bretford stands, with Zenith 25″ TV sets on top that were available for teacher use (it was only when I was in the 4th grade when lottery money started coming through and teachers started getting their own A/V equipment.) I had never seen a VCR before—the ability to put what YOU wanted to see on TV was incredibly cool. I remember the procedure that was posted on the side of the TV was about 18 items long, whereas if you really had to post a procedure now, it would be much simpler–turn on TV, insert tape, hit play if it doesn’t start on its own. Back in the day, it was turn on both TV and VCR, eject the tape basket, insert the tape, close the door and hit play.
    Mind you, it was a couple more years before I saw a camera (with portable VCR attached)…

    Comment by cfulton — March 31, 2008 @ 10:05 am

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