How’s my video journey going? I believe that I have a decent vision, script, and progression for the video. The challenge about graphics remains the same. Do I hunt for the perfect clipart online? Do I pose my first graders and take photos of real kids? Or do I try to create whimsical sketches of my own? For my very very very very rough cut, I opted for the latter.
I’d really appreciate some honest feedback before I continue with this approach. Do the graphics look appropriate or too much like bad sketches? Would you recommend that I search for cleaner looking clipart or use real photos? Looking for some critical friends to help me out!
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What does being a good critical friend mean to me? To me, being a good critical friend means providing honest feedback and specific suggestions for improvement while recognizing that we’re all working professionals with a limited amount of time available to make our capstone websites perfect.
What would I like from others? If there’s something to compliment, then great. But I would mostly value direct, honest feedback with concrete suggestions for improvement. Even if I don’t have time to implement all of the recommendations, at least I’ll have ideas for improving my next website endeavor. So far, creating the storyboard and script has been pretty straightforward. My challenge is in finding images that work with my idea. My preference would be to use drawn graphics, rather than photos, but it’s hard to find consistent clipart that shows everything I need. For example, I need clipart showing children doing all sorts of things, including: reading, writing, math, using computers at home, using computers in school, learning from a teacher, and working in groups. Whew!
I’m willing to create the graphics myself, but I just don’t know how. If you have any suggestions for finding or creating graphics like this, please let me know! For my video editor, I’m likely going to use iMovie or WeVideo as my video editor. Why? I’m already familiar with iMovie, so the learning curve will be shorter. I’m also not doing complex video editing, and iMovie is pretty straightforward to use for simple videos. I’m tempted to try WeVideo, since you can use it on non-Apple devices, too, and I’d love to learn a new tool. At this point, it may come down to which one I can use the most quickly. |
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