This past week, my boyfriend and I have been stuck at home, anxiously awaiting my COVID test results. Luckily, my entire pantry was well stocked, allowing me to keep my mind off of the issue at hand. For my final project in Multimedia production, I decided to combine my love of creating with my love of baking, through an informative style video. I wanted to help others get their minds of off the pandemic in the only way I know how, food. This banana bread has been a source of comfort for many months, as I have developed it to fit my taste.
This project was extremely exciting in that I was able to creative with a new medium for me. I love baking and baking videos, which made the topic clear from the start. I had so much fun filming this, as I spent the entire time doing what I love. However, this project became more difficult in the editing phases. I was extremely surprised by the amount of work and skill that goes into creating a flawless, well edited video. I spent more hours than I could count, looking for editing platforms, editing my video, editing my audio, fitting them together, and putting finishing touches on this content. I was caught off guard by the amount skills one must acquire to create videos like these, especially given the number of people my age using this medium.
For this project, I wish I had more tools at my disposal. From the start I had planned on using a small tripod for my phone, but unfortunately it was stuck with my parents, whom I could not see due to quarantine. Luckily, my boyfriend was kind enough to act as my stand in tripod. Challenges arouse having a person behind the camera, due to unexpected movements. My tiny house also proved to not be the best place to shoot videos, due to lack of range when filming.
In the future, I hope to create more videos like these. I want to share baking videos and my recipes on online platforms. Videos made my magazine pages, such as Bon Appetite inspire me to work on my skills to create videos as satisfying as theirs for my career. I also hope to use this medium in my political career to help build outreach. As different platforms become more important each day, we know that videos are a wonderful way to bring in new people.
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