Saturday 24th May 2014

Today was the D-day of my video. It was finally a weekend and was able to record my neighbours playing various activities, since I was not able to do this at school. I went down to the compound and called some of my neighbours who play daily, however, some were not available and had gone out. But without wasting time, I told them to play normally and act as if there was no one there and play naturally. Though I gave them some instructions of cheering, celebrating and to show some of the components of play, so that my video is appropriate and shows a message. It was fun to do so and took many video clips in which I later picked the best ones. Some of the activities that I videoed were football, hide and seek, cycling, and other fun games.

The challenge was too shoot the video nicely for example when they were playing football they were moving from right to left, running, jumping therefore to capture this was very hard and required me to move a lot hence the most videos were not shot as good as I wanted. Secondly, was the fact that some people were not cooperating and didn't follow by the instructions for example, I told them to celebrate with their team mates if they score but they would forget, making me start the video all over again, as it would spoilt it. They would also not express themselves and some were shy in front of the camera. Lastly, was that when I would shoot a video, I wouldn't have a continuous recording but would pause it then play again hence a single mistake would make me start all over again. I overcame these challenges by taking various video clips therefore if some were not good, I would always have another one in spare therefore I would choose the best one, out of all. I also asked one of my neighbour to video me playing before I would shoot the video of them playing, in which I showed them what to do exactly when I shoot the video, in which they clearly understood.

After the tiring afternoon, I returned home and compiled all the videos and picked the best ones only to realise that I only needed about three or two so that my video would not become that long. I then added the clips to my video editing software on my phone and started editing and organizing the video. Later, I went through my design and checked on what I still have to do. I then realised, I still had to insert pictures to my video and the audios explaining the importance of play. I quickly went on my computer and sent all the pictures that I had gathered on play earlier on when I was researching and sent it to my phone via email. I then applied the pictures to the video and kept smooth and eye-catching transitions to the video to create a good flow. Out of all the days so far, today was the day that I really did a lot in the process of making my video and I am very proud about what I have done. In general, I am very delighted!