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Video Storytelling Basics by Michael Rosenblum

Topic : Pitfalls

Started by MHart on Jan 17, 2012 at 05:18 pm

What pitfalls did you encounter during the Video Storytelling Basics exercises?

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MHart
4:05 pm Friday
Feb 3, 2012

Then I've learned a lot!

michael
5:36 pm Friday
Jan 20, 2012

you only learn from your mistakes!

MHart
1:24 pm Wednesday
Jan 18, 2012

When I did my first project "The Making of an Artist", I ended up with 57 minutes of raw footage! And I did that thing that Michael said not to do, 'direct'. I was trying to direct the interviews and asking all kinds of questions that didn't have anything to do with the story. So, as a result of that, more than half my footage was a waste. Even worse still, I had to sift through it all, wasting my time again. I think I only ended up using only 8 or 9 seconds for the interview. Even though I was told to avoid it, somehow, in the excitement of it all, I fell into that trap anyway. I'll sure know better next time!