The first Plushie film was a lot of fun. The camera was very shaky in the first couple shots, and wasn't focused enough. It was shaky especially when it was a pan shot. That will get better I hope eventually with more time using a camera. I got pretty good at using Final Cut Pro for editing, and enjoyed it a lot. It was cool at the end to see the minute video I just made with sounds and transitions. Mistakes I made involved finding sound and music for my movie. At first the sound wouldn't work at all but I figured it out, and how to 'steal' music from youtube.
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This Plushie taught me a lot more than the first one, and went a lot more smoothly. Just being a little bit more familiar with Final Cut Pro to edit made it simpler, compared to figuring out how to do everything like last film. This time I was more aware with the camera, took multiple of each shot I wanted and picked the best one. I was a lot steadier with the camera also, sometimes I leaned it against my leg and pivoted to get a good pan shot. This time when editing I experimented with timing on some of my clips, like slow-mo and instant replay. The storyboard made it more orderly and not as all over the place like my first plushie, even though this wasn't really a 'story' more like my Plushie just 'dancing' to music. It was a lot of fun!