I was very excited about taking this course for the reason that this is the type of work I love to do. I could spend hours playing in Photoshop and editing. I teach Desktop Publishing so this is the type of work that is near and dear to my heart. Before teaching I worked for a video editing company. I worked with still graphics that were to be imported into video. I learned many things in that position.
This week our assignment was to create a personal digital story using digital photos and editing software. I enjoyed the assignment from the beginning to the end. My story was difficult but therapeutic. I enjoyed going through the pictures finding just the ones that I had in my mind for the script. I have never thought of myself as a writer, however I found writing for the video enjoyable. The most difficult task was trying to stay within the small time frame of two to three minutes. As you can see I did not meet that challenge. I worked hours trying tweaking and cutting from the story. Then I got to a point where I thought I could do no more for fear of losing impact. I must admit it is with great trepidation that I post something so intimate and personal on the internet. I spent days trying to come up with something else but this story continued to flood my mind. So here it is posted. The making of the video has been a pleasurable experience and I am looking forward to working with my group in producing a PSA.
Personal Digital Story
