So my newest endeavor at the Asheville Art Museum has been creating a video focusing on the education programs that they offer. This project has got me thinking about how vastly different video is from photography. Here are some things I've discovered thus far in my project.
1. It's a lot easier to "mess up" video than it is photography. When you take a photo you can almost always manipulate a photograph you take it. You can change the lighting, the cropping, or the contrast to make it seem more appealing to the viewer. However, with my subpar knowledge of video editing, it is much harder to do once you have already shot the footage. With this crutch, it requires much more focus and attention to detail when actually recording the video.
2. Considering most people don't like to be photographed, even more people don't like to be recorded. I think this goes along with the inability to show a persons "good side" when shooting video. Since it is live, even one weird movement is captured forever. This makes people even less willing to be recorded.
3. Bad sound can be the death of a video. That is one lovely thing about working in photography compared to video, you never have to worry about whether the microphone picked up that hilarious quote by the 5 year old who was critiquing Andy Warhol's art. A photograph speaks for itself, and gives the viewer the ability to make up their own dialog. Video, on the other hand, relies on the sound to make the story. Where the editing lacks, the sound makes up for it. This is a definite struggle I've had these past few weeks.
Overall, I have loved the learning process of making a promotional video. It is much different than anything I have done thus far, and I will carry the knowledge with me for the rest of my life.
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