8th Grade Project Editing

For my 8th grade project, I made a snowboarding video. After I had finished all the filming I had about two hours of raw footage to work with. I started working on my laptop with the program Windows Movie Maker. After I got pretty far with editing my video, I realized the program I was using did not have adjustable audio (I could not go from music to the audio from the camera). I decided to restart on the computer at school which had the program iMovie '08. After I got pretty far in that I realized that iMovie was unable to produce visual effects (like slow motion). Unfortunately olny iMovie '08 ( the one I was using) was the only iMovie that did not have slow motion. I then had to make the decision whether to use iMovie and not have slow motion, or use Movie Maker and not have audio going from music to audio from the camera. I decided to use Movie Maker. I spent the next few weeks choosing which jumps I was going to keep because my video was too long. After that, I had to re-arrange the order that the jumps and rails show in. I did this because if there were too many of the same jump or rail in a row, it did not look good. After I finished doing that, I had to put nice transitions inbetween each jump so it looked nice. I then went to re-arraning it again so it looked good with the music (which by the way took a really long time to pick out). Thoose were the main things I did when I was editing my snowboarding video.

Did you stand up straight but stay relaxed?
It looks like a stood up straight. I am not sure if it looks like I looked relaxed.


Did you pause for a moment before you began your speech?
I don't think I really paused before I began. I can't be sure though because the video starts right when I start speaking.


Did you look at your audience?
I think I looked at the audience a lot. I did not look at the the whole time though because I had to read my notes.


Did you let your facial expressions naturally reflect what you were saying?
I don't think I made any facial expressions at all. I used a few when I was talking about how cruel they were.

Did you use your hands?
I am pretty sure that I did not use my hands at all. I might have but I can't see it in the video.


Did you speak loudly enough so that everyone could hear you?
I think I spoke loud enough. I could hear myself for the entire video.


Did you change your tone to show how you felt (upset, excited) about an idea or to emphasize a point?
I did not do it to much. I might have done it a little bit when I was talking about how cruel people were.


Was your speed of delivery too fast, too slow or just right?
I think it was just right for most of the time. I think it was to slow sometimes though.

Did you practice your speech at home before giving it?
Not really, I just went over what I was going to say in my head. I think if I had it would have been better.

What did you notice that you did well in your speech?
I noticed that I did not speak to fast, which was good. I also think I talked loud.

Describe one aspect of public speaking you will work to improve?
I think I need to improve on a lot of things. The main thing is probably talking clearly, or practicing at home.