Silent Sketch One: Changing Tides

This was my first time using Quicktime Pro to bring together moving and still images to try to create an interesting and engaging video. While I learned the basics of putting the images together, I clearly failed miserably at making a video that could catch a viewer's interest. Initially, I guess I thought that it would look cool to have the ducks swim all the way off the page and then have something "dramatic" happen. My idea of dramatic was the still image of the beautifully colored leaves that totally contrasts the moving image of the ducks. I really like the fall colors and the different angles. I like how they are shown in a circle, I feel that this kind of goes with the title "Changing Tides," as does the fact that the ducks are on water, obviously. Perhaps I will use more quick and concise clips from the moving footage of the ducks for my final video, but I think I will definitely try to incorporate the still images of the autumn leaves. I will probably make it a little more fast cuts as the image rotates around in a circle, though.

Even though this sketch isn't very good, at least I learned! I now know how to put together still and moving images, and I'm sure I'll just keep getting better at it as I move on with this project. I hope to improve my knowledge of how long clips/images should be displayed, because that is something I was not very good at with this clip.