Rough draft

 

I’m going to be quite honest, I had a much more organized idea when I jumped on the idea of doing a video based on one of my core hobbies; video games. I decided to make a video about borderlands 2 and thought that it be easy as my computer was capable of video recording what’s on the screen. Unfortunately, it was tough to do so for two reasons. The first issue was to figure out what clips to record and what to cut in order to tell a focused and entertaining narrative. The second was finding how to narrate this in voice as my video recording software couldn’t record any of my voice reactions as I played the game.

I planned to introduce the game with game play footage with a friend. However, my friend wasn’t available so we could record awesome footage of great co-op looting. With that said, I improvised what I could do and took care of the two challenges to this draft.

I took care of the first issue was by figuring out which aspects of the game I should demonstrate on the screen. The tough part wasn’t recording my gameplay, but to get to certain levels as there are chances to show off how great it was. With time against me, I felt I could record where my skill could take me, and I decided to make sub clips out of the parts that told the story well. There was one other moment where I took gameplay footage of another game, call of duty, to show how these two games are very different from each other.

The second issue was much difficult to figure out. Mostly because I had to time out my narration to match with the game play footage. I decided to make several separate audio files and patch them up at audition before I insert along the footage. It wasn’t easy to do. Overall, it helped tell a brief story of a amazing game and its features.

Raw footage and story board

 

 

 

Sample Storyboard: The story of my gaming hobby

Visual Elements	Audio Elements
0:00-0:12  I introduce the topic of Gaming on why I prefer non-competitive multiplayer games. I have a shot of my mouse hovering over my games library and skipping ones that don’t fit my criteria	I’ll likely use a voice over to talk to myself as I pick over to my favorite game to play, borderlands
0:13-0:25  I go on to explain about what’s special about the game, showcasing how there are many weapons and ways to play the game	I show on screen pictures and or brief shots of certain weapons in play as I say their name quickly.
0:26-1:00  I show how it can be played with a friend. I show a clip of me playing the game with a close friend as we work together to take on a boss for a chance to get good loot.	I go give a brief introduction to my partner in crime as he plays alongside with me. We give a brief description of what’s going to happen.
1:00-1:30 A shot of the boss spewing out a boat load of good weapons. We look around and collect the weapons and gear that’s good enough to use later on the adventure.	I capture audio of a brief conversation between my friend and I as we sort out loot we found. It ends off with us going on our separate ways.

 

Greyhound tutorial

Final Draft

This draft wasn’t a couple of tweaks and elbow grease here and there. There was alot of work that was done to make sure this audio story was better than the rough draft. For starters, I decided it be best to scrap what I had for the rough draft and wrote a different script.

This time, the script told how writing lead to wattpad and how that website gave an unique experience and changed my life. I decided to create the story into two seperate audio files.

Then, I decided it be best to have another voice in this story. I figured this would work since I would have another voice that talked about their experience on wattpad and it would show how a lot of people are online writing wonderful stories and sharing them with hundreds of people.

I scheduled a time and recorded their experience with a simple question. After I got the audio I needed, I listened to what was recorded. The voice of the interviewee was great, definitely would keep the audience entertained. However, there were a couple of pauses, awkward phrasing, and some stuttering. I went with the razor tool and cut away those parts, then patched together the rest of the interview. one part was down, but two more were to go.

The second part was the first half of the story, the part where I introduce myself and my hobby. This time, I recorded myself before going back and cutting away the stuttering and hiccups before moving the file bar before the audio where I gave my one question interview.

The second part was shorter than the former as it was the closer to the story. It didnt take much editing as the other, but I still had to cut away any awkward parts, any fumbled speech. In the end, I think I have created the right story that talked about my online writing experience.