Creating video content for my e-newspaper
I knew from the planning stage that I wanted to incorporate full motion video into my e-newspaper, in order to take advantage of the digital platform.
At first I was planning on creating a short news report, using footage from existing reports, and designing the over lays and adding a voice over. However, I felt that if my voice over was not fully believable, it would reduce the quality of my overall project.
Therefore, I decided to have segments from an interview with Wazir Ja'afar, as a way of showing his dialogue in a more interesting way. Originally, the Wazir is talking to himself in the story, but I thought I would use that extract as his replies in an interview.
I found an interview that Walid Muallem did with Russia Today on Youtube, which was perfect for me to alter. This was due to the fact that this interview did not already have any subtitles, so I could therefore add them in myself.
Using iMovie to create my video content
As my video didn't need to contain anything too technical, I decided to use iMovie, as it allows me to easily add image overlays and quick transitions.
I used Adobe Illustrator to create the subtitle overlays, as I wanted to have a partly-transparent bar behind my subtitles. This was to make sure the text was visible infront of the footage.
As I only wanted the footage of Walid Muallem from the RT video, I cut two segments, and decided to use a cross-fade transition to blend them. I felt this looked professional and clean.
I used a static version of my logo to introduce the video, as I noticed The Mirror do the same with their videos - another source of inspiration.
(http://www.mirror.co.uk/video/)
To cut from my Arabian Nightly logo to the footage of 'Wazir Ja'afar' I used a fade to white transition, which I noticed in some Guardian video clips.
(http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/nov/07/egypt-crash-committee-noise-heard-in-cockpit-recording-from-russian-jet-video)
Altering my video
At first, I used a short breaking news sound clip in iMovie, ontop of my static logo. I originally decided to use it as I thought it would help cement the idea that the video clip is from a news source.
However, after looking at more news source videos, I realised they do not usually use a audio intro - as this is more common with news outlets dedicated to video (such as news tv channels). As seen the Mirror videos (http://www.mirror.co.uk/video/). I also felt that the sound clip felt out of place and was clearly not created for my purpose. It gave my video quite an amateurish feel - which I was obviously trying to avoid.
Therefore, I decided to remove the sound clip;
Therefore, I decided to have segments from an interview with Wazir Ja'afar, as a way of showing his dialogue in a more interesting way. Originally, the Wazir is talking to himself in the story, but I thought I would use that extract as his replies in an interview.
I found an interview that Walid Muallem did with Russia Today on Youtube, which was perfect for me to alter. This was due to the fact that this interview did not already have any subtitles, so I could therefore add them in myself.
Using iMovie to create my video content
As my video didn't need to contain anything too technical, I decided to use iMovie, as it allows me to easily add image overlays and quick transitions.
I used Adobe Illustrator to create the subtitle overlays, as I wanted to have a partly-transparent bar behind my subtitles. This was to make sure the text was visible infront of the footage.
As I only wanted the footage of Walid Muallem from the RT video, I cut two segments, and decided to use a cross-fade transition to blend them. I felt this looked professional and clean.
I used a static version of my logo to introduce the video, as I noticed The Mirror do the same with their videos - another source of inspiration.
(http://www.mirror.co.uk/video/)
To cut from my Arabian Nightly logo to the footage of 'Wazir Ja'afar' I used a fade to white transition, which I noticed in some Guardian video clips.
(http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/nov/07/egypt-crash-committee-noise-heard-in-cockpit-recording-from-russian-jet-video)
Altering my video
However, after looking at more news source videos, I realised they do not usually use a audio intro - as this is more common with news outlets dedicated to video (such as news tv channels). As seen the Mirror videos (http://www.mirror.co.uk/video/). I also felt that the sound clip felt out of place and was clearly not created for my purpose. It gave my video quite an amateurish feel - which I was obviously trying to avoid.
Therefore, I decided to remove the sound clip;
