Have you ever made a video for a school project?

I know I have. And I know it has always been a complete disaster. The bad camera with low battery, the gigling, the lines that are hard to remember, the poor story, the bad acting, the technical difficulties, disorganization, stupid team mates...

Unfortunately today I have to go through the whole process once again. I have to make a Newscast video. I hope it won't be a disaster, but basing on my past experiences I can't expect much.

Let me share with you my past experiences:

• Terror story: It was a group project. We had to make a video for English class. We thought that it would be cool to make it a terror one. We had the script, the camera, the music, and an awesome old house. I know, it sounds good, but the result was a 3 minute weird dark video. And I still remember the line: "I know an old mansion that is all alone, and there are tons of spirits." And that wasn't even my line, but I think that's the only line in that video. The main problem: bad camera with low battery.
  
• Romeo and Juliet: I don't know how this one turned out, I didn't watch the final result. But the process was painful. The whole class had to make a video about Romeo and Juliet. Fortunately my part was small, still it was a horrible experience. And the lines were difficult because of the weird Shakespeare English. And the sun, the sun was unbearable. That's how I'll describe it. The main problem: stupid members and disorganization.
  
• A bank robbery: The result was clean and descent, not excellent but still clean. The acting was bad, the time we used was amazingly little. How did this happen? We paid for the editting and that was it. Main problem: too good to be true.
  
• Adolescence reportage: I still remember that it was a complete disaster, a hilarious painful disaster. I hope that video is destroyed by now. It was a horrible thing to see, and a horrible thing to shoot. The final result: a dark hysterical video, and it wasn't supposed to be hysterical. Main problem: stupid, stupid story, and bad camera with low battery.
  

As you can see, I can't have great expectations for the shooting today. I just hope that we don't waste much time and that the result is descent. I have to add, that there won't be any editting. So go figure.

By the way, don't forget to visit my renter, I enjoy reading his entries, especially the ones about music. =)


XoXo
Gaby