Idea and Inspiration
For this project I decided to create an informational styling video. This project relates to my course topic since my course topic is fashion and my life here at WSU and this video shows how I would style outfits for a typical week here!
Design Process
I mainly researched through youtube; the lookbook videos I used to watch in 2015 inspired this type of video. I wanted to show videos of me wearing the outfits as well as them laid out the way they would be for a promotional advertisement to give variety and contrast between shots. I first started by brainstorming different events in pullman I could create looks for. I ended up settling on an outfit for class, an outfit for a night out, an outfit for Gameday, and an outfit for a date night or dinner. After that I thought about different outfits I have styled for events like these in the past and skimmed through my closet before settling on the outfits I chose.
Technical Detail
While filming I wanted to make sure that I had a dark background for half of the shots and a light background for the other half to give contrast. When filming each outfit on the flat surface on a dark background, I used flash and made sure to use the rule of thirds and get a bunch of different angles. When shooting the looks on, I used my bathroom because it is super bright and had a good place for me to set my phone while I filmed. I kind of just moved around in front of the camera a little bit and tried to get different angles of the outfits. After filming all of my shots, I sent them all to my computer renamed them accordingly and saved them in a folder. For the voice recordings, I wrote a script on my computer and then recorded myself reading it. I sent these recordings to my computer and also saved them in that folder. In Adobe, I first added all of my audio in to see how long it would be and then after that was put in, I used the mark in and mark out tools to crop the first clip to the size I wanted and then inserted it into the sequence. I then repeated this step for the next 19 clips. For the title I wanted to make it a light pink color and also create a more interesting font so I decided to skew the text on the x axis 55%. After that I checked the proportions of all of the clips and fit them all to the screen using the scale effect tool. Then, I went to the Lumetri Color tab and added the Fuji ETERNA 250d Kodak look on all of the clips. I had trouble with Premiere glitching and my audio not coming through correctly. I ended up just editing my audio in audition and then putting it into premiere after.
Sources and Materials
All materials were created by me.
Quinn Cooney 
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Your Video Story Draft has really effective content for your course topic, and it was really relevant to current media and WSU. I think your strongest point is the filming style, the different angles and being able to see the outfits in different layouts was a great way to show all of your content and I think it’ll hold people’s attention throughout the video. I agree that the dark background and light backgrounds give the different shots contrast, but I think that the colors could be enhanced a little more in the shots to try and make the different outfits stand out. I also think your script was great for the video, however if you edit it a little to make sure that there are no pauses it could flow better with the rest of the video. Overall, you have a great Video Story and with a couple of edits it will be perfect.
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Quinn, informational videos seem to be very popular I thought you did an excellent job of explaining all your outfits, when you would wear them and the occasions behind it. That was really smart of you to use a dark background and a light background to give a difference of contrast. I like how easy going and sophisticated you made this video, instead of going through an entire weeks M-F you picked out specific days that were important for you and made it in a timely fashion. Using the bathroom light was smart giving you more brightness and making the picture frame more clear. Your voice over is very clear and informational, I thought the script you wrote out was perfect for what you were going for here.
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Quinn, I thought your design process was done well. You explained in great detail the information about the different outfits and how you would wear them. If there was one thing you could add though i think that if you were to have yourself from head to toe in the shot. You wouldn’t even need to re record but maybe just flash an image for a couple seconds when you are explaining the fit. I liked the approach you took with doing close ups of each piece of clothing so we know which piece is which when you explain where you got them. Overall i think that you have a great video so far and just a couple of small changes could make it awesome.
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After evaluating my group members and reading their comments on my own draft video story, I believe I need to make a few changes to polish up my video! I want to add some ambient music in the background to help the video flow a bit better. I got feedback that I should enhance the colors to make the different outfits stand out a bit better so I may try that. I also want to edit my audio a bit to make sure there are no awkward pauses or mess ups. I also got feedback that I may want to add a full body shot of me in the outfit so you can see it all together with the shoes and accessories and everything so I may incorporate this idea into my final video story as well. Overall, with a few small tweaks, I believe my final video story will be great!
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