The PSA project was a great experience. I had a lot of fun with it. When it came to working with the technology behind it, I found it more difficult than I originally anticipated. I had worked with video cameras before, but not to make a PSA and also not in a few years. I learned quickly how to do the basic functions of the camera so that the PSA could be filmed. Ann and I had to take quite a few video shots before being able to proceed to the next step. Once we had all the video footage, it did not take us long to realize that the plan we had developed may be to long for the amount of time allotted. We were definitely glad that we had already found the music and made it so it would fit with the PSA. Luckily I had worked with audacity in my Senior Seminar class senior year, which made it a little easier to use when we needed to. I think that the hardest part had to be cutting the video to make it work. This part took up the most time. We were constantly cutting and shortening in order to make the video not only fit in the allotted time but also so that the video would look good. There were other times when we had to take the video section from scratch again because we messed up the scene. Another part that seemed to be a little challenging was trying to get the voice overs completely perfect when it came to certain scenes. In some spots it wasn't exactly where we wanted it to be, but it turned out to work great.
I definitely would like to incorporate some sort of video in the classroom when I become a teacher. I think that it would be a lot of fun and that the students would learn a lot. When a person has to make something themselves I think it makes them retain much more about the project and also makes them appreciate it more because it was their time and effort that made the project possible.
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