DM PROJECT 6

by: brandon sihota

Stage 1: Defining, Ideating and Planning
Design Opportunity
a. My idea is to create a vlog/cinematic video of a
city.
b. 2D, 3D, audio, and video digital media editing
tools, including paid, freeware, open source,
and cloud- based solutions; principles of 2D
graphic design; digital sound and audio data
compression and desktop video production.
c. This project is important to me because it’s
another way to make people laugh. I did a
cooking vid and know me and my brother are
doing this as another way to brighten peoples
days.
d. My part in the idea is to create a vlogging
video on our trip to Seattle and mt brother is
going to film cinematic scenes and then were
going to edit them together.
Identify Potential Users
a. My project is intended to people who want to
watch a funny road trip vid. The cinematic
scene can be used by Seattle to show off
their city.
b. My project is intended to cheer up people
and to just do my best to entertain them and
brighten up their day just a little bit.
c. A possible negative consequence of my my
idea is that people don't like it and it doesn't
cheer them up or brighten up their day.
d. Competing social, ethical and sustainability
considerations can impact my idea because
there are plenty of videos online so it might
be hard for my video to reach people.
Stage 1: Defining, Ideating and Planning
Premises and Boundaries
a. What I will need to carry out my project is my
phone to film and a computer to edit.
b. One boundary that could prevent me from
succeeding is the video not being
entertaining. If it’s not entertaining then the
video would just be boring and that not the
point of the video.
c. My plan to overcome this obstacle is to make
sure I get a lot of footage so when it comes
down to the editing portion I can try my best to
make it entertaining.
Plan
a. Some programs I intend to use are
Illustrator, Photoshop and iMovie
b. An exercise I’m going to do is just
practice filming and playing around with
new features in iMovie like voice changer
and the stabilizer
c. What I need from my teachers and peers
is just honest feedback on my project.

Risk
a. The creative risk I'm taking is filming in a city
with people watching. It’s going to be hard
because I have to focus on lighting and
everything to ensure the video comes out
perfect.
Stage 1: Defining, Ideating and Planning
Stage 2: PROTOTYPING AND TESTING
Stage 3: EVALUATING AND DEVELOPMENT

a. The name of my peer is Sunum Sihota

b. The meeting went okay. Sunum suggested that we
should make a new intro and I took that suggestion
and made a new intro, end and and banner.
Stage 5: REFLECTION
GALLERY DESCRIPTION
1. I chose to do this video as
my project because filming is
one of my passions and I
really enjoy editing videos
and making them look cool. I
got inspired to do this project
with my brother because
he’s good at filming
cinematic things and I like to
vlog and do funny things. We
decided to combine both of
them together to make a cool
and enjoyable video. The
purpose of my project is to
inspire others and also to
make others laugh and
brighten their day just for
moment when they watch my
video.
TECHNICAL REFLECTION
a. My biggest strength of this piece was being comfortable in front of the camera and
capturing a lot of things around Seattle. My biggest challenge was trying to make the video
under 20 min because there was a lot of footage and I didnt want the video to be over 20
min because then it’s too long. Another challenge was trying to get good quality footage.
Because we were filming on our phones the quality of the videos wasn't the best.
b. My favorite part was exploring Seattle and seeing the city after along time and what I liked
was filming because it was really fun and something I’ve never done before so it was
interesting.
c. One thing I wish I could change is maybe making the video just a little shorter because I
still find it a little too long. I would probably want to make it about 17 min or less.
d. I did in fact meet all my goals in my timeline.
e. I did achieve all learning outcomes for my project. 2D, 3D, audio, and video digital media
editing tools, including paid, freeware, open source, and cloud- based solutions; principles
of 2D graphic design; digital sound and audio data compression and desktop video
production.
f. What I will improve on my next project is doing something that I haven't done like 3D
models.