Draft Video Story

 

My video story is a basic advertisement for visiting Washington State University. My goal was to have uplifting and energetic music in the background of short, diverse shots from around the WSU campus. I shot all of my videos this week, except for the end shot. My shots were chosen based on settings that the campus is known for or proud of.

 

I wrote out a pretty loose timeline for the video that starts with a medium shot of a WSU logo, which I chose to film overlooking Stadium Way on the sky bridge. I filmed one of the Cougar logo banners with the street and cars in the background. I placed the opening text over this shot. It is very simple text that just says “Washington State University.” In my final edit, I might want to add to or change this opening text. I then input a wide clip of the Bryan Clock Tower, which is a staple of the WSU-Pullman campus experience, followed by a medium shot of the top of the library. I wanted some diversity in the next shot that still showed the spirit of WSU. For this, I filmed a Butch T. Cougar bobble head that I received form a football game last year. I ended up using the close-up shot in my film.

 

My next shot was very different from what I’ve done before. I included a moving shot of the patio near the Murrow building that ends in an overlooking view of Pullman. My next shot is a medium shot of the Cougar logo attached to the new Chinook building, followed by a wide shot of the Mall on campus. My second to lost shot is a panning shot of the Martin Stadium directory. My final shot is from the Oregon versus WSU football game this year when the fans rushed the field. I included ending text that says “Visit us at visit.wsu.edu, which is the address for Visitation programs held by Recruitment.

 

I faded music out at the end of my video, and I faded in and out the ending text. There are many ways I could fix this video. Some I hope to accomplish by the time the Final Video Story is due, and some I doubt I could accomplish without a high-quality camera and access to people who would be willing to be shown in a video. I filmed way more raw footage than I needed, but the quality of some of the video still isn’t up to par. This week was a very gray week in Pullman, so it was difficult to get shots in the perfect lighting. I also would have loved to film these shots in Summer or early Fall, so that the setting was prettier. All of the leaves have fallen from the trees, and it has been rainy, which don’t make for inspiring and fun shots. For videotaping something else, this might not matter, but since I am using this video to recruit students, quality and perceived weather are both very important to the goal of the video.

 

0:00	Medium Shot of idyllic WSU logo – Text: WSU	Uplifting song begins
0:05	Wide shot of Clock tower
	Medium shot of Top of library
	Moving shot of Pullman view
	Close-up shot of item
	Wide shot of mall
	Close up shot of Martin Stadium sign
	Wide shot of rushing the field. Text: Visit us..
	Credits	Music fades out