For this project, I decided to capture one of my sorority, Gamma Phi Beta’s philanthropy events called Moonball. I took several clips from different angles during the basketball tournament, interviewed a sorority member, and recorded a voice-over of me explaining a little bit of the event.

After getting feedback from peers and doing some self-reflection on my own work after my draft video, I had a couple of things I wanted to do in my final draft. Firstly, I wanted to change my background music to something more fitting with my draft. I will then add audio transitions to the music. I also wanted to fix my video transitions, so it is smoother and less choppy.

The first step of my editing process was to watch through all the video recordings I took and select the ones with the most interesting or active moments. I then wrote out what I wanted to say and recorded it on my smartphone. My description was not as long as my video, so I added music to play throughout the video. The music is from Mus Open called “Mangore Maxixe” by Agustin Barrios Mangore. I adjusted the music sound level so that it was louder when I wasn’t talking and quieter when I was talking. I also added transitions to the beginning and end of the video with an effect called exponential fade, so it was a smooth audio transition.

Next, I added some effects in my video transitions. I first added a title and added a fading transition called cross-dissolve to the slide. I also added an effect called dip to black to the end text that says thanks for watching to add a smooth ending. On the second to last video clip, I added the effect of zooming in as the video plays using the scale tool. I wanted to do this because you can closely see the banner that says building strong girls and the jump ball toss. The sun rays were also a nice touch so I wanted it to be emphasized. I added another transition between two clips called page peel. I also used cross dissolve, and slide for other transition so that all the clips had a transition.

The significance of the elements in my design are it clearly shows what the event is about and how many people participate in the event. It also shows the impact of our philanthropy has on the community as well as our sorority. It hopefully inspires more to participate or learn more about Girls on the Run and what impacts that has on young girls.

Overall, I think my final video shows my skills of premiere and what my sororities philanthropy is all about. I think the background music fits in well because it’s a happy upbeat tune which is what the event is about. The event is uplifting and encouraging to see that many people in our college town care about young girls in the pullman community.

Materials: I found the music from Mus Open called “Mangore Maxixe” by Agustin Barrios Mangore https://musopen.org/music/13036-maxixe/