8P8 - Green Screen

Using my iPad, a tripod, and iMovie, I created a short podcasts about birds you might see in Michigan during the winter. I made this because I enjoy animals and enjoy learning about them. Birds have always been fascinating to me and I wanted other people to know what kind of birds you might see if you live in Michigan during the winter.

During this process, I learned how to film on a green screen. I also learned how to edit using a green screen. I was also able to expand my knowledge on birds that I see at my bird feeder during the winter.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Empowered Leaner. It ties to this because I had an active role in choosing and achieving my goal.

A challenge I overcame on this project was using a microphone. I had this issue because I am using a newer iPad to film and the ports we had for the old ones was what we used for the old microphones. So I had to not use a microphone and talk a little louder.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way I edited and filmed it. The reason why I would change it is because I would sometimes look of screen and it just looks unprofessional. I also wished I knew how to edit the photos of the birds to be just in the corner of the green screen along with another background so you could see it better.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing.  My project connects to the Digital Multimedia CTE program at Hastings High School.  It connect to this because the podcast can be viewed on multiple different devises.

My project connects to careers in visual effects artist. It ties to this because they edit the green screen after it was filmed on to add differnentt things into the set. It also ties to this because some visual effects artists also film on the green screen which is what I had to do.