Scavenger Hunt (Jaclyn Hoexter)

I really liked this video because Tina wasn't awkwardly nervous in front of the camera like some other people had been. She was very natural and her interview seems as if she was just talking to a friend. Although I do wish we had been able to cut out the very beginning where she asks if the camera is recording, I still picked this video as my favorite because that moment didn't seem to take anything away from the video either.




We ended up happening to film all of our interviews indoors which was nice because it eliminated the awkward shadows from the sun. However, what I don't think either of us realized at the time was that despite being indoors, we still had to really keep an eye out for the same balance of shadows and light for the video to be really nice quality. While we didn't get over-exposed parts on our videos, we managed to get a very washed-out overall quality with this interview. In addition there is a very loud static-like noise in the beginning of the video, making it much harder to hear them speak. By the time the static started to fade away, it sounds like the two of the lowered their voices in suit. This was our first interview of the scavenger hunt, and when I had asked if I could interview one of them for this  class, they both came over. While it didn't seem like a problem or a big deal think at the time, I think that we must have really lucked out. Judging by how hard it was for us (and for some other people in the class according to their commentary) to find individuals who didn't freeze up on camera, the fact that we got two people who actually worked well together and had something interesting to say, was pretty shocking. Unfortunately with the sporadic noise and shifting shadows being cast on their faces whenever they moved, it becomes difficult to hear and/or focus on what it was they were saying.

As we got more familiar with approaching random people passing by, and video tapping our interviews with them, instead of hoping people would ramble on a little bit longer, we became a little bit more proactive. We began to use the follow-up questions a little sooner in the interview, allowing them to actually enhance the persons opinions and answer to our question, instead of merely prolonging the interview after it's died down. I found it really interesting to actually be involved in a real-time project like this since it's like nothing I have ever participated in before.

The i-phone picked up a lot of background noise which made it sometimes a little difficult to clearly  distinguish everything that the person was saying. However, despite this, I found the i-phone video to be so much better than the one in our flip-cameras. The noise factor is something that I'm sure can be edited and manipulated in movie maker or a comparable program, and would no longer be an issue.