This is my project for the Choose Your Own Drama Adventure unit in Drama class. I recorded and edited to create a skit about the lives of students who learn online.


Questions:

Describe your project.

My project is a skit about what life is like during online learning for students. There’s not much else to it, really.

What was your process in creating this project?

The first thing I did was thinking of a concept for my project. The option I picked was to make a vlog about living in Beijing during online learning. I bent the rules here a little bit and instead did a skit, because I thought that vlogs were probably very boring to make. Now that I have a concept, I wrote a script. I made sure that the script was flexible enough to allow changes in the future. I then revised the script by cutting out parts I didn’t like, and also added some parts to either fill gaps or transition between parts better. Or, of course, for pure comedy.

What did you learn from this process?

I learned quite a bit from this project. This project is one of the first projects I have worked on in which I had to edit a video, and I had to edit a lot of stuff. I would definitely say that video editing is the main takeaway from making this short skit. It wasn’t the only takeaway, however: I also had to record. I had to figure out camera angles that seemed natural, and I also had to think about how the camera is used. One example of this is when I zoomed in on the digital alarm clock: I decided that having a shaky camera would make it funnier and also enhance the idea of panic.

What can you still improve in the final product?

I feel like this project could have been a lot better if I had enough time. I feel like I should have transitioned more smoothly in some places and I think I could have been more coherent throughout the entire video. I also really wanted a credits screen, which is useless but cool. Overall, though, I’m already pretty happy with how this turned out with the time (a bit less than month) and experience (nearly none) I had.

What are you proud about?

The entire thing! Since I am nearly completely new to editing and recording footage with a camera, I am proud of the fact that I was able to make this project in the first place. There aren’t really any specifics as to what I am proud of in my project.