Monday, November 1, 2010

What makes a good video

Three elements that make a good video are sound, lighting, and subject. Here are three instructional videos that each fail to represent one of the elements I listed:

This video shows and narrates how to succesfully make a paper gun that shoots. The sound quality is decent, but the narrator (subject) is boring and he spends too much time showing the audience how to roll up a piece of paper.

This video narrates way in which a person can fall asleep faster than the y normally would be able to. The lighting is horrible and there is a glare throughout the entire video.

 This video shows you how to correctly tie a tie. The sound quality is muffled and unclear at times and there also appears to be music playing in the background.

I chose to do this assignment on "how to" videos because I like watching them. The particular ones I chose for the assignment were eached picked to display a specific element that they are lacking.