Final Project Reflection

I found myself sitting on the couch at beginning of April watching a Cincinnati Reds game. The announcers were reminiscing on the no hitter that Homer Bailey had thrown in the previous season. It was at this time that I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my project. There had been a handful of plays in Cincinnati Reds' games in the past few years that had really stuck in my mind. I felt like I was at Great American Ballpark for each and every one. These plays painted a picture of the hard work and determination that the Reds had held in order to achieve what they had. I decided that if the professional players could make such incredible plays, me and my friends could do it too. I planned on getting a few of my roommates and going to a baseball field near my house. We would listen to the audio from some of these big plays and reenact them to the best of our ability. Then I would match the audio up to it and put into a video with iMovie.

As we laced up our shoes and threw on our jerseys (a very random assortment), I got extremely excited. I never really did much work with video production and I was anxious to try my hand at it. We had never actually gone to the park behind our house but we knew there was a baseball field so it would be perfect for filming. What we found as we entered the park was the remnants of a baseball field where dirt and bases once existed. I could almost imagine the little league baseball games that had been held there many years before. It wasn't what I had imagined, but it would have to do. The filming went extremely well and each of my roommates really added their own personal touch to the production. After we filmed, I went back and started to compile the film. It was my first time editing a video in iMovie but I figured it out very quickly and I really enjoyed the success I had with it.

In the few days that have passed since I took on this project, I have been very happy with my end result. I know that the skills I learned from this class went directly in my ability to edit and film the way I did. I've already shown the video to numerous friends and the reviews have all been good so far. Of all the projects we have done in this class over the course of the semester, I was most excited about this one. The main reason was the complete freedom I felt with this project. I was able to do exactly what I wanted and execute the project the way I had imagined. As I move on to other classes in the coming semesters, I honestly believe that I enjoyed this project and this class more that I have enjoyed anything else so far, in terms of curriculum. I think my final piece turned out awesome and I only hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I have.