Learn how to use an elevator with this instructional video!

Creating this video began with an idea. This idea came to me while sitting in the Trinkle basement at a table right next to the elevator.

After idea conception came idea execution. This stage of the process required my iPhone camera, a friend, and the ability to not care about being ridiculous. Keelin helped me with this part by filming me using the elevator and going down the stairs. Not gonna lie, probably the most fun stage of this assignment.

Now comes the part where I completely failed at everything. Upon realizing I had no idea how to use iMovie on a MacBook, I began converting the .mov files to .avi files. I was at a friend’s place at the time and wasn’t paying attention (which becomes obvious in a moment), hanging out and converting away in the background. As it turns out, I spent two hours converting the .mov files to, you guessed it, .mov files, followed by accidentally deleting all the files off the MacBook and my USB drive. Luckily, I had the files on my other laptop so hope was not lost.

Upon arriving home, I converted the files properly and downloaded Windows Movie Maker 2.6 because the newest version, to put it bluntly, sucks. I then imported the successfully converted .avi files into WMM and began editing.

For the titles, I used the Typewriter animation, Narkism font, and the Film Age, Older effect. For the video clips, I used the Film Age, Old effect and Slow Down, Half for some of them as well. I stuck my logo in the beginning (Film Age, Oldest yo). Finally, I grayscaled the whole thing, added a little background music (Fig Leaf Rag – distressed from Incompetech), and video editing was done.

Then came saving the video, uploading it to YouTube, and making this blog post right here. Ta-da!

Also, if you watch closely, you’ll realize the “desired floor” isn’t consistent in the video…whoops!