The Complete Package: Reno 911 Trailer!

My trailer for the The Complete Package video assignment is for the discontinued comedy show Reno 911.  The show is a “mockumentary” style show that follows a fictional police force operating out of Reno, Nevada.  The show is a satire of the police, and is extremely hilarious.  What makes the show so impressive to me is that much of show is unscripted, meaning that the actors improvise many of their lines on the spot.  Sadly, the show was discontinued for one reason or another, so all that is left of the show are highlight videos on Youtube and other websites.  It was from these highlight videos that I created this trailer!

I downloaded 6 separate videos from Youtube using the Savefrom.net, however, to keep the trailer at a reasonable length I only used 4 of the clips.  Links to the full videos that I used are linked in the order that they appear in the description of the my video if you wish to watch the full scenes!  After downloading the clips, I imported them into Movie Maker and began editing.


 

With the unedited clips imported into Movie Maker, the total length of the trailer was nearly 12 minutes long!

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12 minutes was far too long for a trailer, so I had to trim the clips considerably to reach a reasonable length for the trailer.  I also was forced to omit two of the clips that I downloaded, as they would not make sense if they were trimmed so that only part of the scene was shown.  The movie with the final edits looked like this in Movie Maker:

how i made reno trailer


With the trailer complete, I exported my video and uploaded it to Youtube!  Disclaimer: This trailer features some profanity as well as violence, so if either of those things bother you, I suggest not watching!


This Video Assignment was worth:4stars

 

 

T-Swift Lyric Video. What what.

Video Lyric Assignment with a Twistt. I took a short section of my current favorite song, and turned the song into a music video using only lyrics.

Man oh man this video assignment took a lot of work but it was definitely my favorite one of them all. Taylor Swift’s hit single, We are never getting back together, is playing in my car pretty much daily so I thought it was only fair to use her song for my video week.

I choose to do all still pictures for this assignment. I first thought of the idea to use sharpies and hands.. it’s kinda my thing. I then took a series of photos adding words of the lyrics as I went along. This task proved to be very challenging. I used my hands, arms, and paper. I did as many unique things as humanly possible including making the words color, or even writing the words in a circle. The photography part of this assignment was definitely hard but my favorite part.

I then uploaded all the photos to Windows Live Movie Maker. This is where the assignment took a turn for the worst.. I spent nearly an hour making sure the photos of the lyrics lined up with the lyrics of the song. I used the timing on each picture to get it just right.

I really enjoyed making this Lyric Video Snippet and I hope you enjoy it. (:

 

Me… in My 1 Second Video(:

How much of a story can I tell in a 1 second video? … Challenge Accepted. I chose to do video assignment by noiseprofessor… My objective of this video is to show me.. in a nutshell basically. I chose to take all stills (pics) and run them into a 1 second video using Windows Live Movie Maker. This task was not hard because all I had to do was place a time for each photo to show. I really hope you enjoy this because I liked making it(:

Welcome to a Day of my Life…

For this Video Assignment by Alan Levine, I needed to create a video that showed entire day…

This assignment was a lot of fun to do. I enjoyed carrying around my camera and recording bits and pieces of my day.

I used Windows Live Movie Maker to make this assignment possible. I imported all the clips from my camera and trimmed them to make the flow. I used many slide transitions and captions to create a movie like effect. I also put in a background music song that represents me in a nutshell and my commuting life. I really enjoyed this aspect of having to show my daily routine day(:

Movie Scenes That Changed my Life

For this Movie Scenes that Changed Our Lives- Video Assignment by Annie Belle, I selected scenes from 3 movies… October Baby, Sweet Home Alabama, and A Walk to Remember. These scenes that I chose changed my outlook on life.

MovieSceneMontage – Click once for another page then click again for the video in your choice of player(:  until you can open the file(:   (Explanation for not embedding at bottom)

The first scene is from October Baby. In this scene the main character is talking with a Catholic priest about her twin brother, whom she didn’t know she had. She speaks about his loss and her possibly failing at her life. She feels she doesn’t belong. I chose to blog about this scene because I feel as though I can’t completely relate to what she is going through… but I know I have felt many times during my life that I wasn’t living to my full potential. In that, I need to live every day like it’s my last. Because of this scene I am truly more grateful for every breath I take.

Oh my gosh… my heart melts every time I watch the second movie scene. This scene is from the movie, Sweet Home Alabama, which is one of my all time favorite movies. In the end this opening scene, the main character’s younger self asks the childhood boy friend why he would want to marry her… to kiss her any time he wants. This scene is just too darn cute and anyone with a heart would recognize how silly the scene is but also appreciate the intention of the younger boy in making his point. I just love this scene and had to include it in my movie video montage(:

In the next quick scene from October Baby, there is a line that stood out to me so much that it is now my go-to saying… “Hate the crime, not the criminal”  Those are not just empty words… I was blown away at this point in the movie, the girl’s birth  mother wanted her dead and this police officer was giving her the best advice one could ever give. I live by this saying now. There are so many moments in life when it’s just easier to hate the criminal but there is a higher power within us to overlook the criminal and just hate the crime done.

In this next scene also from the movie, October Baby, comes a powerful scene about forgiveness. We all need forgiveness every day of our lives. I completely lost it when I was watching this scene. The sincerity of the preacher’s voice and message was just so powerful and I feel as though this scene spoke directly towards me.

The dock scene is from the movie, A Walk to Remember. In this movie the main character is dying of cancer. She has a heart of gold. Her faith brings her to say whatever she feels and knows. She wants the co-main character to believe in everything so bad. This scene just represents the truths to be told. I live by my faith and help to guide my friends and family to do the same.

In the ending scene of October Baby, I was crying. The emotional impact it had on me was severe. I felt every emotion the characters played out. The main character finally was able to thank her dad for wanting her… wanting her.. can you imagine? What a great love. This movie is a definite must see for all those ready, able, and willingly to step up in their lives.

To wrap up my video montage I chose to end on a humorous note with the first part of the opening scene of Sweet Home Alabama. In this scene the young boy asks the young girl to marry him. As any 10 year old girl would say in response, I’m 10 years old.. I’ve got too much to live for. I just love this scene because it always makes me laugh even when I am feeling under the weather.

This video assignment was a lot of fun to do. I first started by uploading all the scenes into Windows Live Movie Maker. I then trimmed the scenes into reasonable segments. Then I voiceover-ed some scenes with my version of commentary. I used many captions.

Well I hope you enjoyed My Movie Scenes Montage! I imported it to YouTube but it was taken down b/c of copyright.

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