Who am I?
I am a (web & graphic) designer, owner of Cprecision and Cher Moments, photographer, blogger, creative mind, student-entrepreneur, exchange student and a bookworm.
I’m half indonesian and half dutch, I’m addicted to books, gadgets, post-its and everything that has to do with stationary.
First idea
The initial idea was to create a video with me as multiple types of persons: Web/graphic designer, photographer, blogger, bookworm, student-entrepeneur and creative mind.
I used a library shot to represent me as a bookworm but it didn’t fit the style I was working on so I changed that to a shot that actually shows my work. I looked at what the main thing is that represents me the most. That were: being a designer and a photographer. I got going with this idea which fits me better.
1.3. Concept
The final concept for this video is to show me and my work as a designer and photographer.
I did this to film myself working, filming things I use a lot and put in some of my best work in it.
The style is simple and clean. I didn’t want any fuss in it because I’m a type of person that likes structure and clarity.
I wanted to use some type of icons in it to show my interests and hobbies. I found some icons and changed them to match the clear style I am using throughout the video. I got out shadows, the skeuomorphism and the shinyness, and made them flat coloured icons so that the style is clear.
Although this video is about me, I didn’t want to be in picture too much. My work shows me who I am. I also chose not to talk in the video because I think the images do their job. The music I used is catchy wich represents me as een joyfull but hardworking person.
Evaluation
But, because I didn’t have a physical storyboard, it’s easier to film everything myself rather than asking others and trying to explain the storyboard. I think that doing it myself went a lot quicker.
I quite liked creating this video and if I had more of my stuff with me, I think I would have done a better job. Maybe in the future I will try this again.
During creating the video I had some difficulties to use the programs. Unfortunately, most problems were caused by a RAM problem of my laptop. After asking for help it worked and I could continue.
Other than using software I rarely use, it did go very well. Almost, surprisingly well.
I had a few flaws on using Premiere pro. I had no experience with that program so cutting videos didn’t work at all for a long time. For some reason I couldn’t figure out how the program was working and it took me a long time to cut some of the videos.
Other than that, filming myself was pretty difficult. Not because I didn’t want to be in the picture but because of the problem of centering yourself and sharpening the camera. I had to redo some shots a couple of times because I was out of focus.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/dvAHGlImoZQ