Jia Jia and I decided to head to Stovetop today to film some stuff for our prototype. When we were there, we chose a spot that allowed us to film with ease, which was right in front of the counter, at some seats just slightly outside the café.

We wanted to try something out with Cinemagraph, a program that allows selective movements in a video footage. We planned out a simple storyboard, then took a couple of videos of the café and also ordered some food to munch on while we were at it.

It was a little difficult to coordinate, because we didn’t want to disturb those around us with a tripod, but at the same time, it would be difficult to create a Cinemagraph with videos that were in any way shaky. Because my DSLR’s vibration reduction (VR) function isn’t all that great, handheld videos were quite a task. So, we decided to shoot some of the footages on my iPhone 6, since its VR function is much more accommodating.

After that, we discussed how we might improve our travel video reviews in a way that would make it more informative. As can be seen above, we also came up with a rough idea as to what we would include and what we would say for our prototype. Rather than saying things like “So delicious!” as in our previous sketches, we thought about how we might construct our sentences and phrases a little better so that it would serve its purpose as a review, giving viewers proper insight on a particular dish or drink.

We plan to film the scrapbook part of our prototype tomorrow.