I decided for this media project that I would do a portrait on my friend Kyle and focus on his vaping habit.   I was more confident this time that I could come up with a better production compared to my last project.   I’ve become a lot better at using imovie to edit the media and now feel more confident in using the program.   Last project I really struggled with the audio and the voice over was inadequate as a result. But I feel that I nailed it this time and feel more pleased with the end product.

I borrowed the Sony MC50E camera with the tripod and found it was quite an easy camera to operate. There were no problems capturing the footage and the device also recorded quality audio.   I was trying to play around with different angle shots and sometimes struggled getting the tripod setup right. But I was glad that I used this equipment instead of using a mobile phone like I did with my previous project.

When it came to using the found footage on the project I sometimes struggled to find what I really wanted. I spent a lot of time searching through the archives sifting out a lot of rubbish. It was quite hard to find the quality footage that I was looking for. A lot of the material on the subject was out of date and there wasn’t much media for vapour smokes.   Maybe his was due to the fact that they haven’t been around for that long. Kyle was a pleasure to work with and it was quite easy to get decent footage of him. We have been good friends for a while now but I could see it being somewhat awkward if I was to do the same process with a stranger.

Overall I was happy with how the project turned out and Kyle was happy with it too. But he admitted he gets quite embarrassed looking at himself on camera. I enjoyed every facet when going through the process of making this project.   I would definitely be willing to learn more in general on the making of documentaries in the future.