This week I spent a great deal of my time learning how to make a video with the help of the application Spark by Adobe. I really enjoyed the process of creating my visual story. It was not as difficult as I had imagined it might be because I found that creating a highly detailed storyboard ahead of time had done most of the work. Spark provides easy templates for which you can choose from a list of themes, and then you are off plugging in all the details to your heart's content! They also provide free background music with various styles; the only issue is you can only choose one score and not multiple. This made it tough to cultivate the atmosphere I wanted the audience to experience because I had to choose one song that would work across the board. I suppose I should not complain too much since Adobe has made Spark very easy to use and it being free with your affiliated school account. Yet, I rather think if they provided an upgrade for the ability to modify the videos more minutely then I would consider using it in a professional capacity. Another thing I learned is that you must have sufficient space so that sound will not echo or carry. I could not streamline the recording of my voiceover enough to my liking because I lacked a space in which it sounded uniform. I live in a large studio and would need to find an alternative space in the future in which to record or better yet install a better microphone than the built-in laptop version. Even with the challenges I faced in creating this digital story I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. I did not think I would have the skill to put something like this together that I might actually be proud of, and I feel more confident in using this medium in the near future.
Here is the link to Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com/sp/#
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