Filming

We're currently in the process of wrapping up our project to bring attention and awareness to the issue of homeless female veterans.  Since I was involved in filming the clips that became the tail end of our YouTube video, I'm going to speak a little about that. 

As a group, we knew that we wanted our video to tell some type of story.  We also wanted to motivate others by illustrating that giving back or getting involved did not require some type of Herculean effort. 

I was watching TV a few days prior to filming and saw a commercial where the actor seamlessly moved through various phases of life by simply walking through a series of doors.  I thought the idea was kind of clever and wanted to see if we we could use a similar strategy for our video.  On the way to school to set up the tree, I also heard a song on the radio that had an appropriate tone for the message we were trying to convey.

We filmed a series of short clips to illustrate how the tree worked.  In the first clip, I took a paper ornament from the tree and walked out the door.  From there you see me going to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to retrieve the items and then back home to wrap them up.  In the final scene, you see me walking back into school and placing the gift at the foot of the tree where several others are located. 

To provide a little more context about our cause, Teri and Marin decided that our video needed a brief introduction, and they created a set of slides to give the viewer more context about Final Salute and our project. 

Finally, with some clever editing, Marin brought the whole thing together into the finished YouTube video.