Yesterday, a team of three high school students and myself made a short film. We went from having nothing to a 90 second video in one day. It was a huge team effort and an important lesson in prototyping.
Once you export the video and watch it with a group, you immediately see ways to improve. Some voiceovers were louder than others, we forgot a credits page and some of the pictures were too grainy. All these errors weren’t found until we finished version one.
Had all that footage sat on a camera and never been edited, I would have nothing to show you here and I never would have learned some important lessons.
I’m proud of this work. Not because it’s perfect or groundbreaking, but because we finished it and it’s published online for the world to see. Everyone pitched in, everyone learned and we have something to show for it.
This project was a collaboration between Dual School, High Tech High and Blue Dot Education. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!