For my video project, I took inspiration from videos I have seen on YouTube in the past. I was specifically drawn to videos where there is a voiceover that describes what is happening in each frame of the video to effectively tell a story. I wanted to show what a typical night is for me when I don’t want to eat any of the food that I have in my apartment. I thought this would be a fun and interesting way to bring in my topic of food reviews into a story format.

For this particular story, my “review” isn’t about the technicalities of the food I was eating, but rather the overall experience. In the video I explain each part of the meal at La Casa Lopez, while the video footage gives the audience the visuals to picture the atmosphere better. I show a progression throughout the meal and the emotions that I am feeling each step of the way.

For this project I used solely my own audio and video and strayed away from using any outside content. Originally, I was going to use background music behind the voiceover audio. I opted out of this option due to the distraction it caused. With the background music, you could not focus on the story being told. To make the video, I imported all video footage into premiere and arranged it in the progression of the night. I then cut the video that was not wanted and removed most of the audio from the clips. Then I recorded voiceover audio to match up with the video.

I am not sure what I want to do going forward with this project and I am open to suggestions. I like the simplicity of the video, but I feel that there is room for improvement.

Storyboard: COM 210 Video Story – Addison Martoncik

Visual Elements	Audio Elements
0:00-0:28 Medium shot of opening the fridge and pantry looking for food.	Ambiance music fades in and the voiceover begins describing the situation of not having any food at home.
0:29-0:58 Close up shot of putting on shoes and exiting the door.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover explains the motivation to get out of the house and get food with friends.
0:59-1:19  Wide shot of walking into the restaurant and being seated.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover explains the excitement of being brought to your table.
1:21-1:28 Wide shot of the restaurant décor.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover describes the effect the restaurant décor can have on your meal.
1:29-1:33 Medium shot of us looking at the menu.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover describes the sometimes-difficult choice you have to make on the menu.
1:34-1:38 Close up shot of the chips and salsa and the bean dip.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover explains how the bean dip at La Casa can change your life.
1:39-1:53 Close up shot of tacos.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover talks about the experience that you have while sharing a delicious meal with a friend and why I love it.
1:54-2:00 Medium shot of the food and drink being gone.	Ambiance music continues. Voiceover talks about the experience that you have while sharing a delicious meal with a friend and why I love it.

For this project I have created a narrative story segment in a podcast style. I thought this format would be best to complement the existing content that is part of my blog already. I chose a story of how I found the best happy hour in the Pullman-Moscow area for this project because it relates to my food review topic.

 Something that challenged me was the limit on time. I feel that my original audio file was not as quick and concise as it needed to be to successfully portray the story. If I had more time allowed in my audio recording, I would be able to explain how the coffee, pizza, and beer compared to the other local restaurants and coffee shops. Possibly for my next version of this audio story, I will be more concise with how I start my audio story so I can get farther into my story.

The elements of my audio stories are the intro, the main story, and the background music to make the story more relaxed. My intro was inspired by the introduction used on many podcasts where they have a signature sound to make the podcast more recognizable. For the end of my introduction I also recorded sounds of me opening and drinking out of a can. This element was inspired by the production credits shown at the beginning of movies where short and concise images are shown to let the audience know what companies were involved with the making of the film. I thought this would be a creative way to specialize my podcast from others.

For the background music, I visited the website that was suggested within our readings, Freesound.org, and used the audio titled Free Music Background Loop uploaded by the user Slaking_97. This audio is free to use and remix as long as the owner is credited. This audio can be found at https://freesound.org/people/Slaking_97/sounds/459706/.

The audio story that I plan on telling is how I discovered my favorite happy hour spot and how I recommend trying new things and places to see what comes from it.