Clarissa created a video about the health benefits of dialysis machines. She wrote a script, cast actors, and storyboarded scenes. Issues arose when she realized she filmed vertically instead of horizontally. After learning to edit on Final Cut Pro, she added scenes, cut extras, and adjusted music levels. Testing showed the video was professional but short and could have more health facts. For next time, Clarissa will film horizontally, add length and facts, and specify the target age group.

1. Clarissa Annunziata
Create Stage
After many lessons where I have investigated and planned everything in order to create a video
showing the health benefits of the dialysis machine, I am ready to start creating and setting up
everything.
Firstly, I have to write a script for the chosen storyboard, in this case the first one, and I have to
find someone eager to be in the video.
Creating the script
I think that creating the script is one of the most important parts in film making because ti is where
everything starts. In the script there is written everything, from what the actors are saying, to any
stage directions and any change in the frame.
Cast
I will need a main character, preferably a girl; then I will need a doctor and finally one or two
friends.
Props Needed
-A phone
-Fake needles and tubes (earphones)
-Backpack or a bag for school
Scene #1
(From black it slowly focuses in an empty street full of trees on both sides of the road, slowly the
camera moves and you can see the girl walking alone)
(Music starts)
(The scene lasts for about 15 seconds)
Scene #2
(Close-up of the girl. She seems sad and tired. The head of the girl can be leaned down a bit)
(The scene lasts for about 10 seconds)
Scene #3
(Music is turned down a bit)
(The scene lasts for about 1/2 minutes)
(Cellphone rings and the girl answers it)
“Hey”
“No I can’t today”
“I’m sorry I have to go to dialysis”
“Thanks for understanding”
“See you tomorrow at school”
Scene #4
(Location changes, the girl is in a room doing dialysis)
(She sits in a chair and waits for the doctor)

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(The scene lasts about 1/2 minutes)
“Hello darling”
“Hi doctor”
“You seem sad, why is that?”
“I had to go out with my friends today but instead I am always stuck here doing dialysis, I hate my
life”
“I know, it’s very hard but remember you are doing this to save your life, your friends will
understand and maybe you can invite theme here once”
(During the scene, some facts about the dialysis machine will be scrolling across the video)
Scene #5
(Sam, her friend, comes into the room)
“Hi sam!”
“How are you?”
“I’m fine, i’m sorry that I couldn’t go out, you have to understand that I have to come here at least
three times a week!”
“It’s fine, I will always be here for you”
“Thank you so much”
(The scene lasts about 1/2 minutes)
At the end of the video, I want to add some bloopers to make the audience laugh.
Process Journals
I decided to use the program “Final Cut Pro” for the mac instead of “Imovie” to create my video. I
chose this because it is a more professional version of imovie and because I can create many
more things and add many more edits.
Since the program costs a lot, I decided to do the trail version which lasts for 30 days.
This is how the program looks when you first open it, I have to now create a new project that is
going to be called “The Dialysis Machine” and I have to import all of my footage.

3. Clarissa Annunziata
Here I imported all of the footage but
realised that I made a very big mistake.
I filmed everything vertically intend of
horizontally, hence not all of the space is
being occupied and the video will have
black around the sides.
It is not very professional but I know that
next time I will have to film with my phone
horizontal.
Here I added the song that I wanted for
the whole video. It’s called “Story of My
Life” by One Direction.
I have to figure out how to lower the
volume of only the music so, I will watch a
tutorial.
I also started to add the first footage but I
have to cut many useless parts.
This was the video that explained how to
lower the volume of only the music.
At the top right corner of the program
there is a tool and when you click it is
shows the volume that you can lower in
different parts.
Or you can also adjust it by clicking on
the line of the audio and adjust certain
pieces of the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8Fg0Q_CH8iU

4. Clarissa Annunziata
Here I am adding the title of the movie, “The Dialysis Machine”.
I now have to change the font and adjust it.
I changed the font of the title because I
didn’t like the normal one and I wanted it
to be more fun and creative
Here I inserted the next scene and now I
have to cut any footage that I don’t need.
Here I added more footage of the different
scenes and cut the ones that weren’t useful.
Here I created a black background to add the credits in.

5. Clarissa Annunziata
Here I am adding the credits and now I have
to add in the information
Here I added in the actors that played in the
movie, the music that I put in, and the
director.
To make it more funny, at the end I added some
bloopers and behind the scenes.
Now I am going back to the start to adjust the volume of the song as you can’t hear the actors speak.
Here I added the effect that the writing slides down like the real credits of movies.

6. Clarissa Annunziata
After changing many times the volume of the song in different parts, I am happy with the outcome of the
movie.
Evaluate Stage
After I finished creating the video, I have to look back at every little stage and see what I did and what
could’ve been improved. Moreover, I have to test the video against the test plans that I previously did but
also I have to evaluate it against the specifications.
Testing the product
In order to test the reliability of the product, I have to use the test tables that I did in the Investigation stage.
One was a table and the other test table was a questionnaire to do to different people to get various opinions
on my video.
Test Name
Actual Outcome
Comments/
improvements
needed?
Is the video at
least 5 minutes
in length?
No
The video is only two minutes long
Does the
video contain
at least 10
facts about
the chosen
technology?
No
There are some facts about the
Dialysis Machine but less than 10
Does it talk
about only
one specific
technology?
Yes
It is clear that the video talks about
the dialysis machine
Does the
video look
professional?
Yes
I think that the video looks
professional because of the editing
Is the video
interesting?
Yes
It is an interesting way to promote
the health benefits of the dialysis
machine
Is there
suitable music
in the video?
Yes
The music is calm and doesn’t
interfere with the scenes

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Test Name
Actual Outcome
Is the
information
clear and
easy to
understand?
Yes
Is it high
quality?
Kind of
Is it a video or
animation?
Comments/
improvements
needed?
Video
It is high quality but there is a
problem: the video was filmed
vertically instead of horizontally so it
doesn’t fil the whole screen and
there are black sides
After having completed this test table, I found out many things about my video that could’ve been improved
or that I did wrong. Overall, I think that I followed nearly everything in the test plan and I think that even
though some things were missing, the outcome of the video was nice.
The other test plan was a questionnaire and I chose to ask these questions to two different people:
Interview to Filippo Annunziata
Do you like the video?
Yes I like the video and how it is edited
Did you learn something new from it?
I learnt about the usefulness of the dialysis machine in a different way and It is more interesting
learning about a health benefit through a movie.
Did you find it entertaining?
No but I don’t think that was the intention to make it funny
Is it professional?
Since it is made by a student and filmed with a phone, I think that it looks professional
Does the music interfere or disturb you?
No
Is it high quality?
Yes except for the film not filling the whole screen because it was filmed vertically
What would you change?
I would add more health benefits of the dialysis machine.

8. Clarissa Annunziata
Interview to Carlotta Annunziata
Do you like the video?
Yes
Did you learn something new from it?
I learnt about the dialysis machine
Did you find it entertaining?
Yes because the video tells a story
Is it professional?
Yes
Does the music interfere or disturb you?
No
Is it high quality?
No because it was filmed using a phone
What would you change?
I would’ve filmed the video with the phone put horizontally.
Thanks to the results of the two interviews, I have gained many answers of the outcome of the video. I think
that the interviews are very useful to see different opinions and what different people think about the video.
After evaluating the results of both test plans, I realised what I did wrong and what could’ve been improved.
Firstly, I think that I had to insert more facts about my chosen technology because there are not many of
them and the video is more concentrated on the story line rather than the health benefits of the chosen
technology. Secondly, I had to make it longer to meet my specifications as it is only two minutes long and
had to be at least five minutes long. Other than that, I think that the video turned out well and edited well
however I could’ve filmed the video horizontally rather than vertically, as said in the interviews of the test
plans. Next time, my main points to improve are:
-
Make the video longer
Film the video horizontally
Edit it even more
Make it clear that it is made for a specific age group
Create Stage
During the create stage, I had to create a process journal to see the progress of my video. Thanks to the
screenshots that I did of the process, you can clearly see how I created and edited the video. Also, you can
see that I used some videos to help me use the program “Final Cut Pro”. Moreover, the screenshots are
essential to see what I did wrong and what could be improved next time. They are very useful to evaluate the
product in detail and to see if I followed by Gantt chart correctly and in time.
The impact of the product
In this project, I have learnt many things of film making and editing that have been extremely useful and will
be for the rest of my life. I have learnt how to film properly, even if I had some problems and I have learnt
how to use certain programs to edit the video.
Editing the video has been to most hard task because I had to make sure that the outcome of the video
seemed professional and well made; I had to add music, lower the volume at certain parts so that you can
hear the actors speaking and add text in the video. It was all hard to do because I never edited a video but
thanks to some videos, showing how to do certain things, using certain tools, I managed to create and edit
the video well.
I think that the target audience had to be more specified but I think that the person watching the video can

9. Clarissa Annunziata
understand that it is made for a young age group thanks to the storyline. You can understand it because the
actor is a teenage girl who is sad because she can’t go out with her friends. However, this could’ve been
better explained by adding more things to let people understand that my video was created for high school
students.
Looking back at the Area of Interactions that I wrote in the Investigation stage, I can evaluate them and see if
they were relevant to the final outcome of the product.
I had to main area of interactions: Human Ingenuity and Health & Social Education. I think that both have
been extremely relevant and useful because for the fist one, I had to create a video from scratch and learn all
of the aspects of film making and editing whilst for the second one, the main goal of my video was to teach a
certain age group the health benefits of the dialysis machine. I think that they were very important but the
most relevant one was Human Ingenuity because the whole project was based on creating a video and
learning how to do it. We could create anything in the video and it was fun having so much freedom for this
project.

10. Clarissa Annunziata
understand that it is made for a young age group thanks to the storyline. You can understand it because the
actor is a teenage girl who is sad because she can’t go out with her friends. However, this could’ve been
better explained by adding more things to let people understand that my video was created for high school
students.
Looking back at the Area of Interactions that I wrote in the Investigation stage, I can evaluate them and see if
they were relevant to the final outcome of the product.
I had to main area of interactions: Human Ingenuity and Health & Social Education. I think that both have
been extremely relevant and useful because for the fist one, I had to create a video from scratch and learn all
of the aspects of film making and editing whilst for the second one, the main goal of my video was to teach a
certain age group the health benefits of the dialysis machine. I think that they were very important but the
most relevant one was Human Ingenuity because the whole project was based on creating a video and
learning how to do it. We could create anything in the video and it was fun having so much freedom for this
project.