Video Editing Effect: Film Burns (God > I)

I am at it again. I made another video for my class and also my own pleasure.

 This video is based off the passage in scripture, John 4:4 which says, "...Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world." and uses a new effect that I learned about recently


God > i from Caleb Godsey on Vimeo.

One thing that I tried to accomplish in this video was a new effect using something called film burns. Notice on many of the clips there seems to be a transparent swirling light that keeps persisting throughout the clips and also a flash of light was used in the translation of many clips. These are called film burns.

Recently, in my Intro to Communications class, we had a special skype speaker named Laura Kenedy speak for class. Laura Kenedy is the Media Coordinator for The Galkin Evangelistic Team. Some of Laura's responsibilities as the Media Coordinator are making videos, taking pictures, keeping up the website and much more. You can visit her blog, Modernly Nomadic, here: Laura Kenedy's Blog

 During the class with her, she talked about her new video, Justification, coming out in a few weeks and the effects she used in that video. One of the major effects she used was called film burns. I decided for my video that I very much enjoyed this effect and wanted to use it and that is exactly what I did.

If you would like to download some film burn effects for yourself, a great resource for them are the following sites:

• Digital Cinema Foundry
• Cineblur.com 

 I hope you enjoy this video and are blessed Spiritually as a result of it, which is ultimately my highest goal in making these videos.

God Knows. Personal Project

This is a video about God knowing everything better than we do. The description best says what this video is about and where the idea came from. "This is a video about God's knowledge about our future based off the verse Jeremiah 29:11. You may not know what tomorrow will bring, or if your sick relative will make it through the night or even what the next step in life is but God does and He has your best in mind. It is only logical for us as humans who know hardly anything to trust the God who made us to direct our steps and guide our future. I hope this video was a blessing to you an helped illustrate the need for total dependence on God for the future. "

During this video you can pay attention to all the different cuts that were used. Every scene in a video is filmed for a purpose, to communicate a message.  As a video maker, I am responsible for communicating my thoughts to a variety of different audiences. One main tip I can give to other video makers is to make sure you communicate your thoughts in video form as clearly as possible. Also, look for the simplicity in the video. Often times, beginning video makers can tend to be "effects happy" which makes for a very messy or confusing video. This does not communicate your message well and inhibits the effects of the video. Simplicity in this video comes in many forms, from the text that was used, all the way down to the shots that were filmed. Pay attention to these two things specifically as you watch the video.

 Click the picture to enjoy the video!