Introduction
This is an instructional/educational video about a few basic knowledge in Python programming. From my perspective, Python is a great language for beginners getting started with coding, and that is also my motivation to make a video about Python.
The video
Challenges
Making this video from top to toe was a very difficult task for me.
- A storyboard is essential prior to recording the video. As this is an instructional video, it involves illustrations of concepts, explanations and examples. Therefore, I had to complete a script for myself to talk about everything in the video.
- Having the video recording is one thing, but audio (music, soundtracks and sound effects) is another important thing. It is crucial to have a background music that drives the viewers’ mood and also fills in some silent gaps that might appear in the video. It took time (but not lots of time) for me to find a good music track for the background music.
- Another problem with audio is that some music tracks are too short or too long for the video, and in cases like these, extra editing would be required. In my case, the music track was too short, so I had to do some audio editing in order to have the background music played through the entire length of my video.
- Editing the video was very time-consuming and energy-consuming for me as a beginner. In this process, I had to make a lot of cuttings, copying and pasting segments of various video clips, as well as special video effects to make smooth transitions between different clips. Moreover, it was also important for me to get familiar and utilize the video editing application.
Programming etc. 