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STUDENT: So I really appreciated
today's lecture and meeting

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the guys from Planet Nutshell,
partially because I'm really

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a visual learner.

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And historically
that's been true--

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if there's an image
or an animation

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or something associated
with a concept,

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then I remember it a lot better.

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But I'm also really a
visual explainer of things.

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I took a lot of art
classes growing up.

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I used to draw for
fun all the time.

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And if there is something
that I can express

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by drawing in addition
to words, then it usually

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comes out better than
if I'm just rambling on.

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But that's a personal
thing to work on as well.

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Regarding animation-y things,
I have very, very, very little

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experience with Flash.

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I've watched tutorials.

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I haven't experimented
it with myself.

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But I would be willing
to learn if people

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would like to learn
alongside me or had

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an interest in utilizing it.

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Because then I could
learn it and troubleshoot

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if you guys have questions.

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But on the flip
side of that, I'm

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currently learning how to do
animation using Adobe software

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from one of the people
I'm working with on MITx,

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the molecular biology course.

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And that's just a
really simple workflow

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from creating vector art
in Adobe Illustrator,

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importing into Adobe After
Effects for the animation part,

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and then importing that
into Premiere, which

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is where I do all my
video editing as opposed

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to importing back in After
Effects, for example.

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So if you guys are curious
about very, very simple things,

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anything that can be drawn
with vectors or solid shapes

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and moving those
around the screen,

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I can definitely show you
what I know about that

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and how to apply
it to your videos.

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Normally, I use it
for-- if you need

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to animate a protein
moving, or you want text

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in the shape of your handwriting
to appear on the screen

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as though you were
writing it, things

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like that, which can be cool.

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For me, they're a lot more for
the explaining type videos,

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like what is the cell cycle
as opposed to the videos

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that you guys are making,
the Science Out Loud type

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videos, the style of videos
that we're making in class.

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But you may find a use for it,
and I'd be willing to help.

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The second thing that
I wanted to talk about

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was my own bad habits
regarding storyboarding.

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Even though I'm a
very visual person,

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a lot of my intro into
the video making world

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was through vlogs-- like
daily vlogs or channels

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where people just
talk to a camera.

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And it may be scripted,
but it's ultimately

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them talking to a camera.

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And these did not have
varied backgrounds.

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Sometimes, they had varied
shots for comedic timing

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or had little
sketches within it.

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But I never thought
about storyboarding

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when I first made videos.

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And so it's my really bad
habit to leave it out.

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It would be probably the
last thing on my mind

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when it comes to
making a video, which

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is a really crappy
habit when you're

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trying to make a
video like this where

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it can be really complicated
with a lot of visuals.

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And so I'm trying to
break that right now,

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especially with my other video
projects where a lot of them

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are animation.

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And it's so, so
important to have

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an idea of what
you're going to draw,

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what's going to be on screen
at every single moment

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when it's not
something as simple

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as one of these
daily reflections

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where I'm just
talking to a camera.

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I have some talking
points written down,

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but mostly, it's free form.

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And people are watching
it, if you watch it,

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for the content,
the verbal content

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and the haphazardness of it as
opposed to the produced video.

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So I don't know.

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It was really
humbling to see people

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who draw so well for a living,
and storyboard and stuff

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for a living, because I'm
interested in the media

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industry, and it's
such a big part of it.

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But I'm also really
lazy when it comes

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to this part, this really
critical part of making

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produced media as opposed to
something casual like this.

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So everyone has a lot to
learn, including myself,

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and I'm really happy
I'm in this class.

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That's all.