Final Blog Reflection

4.Early in the year, I learned the importance of time-management and planned when creating a video. You can see that in my first film, the cyberbullying video, I clearly didn't do this, because our video as a whole wasn't even close to being finished. There was no time to add music, and our editing was a little sloppy. We had wasted a lot of time with the little things, instead of focusing on finishing the project. On my second project, (The Holiday Greetings Video) I learned how to manage my time a little better. You can see this throughout the whole video, because Cristabel's and my lines were practiced, and we had music in the whole video. Later in the year, I showed that I really had learned that concept well, since I showed this in other projects. One good example is from "The Beauty Project", which was my final project. This was done with Damaris and Cristabel. We finished our project earlier than most groups, and our video contained music, along with carefully planned scenes. We really talked about our ordering of the film and how much time it would take to film each part of the video. We even wrote out notes before-hand about what we wanted to present in our video. 5.A big concept I learned after making and watching videos were the ideas of dedication and working with other people. You may not be able to see this from my blog, but I put a lot of time and dedication to each of my projects. Sometimes I would come in on breaks of after school to help work on my project. Sometimes, when other people in my group would not really stay on task, or did not want to come in on their own time outside of class to help with the video, I had to step up to the plate. Sometimes I would have to work more than other people in my group in order to get the job done. And this is an example of dedication. People need that in film-making, if they really want to make their film good. My other important concept learned, working with other people, was a huge lesson learned in this class. Every day, we would work with other people. On most of our projects, we would work in groups, and it was important that I got along with all different types of personalites. With different people, I had to be willing do give my opinion, without being too dictating. I also had to suggest that each of the people do different tasks to I wouldn't be the one doing all the work. I had to learn to listen to other student's point of view, even when I didn't feel the same way. By doing all of these things, people are able to work together on a big film, and be productive in the end. 5.My expierences in this class have definitely helped me come out of my shell. As a naturally pretty shy person, I don't prefer being in front of the camera, or speaking in front of people. But this class helped me start to feel comfortable with those things. By being able to share my ideas with everyone else in the class, I've learned that speaking in front of people can be very productive, and allows me to express myself. Being in front of the camera in this class allows me to practice being professional and keeping eye contact like I'll have to in the adult world.

Reflection for "The Water is Wide"

1. Through our music video, we were trying to evoke the story of a boy and airplanes. The story is of a boy who looks up to his father, a pilot. The boy has dreams and aspirations of being a pilot just like his father. Then, one tragic day, his father dies in a plane crash. The boy then throws his dreams away because he is afraid he will die just like his father. But at the end, the boy who is then a man gets the courage to fly just like he always wanted to. 2.The part of the film that I am most proud of is the part of the story when the father is teaching his son about flying. It took some work because we made the airplanes in the pictures look like they were really flying. We had to use a moving effect and set key points for how fast we wanted the plane to look like it was moving. We wanted this part of the film to represent the part of the story when the father was teaching his son about flying. I really liked our choice of images because even though many of them were just symbols, they represented the mood we wanted to evoke. During the beginning, we used soft, bright colors and soft shapes to give off a happy, dreamy mood. Toward the end of the film, we used very dark colors and more pointed shapes to suggest a depressing mood. We also showed symbols of victory at the very end to show the accomplishment that the main character feels. 3.Probably only about ten percent of our video is made up of abstract images. We used identifiable objects in our pictures, but they were used as symbols of the moods we wanted to show. But we were pretty consistent about using flowers, clouds, lights, and other soft symbols to represent happy moods. We also were consistent about using darker and sharper images to represent an uncertain and sad mood. 4.By working on this project, I learned that abstract images can speak 1,000 words. I learned that sometimes abstract images can bring a mood across better than an identifiable picture can. I discovered that colors play a huge part in what moods are evoked. 5. I learned that music can create a story of picture. And the most amazing part of this fact is that everyone's mind can see a different story with the music.I also discovered that when music is added to different abstract images, the music can make those images come to life. 6. The most important contribution my partner made to the project was helping choose different images to evoke the mood we wanted. His ideas on which images to choose definitely helped bring our video together. 7.The most important contribution I made to the project was adding different effects to our images, and figuring out the timing of the music with the images.

Final Project - Beauty Project :)

Courage in the Sky

Jabberwocky stanza 3

We both agreed that we used the "Find edges" effect best. We really liked the mood it set and the colors it brought forth. By using this effect, we set a mystical, magical, and mysterious mood. We were trying to show the power of the man who killed the jabberwocky, and the intensity of what was going on.

Director's Cut

Effects Sandbox #2

To use this effect, you click on the Effects tab, and choose the option "Replicate". You drag "replicate" onto your clip in the timeline.

To change the settings, you click on the "Effect control" panel. You can click on the little triangle next to the different settings in order to change the settings in your clip.

You might use this effect when looking at something from a fly's perspective, or looking at a bunch of different TVs.

Effects Sandbox

1. This Effect is found under the Effects tab, under the "Stylize" folder. After opening that folder, you click on Emboss. This is the effect we used.
2. To change the settings, you click on the "Effect controls" tab in the source panel. There, you can press on the little triangle to the right of the different settings. You can click on the number to the right of it and scroll up and down to watch the effects take place.
3.You can make a clip look cartoonish/ static-like as if they are on TV.

Star Promo Video

Reasons you should vote for our video !
1.Our video has a positive vibe.
2.Our video is unplifting.
3.It was also finished on time.
4.We made sure itt has a good amount of time length.
5.Effort was put into it :)

Final Draft Values Video

Reflections on Rough Draft

1) What value are you trying to represent? We are trying to represent courage and honesty.
2) What do you think your group has done well? I think our group has done a really great job at working together. All of us have taken on responsibilites and we have all done our part in the work. We also have done a good job of using our time wisely, and planning out our video making.
3) What do you still need to complete? We still need to add in music, titles, credits, and some small editing.
4) What are you most in need of feedback about? We want to know if our video runs smoothly, or if it is a bit choppy.
5) We filmed during two days. The first day was successful, and our camera worked well. The second day, when we tried to use a different camera, the camera wouldn't film. We had to quickly go get another camera to film with, and successfullly finished filming that day.
Another issue we had was that after we edited our rough draft, it wouldn't upload onto youtube and our blog. When we finally got it uploaded, the screen of the film was very small. It was because of a format setting we had done the wrong way. We had to decide on how we wanted to fix this with limited time.
As I am typing this, the other members of my group are re-editing our video in the correct format so we can upload it. Time is precious.

Reflection Questions for Over the Shoulder Assignment

We weren't able to post our video because it was filmed over, but when we filmed we realized that a lot of though and planning goes into each of your shots before hand. You can't just pick up a camera and start shooting a bunch of shots without any thought at all about how you want it to come out. We planned different shots for different dialogues and parts of the film.

I would say that the group whose video we used followed the rule of thirds pretty well. The character not speaking could have been shifted over just a tad. But it was done pretty well.

The over the should shot puts the focus on the person's face that is being shown. It shows their expressions and makes the viewer feel like he's really talking to the person. Because the only visible part of the other person is the back of his/her head, the viewer's focus is immediately drawn to the face that is "over the shoulder".

The girls' dialoge does not seem very realistic, because their voices aren't very enthusiastic, at some parts. Some challenges were making all the little clips flow together, and making the conversation seem real.

The mood and tone in the film is suspensful, like the viewer's aren't too sure what exactly the news is. This was achieved by the pauses between the two girls' voices. The mood at the end of the film is happy, due to the smiling face of the girl recieving the money.

I really like using this type of shot. I never really realized how much it is used in famous films untill I started learning more about it. I began to notice it in many deep conversations in films. It adds a realistic effect.

I learned from doing this exercise, that we need to plan and think more about what shots we will use and how that will affect the mood and character image BEFORE we start filming. Different shots change the whole perspective from the viewer's point of view.

Over The Shoulder Video