Project #5 Something I believe in or I am passionate about

subject: following your dreams
actors:  Sarah
Set:  white wall
Props: note cards
Length: 60 - 90 sec
Costumes: black clothes
Shots: waist up or from my bust up

I will do a social commentary about how people should follow their dreams. No matter what they want to do. If they want to do art for alining, singing, dancing, theatre, or anything, they should do it because it is there life and in the end they will have to live it. I will also hold up note cards saying what I want to say. I will not be talking in the video.

Project #3 six shot story reflection

I think that out of all the projects this one was the fastest to finish and the easiest. I liked how it didn't take that long and that I was able to get all the footage done quickly. I learned that a story doesn't have o be that long in order to make sense or that in order to get a message across. I learned that in final cut pro that instead of cutting everything that I don't want I can select the clip and extend and shorten it if I want that way the footage is not lost. This works better with music I think. But when I cut the music I can extend it so that nothing is lost and it still makes sense. I learned different angles and different ways to film footage. However I could still use some different angles. It was some what difficult to film by myself only because since I was in it I could not film it so I had to rely on the tripod to get all the footage which can be difficult because I can not see it until the end of the shot. It takes longer I feel like.

Project #4 PSA reflection

By doing my PSA I learned more bout the tripod and about filming by myself. I think I got a better understanding of how to film and how I want the shot to look. The one thing I wish I had done was get more footage of different people but I think how it is right now is pretty good. I really liked how it turned out but in the future I think I could still do more with it. I liked how fun and carefree it looked and how it was mixed up shots of different people and not really using a really long shot so that it was little images of people together. I also like the song and I learned how to cut the music so that it will work with the PSA. However, I should not cut the music. However, I should not have cut the music before I was done editing the video because I had to keep readjusting the music to fit the video which was difficult. It would have been good to get a more varying of age groups but seeing as how I was picking people that were  that were free getting older people was harder.

Project #2 Commercial Reflection

I learned how to control the camera better and I also figured out that it is easier to do longer takes than trying to piece together multiple little shots. I also figured out that I don't have to hole the camera all the time in order to film. I can set it somewhere so that we can film the whole entire scene. Something that I discovered is that each scene I film I should take more than one shot just incase. Also making sure the angle of the camera is really important and that having the appropriate angle is handy when putting it all together so that I can have more than one angle. I could also experiment with different angles and camera shots. I think that is what I need to improve on, making it look more interesting.

Project #4 PSA: Spread the love

PSA - Spread the Love

Props: paper hearts, candy, flowers

Costumes: regular clothes

Actors: friends and family

music: happy music that expresses the love in life

Scenes: wide shots and closeups and far away shots

Description: The theme of the PSA will be showing each other love and kindness. There will be friends hugging each other and people giving each other gifts and making others feel welcome. There will be one girl who is left out and then a group of people come over to talk to her. There will be couples walking around and holding hands. An older couple sitting on a bench etc. People  waving and laughing together. The purpose is to show how humans interact with each other and how they are kind and loving.

Project # 1 The stalker reflection

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  Everything was new to me during this project. I never really used a camera before and I never edited a video before. I never knew that it was rather easy to edit the video and to add things to it. I still have a lot to learn but I did learn a lot from the first project. I also learned that while filming we need to get all the takes we need before we begin editing.
• I knew how to record. That was it.
• I was one of the actors and I also gave feedback on the video.
• Using longer takes instead of shorter recordings. It is easier to chop up a big recording than to try and fit a bunch of little recordings together.
• I'm a rather forgetful person and I tend to get confused easily. Going slow on examples and showing it more than once can help me and others.

Project #3 Six shot story

loving
creative
shy
awkward
random
funny

six shots to tell who I am. I would use some close ups and some far away shots. Some from behind and then from my point of view. The transitions would be walking through doors into the new scene. I would wear everyday clothes and there will be some other people in the shots. The music will be background and will fade in and out of the video.

loving: showing me caring for others or giving out hugs. Camera behind me
creative: closeup of me with paint on my face.
shy: standing not speaking in a group of people.
awkward:standing around someone not talking and being very uncomfortable. full body shot
random: walking in the hall and all of a sudden I start dancing
funny: mid shot of me with some friends and I tell a really bad joke and everyone laughs