Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Shoulder Shots
Describe how your group planned your shots. What realizations did you make about the kind of planning that needs to happen BEFORE you shoot?
At first we had everything planned out, but we had trouble setting up the shots because we all had to think things trough and take out time.
Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots. Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not?
Yes and NO. On Jaay's footage we did, but on mine we didn't. I don't really nkow why we didn't that is just how it ended up.
What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create about the characters? How does this work?
That they are having a conversation that is kind of serious, brings it down to thier level.
See things through "thier eyes".
How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?
Not so realistic. The script was kind of weird. BUT with the editing and the conversation it looked like it was a real conversation.
Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video? What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this?
Yes, a casual talk between friends. One is layed back through acting other is hyper and curious.
What other observations do you have about using over the shoulder shots?
I don't eally know how to answer this one...
What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about how to make effective videos from doing this exercise?
You get INTO the conversation, as if you as seeing it right there and then from behind the charaters. You also get on thier level.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Seasons Greeting
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I helped my partner by staying a little bit later here and there to edit and doing more work outside of this class. Also I was able to help figure out little glitches with Premier Pro. What Kayla helped me on was the same thing, little glitchese here and there. This was a really good team work ethic that we both had. We worked together and helped each other out when it was needed.
Reflections:
What Kayla and I did well on was the actually having music (it made things more interesting and gave it another layer instead of us just talking) and also having unique title pages. From the crowd the title pages werw a good hit with everyone. Along with that I think our story of both of us coming from India and Kayla just traveling was a good idea. Again it was different from most of the other groups. Our actual pictures that we had were very nice and fit the story very well too.
What I would have like to have done was have edited the green screen settings better. Other groups edited that very well and I think it would have made the video that much better if I was not transparent. Another things I would have liked to have done better was to edit the music a bit better. I also wish we could have found Indian music but we couldn’t. It would have added more culture to it.
What I did specifically for the video was a lot of editing. Our computers kept crashing and I ended up staying longer to ix the video. Along with that I did some extra editing in a different class in the school library, other than that we split the work 50/50. We also worked together to get the title pages just how we wanted them and we discussed everything such as music and even our backgrounds.
I helped my partner by staying a little bit later here and there to edit and doing more work outside of this class. Also I was able to help figure out little glitches with Premier Pro. What Kayla helped me on was the same thing, little glitchese here and there. This was a really good team work ethic that we both had. We worked together and helped each other out when it was needed.
I would personally want to fix the music editing a little more, and also fix the fact that I am transparent. Along with that I think our video was pretty good.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Greenscreen:Kayla and Cassie
The green screen is put up and it set the lighting correctly (trying to have no shadow,not many differences in the shades of green, no wrinkles, etc. The more differences and imperfections the harder it is to edit.). Then a person stands in front and gets recorded. This color is chosen because it is more likely for a person to NOT wear a bright almost neon green. The problems that can occur:wrinkles in the fabric, differences in the shades of green (cause--lighting), and some areas might have something OTHER then the green screen. Therefore it is harder to eliminate the green screen just right before you start to lose the focus (person) of the video. After Effects was much easy to use for eliminating the green screen. No other thoughts really.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
What I Learned
1) Things I learned from this groups video was that using cohesive titles (same style and color) really add to the video. They were colorful and fun and caught EVERYONE's attention.
2) Another thing I learned was that having several different people as interviews and cutting them up into several different parts are very effective. They keep the audience's attention.
3) I learned while watching was that you can have PPT effects in videos.
4) Something I learned from this group was that acting from the group itself can be EXTREMLY fun and effective. The group did a lot of thier own acting (with setting up a scenario) and since they went full out it worked and didn't seem cheesy.
5) Having Crystable[sorry if i spelled it wrong] come in and being so inspirational with a great message and making it so personal was very effective.
Cyberbullying Reflection
What parts of your video are you most satisfied with and proud of?
The music and the answers we got from the interviews.
What comments from others were helpful to you in creating your final draft?
To break up Lomanto's interviews with some other titles and to take out some parts of her interview.
What changes did you actually make on your final video?
We changed the titles for the interviews, fixed the "Prevention" slide and made it multiple slides. We fixed the music and ending.
What changes would you make if you had another day or two?
I would have liked to have added a slide between Betty and Lomanto's interview. my group was going to but we forgot to add it in.
If you had the chance to do the project all over again, what would you do differently?
I would add a few more effects into the video and also I would have aadded a few pictures.
What realizations, discoveries, and understandings did you reach about creating videos?
That I could make a good video using the techniques I learned. That wwith a little luck that getting good interviews is pretty simple, just got to find the right people. To create a GOOD product it takes a lot of extra time.
What other thoughts do you have about your own project?
I think with what we had to deal with (film being ruined and time being lost very easily) my group did a very good job. The film was more informational and I'm okay with that. I liked that we started with one path and we stuck with it.
The music and the answers we got from the interviews.
What comments from others were helpful to you in creating your final draft?
To break up Lomanto's interviews with some other titles and to take out some parts of her interview.
What changes did you actually make on your final video?
We changed the titles for the interviews, fixed the "Prevention" slide and made it multiple slides. We fixed the music and ending.
What changes would you make if you had another day or two?
I would have liked to have added a slide between Betty and Lomanto's interview. my group was going to but we forgot to add it in.
If you had the chance to do the project all over again, what would you do differently?
I would add a few more effects into the video and also I would have aadded a few pictures.
What realizations, discoveries, and understandings did you reach about creating videos?
That I could make a good video using the techniques I learned. That wwith a little luck that getting good interviews is pretty simple, just got to find the right people. To create a GOOD product it takes a lot of extra time.
What other thoughts do you have about your own project?
I think with what we had to deal with (film being ruined and time being lost very easily) my group did a very good job. The film was more informational and I'm okay with that. I liked that we started with one path and we stuck with it.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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