Tuesday, May 29, 2012
"The Water is Wide" Reflection
1) I really wanted to convey a story to go perfectly with the music. It was a combination of still pictures with effects and film from the actual orchestra. I wanted the beginning to make you think of a person going into war and being excited to fight for his country. Then he gets scared and doesnt know what to do. When the music picks up, he comes out from hiding to see that they have won. The high tempo makes it feel as he is happy that they won and he gets to go back home. In the end he gets to be back home with your famiy.
2) I am really proud of the beginning from 0 to :30 where i think i did a good job mixing in the still photos and the video of the band playing. I was trying to show emotion with the music and pictures and video to make you think that the mood is happy. I do not show a picture of a man going into the army, but the abstract part of the video is your interpretation of my images and video.
3) I think about 50 percent of my video was images and the other 50 percent was film from the band. I chose more brighter colors in my images when it was upbeat and in a good mood. There were darker colors in my pictures where used with the more scary and nerveracking music.
4) I learned that even though you might try to get a specific message across, a completely different one can be interpreted by somebody else. Abstract makes you actually think about the video and the messages that are given off.
5) I learned that you can really use music and clips to get a really good mood across your video. You can make a really good point if you think about what you are writing.
6) The most important contribution that my partner made was the title and credits.
7) The most important contribution i made was actually making the whole video and getting the pictures. I edited all the clips and put the pictures where i had to. I pretty much did everything except for the credits.
Final #6
The only other thing i want to say about this class is that i had a blast in it. We got to experience all aspect of making a video and i got to see what really happened at had fun doing it. I always looked forward to this class and will always remember it. Thank you
Final #5
There is not much that i learned in class that i did not add in someway or another to my videos i made. The most important thing that i got better at though were setting in and out points on clips. It let the clips run very smoothly and made the whole project come together.
Final Reflection :(
Early in the year, I learned the importance of adding text and titles into our videos at different parts. You can see that in my first film, i didnt do this, especially in the scene when the lady is jumping on the horse and my title is a little out of position. On my second project, i learned how to convey a certain meaning or value in the video that we created. A scene that shows this well is in the film called "Cyberbullying", when we give facts about cyberbullying and give the message that it is bad and you shouldnt do it. I learned alot about camera angles and different shot types that you could use to make the video better. Alot of people thought that we had the best video because you really could understand how bad it is to cyberbully someone. At the end of the video, we filmed someone walking through the hallway and it seemed as though the person dissapeared into the light and a lot of people really liked that. In my video "Just Pizza", my group spent a day at my house to film the video. We pan the camera over the pizza to show it is the last peice and we also pan the camera when i defeated john and i was standing on top of him to give a dramatic effect. This project was a blast becase we got to come up with some of the shots as we went along making the video and i think that John, Morgan, and I worked very well together to not only get the message across, but to give it a comic effect as well. It was nice to get compliments from other people that had seen our video and thought it was very good. Through out the year i also became very good at editing videos and adding transitions in between different clips. In my videos "Star Promo", "The Water is Wide", "Jabberwocky" and in of the other videos that i made, you can see how i cut clips and set them correctly. I also added effects between the clips to keep your attention on the video itself. In "The Water is Wide", my video was a combination of still pictures and short clips. The funniest and most random video that we made is our final project. In "A Parody of Stride Gum" we immitate the commercials on the tv and made it even funnier. The idea to the video was thought up in one day and we finished filming the same day too. It was more of a free range project because we didnt have to make a script or a shot list and we just did it. Through the year i learned alot about filming techniques and different was to edit video and pictures to give certain effects and have fun doing it. I am glad that people recognized me talking in the "Star Promos" video that was put on the school webpage for everyone to see.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Just Pizza Directors Cut
Jacob D, John F, Morgan D, Joselyn O,
I noticed that there was alot of work just to make a small video. Much thought had to be put in just to come up with the ideas for the video.
Putting the directors cut video was rather easy because it was just our raw ideas and process we had to go through. The only process we left out of our directors cut was the actual filming because we would have to record us filming our movie which would be really hard. We also left out some group conversations we had while we were editing because of the crunch on time.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Star Promo video
I think my video should be chosen because i think it had a good balance of comic releif along with getting the message across.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Comments
This post is from Morgan and Jacob.
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from Chris and Brad and Michaela and Cole. (Two different posts, not a pair saying one thing). Chris and Brad told us that we should make the credits larger and more centered, and that was helpful because we did need to make the credits bigger and more centered. In addition Michaela and Cole told us that we could add more dialogue, and that helped us see that our video was good the way it was.
The two best suggestions we got were from Kelsey and Kaycee (again, two suggestions from different posts, a pair saying one thing).
Kelsey and Kaycee suggested that we find a way to fix the pizza disappearing in the sunlight. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to add special effects.
Michaela C and Ashley T suggested that we shorten the fade out at the end of the fighting clip. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to shorten the fade out at the end of the fighting clip.
POSITIVE COMMENTS:
Brad and Chris:
We especially like the close-up shot of the pizza, because it helped emphasize the idea that it was important.
What we liked best was the use of the house as a background and the edits.
The credits were good because they were rolling.
Michaela C and Ashley T:
We especially like the pan-over of the pizza and table at the beginning of the video because is helped emphasize the idea of the last piece of pizza.
The first piece of music fit well because it was calm and light-hearted, a friendly scene.
Michaela and Cole:
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor because helped emphasize that they had just fought.
BEST SUGGESTIONS:
CHRIS AND BRAD:
You could have added more talking between the two
You could also make the fight last longer.
You could also add another character.
Feedback Michaela c and Ashley T
The conflict was between him eating the pizza he had won off his friend or giving it to his hungery sister.
The shots that contributed to the rising action was the medium close- up of jake and john about to fight also the part were jake slaps john's hand away it was a close-up of the last piece of pizza
The climax was when john gave the pizza over to Morgan
During the resolution John and Jake express that they are still friends with the playful back and forth conversation.
We especially like the pan-over of the pizza and table at the beginning of the video because is helped emphasize the idea of the last peice of pizza.
we rated your editing a 8. We would just suggest shortening the fade-out clip after the fight.
The first piece of music fit well because it was calm and light-hearted, a friendly scene. Then the vinyl scratching and the fighting music fit really well too. The most important audio was the vinyl scratching. It completely changed the tone of the scene in a dramatic way.
No titles, but we noticed in the credits that the music you used wasn't credited.
Overall, we thought your film was very good, and we can tell you worked really hard for this video.
March 23, 2012 12:29 PM
Anonymous said...
story: The conflict was between who was going to eat the last piece of pizza. 1. Sitting and watching tv while eating the pizza. 2. Zoom in on the last piece of pizza. 3. When Jacob slaps john's hand. 4. The fight over the pizza.
suggestions- 1. You could have added more talking between the two.
2. You could also make the fight last longer.
The climax occured when Jacob offered the pizza to morgan.
During the resolution Jacob gives the pizza to morgan. You could add to the resolution by showing some more facial expression, this would help us see how they feel about giving/recieving the pizza.
CAMERA SHOTS: We especially like the close-up shot of the pizza, bacuase it helped emphasize the idea that it was important.
We think you should replace the shot where you hold up the pizza so it doesent get lost in the sunlight. The new shot would be the same as before but change the lighting in it. EDITS: We rate the editing a 8. One edit we would change would be the edit when morgan walked into the room. We noticed that between the first and second shot you used a straight cut we would of used a fade to black in this instance.
USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS:
There was no music in this video. The most important use of the sound effects in this video was when you used the "fatality" words after the fight.
TITLES AND CREDITS: The title reflected the content because it was about pizza and it said pizza in the title. I would make the title even bigger and centered. The credits were good because they were rolling. But the sound was not cited correctly. OVERALL- Overall, We thought your film was good. What we liked best was the use of the house as a background and the edits. Our strongest suggestion is that you cite your sources because you can get into trouble for that. REVIEWED BY CHRIS AND BRAD
March 23, 2012 12:31 PM
Anonymous said...
STORY
The conflict was between who was going to get the last piece of pizza
Here are the shots, dialog and actons that contributed to the rising action:
1. when you see that their is only one piece left
2. when the two characters look each other dead in the eye.
we really like the rising action. The climax occured when the characters fought with each other
In the resolution, Jake gives Morgan the pizza.
CAMERA SHOTS
We especially like the close up shot of John on the floor because it showed that Jake won the pizza
EDITS:
on a scale of 1-10 we rate the editing an 10. The first use of music is at the beggining to show its just a casual day for them.
TITLES AND CREDITS
the title was good, it showed that a conflict was going to happen over pizza. the credits were also good, but they did not cite their music sources.
OVERALL
overall we thought your film was good.
-Isaiah S and Cesar J
March 23, 2012 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...
Feedback by Kelsey and Kaycee
The conflict was between the guys and sharing their pizza with someone who hadn't eaten all day. The shots that contributed to the rising action was the pan of the messy table and the last piece of pizza. We also liked the close up of the hand slap. You dont really need to add anything. The climax occured when the hand was slapped, and when they fight over the pizza. The resolution is when the guy gives the girl the pizza.
We especially liked the pan in the beginning of the table, and at the end of the guy on the floor. We also like the close up of both guys when they are confused about hearing the voice, and the high angle of them looking around the room. On a scale of 1-10, we rate the editing a 9.5. We thought when the screen went black between the argument and when jacob is holding the pizza was dramatic and effective. The music was worked well in the beginning when they were watching tv; it created a laid back feeling. The music when the guys start yelling at each other was most effective because it helped emphasise the tension.
We really liked the "deep voice" toward the end of the black screen.
The credits and the title were really good and everything was properly cited/put together.
Overall we thought your film was amazing. We liked everything. Our stongest suggestion is somehow fixing the disappearing pizza when jacob is holding it at the end.
March 23, 2012 12:37 PM
Anonymous said...
The conflict was between whether jacob should give the pizza to Morgan or eat it.
Here are the shots, dialog and actions that contributed to the rising action:
1.There only being one piece left
2.Them fighting
3.Them laughing and being friends
4.Jacob standing on John.
Here are some suggestions about adding to the rising action:
1.You could more dialog
2. You could also add another character.
The climax occurred when Morgan asked for the pizza.
During the resoulution Jacob gives the pizza to Morgan and gets off pf John.
You could add top the resolution by adding a little more dialog. This would help give us the idea that he was happy with his decision.
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor beacause it helped emphasize that they had just fought.
On a scale of 1-10, we rate your editing an 8.5.
The first time music camein was when John and Jacob were about to fight. It was used to help emphasize the mood of action. It worked because it was actiony kind of song.
The title of the film reflects the content. It did grab my attention.
The credits were done properly. Nothing was cited.
Overall, we thought that the film was funny. What we liked best was that how you got across your message with humor.
March 23, 2012 12:39 PM
Anonymous said...
The conflict was between whether jacob should give the pizza to Morgan or eat it.
Here are the shots, dialog and actions that contributed to the rising action:
1.There only being one piece left
2.Them fighting
3.Them laughing and being friends
4.Jacob standing on John.
Here are some suggestions about adding to the rising action:
1.You could more dialog
2. You could also add another character.
The climax occurred when Morgan asked for the pizza.
During the resoulution Jacob gives the pizza to Morgan and gets off pf John.
You could add top the resolution by adding a little more dialog. This would help give us the idea that he was happy with his decision.
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor beacause it helped emphasize that they had just fought.
On a scale of 1-10, we rate your editing an 8.5.
The first time music camein was when John and Jacob were about to fight. It was used to help emphasize the mood of action. It worked because it was actiony kind of song.
The title of the film reflects the content. It did grab my attention.
The credits were done properly. Nothing was cited.
Overall, we thought that the film was funny. What we liked best was that how you got across your message with humor.
Michaela and Cole
March 23, 2012 12:40 PM
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from Chris and Brad and Michaela and Cole. (Two different posts, not a pair saying one thing). Chris and Brad told us that we should make the credits larger and more centered, and that was helpful because we did need to make the credits bigger and more centered. In addition Michaela and Cole told us that we could add more dialogue, and that helped us see that our video was good the way it was.
The two best suggestions we got were from Kelsey and Kaycee (again, two suggestions from different posts, a pair saying one thing).
Kelsey and Kaycee suggested that we find a way to fix the pizza disappearing in the sunlight. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to add special effects.
Michaela C and Ashley T suggested that we shorten the fade out at the end of the fighting clip. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to shorten the fade out at the end of the fighting clip.
POSITIVE COMMENTS:
Brad and Chris:
We especially like the close-up shot of the pizza, because it helped emphasize the idea that it was important.
What we liked best was the use of the house as a background and the edits.
The credits were good because they were rolling.
Michaela C and Ashley T:
We especially like the pan-over of the pizza and table at the beginning of the video because is helped emphasize the idea of the last piece of pizza.
The first piece of music fit well because it was calm and light-hearted, a friendly scene.
Michaela and Cole:
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor because helped emphasize that they had just fought.
BEST SUGGESTIONS:
CHRIS AND BRAD:
You could have added more talking between the two
You could also make the fight last longer.
You could also add another character.
Feedback Michaela c and Ashley T
The conflict was between him eating the pizza he had won off his friend or giving it to his hungery sister.
The shots that contributed to the rising action was the medium close- up of jake and john about to fight also the part were jake slaps john's hand away it was a close-up of the last piece of pizza
The climax was when john gave the pizza over to Morgan
During the resolution John and Jake express that they are still friends with the playful back and forth conversation.
We especially like the pan-over of the pizza and table at the beginning of the video because is helped emphasize the idea of the last peice of pizza.
we rated your editing a 8. We would just suggest shortening the fade-out clip after the fight.
The first piece of music fit well because it was calm and light-hearted, a friendly scene. Then the vinyl scratching and the fighting music fit really well too. The most important audio was the vinyl scratching. It completely changed the tone of the scene in a dramatic way.
No titles, but we noticed in the credits that the music you used wasn't credited.
Overall, we thought your film was very good, and we can tell you worked really hard for this video.
March 23, 2012 12:29 PM
Anonymous said...
story: The conflict was between who was going to eat the last piece of pizza. 1. Sitting and watching tv while eating the pizza. 2. Zoom in on the last piece of pizza. 3. When Jacob slaps john's hand. 4. The fight over the pizza.
suggestions- 1. You could have added more talking between the two.
2. You could also make the fight last longer.
The climax occured when Jacob offered the pizza to morgan.
During the resolution Jacob gives the pizza to morgan. You could add to the resolution by showing some more facial expression, this would help us see how they feel about giving/recieving the pizza.
CAMERA SHOTS: We especially like the close-up shot of the pizza, bacuase it helped emphasize the idea that it was important.
We think you should replace the shot where you hold up the pizza so it doesent get lost in the sunlight. The new shot would be the same as before but change the lighting in it. EDITS: We rate the editing a 8. One edit we would change would be the edit when morgan walked into the room. We noticed that between the first and second shot you used a straight cut we would of used a fade to black in this instance.
USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS:
There was no music in this video. The most important use of the sound effects in this video was when you used the "fatality" words after the fight.
TITLES AND CREDITS: The title reflected the content because it was about pizza and it said pizza in the title. I would make the title even bigger and centered. The credits were good because they were rolling. But the sound was not cited correctly. OVERALL- Overall, We thought your film was good. What we liked best was the use of the house as a background and the edits. Our strongest suggestion is that you cite your sources because you can get into trouble for that. REVIEWED BY CHRIS AND BRAD
March 23, 2012 12:31 PM
Anonymous said...
STORY
The conflict was between who was going to get the last piece of pizza
Here are the shots, dialog and actons that contributed to the rising action:
1. when you see that their is only one piece left
2. when the two characters look each other dead in the eye.
we really like the rising action. The climax occured when the characters fought with each other
In the resolution, Jake gives Morgan the pizza.
CAMERA SHOTS
We especially like the close up shot of John on the floor because it showed that Jake won the pizza
EDITS:
on a scale of 1-10 we rate the editing an 10. The first use of music is at the beggining to show its just a casual day for them.
TITLES AND CREDITS
the title was good, it showed that a conflict was going to happen over pizza. the credits were also good, but they did not cite their music sources.
OVERALL
overall we thought your film was good.
-Isaiah S and Cesar J
March 23, 2012 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...
Feedback by Kelsey and Kaycee
The conflict was between the guys and sharing their pizza with someone who hadn't eaten all day. The shots that contributed to the rising action was the pan of the messy table and the last piece of pizza. We also liked the close up of the hand slap. You dont really need to add anything. The climax occured when the hand was slapped, and when they fight over the pizza. The resolution is when the guy gives the girl the pizza.
We especially liked the pan in the beginning of the table, and at the end of the guy on the floor. We also like the close up of both guys when they are confused about hearing the voice, and the high angle of them looking around the room. On a scale of 1-10, we rate the editing a 9.5. We thought when the screen went black between the argument and when jacob is holding the pizza was dramatic and effective. The music was worked well in the beginning when they were watching tv; it created a laid back feeling. The music when the guys start yelling at each other was most effective because it helped emphasise the tension.
We really liked the "deep voice" toward the end of the black screen.
The credits and the title were really good and everything was properly cited/put together.
Overall we thought your film was amazing. We liked everything. Our stongest suggestion is somehow fixing the disappearing pizza when jacob is holding it at the end.
March 23, 2012 12:37 PM
Anonymous said...
The conflict was between whether jacob should give the pizza to Morgan or eat it.
Here are the shots, dialog and actions that contributed to the rising action:
1.There only being one piece left
2.Them fighting
3.Them laughing and being friends
4.Jacob standing on John.
Here are some suggestions about adding to the rising action:
1.You could more dialog
2. You could also add another character.
The climax occurred when Morgan asked for the pizza.
During the resoulution Jacob gives the pizza to Morgan and gets off pf John.
You could add top the resolution by adding a little more dialog. This would help give us the idea that he was happy with his decision.
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor beacause it helped emphasize that they had just fought.
On a scale of 1-10, we rate your editing an 8.5.
The first time music camein was when John and Jacob were about to fight. It was used to help emphasize the mood of action. It worked because it was actiony kind of song.
The title of the film reflects the content. It did grab my attention.
The credits were done properly. Nothing was cited.
Overall, we thought that the film was funny. What we liked best was that how you got across your message with humor.
March 23, 2012 12:39 PM
Anonymous said...
The conflict was between whether jacob should give the pizza to Morgan or eat it.
Here are the shots, dialog and actions that contributed to the rising action:
1.There only being one piece left
2.Them fighting
3.Them laughing and being friends
4.Jacob standing on John.
Here are some suggestions about adding to the rising action:
1.You could more dialog
2. You could also add another character.
The climax occurred when Morgan asked for the pizza.
During the resoulution Jacob gives the pizza to Morgan and gets off pf John.
You could add top the resolution by adding a little more dialog. This would help give us the idea that he was happy with his decision.
We especially like the close up shot of john on the floor beacause it helped emphasize that they had just fought.
On a scale of 1-10, we rate your editing an 8.5.
The first time music camein was when John and Jacob were about to fight. It was used to help emphasize the mood of action. It worked because it was actiony kind of song.
The title of the film reflects the content. It did grab my attention.
The credits were done properly. Nothing was cited.
Overall, we thought that the film was funny. What we liked best was that how you got across your message with humor.
Michaela and Cole
March 23, 2012 12:40 PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
rough draft
John and Jacob
1) What value are you trying to represent?
-In our video, our group tried to represent the value of sharing
2) What do you think your group has done well?
-I think our group did well on composing the shots from the "slap" to the "arguement"
3) What do you still need to complete?
-We still need to finish editing sound and music and adding the ending and credits.
4) What are you most in need of feedback about? (We want to know if..., We're wondering if this camera angle worked when...etc.)
-We want to know if our group portrayed sharing well without having to announce the value with a title
5) Identify a challenge your group discovered and faced in creating the film. Focus on a challenge about how to best tell your story. Describe how you dealt with that challenge, including discussions you had, things you tried and decided to leave out, and what you ultimately did to address it.
-We were missing a group memeber when we started filming, there were inadvertant environmental factors such as unneccessary amount of sunlight.
We just left the sun light in the film but during it we tried our best to stay out of the it as much as possible.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Over the shoulder excersice
We planned to make a smooth video with only 3 clips, the handshake, and the monologues that were cut and put together to make it look like a dialogue. We filmed these all after each other. I think we followed the rule of thirds very good because the face of the person being spoken to was in the imaginary intersection. The over the shoulder shots make the video seem like you are the one talking. We didnt have to make any changes in the dialogue because we had good acting and the conversation flowed well. There is a funny and comical tone because one subject gets excited to hear about all the money but then gets dissapointed because it was for college. I think over the shoulder shots are a good way to emphasize a conversation.
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