Final Reflection

Early in the year, I learned the importance of setting clean In-points and Out-points. You can see that in my first film because i cut some of the speakers off mid-sentence.On my second project, I learned how to ripple delete and overlap. It was a good lesson that would be especially helpful later on down the road. I also learned early on that criticism helps a lot in the development in final drafts. A good example of taking the advice from my peers was in the Cyberbullying video. They viewed our rough draft and gave me feedback on what I needed to change. This became clear when our final draft was different the our original video. I also learned to incorperate music that matches the theme and enhances the mood of the film. Music plays a big part in films. In this class, I have learned a lot about creating videos. I have learned that in order to make the filming prosses easier, you need to learn how to have fun. At first I hated making and editing videos. I found it to be stressfull and annoying. Not until just recently did I work with a group that opened my eyes to the fun of makinig videos. I think it was easier when we made our own story and script. I was able to relate better and enjoy it alot more.I've also learned that veering away from the exact script won't hurt anyone either. Its good to do a little improvisation during filming. It helps you relate better to the story. It also makes it seem more authentic and real. Enjoying the filming prosses isn't a bad thing. The experiences I've had in this class has varied completely. I've hated it, I've loved it, I've also been indifferent about it. I loved working with groups that we chose. it made it alot easier and the videos tended to come out better. I hated following set scripts. i never liked the cyberbullying and values videos. I couldn't related to them nor care about them. I liked making my own original videos.

Murder At SBHS

This video was thought up by Mr. Alex Torres and egged on by all three of the remaining members about 2 classes ago. There is no solid script. Jake and Krystian pretty much just argued and confirmed lines at the filming of. Jake was the dead guy and the camera guy for the autopsy part. Alex was the phenomenal cop, his acting skill are great and should be an actor. Eddie was the anchor of reality for the film and kind of a comic relief. Krystian was the bad guy and mortician and filmed other scenes. We had a great time filming and editing. We hope the audience enjoys our film we think it’s our best one yet!!!

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Jabberwocky

Effects Clip

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Thinking about Our Final Values Video.

Positive Comments
The music was perfect beacause it made it more like a mysterious effect. Sabrena, Ashley P, Eddie E.
We especially like medium shot that showed all of the students in trouble. .
It was used to emphasize the idea that they were all nervous. It worked because it set the mood
Jacob D and Morgan D
We liked the begining when the camera slowly showed all the students sitting on the table in the detention room.
We also liked the part when the teacher was talking and he had the low angle shot looking up as if we were in the students eyes.
We thought that your film was well put together
Michelle Hernandez and Blanca Ceja
Suggestions
We think you should have a shot of Krystian cheating. It will emphasize that krystian did cheat.
you should make an opening title Sabrena, Ashley P, Eddie E.
Start out in a classroom and have the teacher ask some to stay back.
You could also give more dialoge between the characters. Jacob D and Morgan D
They could have added a scene where they walk in to detention
we suggest to slow down the credits a lot Isaiah S and Cesar J
More dialoge between Krystian and Alex

Zoie having some more part in then just passing the note. Michelle Hernandez and Blanca Ceja


This post is from _Krystian___ and ___Jake_______.
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from ___Michelle____ and ___Eddie E.___. (two different posts, not a pair saying one thing). ___Michelle____ told us that __that our film was well put together _____, and that was helpful because __it made us feel good____. In addition, __Eddie E.___ told us that __we should use an opening title___, and that helped us see that __our film needs help to make sense___.

The two best suggestions we got were from __Jacob D.___ and __Isaiah__ (again, two suggestions from different posts, a pair saying one thing).

___Jacob__ suggested that we _add more dialogue__. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to __add more dialogue__.

__Isaiah___ suggested that we _slow down the credits__. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to ___slow down the credits__.

Really Rough Draft

Alex & Krystian worked together on this reflection.

Our group is trying to represent the value of honesty. I think our group did well on matching the music with the mood of the film. The music seemed to flow perfectly with the video. We still need to film the teacher's parts with Jake. We've been delayed for a few days in filming. We want to know if the point-of-view shot for Alex worked. I'm still unsure about the choice of that shot. Our group had to change most of the script because it didnt work out the first time we filmed. We had to start almost completely over again. Another challenge we had was timing. We still need to finish filming. Our setback in refilming has put us far behind. We need to catch up in order to finish on time.

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