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!!!

Thomas El Choo Choo

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.

OTS Project

Krystian's Greenscreen Project

I think my partner and I did a good job on getting the viewers the information about the hollidays. We didn't have a very creative script, but I think we did good on informing the viewer. If I could add one thing to my video, it would be music. The video seemed kind of dry to me. I think music would have made it more interesting. I filmed Eduardo's portion of the viedo, came up with my script, edited my portion of the video, made the title and credits, chose my background image, and I posted our video to the school blog. I helped my partner edit his script and his clip. I also helped him find a background picture to stand in front of. My partner helped me edit my script and video. He advised where we should cut the video to make it run smoother, and helped me choose a good background.I would work on making the in-points and out-points better so that the clips mesh together better. I would also have added music to the background. I think a middle eastern music would have enhanced the focus on the traditions and hollidays of the middle east. I think our video was good, but I definately know there are some things that I didn't have time to add.

Group 11 Final Draft

I am most proud of the titles for our video. I think they fit in really well with the mood of our video. They kept up the whole "cyber" them with the numbers in the background. Comments definately played in a big roll in the decisions for our editing. The comments that helped us the most were the ones about our music. We had to fix part our video because the music got cut off during one ofe the student interviews. We made the music fade in and out easier so that it blended together nicely. If i had an extra day or two to work on our video, I would definately want to chenge our ending. I think we lack a strong ending that people will rememeber. It just doesn't have the shock factor I was hoping for. If i could do it over again, I would most likely change the interviews from students to authoritative figures because its easier to believe them than other students. I realised that it takes alot brainstorming to get a plan together before I even start filming or editing. There are some flaws in my video, but I'm still proud of the end result.

This is an example of an overlay edit. An overlay edit places a clip over a older clip. To do this, you drag the clip from the source. I decided to place the 2nd clip where I did because it was in the middle of a long slow part of the original clip.

I think I am getting better at posting the videos on my blog and writing my reflections. I did a good job of working on the title with my partner and editing. I'm happy with the way I chose the clips to put in our videos. I should have taken more time to see if there were any better clips. If I could do this project over again, I would made the clips blend in to each other a little bit better. On my next project, I need to remember to export the video into a file that I can access easily. On my next project, I would like to learn how to do voice overs to give people different voices. One way I helped my partner was by editing the title and credits. My partner helped me by figuring out how to put the clips together and putting them into the order we wanted them in. On this project I gained a better idea about how to create a good title that goes with the video. What helped me figure this out was to have a title that relates to the video. One challenge a faced was the gaps in between each clip.We never overcame this challenge because we didn't realise the gaps were there untill the video was on youtube.

Video_ project 1, introductions, editing

For this project, my video file was damaged, so i had to use someone elses file. This project shows that i have learned how to import files into Premiere Pro. I also learned how to set in-points and out-points. Another skill i learned was how to make a title for my clip. I liked how the video was loud enough to hear over the background noise. One thing I would like to fix is the beginning of the clip. There is a period where the screen is black for a few seconds. Next time I would like to make that not happen.

Me and my partner faced some challenges in the process. At First we couldn't import my video because the file was damaged. After that we couldn't figure out how to create the title centered. In order to correct it, we had to make a completely new title. Embedding the video was easy for us and took no time at all.

Patience

The message of this video is patience. This video was shot durring the evening to show that the man had been working all day on the sidewalk when the kid came and ruined all his work.