Reflection on my Blog

4. Early in the year, I learned the importance of knowing how to use premier pro effectivly. You can see that in my first film,I didnt dp this, espescially in the scene when the edits are not very well editited because I was not familiar with the controls. On my second project, I learned how to do many things like use lots of clips and put together to make a great video. A scene that shows this well is in the film called 'Baler Interviews,' when throughout the whole video you could clearly see the diverse set of clips used in the video. Later in the year, I showed that I really had learned that concept well, since I showed this in other projects. One good example is from 'Baler Swag Rap' in the scenes when you use a voice recorder to record our voices over the clips. This year I have also learned how to use a lot of the special effects. A good example of this is my video called 'Jabberwocky Project" because you could see all the different types of special effect I used in one video. Another skill I have taken from this class is knowing when and how to use the different types of camera angles. in the video 'Final Draft' there are many different scenes like are opeing shot that is called an establishing shot. Last but not least I have also learned how to incorporate music and sound effects into my video making procces. A very clear example of this is in the video called 'Baler Swag Rap' because we had to find the music and make sure it fit well with our voices. 5. In this class I learned a lot about making and watching films. I learned a great skill and that is to make storyboards. Knowing how to make storybords is important because it helps you set up your video and so that ypu dont get off track when your filming. I have also learned how to do script writtings. Before a video you must do a script writting because it has all the words in the video as well as the camera shots/angels. Most importantly, I have learned how to work well with others and that one of the most important to me becasue I could take that skill and imply to other classsrooms. By watching other poeple's films I could see what direction they take it in and it helps me by knowing what my peers think and know in this class. Overall I have many great things that I could use and be succesful later in life. 6. My experiences in this class are one of my most memorable moments in my whole high school carrer. I have met many new people especially new seniors. this year i have accomplished things that I would never see myself doing like making music videos and mostly being in front of the camera as well as in the back. Im definatly going to take new friendships, new skills, and a new me when I leave this class. I just want to say thank you Dr. Achterman for everything youve done and your an awsome teacher.

Baler Swag Rap

'The Water is WIde' Reflection

1. The story I was trying to evoke was a soldier coming home fromthe war. I feel that we used the music very well with the theme we were trying to suggest. With the images we selected and the amount of time we had I feel like we got our vision across. My partner Jorge and I are very proud of our video from just listining to the music. With the music it had a very sad mood to it but then it gets more happier. 2. The images that I am most proud of are the first image and the image of the the soliers coming home to their kids. The images help suggest the story by using the powerfulness and the meaning of the image. 3. In our video we didnt really use abstract images because my oartner and I didnt know. Our concistantcy of pictuers are pictures of army soliers and the marine corps. 4. What I learned by using asbstract images was that you could make something out of nothing and it could still have a powerful meaning. 5. What I learned from using images and music is theat evryone has their own vision and opinion when it comes to making a video. 6. The most important contribution was that he found most of the pics and he knew how to do all the effects. 7. The most important contribution I made was that I did most of the editing and I also found some of the pictures.

Directors Cut

The Water is Wide

jabberwocky project

1. the special effect that we used the best was the gamma effect because we really showed how it was used. Another effect that we used was the emboss effect and it worked really well because we showed the different ways it changes the picture. The mood that we were trying to communicate was dark, gloomy, and scary. The idea we were trying to show was a very dark and scary side and with the use of the effects in my opinon I think my partner and I really made it work.

Special Effects Project

The effect that we used was 'fine edges' which was in the 'stylize' folder. we changed the settings by making the video a little blury and then through out the clip it turned very unclear and a whitish blur. This effect might be used in film to show a person thats changing in his life or possibly dieing.