number 5 for final

Now when i watch movies or films i notice how many cuts there is and what angles and shot types they use. It kinda ruined movies for me forever lol. When ever im watching a movie i imagine the rule of thirds grid its terrible haha.

final reflection

Earlier in the year, i learned the importance of shot types and angles to make a video look better. You can see in my first film, i didnt do this, especially in the scene when i interviewed everyone i didnt keep any shot types in mind at all i didnt know of any yet. On my second project i learned how to do over the shoulder shots. A scene that shows this well is when Brad was talking to Mikaela in the beginning of the video. Later in the year i showed that i really had learned that concept well, since i showed this in other project. one good example is from the video called values project in the scene when we got up to ditch class.

Reflection for "The Water is Wide" music video assignment: 1. In 5-6 sentences, summarize the story you were trying to evoke (suggest) to go along with the music. well, i was trying to evoke a sence of life or being created. This is why i put fish and there eggs. It was a little difficult with the music we were given but we made it work and i think i was a success.2. Choose the sequence of images in a 30 second segment that you are most proud of. Identify the time sequence (e.g., from 1 min. 10 sec. to 1 min. 40 sec.). Describe in detail what part of your story you were trying to suggest or evoke in this sequence. Describe how your choice of images helped suggest the story. Describe how your consideration of colors, shapes, and abstract images helped suggest a mood for this sequence.  3. What percentage of your film is made up of abstract images? Did you have a consistent idea about using a color or shape to suggest a mood?40% :p its abstract because you dont really know what it is. 4. What did you learn, realize, remember, or discover about the use of abstract images in film? i learned that its very symbolic and people could havent totally different thoughts on what it means.5. What did you learn, realize, remember or discover about the interaction between music and images. 6. What was the most important contribution your PARTNER made to this film? cropping pictures7. What was the most important contribution YOU made to
this film? picked out pictures and ordered them.

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abstract

Go under adobe go to affect controls and you will find it.You should add keyframes change it throughout the video. You might use it in a film to show something looking crazy.  I used wave warp which you can find in the distort folder and changed the vertical and horizonal on it.

I liked warp the most.

final video

directors cut

Thinking about Our Final Values Video

Michaela and Cole

Positive Comments
We especially like the close up shots of Michaela and Chris because it helped reflect the reactions and the feelings of the characters.
-Ashley T. and Michaela C.

We liked this comment because we like our close ups and thought that they fit well.

We really liked the close up of the chew, because it helped emphasize the idea that they were going to chew the stuff.
- Kelsey and Kaycee

We liked this comment because it was something we planned and weren’t too sure about. But we’re glad it worked and that people liked it.

The first music came in right in the beginning and it was intense.
-Isaiah and Caesar

We especially like the extreme close up of the dip because it helped emphasize the idea that what they were doing was wrong.
-Jake and Alex

You could have had them meet up with Michaela and them smiling or some form of acknowledgement that they're good friends not trying to do anything wrong.
-John and Joselyn

we especially like medium shot that showed all of the students with the can of chew.
-Jacob and Morgan

Suggestions

You could have had them meet up with Michaela and them smiling or some form of acknowledgement that they're good friends not trying to do anything wrong.
-John and Joselyn

We liked this suggestion because it was something that we may have been able to do at some point. We also agree that this would improve our resolution.

Possibly make those go a little slower so that people can read it.
-Ashley T. and Michaela C.

You can add to the resolution by showing what happens when the students go back to class.-Jacob and Morgan

We liked this suggestion because we had thought about doing this but thought our video would be too long. If we could we would definitely add this.

you could make the sound louder so that you could hear the dialogue better. –Jake and Alex

1. the val
ue that we are trying to represent is courage. We wanted to show that it always smart to do what you honestly feel is right. Even though there are many pressures (Chew), you can always hold on to your own morals and do what is right. "Its not always cool to do whats right but its not always right to do what is cool." With this we hope to show people at this school that you can say NO!
2.My group has done many things well in this video. We took advantage of our different types of shots and applied them to this film. We used such shots as Close up, Medium, Long shot and others. Also we took advantage of music and setting in thid video. First off we used a couple types of music to show the different themes and strong points of the video, such as playing the bluegrass music during the scene where the chew is pressented, and The metal when we are ditching the class room. Next the setting helped us show the points we were at. The classroom was obvious and really helped show the fact that we were ditching. The scene in the alley showed a tough and rebel-like place where there was a feeling of wrong-doing.
3.We still need to complete a few things. We would like to go back and take a few more shots to maybe show a different vantage point of feeling during the film. Also we need to maybe work on the transitions a little bit more. We can add some more to the classroom scene if we have time, like maybe put a little more suspense in the ditching part..... Maybe us getting almost caught or questioned by the teacher or a campus supervisor.
4.We are Most in need
of feedback on the different types of camera shots and angles we used and possibly suggestions on new ones we could add or change in our video. We were also wondering if the music fit in the scenes that we put it in and how to add or fix it to make it better. What would be a good title for our video or is one really necessary?
Most in need
5. A challenge that our group had was finding music to fit our video and all of its scenes. we took a while going through all of the sites suggested on the class blog. We didint know which would fit the best. There were a lot of ideas throughout our group but in the end we ultimately chose the bluegrass and metal to show the tone or mood in the scenes where we have the music or actiong describing our value

      Describe how your group planned your shots. What realizations did you make about the kind of planning that needs to happen BEFORE you shoot?  we wrote them down first but we made sure it would look good for when we shot it. You have to plan it out very carefully and precisly and make sure to follow the rule of thirds.

Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots. Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not?
Tjhe composition of our over the shoulder shots were good but we didnt exactly follow the rule of thirds the whole time because we ran out of time before we thought of it.

What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create about the characters? How does this work?
It gives them a serious tone that adds to the diologue it also shows what they have to say is important and that its worth listening to. This works by making one of the characters voices serious.

How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?
The diologue looks very realistic because the two characters match the script very well and there reaction to what the other person told them was very prominent. The video was very short and needed alot of cuts. Also the editing took most of the time to make it look good.

Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video? What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this?
Yes, brad made it very serious, his voice was deep which made the tone serious. We accomplished this by having brad be more stern.

What other observations do you have about using over the shoulder shots?
You have to be very close to the shoulder or else it doesnt look right.

What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about how to make effective videos from doing this exercise?
You have to do alot of editing to make it look as good as you want it