What I learned from watching films

One of my favorite workshops was when we observed how well commercials followed the "rule of thirds". I didn't implement this rule into my videos as much as I would have liked to. It was interesting to see how much videos follow this rule,even in long movies I could see the use of this rule. This "rule of thirds" is used so that film makers can attract the most amount of attention from viewers. I use to believe that the best point to center things would be in the middle of the screen but this rule proved me wrong. It will give me an advantage in the future when taking pictures of friends and family. Angles are an important aspect of filming because it emphasizes the effect trying to be produced. The low angle shot would show something taller than the cameras point of view. This angle could be used to express that the object is powerful. One of the videos we watched this year about a little boy who defends his teacher from her fiance uses the canted angle. The canted angle is used when the fiance gets shot and the tilted camera shots shows that he has been hit. Angles have a huge impact on filming because they portray feelings with out saying anything. Many emotions can be expressed with different angles. Lighting creates moods in filming. Such as when Ardle when he is looking at his teacher there is a light that is shining on him. This lighting signifies his love for Ms Purdy. Also later in the video Ardle is angry and there is dim lighting on his face from the moon, this lighting gives a feeling that he is planning something evil. The lighting and the colors in a film affect the mood, unfortunatly I didn't get to use it very much to express a mood. My experience in this class was full of mixed emotions through out the process of making videos. It would begin with creating an idea which was usually easy. Then I was confronted with the ability and willingness to follow through with the plan. I can see how pursuing a filming career could be stressful yet exciting. Most of my filming projects felt pressed for time. I had to learn to accomadate our video to the time we had. The rewarding part would be when we were finished uploading the finished video project to our blogs. I would then be able to see my accomplishments and admire them.

The final video project is a parody of the code red drill. Its also informational on the rules of a code red.

Over view of the year

I am looking at all my past posts that I have made this year. I have made a lot of progress. Before I had thought film making was easy, but Teledramatics art class has showed me that it isn't easy however rewarding. I have a greater appreciation for professional film makers but could never do it for a living. In my first blog I express the difficulty I had with exporting the video to Youtube. Now I can proudly say that I know this like the back of my hand. I learned through out the year how to make perfect in and out points. I insterted clips inbetween others and made it flow as if no time had stopped in the jumping horse clips. The green screen was a whole new experience. It was so exciting because its such a well known effect and can place any background in a video. I used the green screen in still pictures and when Ivy and I were doing our cultural experiences. Some videos were very time consuming and I spent afternoons and weekends filming. Such as the Priorities video. We had changed our story so many times to fit our limited time schedual. Our cuts were well done, and our final draft was amazing. It was our first complete story. This year I have learned a lot about time management. The over the shoulder video project proved to be very beneficial. Emily and Zoie were the actors, I learned the importance of filming all of one persons lines first then filming the second persons lines so that it looks realistic. Moving the camera during the dialogue would show inconsistent points of view. Learning over the shoulder shots is important because it intregues the audience. Ever since that project I see professional films differently. I admire how their over the shoulder shots are so consistent, they look complicated to do. The video effects workshops were important because it added an abstracts aspect to our videos. The effects created different moods. Threshold was the first effects I used which makes the images black and white. The more I played around with the effects I learned how to control the intensity of the effects. After all the projects I have done this year there is one that is my favorite is the final project when we were given the freedom to make a video on whatever topic. We did a parody on the Red code which is a school drill when there is a dangerous gunman on campus. We filmed everything in one day. We managed out time efficiently. On the second day we edited. All the clips are clear and our titles help express the humor in the school rules. This video isn't meant to affend the schools system, its just us cutting loose on our last days of Highschool before we graduate.

A trip to foreverland(The water is wide)

Our story is about a boy whom is broading onto a train. He is sad because he is leaving his family to go to a foreign castle. As he pears out his window he is depresses and frightened. The train is traveling so quickly he isnt ready for this new chapter in his life. Then he spots the castle and its so majestic. His attitude becomes more hopeful. The castle is so beutiful so the music sounds dainty and delicate. For a long time the boy is walking around the castle in awe. Then his heart stops which is symbolized by the silent moment of the song. The boy spots a girl and immediently falls in love with her. He watches he but is afraid to approach her. He is nervouse. He gets up the curage to meet her and they go out. Then everything is wonderful again, so unbelievable wonderful that it was all a dream. Jose and I didn't have time to add effects because we needed to work on our final projects. However I consider our editing job to be spectacular. The music goes well with the pictures. My favorite scene starts 2:40 -3:00. The music shows a lot of excitment when the boy is with the girl, then it follows with Mr. Zuniga conducting the band with big hand motions emphasising this is a intense moment of the song after the long silence. Another clip that I liked was in the beggining from 30-35 seconds. This is one the the few clips we were able to add an effect on. The picture is of a crying boy because he is leaving his family. The color purple portrays a sad mood and the waves on the picture give an affect that the boy is shaken up. The most important contribution Jose made to this video was figuring out the ending of the story, finding pictures and deciding what type of effects should be added. The most important contributions I made were finding many random pictures the created a greater variety to choose from when making our video. Also I put the band clips toward the end to add a intense feeling and to make it look like a music video.

Reflection/Jabberwocky,special_effects

Kenzies teledramatics art class: Sequence 01



The effect that I used best was the twirl on the second to last picture. This effect made me feel like the narrators thoughts are twisted.  It was short, but if it had been enlongated we would get a real feel of standing a in thought in the perception of the poem is becoming twisted

Sequence 01