Entertainment semester 1

Projects

This semester included a lot of projects including a camera assignment, a treatment and a shortfilm.

Camera Assignment.

In this project we got to do any video we wanted as long if it included all the shots needed in the project. We ended up doing a short film titled 'The Watcher". This was a about a man trapped in an alternate reality unaware that its fake. This project took 2 long filming days and about 2 class periods to edit. We faced challenges in scheduling film days, when people couldn't show up. Because of this not everybody showed up to the filming days. Along the way I learned some lighting tricks and got to really know some of the upperclassmen in this class. I was also the editor so I bettered my editing skills on premiere after this project. At the end of this it came out with a lot of errors. Many said they could not follow the story line. There is nothing we changed from the original idea. Overall I'm not the biggest fan of this video although it had some very visually apealing shots and I hAd the most fun on this project this year.

The Watcher

Commercial

In This project we had to make a commercial for the product of our choosing . My group ended up doing a ramen noodle commercial for maruchan. This only took 2 hours of filming, and a week of class period for pre production and post production. We faced challenges in scheduling a date to film so not everyone showed up to the filming. From this project I learned a lot about advertising technique. We got very good feedback from this project infarct we placed 3rd in the voting. We often got critiques about getting rid of the logos. I am very proud of this project; this is my favorite of the semester.

Maruchan Commercial

Treatment 

In this project we were required to make a treatment for people to vote for dor the feature film. My story was "Ruby" . This was about a girl who becomes a magical girl during a traumatic experience to fight against sexism. She then befriends other magical girls like her. This took about a week of class to write as I faced some challenges; I struggled finding a good idea but once I found it the writing went smoothly. I learned a lot about story telling and script writing from this project. Many thought it was too hard to make so I got zero votes. I was really proud of this storyline and I hope to use it in the future.

Short film

In this project we get to make a short film on one of those treatments. I choose "Cowardly Reflections". This is taking a lot of time and we still haven't filmed anything because we lost actors. I'm gonna be real honest; I feel like some of my group members have given up and that they don't care about this project. I feel like they are not gonna put any effort to film over break , so ill make a surprise short film myself and with whoever wants to join. This project is teaching me a lot about the importance of pre- production

Strengths and Weaknesess.

During this semester I have learned the most in video that i ever have. At the beggining  I had a lot of struggles , but I have improved quite a bit since then. I mainly struggled with the technical aspect , such as using the microphone and the camera. To improve my skills I plan on playing and messing withe camera more often.

I also felt that the creative aspect was a strength because i feel like I always have ideas running through my head. Next semester I plan to Improve in my strengths by putting my best forward.

Guest speakers

Ryan- Ryan taught us a lot us about storytelling with editing. I can use these tios a lot more in the future.

Gordan- Gordan showed us some really cool equipment that we could use professionally. Ill take his tips and connections in the future

Leah- Leah taught us  some great camera tips. Every time I use a camera i look back to her tips about ISO.

Darby- Darby taught us a lot about pre production. She talked about the importance of social media which goes directly to me because i’m the social media content creator. I will use these tips while working on the feature.

Morgan Cooper- It was a honor to meet morgan cooper. He just casually talked about his life and the film world. He said he could be a connection and gave us a lot of inspiration. Feature role
I have skills with the usage of social media. I am
good at choosing proper hashtags and updating my story. I will also make visually appealing
graphics for the feed. I will put in my full effort to make videos and post to promote our movie.

Summary

This semester i enjoyed the small projects like the commercial the most. To make it better I would like the story telling unit to be smaller with less watching powerpoints and ted talks. I learned a lot about teamwork this semester. Next semester my goal is to try to step into the director role and become a leader.