Real Life Applications of TDA

Some things that I have learned in television and movies that I could not apply in this class are to have proper lighting and the shots, to record a video without background interference, and to use props for videos. Why I chose these things is because they seem very professional and would have loved to incorporate them into a video, as shown in "Prototype Movie Project", when there was a whole bunch of wind in the background. Oh how annoying that was. With prop use we could have done some cool action scenes, such as dueling with poles(lightsabers) and maybe even a sports scene. Proper lighting is important because it can make or break a scene. If only we could have used those techniques in a video, they would have been at least 5 times better.

Final Reflection

Early in the year, I learned the importance of following the rule of thirds. You can see that in my first film, I didn't do this, especially when some of our interviewees were in the center of our shots. On my second project, I learned how to apply music in a certain scene. A scene that shows this well is in the film called "Prototype Movie Project","Real Movie Project", and "Final Movie Project"(there was no actual title because we could not think of one), when the bully arrived in the scene and was assaulting the nerd. The music was intense because the scene was quick and violent. 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 "The Amazing Spider-Man Spoof Trailer", when the music was in sync with the progression of the film by beat and rhythm. That was a fun project because it encompassed everything that I have learned into one video. I was very proud of its editing and of course the music because I chose it specifically for this project. Other things that I have learned are the many varieties of shots and angles, applying special effects, using both video and audio transitions, editing, teamwork/cooperation, how to act for videos, never to chew gum on camera, and to have confidence in your work. I was able to apply everything I learned from this class into other projects for different classes. Overall, this was an enjoyable class and made many friends who have a passion in the video industry. I only wish that I could take this class again for my enjoyment and also to have the chance to learn new things.

Jabberwocky

The special effect that we used the best was the lens flare because it was easy to master and manipulate. We were trying to convey the mood that all the evil things are over and that the days of the people are going to be bright. We were trying to present the idea that the river/town was safe and nothing bad will happen as long as the townspeople stick together.

Spider-Man Trailer

This video is a parody/spoof trailer about the Amazing Spider-Man. It stars Isaiah Sanchez as Peter Parker/Spidey and Ashley as Gwen Stacey.

Symphonic Action

1. The story we tried to envoke in this video is that a boy has a dream. At first it starts out calm and melancholy and then turns slightly happier. We chose to place some of the band clips in the video just to show who is playing. As the tension rises we showed more images abstractly to convey excitement. When the rhythm stops the music turned somber and sad. As the music builds into the same rhythm in the beginning it turns melancholy and decided to stop showing more images. 2. The sequence that I choose is from 1:15-1:45. We tried to show that the boy is dreaming of becoming a baseball player. There was no particular choice in color just that to make seem mysterious and full of wonder. Taking consideration of color I feel that we used soothing colors to show some peace and tranquility within the video. 3. I believe that at least 35% of the video is abstract. There was no consistency of color because we wanted to have all the colors of the spectrum, not just one. 4. What I remember of using abstract images in films is that it gets the audience thinking about a certain theme. 5. I learned that music has to properly interact with images because they need to work together to convey the right message towards the video 6. The most important contribution my partner made was consulting me in the arrangement of the images and clips. 7. The most important contribution I made was editing the video together and applying special effects.

Strobe Lights

                   To do this effect is both easy and dangerous (by dangerous I mean you can get a seizure while making this effect, well effective). You just drag the video and add the desired strobe effect to the clip. then you drop the folder down and click stylize and you will see the effect strobe light. Isaiah added two more strobe light effects to increase the overall strobe light effect. Then you see a way to change the color and Isaiah left it white but for the second one he changed it to a bright red because I felt it needed more emphasis on the strobing. Then he randomly played with the effects of the way to edit it and we got lucky with the effects and then boom! This video clip was transformed into a super crazy strobe light machine.

Effect Bend

                    In order to do the bend effect, first you have to drag a video clip into the time line, then you open the folder video effects, and you go down to the folder distort. Then you add bend to the video clip in your video timeline. After you do that, go to the project panel and change it so that the video will easily change the way the video bends and moves in the clip. After you change the effects you can put in keyframes to change the way that the bend affects the video and how crazy it moves. It's an enjoyable effect and we had fun playing with it.

Why We Do Not Have a Star Promo Video

The reason why Isaiah, Ashley, and I do not have a star promo video is because we had to work on our director's cut video. As you, Professor Achterman, stated we had to make a director's cut before we can work on a star promo video. As we have not started a director's cut, we had to open premier pro. Then we had to select the proper video settings which was ntsc-dv 48kw. The project is now setup and we began import all the necessary clips for the video. Meanwhile the files were being imported we deliberated on how we are going to arrange the clips. We then started to pull the imported clips into the project timeline. We previewed said clips and decided to add titles to categorize them in order to clarify the purpose of the clips. We previewed the video once more and we figured that we needed some voice overs. Thanks to my voice acting experience we were able to get the proper tone of the phrases on the titles. We previewed the video and thought it was excellent. We now started to export the video. While it was exporting we had a brief discussion about who's channel we should upload the video to. In the end we decided to upload it to Isaiah's channel. The video is now exported and we can now begin the process of uploading the video. Isaiah signed in to his channel and selected the director's cut video. After that we celebrated and ask you, Professor Achterman, on what to do with the uploaded video. At first you thought we were doing a star promo video and then we clarified that it was the director's cut video. You were all "Oh. Then just post it on your blogs" and we were all "Okay!" This process took the majority of the class. And that is why we do not have a star promo video.

Suggestions and Good Ones

SUGGESTION
One edit we would change was when Cesar and Isaiah were talking at the lunch tables. We noticed that the camera was moving up and down on that scene. We think you should cut that part out.
-John and Joselyn
another thing you can do is actually try to show the message to your viewers i really didnt get what the value of this video was
Jose
We think that you might add a shot right after this extreme close up of another extreme close up of the first swing/slap/punch thrown
-Ivy
But our strongest suggestion is next time don’t make it look childish because this video looked like a little cartoon not a good value video
-Anonomyous
GOOD
I liked this one shot of Isaiah that got speeded up when he was running across the tables it caught my attention during the video
-Krystian and Zoie
We especially like the extreme close ups of Joe and Cesar during the final fight scene because it helped emphasize the idea that Cesar took Isaiah’s advice to heart and he is ready to fight
-Ivy
We think the most important clip for the music is in the beginning when the bully comes out of the bush
-Anonomyous
titles in between the clips of that moment going to another time were good titles
-Anonomyous
What we really liked about the video was how it was up beat and went with the flow , it wasn't choppy and i understood it.
-Michelle
The conflict was between an innocent kid and a bully.
-Eduardo E, Ashley P, and Sabrena
The first use of music is when the bully came in the scene. It was used to emphasize the idea that the bully was tough.
-Eduardo E, Ashley P, and Sabrena
The music was most important before the fight because it emphasized the mood, which was a little violent.
--Eduardo E, Ashley P, and Sabrena
The shots that contributed to the rising action were when Isaiah and Cesar were talking to each other about the fight in the beginning and the close ups of Isaiah N.'s face and Cesar's face when they are about to fight.
--Eduardo E, Ashley P, and Sabrena

This added some tension and pretty much showed what was going to happen in the next clip.
-Eduardo E, Ashley P, and Sabrena

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We planned our shots by just shooting in the right location. What I realized during the filming of this video that you have to shoot all angles of one person firsts and then shoot the other person. I believe we did follow the rule of thirds because Isaiah was in the right side of my shoulder and the perspective was strategically planned. The over the shoulder I think are used to make it seem like the audience is in the conversation. The dialogue seemed very realistic and feels like an ordinary, everyday situation. Editing that wasn't very dificult because the conversation was straightforward. The mood was not very serious because it was just a regular conversation. I believe that the idea of over the shoulder shots can make a video better because it adds a bit more of realism.

5 Things I Learned About The Cyberbullying Videos Part 2

Right off the bat I liked the beginning in which Jose and Taylor are both on screen shouting that cyberbullying must end now. I felt that it was a powerful start for the video and caught the attention of the audience and wished that my group could have done that too. I also like the fact that at 0:24-0:43 that they used three guys to explain what cyberbullying is and why it is bad. I wished I could have used this technique because it helped illustrate the fact that some people don't know what cyberbullying is and helped move the plot of the video.

Holiday Video

First of all I really enjoyed making the holiday video. Second it was not an easy task to do. With my partner I had to help him alot, for example, in the green screen adjustments I had to fill him in about using the correct function to eliminate the green screen. My partner helped me by helping me edit the video especially with the music. Without him in the editing process I don't think we would have finished this video.

I specifically worked on overall editing. It wasn't easy because of the timings we had in our video. I think it was pretty cool the way we edited the video because it gave it an original feel. The music was handled by Juanmanuel because he is an expert at editing music. Without his musical expertise I could not have accomplished in finishing this video.

Had we given another chance to complete this project I think we could have done a better job on our video. I could have adjusted the audio in the video better, properly cite the material we used in our video, and really just had fun making our video. It was just very dificult due to the short time frame we had to work on this project.

5 Things I Learned About The Cyberbullying Videos Part 1

Between 0:00-0:10 I really liked how this group used cell phones to introduce the topic of cyberbullying. It was very clever and I wished I could have incorporated that into my video. I also liked that in 0:35-0:41 that while Mr.Vela is talking they show a scene where he takes a troublemaker into the office to show the effects of cyberbullying and what could happen. I felt that truely emphasized a point because that can actually happen. I really liked the video time 1:06-1:22 because they show three easy steps to prevent cyberbullying while someone appears to be walking away from cyberbullying. I felt that this showed the proper closure of this video and again wished to do that with our video.

Green Screen Reflection

A green screen is a type of screen that is green. The purpose of a greeen screen is to show a special effect on a certain scene on a video. Certain things you should consider with a green screen is that the screen should not be wrinkled or waving back and forth. The subject should be filmed within the boundaries of the green screen and should NOT BE WEARING GREEN. Trying to edit out the green screen on After Effects is very tricky beacuse you need the subject to be exactly or approximately isolated from the green screen. I belive that neither Premier Pro or After Effects are easier than the other because both need special skills to master

The actual changes we made for our video is that we edited all our interviews so they would not drag on. That really shortened the video a lot actually but was probably for the better. If we had another day or two we could have done probably a better job on it than we did on the rough draft. We could have put better music and some graphics to emphasize our points a bit more.

What I discovered while working on this video was on how to add and edit sounds, how to lift and extract a clip, how to change the lighting on a specific clip (completely accidental), and how to speed up a clip or slow it down.

What I think about this project was that it took a longer time than I expected. The video itself has turned from an variety of moods into one serious mood. I personally liked our rough draft better but technically this video is a lot better than the rough draft.

First of all I would like to thank everyone in the class for their criticism and we would use your suggestions. We will fix the audio problems and fix some of our scenes and their transitions.

What I thought about our video was generally that we did a good job. The process was shaky at first with Dr. A pressuring us but it was smooth ride from there. Getting the clips for our video was a bit time consuming but we got the job done. We had a rough time picking out the songs to fit the video flow but we did our best. This video did seem a bit rough but it was rushed and we had a little bit more time we could have done a better job.

If we were to do this again we would get our footage and interviews right away and edit them accordingly. Then we would have gotten our audio while we edit our video instead of after the editing. We would then preview the video and add titles. After titles we would spell check for spelling errors and improper grammar. We would finally get the approval of Dr. A if we created the video the proper way.