One Word Film Project

Hi Blog! 

For the last few classes, a partner and I have been working on a new project: the One Word Film Project. We were asked to brainstorm, plan, and film a 1 minute clip inspired by a random word we drew out from a hat. 

My partner and I began by brainstorming story ideas, and camera shots we thought would look good with certain actions. To bring our word, anxious, to life, we decided to film a scene where a girl tries to let another girl know that her backpack is open, but begins to overthink and doubt herself. We created a storyboard beforehand to plan exactly what shots and angles we wanted to use, which especially helped when planning out the scenarios happening inside the main character's head, showing her thought process. For the actual editing, we used Adobe Express, adding transitions and an effect during the scenarios happening inside the girl's head to portray how the anxiety is happening is entirely in her head. 

Overall, I think we did very well especially for it being our first filming project. I really liked how we filmed one specific shot where the camera focused on the main character's nervous face, then tilted down to a close'up of her hands fidgeting, and back up to a close-up of her face. It added a smooth and realistic feeling of anxiety. I feel we could have done better with the length of every shot as some felt very abrupt and short, and maybe even change the angles of some of them to flow more smoothly into the scene. Other than that though, I think we did great for a first film.

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eot5dAvNy9GdKgze8MfOZAsw-J6q7-b4/view?usp=drivesdk

-Sofia