One Word Film Project

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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

Camera Shots/Angles Quiz

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For our first quiz of the year, we were instructed to get into pairs and create a story using photos. We were to use the information we had learned the class before about camera shots and angles, and a maximum of two inanimate objects to produce a story in exactly 15 shots. We then had to identify what specific shot type we used for each photo and explain why we had chosen to use it.

My partner and I decided to use a pink highlighter and a black Expo marker to tell the story of a couple struggling to cook pasta together on a date night. For the background we drew a kitchen on a big piece of paper and for the "cooking supplies" we folded cut-out pieces of paper and made a table, bowls, tomatoes, and pieces of pasta. Overall, I think we did pretty good. We were able to get our story across while keeping it cute, creative, and entertaining. We did, however, misidentify a few camera shots and angles in our explanation, and half of our pictures had better lighting then the rest due to us realizing too late that the use of our phone flashlights would make our pictures look clearer and more detailed. The lighting in the photos could have been improved, more attention could have been paid to the definitions of every camera shot and angle, and we could have started to shoot earlier to have had more time to take the pictures, instead of hurrying to beat the dismissal bell. Still, the shots and angles we used created a nice balance between the small dramatized, instructional, and sweet romantic moments this couple experienced in a short amount of time.

CameraShotsQuiz.pptx

Introduction

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My name is Sofia and I created this blog to document my progress in my AICE Media Studies class throughout the year. I will be posting about different projects and assignments I complete as the year goes on!