AB sequence project: 2 location video

In this project, I learned about transitions from one area to another in a video sequence. To show this, we had a girl working on homework, before she got thirsty and has to get a quick drink from the water fountain. The water fountain is actually a hallway away from the classroom, but when filming, I used footage only of her leaving the classroom and arriving at the water fountain with none of the walking in between simply because it's not necessary and boring to watch someone walk down a hallway. The passage of time can be warped to keep the audience interested. It's these concepts that I will apply to future projects.

Collaboration means working together to produce something good, and I think I've accomplished that with my partner. We were a great team and were easily able to bounce ideas off of each other. For example, in the video she took of me reading, I gave her the idea to have a shot of the clock so the viewer understood why I had to leave and go into the classroom. And in my video, she was able to help me a lot with where to put the camera for the best shot, something I'm not always so good at figuring out.

Soccer Hobby

In this project, we used a six-shot system to make a short video of someone else in class performing a hobby they enjoy. We had to make it out of multiple clips. The first shot I have is called and Extra Close-Up (XCU) and focuses on his hands performing an action- putting down the ball. My second shot is called an Over-The-Shoulder (OTS) where he prepares himself in kick. The third is a Medium Shot (MS) of him running towards the ball and then there's a Wide Shot (WS) of him kicking which I experimented with speed on. The last shot is an Extra Wide Shot (XWS) of the ball flying towards the goal and making it! While I already knew how to string videos together from the last project where I did a Broadway mash-up, this time I was actually the one filming and had to work with the limited footage. I had to string together the shots in the best way. These six shots each have their own uses in certain situations and will be helpful with any future video I make.

Highlight Video

The Highlight Video project involved finding five Youtube videos that we could clip and strong together into one full video. It was supposed to be about something we love or a hobby- so I chose Broadway! I started with finding some footage of the classics- Lion King, Wicked, Les Mis...Then, I went to find promos from my favorite shows that are newer and more contemporary- Pippin and Bring It On. I also added some Tarzan footage in there, but had to end up taking it back out. That was the hardest part: cutting my footage. There was so much i wanted to use but I had to have exactly a minute.

The great thing about using promos was that they were made as an advertisement so they already featured the best parts. I ended up using them the most, while the Wicked clip went from five minutes to five seconds. I'm very proud of how it turned out.