Thinking About Our Finals Video

Positive Comments
Jaay: I especially liked the establishing shot, because it sets up the entire short film. It shows that Alejandro is alone, and working on something for school, and then the bullies walk in and harass him.
Cassie and Alexis: When one of the bullies push Alejandro they used a fade. We would have done the same because it comes out smooth.

*This post was from Jaay. The positive comment we find meaningful to us was from Jaay. She told us that she liked the establishing shot because it set up the entire short film. It was helpful because it gave us a good idea of what camera shots went right.

Jaay: What I liked best was that the actors seemed well prepared to take on their roles, and they knew all of their lines.
Cassie and Alexis: The beginning shot because it sets everything up. Alejandro is alone and by himself studying. It helped emphasize the idea that he is alone and an easy target.
*In addition she also told us that our acting was well prepared and that helped us see that we did a job well done on the acting, no problems what so ever.

Suggestions

Cassie and Alexis: Our strongest suggestion is to add music to the punch, it would add so much more.

Jaay: The only shot I would suggest adding to the film is some sort of clip of Amanda walking up to Alejandro after the bullies are chased away. The new shot should be a wide angle shot, showing Alejandro sitting at the table and Amanda walking up to him.

Cassie and Alexis: BUT the background of the title does not suite the storyline and adds nothing to the video.
Maybe having it fade in on a black background with a vibrant color such as red would be better.

Jaay: Personally, I would recommend an overlay title that appears a few seconds into the film while Alejandro is seated alone, and then fades away.
*The two biggest suggestions we got were from Cassie and Alexis. They suggested that we add music when Michaela is about to punch Luis. We agree with this suggestion and our plan to address it is to find some music and see what we can do about it. Another suggestion they made is to add a better title at the beginning of the video. We agree with this suggestion and our plan to address this is to brainstprm a new title and sees what we could come up with

Group 1 Rough Draft (Updated)

This is the most updated rough draft of our group video!

Rough Draft of Values Video

1) We are trying to represent the value of speaking up for others when they cannot to protect them from harm of any sort and to help continue a sense of peace and helpful kindness in what are supposed to be safe environments.
2) I think our group did the editing well for what we have done and that we have also helped add comedy to our video by simply being ourselves and dealing with our circumstances as best we could (having two female bullies for a male student).
3) We still need to complete a chunk of editing for Zach's role in the video, and we also still need to add some music for the opening of the video since we had decided to do so.
4) We are most in need of feedback for how the video flows and if the ending is any good, or even funny at all. We also would like to know if the camera angles are any good or if they make any sense with the video.
5) We found first that we needed an extra person to play a role in our video. How we addressed this was that I asked my friend Michaela to be part of the group. She became our Bully 2. This also presented another awkward predicament, how would people react to having two females bully one male student? How we got around this? Just going with it, the portrayal of the bullying was believeable enough to think that both bullies were simply mean and looking for someone to pick on. Another issuse I was worried about, was if the lighting was going to be off due to weather. The first day we were scheduled to film was actually supposed to be gloomy and cloudy and the other days were supposed to be sunnier, and I feared for a dramatic shift of lighting in the video and therefore ruining the illusion of real time passing by. Luckily, the day turned out to be sunny and no visibly dramatic shifts in lighting were recorded.