Final Reflection

Early in the year, I learned the importance of editing film clips smoothly, and exporting videos correctly so that they are a decent size on the screen. You can see this is in my intro film, which I didn't export the video correctly and it's too small for the screen. On my second project I learned that the placement of video clips make a difference in the set up and message of a video with Baler Interviews.Later in the yar when we began to learn about the arc of stories, I showed that I had learned that concpet well of placing clips carefully in a sequence. One good example is during our cyberbullying video, when we had many photos and I did a voiceover and my group had to decide which pictures best fit the order of symptoms I was listing off. I also showed this through our bullying video, "Bullies are Not Your BFFLS", when Luis (Alejandro) looks up from the table and I suddenly appear in front of him. This didn't feel right to any of us and we asked for help because we knew the sequencing of the clips felt wrong. I also learned how to work with others and not become a domineering force in a partnership. When working on the Holiday Greeting video, my partner was Lizzy and I had to figure out how to incorporate both of our ideas and wants into the video. We also had to figure out how to make our video flow between the two different holidays we were presenting and how to not give each other the cold shoulder in our seperate dialogues. We also learned that black is not a good color to wear when working with a green screen. We tried everything, but no matter what, we wound up looking ghostly against the backgrounds we chose. I probably look the worst because my background had a lot of cool colors to it. When working with the Star Promo I really got to play with transitions, which was fun. I had only previously worked on transitions when working on our bullying video and I really only used fades. I also got to work with effects on the Sandbox day. Luis and I had accidentally done effects we weren't supposed to use, so we had to do it over, but I don't regret it because we got to use more effects for it. I applied the effects knowledge to the "Water Is Wide" music video and to my picture for the beginning of "The Jabberwocky" video we did, since I read the stanzas and didn't get to actually make a video for a stanza. I thoroughly enjoyed the "Water Is Wide" music video. Working with effects on pictures and seeing the result was truly magical. I believe I learned how things flow correctly and smoothly by watching other films. I also learned different ideas of how to apply techniques and effects that I probably would not have come up with on my own. I also learned how to appreciate things that directors, writers, filmers, and even actors do in films to portray or convey certain aspects of the message trying to reach the audience. I alos now fully understand and appreciate the filmmaking process. I really enjoyed this class as another creative output for myself and others, I really enjoyed watching others' films. I learned how to get along with so many different types of people and appreciate them for what they contribute to the class. I feel close to this class and will greatly miss them and our awesome teacher who opened our eyes to look through a camera lens and find beauty and reason to everything around us.