Let me just say, I found great surprise and interest in this class, as I never really can look at videography the same as before. In a lot of ways, its photography, but more fast-paced, more fluent, and more micromanaging then I would’ve believed before I started. I’m so glad I got to be apart of 1st period too, as I initially thought I would not really talk to anyone. My favorite project definitely was the 6-word story, as I had so many ideas that can potentially be reality should I continue to pursue in this field with cameras, video cameras specifically. I will say I would have liked to do something other than interviews as these are projects I am not fond of…. Like photography, I don’t like using a single person in just one shot, as I like to make my shots full of productivity, color, and ambience. I like to give emphasis to nature and objects more than I do people, as it just seems uncomfortable and a bit forceful on the subject. Unfortunately, I do not think I will be continuing to B&T II, as I have to make lots of arrangements on my schedule of next semester again, as my schedule for the past year has been changed dozens of times, since I am picking classes either I am overqualified or under-qualified for, or its no longer available and nothing can be done. This has grown to be more infuriating as it is irritating, to say the least, but for what has all happened, I am glad I was apart of Mr. Goble and Mrs. Davidson’s B&T 1st period tech team! This has been a wonderful semester and heartfelt year, and may the next group of students learn from our efforts!
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My, so much needed to be done on this project, and it felt like so little time! I had to redo the interview with B-Roll probably about 5 times after the suggestions made from some of my friends, and then about dozens more major tweaks after having a chat with Mr. Goble ( Mr. G) . I even had a technical glitch where color balancing somehow was messed up in Final Cut, causing the video displayed in FC to look dark in contrast and saturation, so it was hard telling if anything was really what it was supposed to be. Still even after exporting the video, it looked fairly well, but unfortunately I and others I have asked still don't know the true underlying problem within the project itself I created. Even so, I got the message across, including a general necessity of shots to make the interview interesting. I do however plan to make the full interview a thing, as about 7 minutes of the interview is unused, and it won't do justice if people still have questions on certain points Mr. Hill made. One thing I wanted to keep in, but cut out, was his opinion on what students are the hardest to teach: Elementary, Middle, or High? That's a secret for now until I make it, but for the production and editing, this was intense because of the timeframe, and there is still more to work on for it before its all turned in! This has been a very wonderful class though, as I never really thought about what all goes into videography, framing, storytelling, and more until Broadcast & Tech!
Not much to report for now, as this is before I input all of the B-Roll that Sanjitt had generously provided me, and was my partner for this assignment. The interviewing phase of this was overall, very exciting! I am still not a good interviewer since my interviewee can bring up so many interesting points all at once, it's hard to choose, especially if you are still unsure of the topic you want to go after. In the end, I went after a simple concept: the students. I asked Mr. Hill questions that would compel him to answer more about why he works, and focused less on what he works for. He provided me some interesting feedback based on the questions I came up with, and it was a smooth transition for the most part during the editing phase of this interview. I will have to redo it, but the original interview is about 9 minutes, but of course, it needed to be scaled down to at a timeframe fitting of 30-70 seconds. The final cut is roughly 65 seconds, enough coverage on why Mr. Hill cares so much about his students; it was a honor to interview in all honesty.
Our next project we worked on was a solo production only deal, with actors of one's choosing if necessary. I only used myself as the actor but had friends help me with camera positioning and learned a lot from them too. Since I am still not used to Final Cut Pro, I'm skeptic as to how good my video turned out. Speaking of video, what was my theme? Procrastination.... and if you look back at the title, yes this project is personal to me on a lot of levels. as I procrastinate often. Growing up, I developed a sense of getting bored rather quickly, especially once I got into high school. This is mostly due to me being " done" with school. Just another semester to go and I'm free to live my life! Or go to college and continue life still in school.... you get the point. When doing this project, I ran into obstacles, such as time, theme, and approach of the project( setting it up). I had my six words " Don't expect good results. Stop procrastinating." as one of the very first ideas. I still didn't have a formula. Eventually I came to the idea of a student getting mediocre grades, yet still puts time and effort elsewhere. The next problem was framing, scenery, and sound, ESPECIALLY SOUND. Even in iMovie, sound is the one thing I have yet to experiment heavily on, and that is why I am very skeptical of my project. It relies completely on sound, tone, and color. Without one or the other, my video will lose its meaning. Fortunately, I made it where its easy to follow and everyone will understand if n0t immediately, then if they view it again once or twice more. I liked this project, it gave me lots of control and opportunity to do whatever is feasibly possible in school, and it was fun helping or being helped by friends, and even learning some of their personal stories as to why they picked certain topics for their vids. Shots in chronological order: 1. Extreme Wide Shot( Elevated) 2. Low Angle Shot 3. Point-Of-View Shot 4. Over-the- Shoulders Shot 5. Medium Shot( Elevated) 6. Wide Shot * Be sure to check on my video page* Resources: Ms. Pac-Man, Voice Recorder App, Macbook Air, Final Cut Pro
Going into this project, I didn't know what to expect. I've learned about Establishing, medium, and close up shots, and also, Rule of Thirds, and lighting. I never knew much for white balance and positioning of a vid camera. Mind you, you cannot just pickup and move during filming as that'll take longer in the editing phase and overall its sloppy work. In the end, we learned the basic camera positions, which is the best to start off on. Once we finished gathering up raw video, we proceeded over to the editing phase where we used the application called Final Cut Pro. In it is where I learned a new way of looking and doing editing from now on, as Final Cut has more features than iMovie, making it more professional. We edited 2 projects: " Circus Wagon" and " 6-shot", learning the do's and dont's for making a proper video. For instance, transitions will almost never be used for projects such as documentaries, and interviews. Recording 10 seconds minimum, its good to stay organized and be precise in your editing, as you can detach audio and video to work on independently. Hope to do more work on it again, its real fun put together video in a different way.
Another successful several rounds of being all the major roles that make up a Broadcast. I believe everyone has learned quite a lot from this experience, as we all cooperated, owned up to our faults, and tried to make a positive impact while we worked. I in particular, was much interested in Director, Tech, and Floor Director, three more positions (aside from anchor), that I liked, even if I only did a few callouts here and there. For instance, whether I was the Floor, Tech, or just the Director, I was in charge of how smooth the operation was going to go. Teleprompting was my most challenging, since I tried matching the speed of the text to the flow of my anchors, which was quite sporadic at times. AJA and Sound Boarding was interesting, and CG/Record station didn't see the most action. Overall, I am extremely to have enrolled in this class to experience this, and I greatly commend the men and women who do this for a living! This project was fun, and it will still be in the works for the upcoming months ahead in Broadcast and Tech. I was an anchor for the initial round, learning the ropes of what all the AJA techs, directors, teleprompters, cameramen, and more. The start of this was rough, which was to be expected since very few of us has interacted with certain tech or had done proper anchoring before. But about 3 days in, we started getting the rhythm down and made some good progress, even got video of our first successful session. I was one of the anchors along with Nneka and Adam, and we basically learned Anchor Etiquette from Mr. Goble, which surprisingly, had a lot to do about posture, positioning, flow and improvisation, and while I initially dislike the idea of being in the spotlight( quite literally in fact), it was a fun experience to learn and made me more comfortable with the role after my round was done.
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