e9 Final Post

The scope of the project was to come up with a product and create a commercial an animation and a website with various things on it. Before we just started making some of the things we had to do before that was storyboarding our commercial and sketching our logo. I learned how to better work with a team during this project.

Something I would do differently is I would touch up some of the graphics I made so that they looked better. Something I would do the same is that I was able to get everything done on time so trying to get everything done is something I would try to do. From this project  I would take my experience as working as a team because in some aspects it was easier to have a team but I always worried that someone might not get something done.

e9 Final Project Commercial

Sorry that there is about 2 minutes of black screen at the end I don't know why.

In this commercial we try to show a story of Mitch who is all alone drink Friends in a Bottle. It starts off with Mitch sitting alone and obtaining friends. Then Mitch spending time with his friends. It ends with a Testimony from Mitch and "his father" (Mr. Isles). The hardest part about this project was getting Mitch to not smile because in the beginning he was supposed to be sad and lonely. I have never done a commercial type thing like this before and I thought it was fun. one thing i did not like about this project is since this was our first rotation the video was harder to do because I feel that the commercial needs more preparing than the animation or Graphic design.I think that some of the shots could have been better because my group spent most of Thursday re-shooting shots that were messed up the first time.

The Interview

I thought that this quarter was very interesting. I learned about the 6 shot system and how it is used on a lot of different videos. I also learned thins like not to put wide shots next to each other and how to film a chase without camera movement. I also learned that when you are filming something can go wrong and you might have to retake a shot several times. I do not plan on doing anything else with video. Sometimes it can be fun but it is just something I am not really interested in. Another thing I learned is that working with people you really don't know well can be hard. Also I learned that when we did the interview project it could be hard to get a place that was quite enough so that there wasn't much sound from anything else. I had a lot of fun.

The Chase

I learned how to make it appear as though someone is being chased even though there is no camera movement involved. I will use this to apply more movement into my next project now that I know how to capture movement better in the shot. The collaboration was different because you had to make sure that both people in the chase were doing something at the same time and not at different times. I can improve collaboration on my next video by being more clear about what everyone needs to do and at what time. Basically I just need everyone to have good timing when doing a project like this because I need to make sure this person starts moving once the other person gets to a certain point. The reason I say these things is probably because I was the director for this project.

AB Sequence Video

I learned how to make transitions from one scene to another. I will use this in my next project to effectively show how someone goes from one place to another. I had to collaborate with my group because you have to be very specific with what you say. For example If I wanted Brendan to go faster or slower than I would have to tell him. I also figured out it is easier to get a close up of someone face when they are showing a face they would probably have and not posing for one.

6 Shot Hobby Video

Extra Close shot-XCU This is a close up of the hands
Close up- CU This is a close up of only the face
Medium Shot- MS This is a shot of the waist up
Wide Shot- WS This is a shot of the Area Around the person
Extra Wide Shot- XCU This is a shot that has the whole scene
Over The Shoulder- OTS This is a shot that has the back of the persons head over their shoulder.

I learned about the 6 shot system and what each is and means. I also learned not to put wide shots next to each other.

Highlight Video

1. First I downloaded videos from YouTube. Then I used the upload button in Final Cut Pro to add the videos to it. Next I took my favorite parts of the videos and put them together in a compilation of my liking. I selected all of the and separated the audio and then disabled that audio. Then I added transition between the videos and at the end. Finally I downloaded music and uploaded that into my video. Then uploaded it to YouTube.

2. I choose this because I enjoy boy scouts. It is important to me because I get to meet new friends and have fun.