One Word Film Project

     My One Word Film Project was to create a short film that represented a word your group is given, but with no sound. We chose our own partner to work with and then went went to picked a word from a word jar, we got the word jar “Concerned”. We decided to do a story about someone concered about their math test so much, that they forgot that class had already started. I wish we could’ve done something more creative, but we had to work fast since the next class we had to start and finish filming and we also had to show our plans to our teacher. The story had to be something that could actually occur within 60-90 seconds and it had to be filmed in school, so we couldn’t do anything too complicated or long. 

    The first thing we had to do were to brainstorm what was going to happen. In the brainstorm sheet, we had to describe what was going on in the scene and what shot it would be. We decided to use many different types of close ups to emphasize the worried and concerned emotions and action the character was feeling. 

Brainstorming Sheet:

    The next step was the create a storyboard, which was pretty simple since we already had the brainstorming sheet done. The storyboard helped us when we were filming with a limited amount of time. We had done the storyboard at home which gave us time to think about where the character would be and if we needed to change anything incase it looked too awkward or weird. 

    Once we finished planning, we started filming. It took about an hour to get all the footage since we had to take many shots just incase the first one we took was bad. It’s a good thing no sound was required during the project because there were many other students filming aswell and security guards with their golf carts driving around. We started outside since there were too many people inside the class for our classroom scene. We worked our way from the outdoor bench into the hallway and back to the classroom. 

    After we finished filming, we started uploading and editing our project on Adobe Express. There were some issues with the upload, but it worked fine in the end. The editing didn’t take long since we just had to cut the scenes to where we wanted it and got rid of the audio. It was really slow and laggy, I’m not sure if it’s the computers or the internet, but at least we got it done on time.

    I think our time management was really good, we got everything done when we needed it to be. I also think the second half of our project was really smooth and done well for our first project. The first half not so much. I’m not sure why, but everything looked too fast and choppy in the beginning and we didn’t realize it until we had started editing and couldn’t film another shot. I hope that next time we have a bit more time to film and get it almost perfect, also to be more creative with the storyline.

Link to project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BGYprAqCx09YmKTZ_Dm1SOBhzTQ1BXP8/view?usp=sharing

Blog for my Camera Shots Quiz

My project:

Camera Shots Quiz P1.pptx

    The directions were to create a movie, but with just pictures, so a comic, but no words. You had to use one or two objects that would be your characters for our story, we were also allowed to use humans. The plot had to be school-appropriate of course, and it had to include some specific shots like an establishing shot, a long shot, 2 close-ups and medium shots, and some others. My partner and I chose to use 2 crayons since they were the most interesting, but also had a flat bottom so it could stand up by itself.  We decided on a story of two crayons trying to escape an empty classroom because it reminded me of the movie Toy Story. We had to quickly think about what shots made sense with what scenes since we needed to write down our steps to get approved. It was separated into two colums, the left one was what shot it was, like a medium shot for example, and the right side was the context, the crayons are jumping off the table for an example.

    

    I think we did pretty well on deciding on the plot of the story and meeting the shots requirement however, I think our picture taking needs to be worked on. It could've been better if we weren't trying to rush the photos. Class was ending, and it took us a while to write down the plan, get it approved, and get pictures with no one in the shots, since our story takes place in an empty classroom, but we did try our best with the time we had left. I think it turned out pretty well for a story about two crayons, but then again, I'm not too good at judging movies.  

My first Blog!

 Hi, I'm Christina, and I created this blog for my Media Studies class. A part of the final exam for my portfolio project is to document my process of making a video in a blog like this, so hopefully I can learn quickly how to use this website.