Senior reflection

One important thing that i look away from e-comm with technology is that i learned how to use so many different programs with e-comm. It was importent because that is how we made our videos.
I did find challenges along the way with learning new software. What i took away with collaboration is that everything you do ad think of is always better with other peoples options.   It is important to collaborate because you get a wide range of opinion. I did find challenges on the way because working with some people can be difficult to work with. What i took away with communication is that you should always ask questions if you have any. this is important because if you don't ask questions then you cant widen your leaning. What i took away form project management is that you should never procrastinate like i am with this final. There were challenged with project mangament because if you don't get your stuff turned in the its late. What i took away form leadership is that you should away make sure tat in group projects everyone is doing something and not just one person doing all the work. Some of my strengths are working well with other people.  what i'm going to do with what i've learned these past 4 years is im going to bring it to college with me.

KCS Reflection

Kansas City Savior

The strengths that i have as an e-Commnication student is that i can see how a project or assignment is going to play out and if its going to be as good as everyone thinks its going to be. I don't show it very much but i can be very creative when it comes down to accomplishing a project. 

The area that i believe that I need more improvement in is being more involved with classroom projects. I honestly did not do anything to support or improve my areas that could use more improvements however i wish that i would have gotten more improved in this short film. 

What i really enjoyed about the premiere on May 9th was that both hours came together and enjoyed one last big moment for all of us. What i enjoyed most about the feature film process is seeing people that usually wouldn't work together come together and make something that we will never forget making. What i would change about the premiere is making an intermission after the first feature film because a lot of people just used the little film in the middle as the intermission which resulted in them missing it. what I will take away form the making of making of this film is making sure i get more involved with the future projects that i am introduced to. As a senior i think what would be the best for the juniors, the up and coming senior, is to always work together and don't forget to try and incorporate everyones input. By listening to other peoples thoughts yo have no idea how that could potentially improve your film. For my final thoughts i would like to thank you Mrs. Smith for everything you have done for our class. After all you have been through i personally believe that you are the only e-Comm teacher that i have had that i can tell that genuinely cares about her students. Once again, Thank You. 

Semester Final

Project 1: PSA

For our first project which was the PSA video we focused on the importance of ending racism. When doing and completing the project it did not take as long as we thought it would have to execute the project but as a group we did have a few bumps in the road when trying to figure out how to follow through with some ideas. Along with that said some of the challenges that were faced was trying to figure out how to get everyones silhouette in the frame without showing the lights and other shadows around the person. One of the main things that I learned along the way from completing this project is that every video that you try and accomplish is most of the time going to have to be an "all hands on deck" project. Some of the feed back that the group was given back as a whole was to raise some of the peoples voice because you cannot hear some people like you can others.I do not think we change anything. I personally think that our films and videos are quite good but there is and always room for improvements.

Project 2: Short Film

For our second project we did a short film about a little girl and an older sister that were living with an abusive mom and they then run away from her in hopes to find something else and become safe. the short film took a few days to shoot and then a few more days to edit so overall it took about a week and a half to complete. Some of the challenges that we as a group faced was making sure that we had the right props and the setting was okay to smash things on. What I learned along the way from making this short film was that sometimes you have to change some of your ideas in the moment and on scene. Some of the feed back that we were given at the end was to make all the shots continuous and smooth instead of choppy. We dint change anything once we were finished. I personally enjoy our short film. 

Time in Class

The time that I use in class is productive when I have a project or an assignment that I could be working on. When I don't have an actual assignment for when I have completed everything I tend to watch movies on Netflix which I do then blog about them in the end.

Personal 

My areas of strength as a video person is that when given an assignment I use my time wisely and do everything I can to execute the project given to me. How. I maximize my strength is just getting my job done I the best way that I can. some of the areas that I need improvement in is staying on task because I am one to get distracted easily. what I do to improve that area is I set myself a goal and make sure I reach it by the time class is over. What I learned from our two guest speakers is all of the camera equipment. I did not go on the field trip. 

Summary

what I loved most about this semester was meeting everyone in our class and becoming friends with people that I never thought I would. I would not change anything. One goal that I have for next semester is that I I would like to do more client work. 

Menu Items

This past week i have only been in class Monday and today. On Monday i do not recall what I did but i was probably watching a movie and if i can remember what movie it was then i will write a blog post about it. I was not here Tuesday and Wednesday. Today I am typing up this blog post and then i am going to continue to watch that movie.

South Paw

For one of my menu items this week i watched a Netflix movie called South Paw. By watching this movie these past few days I saw that the movie as a variety of lighting. This is the kind of movie where the light does a really good job of setting the mood of the scene. The main character (Billy) is a world champion boxer who loses high wife to a gun and has to learn how to better himself for his daughter and his career.

Short Fim (Eva)

The script that we used for this short was put together by Skai and the concept of the script was to show a family in an abusive relationship all around. The olde sister kind of takes on the role of being the mom in the film while the actual mom is an alcoholic and does not act like the mom that she needs to be for her daughters.

Pre- Production consisted of finding out who our actors were going to be, writing the script then eventually changing it almost completely.
Story boarding was a very smooth process because we had Tanner to do that and he started it after had completely changed the script.
Scripting was a lot harder than it need to be because we had it written out and then we basically completely changed the whole thing.

My role in the process was art director and what i learned was that you have to make sure everything and everyone looks good and that they fit their part. I also have to make sure that the continuity was good and that nothing changed in the scene the whole time we were filming.

How we used the five guarantees are; Technical skills, working with the camera, lighting and sound. Communication, making sure everyone is on the same page with what is going on. Leadership, having that one person who is going to take ownership and lead the way for others. Collaboration, we all worked together in completing this project and i feel like it turned out nicely.  Project management, it was good.

what i would do differently is i wouldn't have the mom be the one who doesn't care about her kids, i would personally think it would have been better if it were a male figure. 

what i would do the same is have the film be in the same location because i feel like it set the scene well and the placement of the house had a good set up for this film.

The experience that i will draw from this for my next project would be not to wipe out the whole script because it will set you back a little bit,

PSA Video

i'm typing this blog post on my phone because my computer still does not have wifi on it.


https://youtu.be/6r6JwI0ceAc

While making this PSA i learned about how to put different pictures and videos together to make different sequences. one of my favorite things to did while editing this video was making the pictures go faster then making them stop when the videos played. this isn't my best video that i have edited but i am proud of myself because out of all 4 years of being in e-comm this is my first time ever using premier without any guidence or teaching.