Blog posting - OWF

 Project Directions

    The One word film project is intended to show the definition of a word through a short film using visuals, sound, and editing. We had to brainstorm a storyboard, shoot, and edit our films to best show the word, our word was relived.

Approach

    We approached the assignment by thinking of a story with a plot and not a montage. The day that the project was assigned I lost my Testing ticket for the FASt testing so I was nervous and then I got an inspiration. We came up with a boy who losses his testing ticket for a test and then his friend got it for him and the boy is relived. We then started to think of the shots and composition. We used the storyboard to help with that. The storyboard really helped us because it was like a guide/ template on how to shoot each shot. We ended up using adobe express for the simplistic reason because it was able to get all the simple things done that where needed for the project while still having some neat features.

Analysis

    I believe that our project was done very well and in the end we where able to convey the meaning of our word "Relieved". We really used the right shots and good composition to build up the plot of the story. I think that we couldve been more efficient with our time because we where shooting in sequence but we couldve gotten a lot more done if we didnt, we missed a couple shots because of our poor time management. Towards the ending our shots where a little rushed and we probably couldve worked on it more but overall I think Me and Santi did well on our film project.

OWF Uribe Otero
 

Media Text Essay review

 Sample #1 

Done well: 

Identified most of the shots and explained the meaning and connection to the extract in the essay. 

The essay was written well. It wasn't to short but not too long and kept it brief by getting straight to the point and not listing. Good length of the paragraphs and good introductions and endings to paragraphs. Good grammar, little to no mistakes. 

Connected the techniques that were used and showed their meaning and their contribution to the extract. 

Could be improved:  

Used the letter “w” instead of with 

They missed a coupe shot for example they didn't mention the POV shot of the woman. 

In the essay they missed the message that the director tried to show through the shower head. 

 

Sample #2 

Done well: 

‘wrote the essay without listing and elabortated in characters feeling well

Great vocabulary

Descriptive over the feelings that are felt in the film 

Could be improved: 

Could've written more detail

Lack of detail for shots and writes about angles vaguely

Uses vague terms such as “primarily” and “combination” 

 

Partners essay review: 

Good: 

Well written and good vocabulary 

Good transitions and got most of the scenes and meanings. 

 

Improve: 

Should've started with a simple summary about the extract. 

With more detail and could've show more shots and gone more into detail about their meanings and techniques 

Feedback on my essay 

Couldve used better grammar 

Should've shown more scenes and gone more into detail

Camera shots quiz

 For our project, we were asked to make a short story using 15 different camera shots. The shots that we needed were: an establishing shot, long shot, two medium shots, two close-ups, extreme close-up, point-of-view shot, high-angle shot, low-angle shot, and one shot of the rule of thirds.

I choose to make my story on a Highlighter cap who got separated from its body and had to struggle and fight to get back to his partner. I used the different shots to show the sadness and emotion of the highlighter cap. 

I think I did a good job in choosing the right shots for each moment and showing the expressions of the highlighter cap and showing the struggle of the cap trying to get back to its partner. I had some good shots, but my favorite was the medium shot low angle, and although low angles are used to show the character has more power, in this instance it's quite the opposite, as it's showing the character looking up at the desk it had fallen from, which shows the frustration of the cap as it has realized that it's fallen and is away from its partner, and it's going to be extremely hard for it to get back up. The desk in this scenario is showing the power. I think I could've done better in elaborating on what and why I chose the shots and what they mean because towards the end of the project I got lazy and wasn't trying

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