OWF

 For the OWF we had to create a story that portrayed one word. The movie couldn't have any dialogue, but background music could be incorporated (instrumental only). The story had to be something realistic that can happen in roughly 1-2 minutes. Our movie had to include a variety of angles, shots, and movements that flowed. After the clips are filmed, the editing was done in iMovie. Me and my partners approach to this assignment was a story on two boxing rivals at a big competition. They started off by hyping themselves up, getting ready and then the fight began. The fight starts and punches are thrown and dodged, but then one of the boxers trips the other one. When the boxer falls over, they get hurt, and when they get up, they realize just how injured they really are...

 They limp out of the arena and withdraw from the fight. When the famous boxer gives signs that their leg is in a lot of pain, the crowd is surprised and shocked! Everyone thought the boxer could withstand a fall, and get back into the fight. Our groups word was surprised, we portrayed it though the audience watching the match. During our brainstorm we focused on what type of shots we would get per scene, to ensure we had diversity and movement to keep the viewers engaged. Our storyboarding helped us visualize our stances and movements, especially for the fighting scenes. To create the movie and piece it all together we used iMovie, it was my first time using it. It was relatively easy, but a good platform for basic editing. Overall, I think me and my partner could work on having more transitions and movements incorporated into our movie. Something we did that was strong was our planning, it really helped us on filming days where we didn't have much time. 

My movie: 

C:\Users\emanu_\Downloads\OWF_Jones.iMovieMobile 

 Camera shots/angles quiz blog

For this assignment we had to create a story plot with a partner and take a total of  15 shots, we had some angles and shots that we had to include, and then had some room for our own choices of what shots/angles would work best for the scene. Me and my partner completed this assignment by starting at the root, with a steady plot that had meaning. It was cheesy but it was a romance/horror twist. We then sat down and planned out where each shot type/angle type would be used, to see what would work best. For example, we chose a POV shot for our scene of a note being passed so it could really focus on the writing and the gesture of it being handed off. For our shots we went to the courtyard and used general things around us like the tables, grass, and our water bottles (as the characters) to set up all the scenes. We shot all of the scenes on our phones. I think that we excelled in being as creative as possible with what we had, we tried to crop out or hands when we used them to hold up the bottles in certain ways they couldn't stand alone, and we tried to use backgrounds of the school for scenery. We can definitely improve in a lot of areas, such as better quality shots, some of our shots seemed rushed, and we need to improve our framing/positioning. Overall, I think we worked well together for having met for the first time ever, and we built on each others ideas nicely. 

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 Beatrice's blog 

-media studies student 

-high school