One Word Film Project

For this project, we were instructed to create a 1-1:30 minute video with no dialogue that conveyed one word, my partner Isa and I were assigned the word: frustration. Through this project, we showed our understanding and skills with camera shots, angles, movement, and editing techniques. 

My partner and I brainstormed for this project and considered situations that would frustrate us. We ultimately decided on a scene where a girl is late to class because the doors to the building are locked so she has to run around to another entrance, she bumps into someone and loses more time, and when she reaches the classroom door, it is shot in her face which frustrates her. 

We also created a storyboard that helped us visualize our idea and plan out what shots, angles, and editing we would include, this aided in developing a clear storyline and prepared us for the filming process. 

Although my partner and I had to edit our projects separetly we both utilized iMovie to edit our videos. 

I think our story planning was well done and the use of camera shots and angles was well thought out. I could use more practicing with the editing techniques, but I think they were okay. The one inconvenience we had was that we did not record enough footage the first time and had to go back and record more when we realized we were missing some. 

OWF_Bauer Galindo 

Camera Shots and Angles Quiz

For this assigment, we were instructed to develop a story with 15 shots, of which 10 where specific and 5 were up to me to be able to tell the story of any inanimate object. I worked with a partner to develop the story and take the shots

I decided to tell the story of a blue marker that falls off the desk and is separated from the other markers. While on the floor the marker is lonely and missing all the other markers until it finds a pink marker that had gone missing some time ago, and the markers reunite. Eventually, the owner of the marker realizes they are gone and picks them up. At the end all the markers are seen back together. 

I think I did a good job with telling the story through images which I found to be a difficult task. I really liked how the point-of-view shot turned out, we were able to find a way to show what the blue marker was looking at without the need of dialogue. However, we could have done better with the extreme close up shot as the picture does not have the best quality and the details cannot be fully appreciated. Another shot that we could have done better is the low angle shot where a hand is shown to be picking the markers up, the lightning is not the best and it looks more scary than hopeful. 

 My name is Nicole, and I am creating this post for my AICE Media Studies class to document the process of the creation of the final project.