A Final Fairwell Class of 2012

Reflecting on my Blog

4. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A QUIET SET WHILE SOMEONE ON CAMERA IS SPEAKING. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN MY FIRST FILM, I DIDNT'T DO THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCENE WHEN ZACK IS SPEAKING AND YOU CAN HEAR ALL OF THE SIDE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON OFFSET. ON MY SECOND PROJECT, I LEARNED HOW TO CHOOSE MUSIC TO GO ALONG WITH THE MOOD OF THE FILM. A SCENE THAT SHOWS THIS WELL IS IN THE FILM "THE TRUTH ABOUT CYBERBULLYING" WHEN SABRENA TALKS ABOUT THE STATISTICS OF STUDENTS BEING INVOLVED IN CYBERBULLYING AND THE MUSIC GETS TO A SLOWER TEMPO AND HAS A MORE SERIOUS FEEL TO IT. LATER IN THE YEAR, I SHOWED THAT I REALLY HAD LEARNED THAT CONCEPT WELL, SINCE I SHOWED THIS IN OTHER PROJECTS. ONE GOOD EXAMPLE IS FROM "YOU FORGOT YOUR MONEY" IN THE SCENE WHEN JULISSA IS LOOKING AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY AFTER I HAD DROPPED THE MONEY AND THE MUSIC CUES TO A SUSPICIOUS RIFF AND IT MAKES THE AUDIENCE WONDER ABOUT WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO. 5. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS BY WATCHING THE FILMS OF OTHER STUDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE I HAVE LEARNED THAT QUICK CUTS KEEP THE ENERGY MOVING AT A FAST PACE WHILE FADE AWAYS SLOW THINGS DOWN AND SHOW THAT A PERIOD OF TIME IS PASSING. I ALSO LEARNED THAT DIALOGUE IS NOT NECESSARY TO TELL THE AUDIENCE SOMETHING. IN "THE CRUSH" THE SCENE WHERE THE BOY IS SITTING ON THE BED STARING AT THE GUN SUGGESTS HE IS GOING TO KILL THE TEACHER'S FIANCE. 6. AS CLICHE AS IT SOUNDS, THIS CLASS HAS HELPED ME GROW AS PERSON. WITHOUT IT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER MET SOME OF THE PEOPLE I DID THIS YEAR. I CAN NO LONGER WATCH A MOVIE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE CUTS, IN POINTS, OUT POINTS, CAMERA ANGLES, ETC. AND I WANT TO THANK DR. A FOR IT ALL.

First Flight

EXTRA CREDIT EFFECT CLIP

YOU FIND THE THRESHOLD EFFECT IN THE STYLIZE FOLDER AND THE WAVE WARP IN THE DISTORT FOLDER. YOU ADJUST THE EFFECT BY GOING TO THE EFFECT PANEL AND ADJUST THE WAVE TYPE, HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DIRECTION TO YOUR PLEASING. YOU MIGHT USE THIS EFFECT IN A SCENE WITH SOMEONE GOING INTO A FLASHBACK.

STANZA 6 - JABBERWOCK

WE USED THE LENS DISTORTION EFFECT THE BEST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TELL WHAT THE ORIGINAL PHOTO IS OF AND ITS HARD TO MAKE OUT THE "THING" (JABBERWOCK) WHICH WORKS BECAUSE HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT A JABBERWOCK LOOKS LIKE? WE WERE TRYING TO CONVEY A FEELING OF FEAR AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THE JABBERWOCK ACTUALLY IS

TWIRL EFFECT

IN ORDER TO GET THE TWIRL EFFECT YOU LOOK UNDER THE DISTORT FOLDER IN VIDEO EFFECTS AND CHOOSE TWIRL. YOU CHANGE THE SETTINGS UNDER VIDEO EFFECTS WHERE YOU CAN ADJUST THE ANGLE, TWIRL RADIUS, AND TWIRL CENTER. YOU MIGHT USE THIS EFFECT IN A SPACE SCENE.

THRESHOLD EFFECT

TO GET THE THRESHOLD EFFECT YOU CHOOSE "THRESHOLD" IN THE "STYLIZE" FOLDER. IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS, GO TO EFFECTS PANEL AND CHANGE THE LEVEL UNDER THE THRESHOLD ARROW. YOU MIGHT USE THIS EFFECT IN A NIGHTMARE SCENE.