mobile movie pitch

blog question: What is the pitch so far for your mobile film? What are some challenges you are facing? How do you plan to overcome them?

A girl named Devon awakens from her sleep to find a shocking message on her phone. Immediately  With pure anger she gathers her things and leaves her house to seek vengeance. She takes a deep breathe before entering Starbucks. We go back in time to see the message on her phone saying “ Pumpkin Spice Latte has been banned.” Challenges i'm having is on how it will be filmed since it mostly is in a house. I plan to overcome this by compromising.

the hobbit post production

blog question: After watching yesterday's post production walk through with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit, write a reflection on what you learned from the video and the lecture. What are three major insights that you had after watching the video and listening to the lecture? What is interesting about the post production step in the process?

When watching the behind the scenes post production video on The Hobbit, I realized that there is a lot more that goes into it then I originally thought. The post production process takes a lot longer than the actual filming process and often times barely finishes before the premier. Sound also took me by surprise, because I knew that it was an important part but all the steps and layers they do to get it perfectly in is far more than I imagined.  Not only does makeup take a huge part in the film for accuracy, but so does digital effects. The fact that there was no item there and the actors had to imagine it there so when it is digitally added in, it would look as if it was there is mind boggling. I found the sound process to be most interesting because they recreated a lot of the noise while watching the shot scene to get a better take on how to make it sound. 

future self envision

blog question: What are the questions you are going to ask your future self? What makes this assignment interesting or not interesting? What are you curious about in your future a year from now? How about 10 years from now? Where do you envision your future self?

1. How does it feel knowing you graduate this month?
2. Have you tried to learn french again?
3. How was the new Power Rangers movie?
4. Do people still make fun of you for being a feminist?
5. Are you answering these questions in a british accent?
6. How is saving up for college going?
7. Any new friends?
8. Do you look as different as you thought you would?
9. Do you you still hyperventilate in stressful situations?
10. Are you happy?

I find this assignment to be interesting because it's a documentation of growth. I'm more curious about my mindset and my appearance given I change drastically every year. In 10 years, i'm curious about what everyone really is. That's what am i doing for a living and am I happy about it. I envision myself to somehow have a large platform and inspiring others. I'm not sure how yet but I know I want my words out there.

movie poster wrap up

blog question: Now that you've wrapped your movie poster assignment, (or should have) how did your final draft turn out? What are three things you learned about photoshop from this assignment? What are two questions you still have?

Now that i've wrapped up my assignment, I feel a little relief but still very nervous about it. I know there is more I can do to make it better, just don't know what it is yet. My final draft came out pretty okay, given it was my first time properly using photoshop. From this assignment I learned: how to crop out one image, how to apply a faded effect on a photo, and how to work in layers. I still question how to make an image seamless and fit in with everything else; and how to crop images quicker.

poster design elements

blog question: Taking these into consideration, how could you incorporate these elements into you existing poster design?

I could include the photos of the well known actors/actresses who will be in the film to attract audience from their fan base. Also if making a sequel, I would keep the layout nearly the same to give an memorable look.

pre-production

blog question: What surprised you in the pre-production presentation? Write a one paragraph reflection on what you have learned in this first section of the unit.

What are two questions you still have about pre-production? What is one thing you learned from the presentation? Why is it important?


In the pre-production presentation, I was surprised to see how much actually goes into preparing for a film. I thought before that you only had an outline and script. Now I know that there is: brainstorming, outlining, storyboarding, and the script. These are also more complex on their own than I originally predicted. For outlining you would do three acts that have two steps in each. Storyboarding is also a lot more simple than I thought. The illustrations have to be detailed but not picasso sketches. The script also took me by surprise when finding out there are two types of scripts, and that someone would not read it if just the formatting was wrong.

1. Why does the format of the script matter so much?
2. How much detail is too much in an outline?

I learned that without a storyboard, the entire film will be a mess. This is important because it's the base of filming.

pre-production paperwork

blog question: Reflect on what you have learned about the outline and the treatment. What are the differences between each piece of pre-production paperwork? What is the outline? How is it laid out? What is the treatment? How does it differ from the outline? What is one question you still have about the outline or the treatment?

The differences between the brainstorming, outlining, and the treatment are kinda hard to spot if you're not aware of what they mean. Brainstorming is all about coming up with the idea, where as outlining is lying that idea out, getting all the basic information while being sure to intrigue people to your pitch. One thing people often mistake for outlining is the treatment. The treatment is a visual outline. This is where you would want to place down things such as scenery, conflicts, and resolution, but in a way that can be imagined.  A question I have still is; how would you effectively use these steps.

key points outline

blog question: What are three key points this presenter makes about writing an outline for a short film? Please explain each in detail. What do you find useful about this approach to writing an outline?

Three key points would be: a set up, attack, and resolution. The set up is all about where the film is being taken place; the main location, the time (ex. 1988 or 2056). Attack, the attack is the when the peak takes place. for example if you're doing a horror movie on a killer cashing a victim, the victim may try to fight the killer here. Resolution, this is when the movie ties down. Often times a twist would be good to put in right here. I found this to be very useful, because it gets all the major points out still keeping it vague and intriguing so it's not bombarded with information.

what is a pitch?

blog question: What is a pitch? Why is it so important to the rest of the film? What are three things that you learned about pre-writing and the pitch in yesterday's keynote?

A pitch is an idea that you throw at a film company in hopes it sells. It's important to the rest of the film, because it acts as a core and the film branches off that one idea. Three things I learned about pre-writing yesterday is that you need to brainstorm, outline, and storyboard.

benefits and weaknesses of mobile film making

blog question: What are some benefits of the mobile film format that you learned about yesterday? What are the strengths of the format? What are the weaknesses?

Benefits from mobile filming include: getting in small spaces, always being on you, intimate. Getting in small spaces is a lot more harder with a professional camera, because they are a lot more bigger for certain reasons we have yet to discuss. When using a phone to film it's more convenient because the the camera is always on you allowing rawer moments to be captured. On that note it always intimacy to build up quicker.  Though there are benefits, there are also weaknesses. Such as: poor camera quality in low light, poor audio, and jittery footage.

vlog video

blog question: What were some challenges that you had created your vLog video? How did it turn out overall? What are three improvements that you could have made to it?

The main challenge I had with the vlog was finding inspiration on what to do and actually doing it. For me when putting out content that represents a form of art whether it be a poem, song, video, heck even picture, if it doesn't fit my intentions even to the slightest bit start over. It's an exhausting cycle but it also helps me get my best work out. As for inspiration, i'm a teenager who is constantly changing interests and don't really know what makes me. me. In the end I found a way to get across what I wanted even though I wasn't proud of it at all really. It's hard to really explain why, I just felt I could do more. On that note, I would change the quality of the video since I used my iphone and wanted to get a higher definition camera. I would also change the way I ended it so that it would fade out instead of an abrupt ending, along with maybe adding a voiceover just talking about why I don't really know what me is but do in a sense.

videos shot on smartphones

blog question: Have you ever seen a video shot on a smartphone?  What was cool about it?  What seemed to be the limitations of shooting it on a phone?
i've seen a few videos that have been shot on a smartphone and some turned out great, and others not so much. The cool thing about the phone is that it's easy to carry around and easy to operate. heck even my 2 year old brother knows how to record himself on my phone. The con tho is that the quality only reaches a certain extent. Also zooming in really isn't an option unless you want a grainy and unfocused effect. 

digital citizenship

blog question: Now that you'll be finishing the digital citizenship unit, what part did you find the most interesting? knowing what you know now, what will your part be in the digital future?

The part I found the most interesting in the digital citizenship unit was cyberbullying/trolling. I never viewed this as being as big of an issue than it actually is. I knew before that it existed but i just figured if you were being bullied online to just block the person or close whatever you are using to go online off then it would be over with. The reality is that doesn't end it. Along with trolling I never noticed how much it ruins professional environments until being exposed to it in this unit. Knowing what I know now, I will be careful as to what i put online since it will be there forever and i will be courteous to the comment sections on more professional sites.

fair use

blog question: Explain the concept of fair use in your own words? How do you think you can you apply fair use to you work that you create in this class?

Fair use is a way you can use others work without being it being copyright. This does come with rules though. The four fair use corners include: education, news reporting, commenting or criticizing, and comedy or parody. You can only use a small amount of the work and it has to be put into your own original way. For example: remixed songs. The new work you create must also be unprofitable, meaning you can't make any money off of it.  With this you still at times do have to give credit to the original creator. I think I can use fair use in class when making vines, since these are meant to educational and often times humorous.

copyright

blog question: Why is copyright important? What aspects of it have you encountered in your life? Write about a specific instance that you encountered.

Copyright is important, because it's important to give the rightful person credit for their work. Without copyright others can claim one thing to be their own even if it wasn't originally. The one who came up with whatever it was that they stole will not receive any credit which isn't fair. A time I encountered copyright in my life was when a friend tried to cheat on my test. I had known the test was coming up so took my time to study and understand the subjects to be covered. My friend however didn't do the same. So when the test came I was prepared and earned my grade, however she wanted to cheat off my paper to help her grade which was unfair to not only me but her in the long run. I didn't let her do so and though she was mad at me for the meantime she soon understood why and since hasn't tried to do it again.

broken netiquette

blog question: Write about a time where you broke netiquette. What happened? Why? How could you have behaved better?

One time I broke netiquette was when someone decided to trash talk Selena Gomez. Me being the huge fan I am always stand up for her so when I see something negative being said it's hard for me to keep my mouth shut. Back to the topic, one day there was this huge feud going on between Miley Cyrus fans and Selena Gomez fans. Miley fans were trash talking not only Selena but her fans as well because she was ahead in this vote on best female artist. I first didn't do too much about this since it was purely on a professional level wise, but they started to bring in her personal life. That's when I started to get angry at them and retaliated back. Things I said now I completely regret because it was just no where near the original reason for the feud. In the end everything died off and people went back to doing what they do best and minding their own business.

digital citizenship

blog question: What do you think that digital citizenship is? What does it consist of? Why might it be important?

I personally never heard of digital citizenship before, therefore I don't really understand what it means. When separating the words you get digital and citizenship. Based on the definitions on those words alone I assume digital citizenship somehow relates to a community of individuals online. Though this is a far stretch, I find it the most reasonable assumption. I find this could be important in the sense for those who work with things found on a computer/laptop/phone etc