Editing Blog

           Today I started editing my commercial. I was looking forward all weekend to go through the process of editing. Sadly we hit a few bumps in the road with the computers. The computer my group and I where originally going to use did not have pinnacle studios on it. So of course we had to move to another computer. When we got to the new computer I logged into the computer. We started looking for pinnacle studies and when I opened it I was thrilled. You ever get so excited a smile emerges on your face ? Yeah that was me in that moment. Now it was time, my first time to edit and i was so exhilarated.
             At first we started looking for the file on the desktop with our footage. When we found it i clicked it and dragged it over to pinnacle studios. My brain kept saying ohhh your doing this, don’t mess up the editing process. I of course had my notes from the editing lecture in class. I was looking over my notes to know what i had to do in order. I had to make sure I was using pinnacle studios correctly. So after rereading my notes I started to confer with my group. We discussed what parts of the raw footage we where going to use. I clicked on the import button to open up my folder. Then when we had what we wanted I went to edit.
          When I went to edit the computer started going slow and freezing up. This was really frustrating for me. I was so excited to edit today, but it didn’t seem like that was going to happen. Things weren’t going my way while trying to edit. I sat and patiently waited for the computer to start working. While waiting my group members and I talked about what we hoped the outcome of our commercial would be. I was really disappointed that we couldn’t edit our footage. Talk about getting your hopes up. That’s exactly what I did. We still had Wednesday to edit, but I don’t think my enthusiasm will be the same.

Filming Blog

                      Today was my first day of filming my commercial. Actually, today was my first day using a canon camera and going through the process of shooting a commercial. It was exciting, and insightful at the same time. My group members checked out the camera, and told me to put the SD card in the camera. I remember what Ms.Cats taught us in class about the steps to correctly putting in the SD card. So of course I used her insightful information. Once I inserted the card, we had our tripod and we where ready to head out and start filming. Once we got to the track we had to find the perfect spot to film. It took us a while to find a spot we thought had the right amount of sunlight, and seemed spacious enough for our actor to move. Once we felt we found the right spot we began setting up the tripod.

                        Setting up the tripod took a great deal of time from our filming process. I would say it took me 5 times to tighten the camera up on the tripod. For some reason I couldn’t seem to remember how to put the camera on the tripod, but it came back to mind. After I put the camera on the tripod my group member extended the legs of the tripod, and we where ready to film! Our actor had on his Nike apparel he was in position, ready to go. But there was one problem, kids that we’re on the track kept walking in our shots. So of course we had to relocate. When we’d finally found the spot where they wouldn’t be seen in our shot we set up the tripod again. My team member started recording an over the shoulder shot of our actor walking on the track. For our next shot we were going to get our actor stretching in his Nike apparel.

                     My group decided to do a pan shot while our actor was doing his warmup. This took about 10 minutes since we where trying to get the best footage possible. While recording we tried to make sure our angles where precise. The last scene we shot took the longest. We had to set up the track equipment that was involved in the video. This scene involved one of my team mates running, so as filming started I had to yell “Ready,Set, Go !” I had to yell it a couple of times. Today i learned that the filming process won’t always go as planned. You have to be ready just in case something doesn’t work out. All in all I think today was pretty successful. I had fun, using the camera for the first time.

Story Boarding Blog

Story boarding- blog

•Camera shots and angles

-establishing shot

-close up shot

-over the shoulder shot

-zoom

-long shot

-pan

-wide shot

•Sounds

-heartbeat

-instrumental music (Hot by Young Thug)

Editing

-fade out

-eye-line match

-split screen

-dissolve

-reaction shot

Mis En Scene

-headphones

-backpack

-tracksuit

-Nike shoes

-running blocks

-running shorts

-running shirt

Lightning

-natural light (sunlight)

Editing Lesson Blog

                                                           
   

                                         Today, I learned about the process of checking out a camera, media pass and SD card. I also learned how to dump. Our teacher went over the fact that every time we check out a camera we need to fill out the agreement form. She went over what’s needs to be filled out on the form, what happens if the information is not completely filled out, and when it was appropriate to turn the camera back in. We where also educated on the proper way to sign out the SD card reader. She demonstrated how to put it in the camera gently, and explained the sole purpose of it. Which was to move the footage we’d taken on the camera and move it over to the desktop of the computer. She explained the hazards of not using the SD card properly and how our footage could get lost, so we should have our footage in different places. We learned how to slide the SD card into the “little door” on the camera. Overall I gathered what she was saying, and I don’t think I’ll have issues with the check-out process or the use of the SD cards.
                                        In addition, we learned how to dump. Dumping is when you take the footage footage from the camera and put it on the computer. Ms.Katz throughly went through the steps and procedures of how to correctly dump on the computers, using Pinnacle Studies 18 or 19. She also made clear, how to put the SD card reader in the USB, how make a folder on the desktop and label it to move all the footage over to a folder on the desktop. The purpose of this was so that our footage was saved someplace safe. More on she got into, what do do if you couldn’t find your footage on the computer (( go on private and click AVCHD then BDMV)). I also learned that i could dump at home, with the USD cord that’s in the camera bag and bring it to school on a flash drive. We where also educated on how to import from desktop to pinnacle studios. I saw how she looked for the folder and clicked the plus button to import it, also how the raw footage was on the screen waiting to be edited. Me.Katz continued by, clicking on footage and clicking the razor blade to split the footage that she didn’t want (( making sure it was yellow before she hit delete )) .
                                         Towards the end of her demonstration Ms.Katz showed how to cut up, and change footage. How to build on A.V. track 2 and each layer with a different track. She showed how to right click to open the affect editors and all the transitions, and how to add music from youtube. All in all today I learned a lot of new things I’d never thought i would use or have knowledge of . I look forward to using the skills Ms.Katz taught us next week when we continue on our commercials.

Planning Blog For Nike Commercial

Our group will be using the track to film our Nike commercial. The actor will walk up to the track with headphones on while music is playing in the background. He will have his Nike tracksuit on and will start warming up. Then he takes off his tracksuit and start putting on his Nike spikes and sprinting clothes. He will walk up to the block and get in.The camera will zoom in on his shoes and clothes. Emphasizing the product we’re trying to sell. The music will start to fade out as he is standing on the block then there will be complete silence and a sound will indicate for him to start running when he gets to the end the camera will zoom in on his face.

Props: Headphones, Backpack, and running blocks

Costumes: Nike Spikes, Warm-up clothing(Jacket and Pants), Black running shorts, running shirt

Location: On the track. He will be running. They offer a close to the ground feel and stability.

Schedule:

-10/10: Planning-

10/14: Storyboarding

-10/21: Film

-10/23: Editing

Backup Plan: In the case it starts raining then will have a race between students in the hallway. Student 1 will yell to another student “do you want to race?!” then student 2 will say yes and put on his nike shoes. Student 1 will put on a different brand that isn’t as fast as nike.There will be another student in the middle who will say go then the two students will take off. Student 1 will trip and fall while the student 2 runs ahead to the finish line. Student 2 will win the race because in this scenario Nike is the better shoe option. At the end the student 2 will say “ You could have...only if you had Nike” while holding the shoes up.

Props: Nothing

Costumes: Nike shoes, different brand shoe

Schedule:

-10/10: Planning-

10/14: Storyboarding

-10/21: Film

-10/23: Editing

Location: Hallway between office and gym

Conventions/Code Blog

Our group chose to do a Nike commercial. We had to research on what is the norms of a nike commercial or shoes commercial. Some things that we observed where the camera angles, camera movements, and different sounds. In a Nike commercial there were a lot of different camera movements that they used to convey their theme/message. In this specific video they use pan shots while the runners where running down the track. One thing that we saw a lot in the nike videos where zoom up’s of the nike sign on the clothing and/or shoes. There were many close ups of the athlete’s faces, showing their facial expressions. The use of close ups showed all the passion they had for their sport, but you also saw the anger and disappointment when they lost or something went wrong.

       We also noticed how some of the nike commercials we watched had diegetic sounds, dialogue, and soundtracks. Most of the dialogue put in these commercials where words of encouragement toward the athletes in these commercials. There were mainly voiceover in the videos showing the thoughts the athletes had as they were getting prepared for the game or meet. One thing that we saw and liked was the use of the person's breathing sounds as they were finished. We plan to incorporate something like this in our own commercial.

     As we were talking over idea for the commercial we think the hardest part will be trying to get a tracking shot without a dolly. When you only have so many equipment available to you it’s hard to get the shots we want. It will be interesting to see what we’ll have to do to get what we what.

Introductory

10/04/19

                                              Hello, my name is Jasmine also known Jass. I was born at St. Mary's hospital in West Palm; right along side my twin brother. Growing up I lived in West Palm Beach, which is where all my immediate family is. I loved spending time with my family and for the 10 years of my life i spent there. Until i had to move to Broward County, i hated it here at first. Moving, leaving all my family and friends was very tough for me.

                                             5 years, almost 6 years later and I've come to love Broward County. I realized the move down here changed me for the better, and made me a more outspoken person. Growing up I'd always wanted to pursue my dream of being a lawyer, and to this day that's what I'm doing. Something about making an argument, and proving it veracious with evidence and logic sends so much excitement through me.

                                             In my future, i hope to be a successful family lawyer. I plan on going to college I'm not sure which one I'd like to attend yet I just know i want to go. I just plan to strive and achieve all my many goals. I was to be a affluent African-american business women, to make my great grandmother proud. May she rest in peace. #breastcancerawareness #october