Over The Shoulder Exercise

When doing this short over the shoulder exercise, our group decided on how to act out the scriipt. We decided practicing the acting can lead to how we can plan the location and the shots. Of course there were other groups filming around us and we were limited in location so we just filmed the best way could. When following the rule of thirds, I thought it was an ok job. We didnt hit the exact "sweet" spots of the grid but it followed the principle ok. The over the shoulder shots help show a real conversation and the appearance of each character as they talked. Given the parameters of the location and the time we had to practice the script, the conversation came out pretty well. The compostion isn't up to par but the conversation between Jacob and Morgan turned out better than expected. Sicne there wasn't so much time to practice the characters in the script we gave the tone as a suprise and saracasm towards the end. When Jacob asks "enough to?" we implied we would use the money for entertainment i.e. food, games, party, etc. Then Morgan says it's meant for college and the left Jacob to sarcastically say "yea". When using over the shoulder shots is hepls show a conversation in real time and allows to show the reactions of each character as they say their dialogue.

5 things i learned pt. 2

From 0:10-0:22, i learned that mixing the speed of the music and the video speed plays an important role in the story's or messages dynamics of the meaning it tries to present itself in. I really like the way the video sped up when the music also sped up. It gives the symbiotic cause and effect kind of feel, when one thing happens the effect happens at the same time

Lifting and Extracting

A simple cut in the timeline means to simply cut out a portion of the clip. When you cut, the other clips in the timeline stay in the same place.
A ripple edit is when you cut out a portion of a clip the same as a simple cut. You do this by right clicking on the selected clip to cut and select ripple delete. When you ripple delete, the other clips to the right of the deleted clip shift over. Lifting and extracting are two ways to cut the video in the program panel at one time. To do this, you set in and out points to decide the area of the clip you want to extract or lift. Lifting is like a simple cut, while extracting is like ripple deleting, in terms of what happens to the other clips in the timeline.
This is an example of an extraction edit, or a ripple delete. I decided to edit the two clips where I did because it shows the firts rider jumping tthen it cuts to the other rider watching for a second or two.

Titles-template

This is an example of a template title, which means that you use a template that is created in the program and you set is in the lower 1/3's. You might use this kind of title when you want to use a creative title that you can't create on your own. It's to fit the personal preferences of the editors.

Titles-overlay

This is an example of an overlay title, which means the title is overlaying on the video itself. This is set in the lower 1/3's. You might use this kind of title when you want to label the subject's name, location, etc.

Titles-full screen

This is an example of a full screen title, which means the title is full screen using a solid background not a video. You might use this kind of title when you use it for an introduction or end credits.

Overlay workshop

This is an example of an overlay edit. An overlay edit places a clip on top of an existing clip. To do this, you can just drag the clip from the source panel to the timeline and then place it on top of other clips. I decided to place the 2nd clip where I did because when the first horseback rider jumps the first hurdle while the rider's friend starts talking and the clip shows his/her friend and back to them jumping the second hurdle.

Baler Interviews

I'm happy that the idea of our video came out nicely. The fact we used multiple clips to blend and create our message was well done. But of course the in and out points were slightly off, yet were able to get the idea out. I think i'm getting better at making clean in and out points. If i could do this project over again, i would take time and fix and clean my transitions for the in and out points. Maybe even to add more videos to properly address the idea.

One way i helped my partner was showing him where to place our videos. He did the same and helped advise me on arranging the videos so it would make sense. One challenge we faced was that we weren't able to view all the videos in order to get the best selection to use in our final product.We overcame this by using what we were given at the time.