OWF

One Word Film 

In the One Word Film project we were given a word, which we had to use to make a story representing that word. We had to make a storyboard to display how and what shots we would use to demonstrate the word, we were not allowed to use dialogue. After that, we had to use editing techniques to improve the film and pull it all together. 

We were given the word-loving which is not too hard to display but makes it a little harder without dialogue. First off we thought about how we would display that word, our first thought was to characters in love, or in love with an object but we decided that people in love would be better. I used a physical storyboard to draw out the story and develop the idea I had. A few days later we filmed and used a stabilizer to help get non-shakey shots. Luckily we were able to use to people in our class to be the lovers and it worked out pretty well. Finally, when it came to editing it was a pretty hard process for me because I didn't take the HDR off of my phone when filming so it made it much harder to color grade but I was able to get around it and it seemed to turn about better than before. 

I thought of what would be the best way to display that word and what shots or techniques could help me display that. 

The storyboard helped me visualize the shots before shooting and how I would use the camera to capture them. It also helped me when shooting by helping me remember the shots and why I did it like that. 

I used Premiere Pro to edit the project because I was already familiar with it since I use it all the time for TV Production videos. 

I think that the shots and the storyboarding was done well, though I think it would have been a bit better if I used my film camera than my phone camera. The shooting of the film was good but I should have took multiple shots for most shots I did. I also think that the color grading could have been better. I should improve for the next project, attention to detail, and editing techniques.

Camera shots/angles quiz

     For this assignment, we were told to find a partner and come up with a story in 15 different shots. After we made the story and showed it to the teacher we could go out and take photos. 

I chose the person next to me who I had already talked to in the past so we were already comfortable with each other. Right away we started to come up with ideas. The final idea was to create a story using my partners' Spiderman and Fox keychains. It was a little story about Spiderman finding a criminal a fox, to keep the school safe. 

I feel as though we had great quality shots and our story was well developed but due to loss of time and having to change the location of our shots it made it a bit harder to display the story better. The story was still captured very well. The only difficulty that came with shooting with these characters is that they are very small so it is hard to capture the shots. Next time I feel as though I would need to use larger characters so that my shots are easier to take or for many of my shots to look as how they are actually supposed to look. Many of the shots I took are taken correctly but many of them are not, for example, some of the mid shots show more of the body than it is supposed to. I had to do this since the audience might not be able to see the context of the shot. One other problem was that some shots were not in focus because my camera was not able to focus due to the closeness and size of the keychains. 

 (Unfocused shot due to size and closeness)

(Mid shot showing whole body to show context)

(Best shot in my opinion)

Here is the link to my PowerPoint showing my shots/angles.

Camera Shots Quiz .pptx

First Blog

My name is Octavio. 

I am creating this blog to introduce myself and say I released my first blog. I am a student in high school. I am striving to be a screenwriter just like my title says. I hope to make a great movie that will be watched, loved, and inspire many people all around the world. I wish for my writing to help others in a time of need or help others on to the path that they feel is fit for them. 

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