Mabel Normand

Mabel was know for being an actress and being a director. She worked under D.W. Griffith. Her career was effected by a scandal about a murder of a close friend.

Poor Training Video

This video is not very effective because this person doesn't even teach you how to set up the drums step by step. This guy forgot to show a step by step process in the making of the drum set. I've learned to be very thorough in the process of making an instructional video.

Silent Film in the Bay

Silent films in the Bay area really helped continue the genre of the Cowboy/Western movies and T.V shows. Like  The Great Train Robbery. (1903) Broncho Billy Anderson after this made his own westerns and acted in them and teamed up with George K. Spoor to for the S and A Film Manufacturing Company in Chicago.

nickelodeon to movie theaters!

The first electric theater was in Los Angeles in 1902. Middle and Lower classes had only bought tickets to nickelodeons but the wealthy upper class had only gone to movie theaters. Movie theaters became to great because it was like a normal theater with hundreds of people in it at once except there was a projector on the screen. Many people started to like the theatrical aspect of the movies so they made more of them.

Instructional videos

The making of the pancake video was the worst one. There was way too much talking and the lady was kind of doing it wrong in the beginning. The how pringles are made video was the best one. There was a lot of clear and concise detail and you got to see it in action. Every other was in between. Heavy on entertainment and not so great with the step by step process.

Hollywood Then and Now

I think Hollywood lost most of its nature. There were lots of trees lost for businesses. This idea spread to new jersey and south carolina because people wanted money. People in power wanted to control everything so they set everything up in a way that lots of businesses, and roads to get to those businesses so that people would see them everywhere and be drawn to those businesses.

Poster timeline input

I likes : 
-The color and organization 
-the title 
-that you put a lot of time in doing it 
-totally gnur bro 
-the variety of movies 
-the god father bruh 
-I like 
-the unique
- how much effort you put 
-looks great 
-the pictures
-best poster
-extra effort 
-starwars 
-colors and stuff 
-the big pictures

I have :
-research timeline 
-The writing could be a little bigger 
-the information shorter 
-shorter poster 
-added more information 
-used good pictures 
-replace Bill Cosby with the taxi driver 

I wonder : 
-i wonder why star wars is not real; 
-took so much time on this 
-put famous directors 
-if you used paint 
-why you are so lucky 
-put important parts of film history 
-if Bill Cosby really did all that stuff . He probably did . 

Birth of A Nation: Review

Griffith used many things in this film to make it great. He had great organization with people and made large masses of individuals do things on camera to make seem more real and entertaining. He used his own orchestra soundtrack making this movies the first ever to even have a soundtrack. The white audience agreed with this movie. The african american audience had to deal with lots of discrimination already. But because of this movie, it helped make more laws of segregation.

Abandoned LA

I think this person was trying not exposing quickly to make LA look like its completely empty. I think they were trying to get the audience to see LA from a different perspective. Without people in the city. In class I've learned that if you don't expose quickly then you don't have them moving image.

The earliest films

The early films have things that modern films don't have. They carry something from a time that none of us lived in, so to us it seems like a different society when we get to see an early film. modern movies are different because we've already been filming for quite sometime, we kind of KNOW what to film. For an early film, its interesting because its like they are discovering WHAT to film.

MUYBRIDGE

He was a landscape and city photographer. His invention of the Zoopraxiscope really helped start the revolutions of motion pictures.

Photography and Filmmaking

Photography is essential to filmmaking. It is important to see history with pictures. In order to have a film you would need to take a series of pictures to have a moving image. Meaning you need exposure, the shutter, and an aperture.

Cinema Through the Decades

I've learned a lot about things of cinema history. I loved learning about people who have made invention after invention after invention! I learning about different motion picture devices was very amazing. It wasn't too hard finding information on my decade. It was the writing that was the boring parts.

The History of Film

Early artists of the world made those cave paintings to preserve some of their history. These artists used the sunlight to their advantage and painted their paintings where the light came in, in order for them to be able to see what was happening. They used light and color with certain images as a story telling technique in order to captivate the feel of what is going on in the picture. If there is light in the whole cave then you mess up the staging of the art piece.

History Of Film

I have the 70s for my History of Film project. I've learned that the horror/space genre in the 70s has really impacted people. I'd like to see some 70s horror films to see what they are like. I think learning about that aspect of film would be fun.

Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight

This music video I think is about a couple who is traveling together and wants to stay that way forever. I think They used the images because they wanted to portray a couple in a fantasy world. I think they are trying to emulate cartoons.

Life Without Movies

Movies Would be great to not have so that people would be able to get out of the house and interact with other people. The bad the about not having movies would be that you wouldn't be able to see things in a different perspective because you don't have news or movies around. Cinema in our culture has made it easier to tell stories and to be aware of certain things going on that you might not have known about if you hadn't watched the movie. The bad things about it is that People may take some things on the big screen seriously or make presumptions about people or things that may not be true. For example in old 60s and 50s shows they would portray indigenous Africans and Native Americans as savages.

Your Final Chase

I am very happy with our chase scene. We didn't so quite what we planned in Pre Production but we accomplished a very nice chase scene. We realized near the end of class that we weren't able to do the chase we wanted.

Elements of a Chase

Things that were exciting for my film were, the green screen. I can’t wait to start editing. I was so happy that we were able to try and Incorporate some suspense into our film. All we have to do is edit and that should be all.

Chase Film : Production

We are still on production for our chase film. We plan to get production finished and do some of our post production. This project has been kind of hard but I think we can deal with the space suits and other props that we have. One thing that has been really irritating was having two students that weren’t even part of our production, interrupting us and telling my actors and our director what to do or give suggestions without us asking them. I asked them to leave like 5 times but they didn’t want to leave. But since we will be in the studio today then I think we will be fine.

writings on the wall music video

I noticed a lot of handheld movements in the video. It was all one shot do there weren’t any cuts in this video so it was rolling the whole time. If there wasn’t any movement from the camera then the film would look different depending on how they choreographed it. I believe the filmmakers vision was to make the viewer feel like they are being moved rather thatn the film moving, like they are inside of the film.

Interstellar in IMAX

I’ve only seen one IMAX film in my life. It was the Hubble telescope movie. I forgot like most of it . I do remember liking it a lot. You feel like you are actually INSIDE of the movie for real. Its better than 3D! It really is . I’ve always hated the Idea of a 3D movie, but IMAX has always made that feel like inside of a movie much better than a 3D film has ever done for me.

Movement in your Chase film

My partner and I plan to use Pretty much all of the camera movements… Except for a jib, because those are heavy. We have a more suspenseful movie, so we plan to use as many of the camera techniques as possible.  

Chase Scene Pitch

My boy Anthony made an Idea of a space scene. It will be great because in it we plan to have the whole chase inside of the space shuttle. I will enjoy making this film with Anthony and Justin. Anthony has it all figured out.

Difference between dolly and trucking shot and zoom

The zoom is supposed to bring that image towards you. That can make the audience feel like something may happen to the character. A dolly towards the character in the same scene can make the audience feel like the character may feel or just to show how the character is feeling. Trucking while the character is moving can help the audience see the character going from A to B and to see how the character may feel while they are going from A to B.

Camera Movements

Movements with a dolly and a jib Can do a variety of things to your audience.

They can be used to make your shot feel intense or scary or sarene. I would love to watch like, ALL of the matrix movies and see how the director elicits some emotion from the audience.

Camera Movement II

Camera Movement is an amazing way to make sure you can really understand what the director was trying to say. Movements can help to add suspense to what’s happening on and even off camera and help show the mood or tone of that scene and to help convey what the character is feeling.

What Scary Movies I liked

My favorite scary movie is, NONE OF THEM! Honestly I haven’t seen too many to even have a favorite. I did like The Conjuring I thought it was funny. I know it was supposed to be scary but some scary movies are so bad, that I laugh at them. So the conjuring, was a great movie.

Perspectives III

For my project I plan to use all of the shots. I’m not quite sure what my story is quite yet. We plan to shoot somewhere on campus.

14 shots film re-cut ?

I am not going to attempt a recut of the film but I do know what mistakes I made. The mistakes were primarily little things that could’ve made the film better. Like the wardrobe for my character that I played and lacking board games for the D&D nerds in my film. I know what to look out for next time. I just needed to have planned better.

14 Shots Due Dates

My Partner and I were able to get in our project on time. The only thing we are having trouble with was communication but we were able to see past that and we BOTH admited that we didn’t communicate well.

Camera perspectives II

Objective: Illusion that the audience is there and the characters can’t see them, makes audience feel like they’re IN the film.

Subjective: Makes the audience think that they are the character in their shoes experiencing what the character is.

POV: Contains both an objective and subjective shot. Still trying to create an illusion that the audience is the character.

Movement & Camera

I know about panning, tilting, and the dolly pan (I’m not sure if those are the same thing).

These movements are great to capture all of an action scene or to captivate the feelings of a character. They make a movie interesting because the shots that are learned can be applied while in motion. instead of the characters being in motion its also the camera moving with the characters. I can’t really think of a film where the camera movements stand out except for Scott Pilgrim vs. The world. In that movie there is just so much happening that you can’t name it all.

14 Shots Film Final Post Production

As of now, I am completely finished with my 14 shots film. All I need to do is upload it, which is happening now as we speak. I will have everything turned in and uploaded by the end of class. All I have to do for the pre production is to wait for my partner to send me everything I need.

Premiere Pro/14 Shots Production

I feel pretty comfortable using premiere pro. I think I want to work on everything more. I think just to get better I have to edit something daily so I’ll try my best to get some footage and edit as often as I can. I know people who use this program and the teacher has posted his own video so that we can watch it. I’m already done with shooting so I can start editing today.

Pre Pro blog question (before)

I have edited short videos before on windows media player. I just can’t wait to learn how to use this software because I want to start soon on my projects outside of school and even if I might not get to use professional gear on my own personal projects I can still use this editing software no matter what.

14 shots project

My Partner and i will be shooting today. Our plan is to just go to my partner’s school and meet up with the actors my partner picked. After everything is shot I am going to try to put the footage somewhere else just in case I can’t edit at school or anything.

14 Shots example

In this fourteen shot example, I think that this is trying to communicate the journey that the character is on. I believe this is also trying to communicate that the character is alone on this journey by herself. The mood of this film is trying to tell us that sometimes you need to be by yourself and find your place in the world.

Shooting off campus.

My partner Amber chose to shoot this film on her school campus. our plan to pull this off is to get the clubs at her school to participate on our film. Our only location is the school Amber goes to. I believe she chose this location because she wanted the audience to relate to this character in the film by putting them in a school, which is a place everyone has been too.

127 hours trailer

The shots I saw were many POV shots, some establishing shots, and long shots.

I think the director was trying to say that this person in the movie was going through a very scary time. To show how the character in this film is a thrill seeker the director uses lots of close ups and long shot to show all of the crazy stuff  the character likes.

14 Shot Blog post

My partner came up with “Clique”. This story is about a person who is all alone and can’t really find their place to be. This person hears music coming from one of the class rooms and they go to find it. After walking in to 3 or 4 classrooms with people telling this person to leave. Finally they find a clique to hang out with.

Sony Ex3 Film post

I think that the images that struck me the most were the long shots and full shots of the graffiti artists and the skaters. I also loved the two shot of the man talking to an older man. The man looked like he was devastated, like he had just heard a horrifying truth about something. The full shot of the man running in the water really spoke to me because it felt like he was releasing his inner child or something.

Interseller Trailer Shots & Angles

1. Reaction Shot
2. two shot
3. Low angle
4. establishing shot
5. extreme long shot
6. long shot
7. Insert shots
8. High Angles

What were some of the things that you learned in the shots and angles lecture yesterday? How do you plan to incorporate these into future projects? What cool ideas are you thinking about trying?

Fortunately for me I didn’t really learn anything that I haven’t seen before. But for sure I plan to use these shots for action or dance films. I also have Ideas for photography for locations and I want to practice with long shots so when I come up with a new idea I can just dot it! (NIKE)  

The Amazing Spiderman Trailer

This is a really great movie for me. I love this because the character of spider man I feel like I can directly relate to in real life and just the spiderman comics in general make me feel good.

What department on set interests you? If you had to choose a job in filmmaking, what would it be? Why?

LIST OF DEPARTMENTS THAT INTEREST ME:

Composer: I want to be a composer for video games, movies and for myself. I want to do that because music I something I believe I can really express my self with.

Production/Scenic artists: I absolutely LOVE to draw! I love it! I want what is in my head to be put on a screen.

Sound Mixer: I like sounds... Yes that's all there is to it.

How I can relate to Mark

I feel like can relate to Mark in my film making by not having funds for my films and not being organized. In my LIFE, I can relate to having to go with my parents to work and not really having a lot of money in general.

American Movie :Homework

The Overall plot of “American Movie” is the struggle that Mark was having while making his film. Mark started to make films since he was 14. He made 3 or 4 movies as a kid. When he got older Mark started making “Northwest”. He didn’t finish it quite yet but then He started making “Coven”. Some of the Challenges he was starting to have was lack of cast and crew.

In spite of lack of people to help him with his film, He had his uncle and other friends who loaned him money for “Covan”. He also got very creative with the camera and what he had to use. I personally think he did a great job doing what he did to make the film work on such a low budget. Sound was also very important in his film. Actually all films need to do recording after you finish production. He really couldn’t do anything without the re recording of sound in the film.

In spite of his innovative mind, Mark had lots of problems with money. He had a pretty bad drinking problem. He didn’t really plan well either. He had many problems with trying to come up with money and make the film and eat and take care of his kids. But, Mark had many strengths to help him through the rough times he was having. He was very, VERY optimistic. He never doubted that he would get his stuff done no matter what happened. He came up with Ideas really quickly just incase something happened that kept him from sticking to his original plan.

I Personally can relate to not having a lot of money and having to do things on a low budget and hanging out with my parents while they were at work and coming home on late nights with my parents. I also can relate to people flaking on me and leaving me and maybe… MAYBE a small few to do work on a project of some sort. I also can relate to being an optimist. No matter what happens sometimes, it never stays that way forever.

Take a moment to write about your favorite films. What did you like about them? What stood out to you? Did the rubric make sense? Was it fair? Why do you think this?

My favorite film was “Faking it”. I Honestly loved “MANTIS” better but because it was like the best, there isn’t too much too say. So I picked “Faking it because I loved the idea. I really thought that the dude on the left would’ve lost but he really won and walked away with his opponent’s prize. The rubric on the other hand, I think we graded fairly on students’ films but I think the rubric doesn’t get everything so we didn’t grade as well as we could’ve but there only needs to be small changes to the rubric.

What were some challenges you faced editing your movie on your mobile device? What device and apps did you use? What were some things that you wished you could have done but were unable to do?

My partner and I used imovie. We started having problems with adding the credits until we figured out that we needed a black background for the credits. As soon as we figured that out we then started having problems with the audio for the film. But then my awesome partner decided to record the music as best as possible. When we actually got to watching the film with the music it sounded pretty good.

Post Production Day

Yesterday my partner and I had to do lots of editing. We started out by doing our breakdowns and storyboards. After that we started to edit. When we were editing we edited on imovie. We had some problems with giving my partner the footage that I did. For a while we tried to get my footage and I thought we were totally screwed.

But later we found out how to make it happen and we finished our rough cut. Then we showed another group and we got great feedback. Then we tried to edit the music into the movie and at first we had a problem with finding the correct audio track for the parts we needed. Luckily I got a good friend to give me a website for the greatest tracks for suspenseful music. After that we completely edited our movie and my partner went home and uploaded it.

What parts of the production process seemed interesting? Why? What parts do you want to learn more about? Why?

I think the most interesting things about pre production is the scoring. I love that the most because I love finding/making the music that makes the movies we watch that make you feel something emotional in movies. I want to learn more about making music and writing lyrics. I want to be the maker of the great soundtracks for movies that we love so much. Movies that hold special places in our hearts from the amazing artists that come together to make amazing music. I also want to learn how to handle cameras so that I can make really cool looking camera shots/angles. I also want to write, direct, and play in my own films.

Did you shoot for your mobile film over the weekend? How did it go? What were some challenges you faced? How did you overcome them? If you have to shoot on campus today, what is your plan?

To be completely honest, I shot my mobile film before the weekend and on friday. Originally I thought this was going to need to be done by friday so I made sure that I had footage.  The challenges I faced with this whole project in general was getting stuff done on time. But because there were many setbacks I made sure that I had footage early as possible. I overcame these challenges by just doing everything backwards from shooting to outline because I didn’t think I was going to be able to do anything. My plan for today is to just don all the editing for today.

How did the process of writing your script go? What challenges did you have? What parts do you feel you need to learn more about?

I feel like writing my script went well. I feel like celtx is very helpful to get your screenplay done. The only challenges I felt like I had was Saving my document but I think that worked that out with another student. Overall I honestly don’t think I really think I need to learn anything more to be honest.  feel like celtix gave me all the information I need for writing a script.

How is your outline/treatment coming along? What are some of the story challenges you are coming up against? What are your plans to work past them? What is your story's arc?

I think I’m doing well with my outline/treatment. The only challenges I’m having are not having actual talking in my story. My story arc is: The girl is minding her own business and creepy guy is following her. When she notices him she runs away. Then guy catches up to her and she gets scared. But then man gives her back her keys she had lost.  

Now that you have pitched your story to the class, what were some of the problems with your story? Did you get a greenlight? How do you plan to fix those problems? Talk about three different improvements you can make to your story.

Some of the problems I have encountered was having dialog in my script and having to change my script in a way that helps get my story across with no dialog.   I got greenlighted though!!! I’m so happy that people wanted to see my video.  The improvements that I’ve made while discussing the story with my partner was to get rid of the dialog and that’s it.

What are some problems with your story pitch? Is it a complete story? How do you plan to fix it? Does it fulfill all the assignments requirements?

I personally think I have a great story pitch. I think I have an easily executable and well thought out story to tell. The only problem is trying to NOT use any dialogue. I plan to have a discussion with my partner and the class to see how we can fix it. But I believe it is doable.

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

My Pitch is :

A girl is at her house with nothing to do. She looks outside her window and she sees a car drive by with loud music. When the car is gone the music doesn't die down. The girl goes back in her living room and she dances to the music that is still playing. at the end of her dance she realizes that there is STILL nothing to do and lays back on her couch in the living room as the music finally dies out.

Pitch #2 :

Someone is taking a midnight stroll. They walk all around downtown San Jose. But someone is following them. This person is being stalked for quite sometime. Eventually the character picks up on the stalker and starts walking faster and faster. The character starts running and running until they think they’ve lost the stalker. The character looks around and out of no where the stalker jumps out of the cuts and knocks out our character. The character then wakes up in the trunk of the kidnappers and then they take the character out of the car. The character makes a deal to dance for the kidnappers and then they get to leave. After the dance then the kidnappers trick the character into thinking they can leave but then steal their clothes and then make them walk in their underwear in public.

What kinds of stories do you think would be best for the mobile filmmaking platform? Why?

I think that sci-fi horror, comedy, and dramas would be great on mobile films.

I think they would be great because I personally feel like those genres on a mobile camera would make the viewer feel like they are relatable to the characters.

What are some of the most important parts of mobile filmmaking? What parts of the storytelling and shooting process are the most critical?

Some of the most important parts of mobile filmmaking is to really make sure your sound is good. You also have to make sure that you have a decent smartphone. But just like any kind of film you have to make sure you have a very well planned out story for your film.

POSTER PICTURE

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What are some of the new platforms to deliver video through new media? What do you think are some exciting video production career opportunities going forward in the industry? How do you plan to be a part of it?

In new media you can deliver videos through mobile devices. I think people will start getting jobs in new media by working on youtube. I think through youtube you can quickly boost your image and build a career by putting videos on youtube. I plan to use youtube as an outlet to connecting with the world with my videos. That way I’ll be sure to get job offers by companies who will have seen my work.

Austin's Butterfly

Austin was a first grader. Austin at first drew what was in his head. He then learned to actually draw the butterfly he picked. At first he wasn’t good at what he did. But he kept on doing it. Its important to make many drafts because you can’t start something and just give up. He also needed the help of others to constructively critique his work without making him feel bad. He listened to his friends and he made an awesome butterfly. In our class if we honestly communicate and tell each other the truth about how we can improve then and we can all better ourselves at our crafts so we can be the best we can be.

What were some of the difficulties that director Terry Gilliam encountered during the filming of his movie? What were some mistakes he made? How could he have avoided them?

Some of the problems Terry has encountered when making his film was having a hard time trying to communicate what he wants to see on the big screen to people who don’t know what his ideas are. He also didn’t think to have any back ups for actors just incase anything happened. He definitely could have avoided what happened by making sure actors got medically taken care of. He also could have tried to have back up actors ( I’m not sure if thats even possible). He could have also made sure people got paid up front so they wouldn’t leave the set.

What is mobile filmmaking? Have you ever seen a film shot on a smartphone? What was cool about it?

A mobile film is a film shot with a smartphone. I for one have seen many films on the big screen and on the web of mobile videos. What was so cool about it is how you can make a really great professional film with something in your pocket. Now not all mobile films are good. In fact, lots of them are terrible. But just like any film in general, it takes hard work and dedication, planning and motivation into making a good mobile film.

What production sector are you researching? What surprises you about it? Why? Write about some parts of it that you find interesting?

I am doing Religious Film production. The only things that really surprise me about that sector is that is that there are mostly Christian Productions. It was kinda hard to find any other religious production. Its surprising because there are millions of followers to other religions but SUPER difficult to find any Islamic, Hindu,or buddhists productions. In-spite of all that I find that there are millions of Christian broadcast channels, documentaries, and movies.

Write down as many different fields of video production as you can think of in 5 minutes.

-Director

Explains to actors what to do on set

-Editor

Puts movie clips together to make the whole movie.

-producer

prepares and then supervises the making of a film

-Executive Producer

Puts money into a movie and decides what works or doesn’t work on set

-key grip

Decides what tools are going to be need on set before the actual production starts

-Production manager

Organize business, finance and, employment in films

-talents

who ever is on camera

-Stunt coordinator

someone who directs stunt people

-choreographers

some one who comes up with stunt or dance choreography

Now that you've finished 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?

Now that I have finished the digital citizenship unit I think I can say that I don’t really feel like I’ve learned anything new. BUT, I can say that I really enjoyed making the vines. Now, having finished this unit, I think my part in the digital future will hopefully contribute to making the digital world a much better place to be.

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 If you have an idea that you know will get famous, you have to prevent someone from stealing it. I’ve had to deal with videos on the internet being blocked on mobile devices or completely blocked in general because of copyrighted materials. I remember one day I was trying to show my sister a video and the video was blocked on mobile. So we had to wait a whole day before we got to her house and I FINALLY got to show her the video.

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 If you have an idea that you know will get famous, you have to prevent someone from stealing it. I’ve had to deal with videos on the internet being blocked on mobile devices or completely blocked in general because of copyrighted materials. I remember one day I was trying to show my sister a video and the video was blocked on mobile. So we had to wait a whole day before we got to her house and I FINALLY got to show her the video.

What are the most important parts of Digital Etiquette? Describe an instance where you had bad digital etiquette and what happened. How could you have done it better?

The most Important parts of digital etiquette, are RESPECT and PROOFREADING. One This i’ve messed up on was misspelling on a status and people read it. Luckily Facebook allows you to edit your status. But next time I post ANYTHING I’ll definitely be sure to proofread my stuff.

What aspect of digital citizenship most interests you? Why? What might some aspects of it be important?

I think that digital Literacy is very Important. I think it is Important because there are almost no jobs that will hire you if you are not digitally literate. In order to be digitally literate you would need to know computers and the internet work. Being digitally literate can help you get by practically anywhere in this world. Being digitally literate is a huge privilege and can be used to your advantage in your daily life.  

Now that you've completed the set safety and etiquette lecture, why is it so important? What parts of it do you think will be difficult to follow? What parts would you like to learn more about?

Now that I’ve finished my set safety and etiquette lecture, I’ve now realized how important it is because in order to be organized, prepared and SAFE on set you need to follow procedure. It makes the project that you have get done a lot more easier. I personally think that just being professional and reliable is going to be hard for us. OH! And the no touching of equipment… I think a lot of us will mess up on that, but mostly being professional and reliable. I personally want to know how to direct, do camera work, and make music for films of all lengths.  

What are your goals while you are taking this class? Take some time to map out a goal you can accomplish by the end of the Fall semester and then the Spring semester. Take time to craft a realistic, achievable goal that you can steadily work toward.

My goals in this class are to learn how to direct and how to integrate all of my crafts into video and film making. My small term goals for the fall semester and spring semester are to carefully practice my crafts, go out to film my crafts and learning to direct myself and others in a way that can help best tell the stories I want to tell. For instance I love God and I love dancing and keeping my body in shape. I also love documentaries of Christian artists of all kinds who tell their stories. So by the end of the year I’d love to make a documentary directed by me that contains previous videos of mine that tell my stories and why I do what I do. But first I’d have to learn how to film and direct first, right?

What is set etiquette?Why is it important? What types of problems might occur on set if you break set etiquette?

Set Etiquette is treating your whole movie set like a construction site! Set etiquette is safety and communication on set. If you don’t communicate on set people might not be very safe. Set etiquette is very important because people can end up losing their lives on set. For example, if on set and for whatever reason you see that a tripod on a camera isn’t set up properly, a normal everyday camera that fits in your hands might not hurt anyone if it fell. But now say you have a camera that is extremely huge and costs about one hundred thousand or more hanging twenty feet in the air AND your tripod still isn’t fixed… and it falls on someone’s head…

that would be ridiculous because now that person’s head is half gone with their whole entire face rearranged. That’s just one of very many gruesome things that can happen on set if you are feeling lazy. So for the sake of your co-worker’s lives…. please do your job, and follow set etiquette.

Six Word Stories

“It would be fun!” They said.

"Jesus came, Dies for our sins"

-Alexandria Armstrong

Why is Safety Important? What are some dangers that you can think of on a set?

Safety is EXTREMELY important. It is important because if you aren’t careful with large pieces of equipment you can seriously end some elses life. The dangers you can face while you are messing with equipment is : Killing someone on accident, losing limbs, and losing your JOB!!

So to simply and wisely keep from murdering people on accident,

BE SAFE ON SET.

What Is A Synonym? How is it important in story telling?

A 'Synonym' Is a word that has nearly or the exact same meaning as another word in that same language.

Using synonyms in story telling can be a great way to get your point across. They can be used to give your audience a better understanding of the story if there aren't any words they understand using synonyms can be very useful to help the viewer understand what they are watching. They also can be used to give the viewer a certain feeling such as, hearing words like insanity, mad and crazy, all can make the viewer feel some sort of suspense or discomfort.

What are some ways you can perform your narrative on camera creatively? What are some ways you could make it more visual? Why is it important to make it visual?

When you make a narrative on camera there are a number of things you can do. You can use props, other actors, or maybe even puppets if you have any. You can make a narrative more visual with a setting in the story takes place, so the viewer can have a better Idea of where you are. Perhaps maybe having someone else to do the filming for you. It is important to have visuals so that the viewer can be entertained. If they aren’t entertained then they won’t want to watch your narrative.

My Personal Narrative

I went to a school called, Valley Christian. If you want to go solely for academics, sports, or the arts, you should totally go there. If you are anything like me and you LOVE to talk to people about ideas, maybe Valley isn’t the place for you… at all. But unfortunately for me I got the opportunity to go to this school. My parents thought it would be best for me because I was the only one in the house who read their bible almost daily, that I should go because it was a “Christian” school. Now I come from a Christian family but when I was eight years old we started falling away from the faith and my parents started to have a much more worldly view about the world. When I was thirteen I started going to church by myself and my faith by the end of my freshman year of high school became my own. Now, lets go back to Valley Christian. The first thing I noticed was that people there were predominantly white and Asian. Not really that many Black, Mexican or Pacific Islanders. But when ever I saw them, most seemed like a “white washed” version of them. Not that I’m saying that being a stereotypical version of your culture is okay, but no one but myself and a small few were embracing theirs.

            I felt like where I went I got a recycled version of the last person I saw. Hence the term “white washed”. This private school had lots of rich white kids trying to be appealing to almost everyone they saw, except no one who really fit the “professional” image this school was trying to give off. Just to be clear I don’t really enjoy saying “white washed” but I really felt like no one there liked to embrace anything about themselves or their background at this school.

AFTER SCHOOL, was almost a whole other thing. If you hung out with anyone after school you got to pretty much see their true colors. Not just personality wise but if anyone allowed you to even simply walk off campus with them it was the absolutely most glorious thing ever. Why that is so awesome is, like I said: I felt like I saw a recycled version of everyone. Including teachers sometimes. Bottom line is, going to Valley Christian wasn’t a great experience because I felt like I was the only “different” one there.

            I also found it almost hilarious that almost no one there was even Christian. Seemed to me people only went because there parents wanted them to go. People claimed that they were Christian but they actually weren’t. Now I’m not saying that Christians don’t need to be perfect, but we definitely need to be loving and authentic. Lots of people at Valley Christian weren’t. It almost hurt me when I would talk about the word of God to some one but they would nod and agree and then not want to even hang out with me or pretend to like me but then see them not living a Christian life. Or when I’m around people who are black and they don’t even want to hang out with me or look at me like I’m crazy. Even though they are also black. Don’t get me wrong though, I DID in fact have some black friends… I just didn’t see them too often. The days were often dreadfully boring and my classes were unnecessarily hard. I failed almost all my classed but then did summer school to bring up my grades. (That’s not so important though.)  But my time at valley wasn’t all bad because I had piano and dance class. Having those classes and being able to perform in front of people and them allowing me to connect with them, at least in that way made me feel alive at Valley. My time at Valley was a very depressing one but the art was the only thing that made it worthwhile. One thing I’m grateful for from Valley is I noticed my individuality and my uniqueness from everyone else. The only real good thing that came from that was that I grew in my faith in Christ and now I want to share that with the world, through my crafts.