Star Wars Legos and An Awesome School Blood Drive

Super Busy Weeks

The last couple of weeks have been crazy in Video class. We did a project where we filmed a fellow classmate build a lego spaceship and asked questions throughout there building process. We took these clips when there were talking and did J and L edits with them. A J and L edit is where you take a clip of the person talking and you put another clip over them talking so you are seeing them build the lego spaceship while at the same time you hear them talking. During the middle of this project we started doing another project which was pretty much the same thing we have been doing except this time it was over the blood drive.

Similarities and Differences

There were some pretty distinctive similarities and differences between the two projects. The lego project was definitely more planned out, while the blood drive was right on the spot. The blood drive however was definitely a very cool experience because it kinda felt like you were a news channel covering this blood drive event, getting cool shots and getting interviews it was very cool.

The Lego Project
The lego project was the 1st project we started working on. What we did was we got into partners and we took turns from actually filming to building the lego spaceship. The goal of this project was to kind of get a perspective on convergence journalism. This was pretty fun for me as I am wanting to go into the convergence journalism strand. I learned that you want to get a lot of different shots especially close ups. This was a great experience for me and I hope to do more stuff like this in the future.

The Blood Drive Project

The blood drive project which took place during the lego project was a little hectic but was still an awesome experience. It felt like you were a news reporter covering a story which was a lot of fun. I was able to get some really good shots but there was definitely some things I would do differently next time. I would first get a lot more shots interviewing the person and get him talking more. I would next get a lot more different shots especially close ups. Unfortunately I was not able to get shots of him actually donating the blood because we ran out of time but like I've said before this experience was such a good experience for me.

Postcards

This is the first thing we worked on in class. It's an awesome clipping mask, which a clipping mask is basically where you put an image over a letter for example and then when you apply the clipping mask to it the picture goes over the picture perfectly. It ends up looking really cool. I learned how to really use the clipping mask and how it works and overall this piece really tells a lot about me and I think it turned out really cool.

Since Christmas is coming up what better way to celebrate the holidays by making a postcard. This postcard was a lot of fun to make while using some of the things I have learned over the semester. One thing I really like my postcard is the santa. By dropping down the opacity on him it gave it the perfect look for the postcard. Another thing I had to do was make sure the reindeer were aligned so I made sure they were aligned. Overall this was a really fun postcard to make. 

This postcard I made using my name and the place I am wanting to live when I'm older which is Portland, Oregon. I focused a lot on the text of my name by adding really cool effects and I also find a really cool font. I also decided to add lighting to my piece. I like to add lightning to a lot of my pieces because I think lightning is really cool and its kind of my unique thing to me.