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Weekly Summary 5

This week was all about putting our film analysis skills to the test videoessay! We took a deep dive into filmmaking techniques by looking at a Black Mirror Scene, I personally chose the starting scenes which I felt to be more technique heavy. I chose to use iMovie for this project, and while I ran into some technical difficulties getting everything to work smoothly, it was a great learning experience. I gained a much better understanding of how editing, cinematography, and IMovie work.

On top of that, we also had to complete two Daily Create Week 5, which were a fun and easy break from the heavier video work. I created a fictional story and a poem to complete this weeks daily creates. Overall, this week was a mix of challenges and creativity, but it really helped solidify what we’ve been learning about film techniques. Looking forward to what’s next!

Video Essay

This assignment was fun, but one of the more challenging assignments. For me I could not get the sound on the video it self so all you can hear is my narration. I have a lot to learn when it comes to video essays. I chose the opening scene because it seemed to have a lot of hidden techniques to make the scene make you feel a certain way. Overall I did learn a lot from this, learning different techniques used in videos such as lighting, focus and shot angles. I started off screen recording the video posted on our home page to record the first scene. I watched the scene around 20 times to get a full understanding of what was happening and why it was. I tried my best to narrate over it, but since it was kind of a fast scene it was hard to get my words out before the next shot started. Having IMovie mute my screen record made one part of my Video Essay not as understandable as the rest. There is a part where the interrogator speaks so you can get a full understanding of what I was talking about, but sadly it was muted. Besides that hiccup Video Essays are pretty fun. Next time I will choose a longer scene so I am able to speak slower and not have to rush to get my words out before the next shot starts.