Brad’s profile took me much longer than I wanted to although, it turned out good. I started this project in the first 9 weeks and finished right before semester ended. The profile I did was the first time I had ever done an interview and ever had to do so much editing. I did not necessarily do it all alone I had a lot of help but I did some self-taught things. Previous knowledge from last year’s intro class helped as well. In the beginning, I was very excited and had many great ideas, but as I got going, I realized that it was much more complicated than I thought and had to simplify a lot and use time wisely before the semester ended. The profile did work out fine but I obviously did not get all the aspects in that I wanted. I had a much wider thought on how I wanted this done, but once again, it all came down to time. I am not unhappy with how this profile turned out in fact, I am very proud of what I accomplished. Lastly, I am very thankful to have all the resources I did to make this video possible.
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Starting from the beginning of the year, I knew this year would not be easy. Although I did know, it was going to be a great experience and I could learn new things on the daily and really use both sides of my brain. The first project I jumped into was a profile story but I took a different outlook on a normal profile. Traditionally you would do a profile story and get into the personal things about a person, their home life, and who they are. When I did my profile, I decided to take a more professional route and get into the principal life of Brad McCormick. I definitely still learned a lot and I enjoyed working with him "Professionally". I do not yet have this project totally edited or completed but I have a million ideas and get even more while working on this project. It is very amazing how much I learn how to do on the daily. Whether I am being taught or simply working on my project alone there is always something new I figure out and it is honestly a great feeling of accomplishment. Since I still have not finished this project I do not have that full sense of accomplishment yet. Proud is a word I would use because, the things I create or anyone in this class are totally breathtaking and really give you a professional outlook because the things I do are truly just as good as a professionals work. The year is not even close to over and I cannot wait to see where this class takes me.
Good- We all worked together really well in trying to come up with a plan. My peers were also very helpful all the time. they really wanted to get stuff done and took a ton of initiative. When we took the videos and assigned roles everyone had a really good idea on what they wanted to do. The roles everyone played were played very well. The characters needed really showed a side of my peers i didnt know, but they did it well.
Bad- the videos got deleted... we had to reshoot the whole thing which wasnt really a problem it was just annoying to have to do it again. Ugly- A few times during editing we didnt all agree and really bumped heads. The reason this is worse than the videos being deleted is because if we dont get along nothing works and getting new videos is easier. Although we didnt all agree, sometimes we came to a conclusion. Good- The good or best part of this video was coming up with it. We had this in mind for awhile but we had to find the right time to do it. We knew what we wanted and that helped. It was also easy to find things to make the noises we wanted.
Bad- Finding a microphone. The sound was good but it didn't go how we wanted. We wanted to out the microphone more into the video but it just didn't work because of limited supplies. Ugly- The worst part was probably having to film in the spot we did because of the microphone. we had to cut some stuff out because of people walking in and we didn't get to do the special effects we wanted because the green room was already being used. Good- this project was really good for me because I have a clear voice and you could make out everything I said. I also really enjoyed this project because I got to come up with something on my own and make something simple into something professional like.
Bad- For the most part there was nothing in the middle of terrible and perfect. It either worked or it didn't. Ugly- The worst part of the project was having to record in front of everyone which involved a lot of nerves and stuttering. So, I had to do more editing than I liked but it turned out good and even taught me how to speak properly. Good- The best part was the fact that Coach Rich was welcoming enough when it came to filming his classes in the weight room. So the place and purpose of filming worked perfectly, and I really enjoyed doing this project.
Bad- I wish I could've got some different shots and not rushed at the end, but I forgot a couple things and had to do the best I could in a limited amount of time. Ugly- Not going to lie, my whole plan I had went to the trash for personal reasons. Therefore my story board was changed and that is part of why I was rushed so much at the end and lost my train of thought. In the end it worked out but I wish circumstances were different. Good- For this the only thing that really worked out as planned would be the opening of the video. We planned on having a car in the beginning of the video to give it more of an intro into the rap. Editing was also good, if not better. I also learned how to use the green screen in this process, so that was very fun and really helped with some stuff.
Bad- There was multiple problems but the one that wasn't too major would have been that our lyrics had to be changed and we ended up having to hold sticky notes during our rap. Memorization would have helped a lot. But once again it did not affect the video too much. Ugly- In the planning process, everything was supposed to filmed outside, but it snowed and messed up the original plan. Once it did get nice enough to finish up the project, the car we were supposed to use had been in the shop. All around the project was not awful but it would have worked out better if the weather was not such a huge factor. Good- this project was really just fun, it was a great learning experience. I enjoyed it because I didn't really know what I was doing. so it was nice to experiment.
Bad- The only thing I didn't enjoy was that we didn't get to film what we had to edit. Other than that i had no problems. Ugly- i really had no ugly on this. We just finished a new project, it was a two person chase scene.
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