Gabriella Magruder's Blog

Write a summary/scope of the project. The project was to create an animation with a story for the song "Easy" by Mat Zo and Porter Robinson. Zo, Mat, and Porter Robinson. “Mat Zo & Porter Robinson - Easy (Official Video).” YouTube , Bullion Productions, 8 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3FPJaAwoY. An animated music video for the song "Easy" by Mat Zo and Porter Robinson. During (00:31) and (00:36) the animation uses contrast by changing the city lighting changes from warm colors and shades of yellow and orange to cool colors of blue and red-violet. Between (01:19) and (01:23) i n order to emphasize, the speed of the girls' vehicle Emphasis/Pattern/Rhythm is used. What story was told and how was it told? A model living the stereotypical life of luxury in the big city escapes to a simplistic paradise, by destroying the city, after she discovers she is miserable with her current life as a model. The story was told through her facial expression...

The assignment was to create a video focusing on the sequence of a video. The project required multiple shots to make any jump cuts less noticeable. We began the project by making a storyboard. The storyboard took a few attempts because we had to add pictures and redraw the story board. Next we checked out the necessary equipment and began filming. Filming the video took many attempts because there were many teachers and other students constantly walking by during the video. We also had to improvise some of the shots taken due to complications. Complications such as the front doors of the school having an alarm system that goes off if they're propped open for too long. Finally after taking all the necessary shots my partner and I downloaded our videos and began the process of editing our videos. I learned that taking the same shot over and over from different angles can greatly improve a video. The removal of jump cuts can also improve a video by making the progression of a video...

The six shot video assignment was a 30 second video that practiced using the axis line and the 6 basic shots of video; including extreme close up, close up,over the shoulder, middle, wide and extreme wide. Throughout the process I learned how how to use a tripod and how to edit videos in Adobe Premiere. I also learned that when recording a video to take as many shots as possible and retake shots if they can be improved on. Before the video was made my partner and I made two story boards for our videos. We weren't able to bring our ideas together because of a lack of understanding and communication. We spent the first day recording my video recording a few shots more than once because of a new addition to the video. The next day we spent the hour recording my partners video and editing our own videos. Next time a project like this is given I plan to focus on making sure I have the rule of thirds and the axis line in the video. I would also focus on taking more shots so I have mo...

   We started by watching several video tutorials with specific instructions. Each video becoming more complex as the website reached its completion. The web project overall took about a full week to complete.I used all the available class time but had to start over two or three times and, in order to finish the website I had to stay after school. Normally the most challenging part was correcting and adding in the code as well as making sure the code was correct.     Along the way I learned what makes a website function the way it does and a how Adobe dreamweaver works. I also learned one of possibly several programs that can be used to make a website. I didn't like how the website turned out. In the end it looked sloppy and plain. I wish we had more time to make the website look more creative. The creation of the website and the final product was easier and looked better than the house made in Sketchup.

The process First we located the ten words we had selected and uploaded onto our blogs last year. After finding the 10 words we created a new photoshop document. Following the steps of another blogpost we placed each word into it's own frame and arranged them in a way that made some sense. Afterwards we applied different frames to the background picture in order to adjust brightness, contrast and other settings. We changed the timing of each frame and applied fade in and fade out to the background image. Lastly we saved the video and uploaded the video to Youtube with our Blogger Google accounts.   What I learned I discovered how to to create a video timeline in Photoshop. I know now how to change the timing of each frame and how to apply certain settings to each frame. For example I can apply fade to the background frame if I want to apply fade in or fade out to a video.   What I plan to do next time Next time I plan to experiment more ...