Month: May 2023

Summary

I recorded what did during Tuesday, May 30th, and broke my activities into 7 categories. Then I calculated what percentage of my day each activity took up and put it in a pie chart. Finally, I made a video talking about my data and edited it.

Font

Colore Palette

Pie Chart

Script

Some might say watching YouTube until 2 am on a school night is irresponsible. I would agree, but regardless that is how my Tuesday started. After this very eventful start to my day, I woke up at 7:40 am. Then I got ready, drove to school, went to my first 4 periods, ate lunch, went to my last 2 periods, drove home, did some college work, ate dinner, drove to my other home, did some chores, played video games with my friends for a few hours, did some more chores, played some more video games, got ready for bed, and went to bed at a much more reasonable 11:30. Overall, I spent the most time sleeping, with it taking up about 26% of my day (6 hours and 10 minutes).The thing that took the second most time out of my day was entertainment. This includes playing video games with my friends and watching YouTube and this took up roughly 26% of my day (6 hours and 8 minutes). Since Tuesday is a school; day, it is unsurprising that school also took up a large chunk of my time, 25% in fact (6 hours). Luckily, school hasn’t followed my home for a while and my time dedicated to it is spent within school walls. After high school, the next most time consuming thing I did was college work. This Tuesday in particular, I had an interview for a program at UW which took up about 9% of my day (2 hours and 10 minutes) between the interview itself and preparing for the interview. The most time consuming activity after that was what I like to call “home activities.” This includes doing chores and getting ready for either school or bed and this took up about 6% of my day (1 hour and 30 minutes). The activity that took the second smallest amount of time was commuting. It took up 5% of my day (1 hour and 10 minutes) and would normally take less time since I had to drive between houses on this particular day. The activity that took the least time was eating, which I spent 3% of my day doing (50 minutes). To be honest, I feel like this was an especially lazy day for me, but I suppose that’s becoming increasingly more common. Regardless, that was a day in my life.

Audio Editing

Storyboard

Video Editing

The Documentary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KvVPE0_jKYN96cVZBQlXetYh-IlMoKBq/view?usp=sharing

What I Learned & Problems I Solved

The most important thing I learned was how to use Adobe Illustrator. I have never used it before, but it seems like it will useful for making various projects in the future. A problem I solved was being unable to import my color palette into Adobe Illustrator. To get around this I copied the code for each of the colors for my color palette. Another problem was that my color palette only had 5 colors but I had 7 categories. To get around this, I used black and white for the other 2 categories.

Session Number:	5
Week Number:	5
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	4
What is/was your overall goal for this week?	Complete the Production and Post-Production Blog posts

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
5/15	No class
5/16	Worked on production blog post and postmortem form	45 min	Yes because the postmortem assignment was due at the end of class and I was not able to finish the production blog post due to being the editor
5/17	Finish production blog post and put evidence in the slide show	1 hr	Yes, because the production blog post was due and evidence is due tomorrow
5/18	Watch group presentations	1 hr	Yes, because it allows me to see what other groups did for their films as well as allowing me to see the feed back the get from the advisors.
5/19	Absent

Personal Comments (Optional) 

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Summary

As the editor, I worked on the film the most in post-production. I was responsible for organizing the shots and editing them into a cohesive film. I also took the sounds created by the sound designer and put them into the film at the appropriate times.

Discussion with Director

I chose to use black screens with text to communicate a change in the date. I chose to do this because it is an easily understood way to show that the following scenes took place in the date that was in the text. Another editing choice I made was to use fading transitions during the montage. I did this because the fading transitions communicate the passage of time and are sort of jarring, which helps communicate that the protagonist is stressed.

Test Edits

This was going to be the final edit before we filmed the zoom in on the papers that transitioned into the zoom out of the diploma. Instead of the zoom in to zoom out, a screen with text is used to show the change in date and the zoom out from the diploma follows the repeated establishing shots of the school.

Contributions with the Director

A decision made was to cut a few shots of the protagonist working at her computer. This decision was made because these shots were drastically more zoomed in than the other shots and it contained some background laughter. Another decision made was to use the line “Congratulations to our 2023 seniors,” as opposed to “Give it up for our 2023 seniors,” and “Give a hand to our 2023 seniors.” This decision was made because we agreed that the line we used was more professional and was more fitting for a graduation ceremony.

Editing Software Screenshots

Evidence of color correction

Evidence of visual transitions

Evidence of an audio transition

How I Could Have Improved The Film

I could have improved the film by focusing more on rhythm with the editing. Specifically, I could have edited on the blinks. I also feel that the edits could have been more smooth and that I probably could have found better points in the shots to edit. I also feel like the film could have been better if we had music in the background since the noise of the protagonist moving isn’t very loud and it makes the film seem rather dead, but we didn’t have enough time to create any. Another thing that would have made the film better would have been a shot of something like a calendar to communicate a change in date, rather than the black screens with white text.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I became more comfortable with using Premier Pro, as I had only used it on a few previous occasions. I also learned how to layer background sounds and how to mix background sounds with the audio of the camera. A problem I solved was that initially we had forgotten to film a scene that would have allowed for a smooth transition into the next. To get around this, I used a title slate to show that the date had changed which communicated the passage of time without that transitional shot. However, we did eventually shoot that shot, so that text screen was not in the final edit.

Session Number:	5
Week Number:	4
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	5
What is/was your overall goal for this week?	Finish editing

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
5/8	Work on production blog post	40 min	Yes because I cannot edit due to technical difficulties
5/9	Edit the film	1 hr	Yes because the film needs to ready by Wednesday
5/10	Finish editing the film	1 hr	Yes because the film is due today
5/11	Absent
5/12	Work on production blog post	1 hr	Yes because I could not do the blog post before because I needed to edit

Personal Comments (Optional) 

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Summary

During the production process, I mainly remained in the computer lab and worked on the rush edits while my group was filming. However, I did act in a role during the final day of the shooting.

Collecting Rushes from the Filming

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Contribution to the Shooting

I contributed ideas of things we could do to make the film better in the process of filming, such as how many establishing shots should be taken of the school in order to better show it and what distance they should be taken from.

Challenges Faced During Shooting

During the shooting, we initially wanted to show more days of the montage. However we did not have enough time for this, so we decided to only do three different days, with the third day being where she falls asleep and imagines herself graduating.

Assistance Given to the Production Team

I helped the production team by filling the role of the principal during the scene where Alice dreams about her graduation. I also helped set up some of the shots, like putting the table in the corner.

What I Learned

I learned how to use Premier Pro while editing the rushes, since I have only used Premier Pro on a few occasions before.

Session Number:	6
Week Number:	3
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	5
What is/was your overall goal for this week?	Create rush edits for the film

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
5/1	I acted an extra in another group’s film/ begin working on rush	1 hr	I think this was a best practice because while I did sacrifice time to help out another group, I still got some work done.
5/2	Worked on rush	1 hr	I think this was a best practice because while my group was filming I was doing work as the editor, since I am not necessary for filming.
5/3	Prepared for the IB test	20 min	No this was not a best practice because it is off task from the class.
5/4	Edit Rush	1 hr	Yes this is a best practice because creating various rush edits will make it easier to make the final film
5/5	Finish Filming	45 min	Yes this is a best practice because finishing the film today will allow me to begin editing on Monday.

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