Composition Techniques

The main four composition techniques are rule of thirds, framing, unusual angles and last leading lines. Rule of thirds is when the picture is cut in nine sections and you fit your subject in the frame. Framing is how you frame or position your subject in your shot. Unusual angles are usually used to show interest in an image with angles that aren't really used. Leading lines are lines that are commonly used in that world that will lead you to a subject. Composition techniques are a great way to improve your video.

Practice Profile Story

The purpose of the practice story was to get a feel of how the real project was going to be like. Like how to operate the DSLR camera and getting to know how to frame our subject. We also learned how to cooperate with each other and use our time wisely between class sessions to get b-roll and voice-overs done. We chose Tyler because he likes to do something that was different from what we like to do and we wanted to know more about it.

Profile Project Progress

Our project is called "Elder Words of Wisdom". For our project we chose to interview Gino Quintana who likes to encourage young people to study and get a good education. This project was basically on elder people giving us tips in life for what might come in the future. Our team picked him because he was a good role model for kids because Gino had to put up with having to get good grades and playing sports even though he was often gone from school. When Gino graduated he ended his high school year with a G.P.A of 4.3 with mostly honer classes. We mostly filmed at at his house for the interview and the B-roll was filmed at the soccer field. 

When filming it is very important to get the correct B-Roll to fill and make the film more interesting in a visual way. Our B-Roll was shot at the soccer field so that our subject could preform the tasks we needed him to do. The Voice-Overs are also very important they help the viewer understand whats going on in the story or video. Our team filmed Voice-Overs in a quiet place with minimal sound for the best quality.  These were the technical parts about making our video.

Our team does have it's flaws one of them being the time and place we shoot. This is probably the only major problem that we encountered on our project. However the timing and location issue could be fixed by planning ahead so it's not much of a problem to correct.  

Audio [TEAM 2 EVALUATION]

Work Needed	6	29%
Minor Adjustment	15	71%
It's Perfect	0	0%

Visuals [TEAM 2 EVALUATION]

Work Needed	18	86%
Minor Adjustment	3	14%
It's Perfect	0	0%

Story [TEAM 2 EVALUATION]

Work Needed	12	57%
Minor Adjustment	9	43%
It's Perfect	0	0%

Quality [TEAM 2 EVALUATION]

Work Needed	11	52%
Minor Adjustment	10	48%
It's Perfect	0	0%

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Personal Reflection

This project was a good practice for me because I experienced the stress right before the dead line and figured out a way to make do with it. This practice was a good stress test  probably for all of us in the class. we all got to experience what it would be like if we didn't have good communication between one another. Some groups were pulling hairs and some groups were very good and smooth. Our group was fortunate to finish on time even if we had some miss communication in the beginning. However in the end we managed to pull through and finish on time.

This practice was very beneficial to me because I experienced a lot like how good communication plays a big part when working in groups. I also learned that your group may have slackers that don't do anything. However I've learned how to pull the weight of those slackers and pull through on my part at the same time. I also learned that sometimes things don't always go as planed.Like the weather and other people in your group not showing up and participating.

There were hard parts here and there thrown into the mix too. Like making the B roll footage only 15 seconds and getting the perfect place for the interview. The hardest part about doing the interview was finding a place with low sound and the right light for the camera. Overall this practice was very beneficial to me because now I'm ready for the real deal.