Words of Wisdom

Our project called elder words of wisdom which was an interview with an elder that taught us something we didn't know or a taught us a moral. We interviewed Jessica Ivan who had the message to be practical and follow your dreams at the same time. This advice can really help you in life if you are planning your future ahead of you. Jessica helped us learn to make good choices with her words of wisdom.

If we were to make something better about his video we would make the sequences better. In some of the three shot sequences we did not have all three shots. It would have been better if all of them were complete. There was also some very long shots of interview that could have been broken up by B-Roll to make it more visually interesting.

Five Tips For Detailed Nail Art.

In this video we decided to do five tips for how to accomplish detailed nail art. We were practicing sequencing with our three shot sequences and our interesting angles. Our video was entered in a class competition between the other groups and us. If you won the competition then your video would be entered to be streamed on a Hawaii broadcast channel on TV. We chose nail art because it is something our whole group enjoyed doing and understood. We suggested using different everyday tools for certain techniques. We also showed the process of how we did the techniques and did a step by step process. Although we were happy with our final product of this project I think we could have reshot some of our shots and done a better job displaying the tips.

Practice Profile Story

We did a practice story that prepared us for our Elder Words of Wisdom project by interviewing our friend Imani about her plans for the future. We questioned her about her career plan along with her college plan. Her thoughts were very well organized and she said exactly what she was going to do if she could. She stated that she was going to go to a college in New York or Los Angelas where she would take performing arts programs to prepare for her auditions for movies and TV shows.

Composition Tecniques

Composition techniques are visually interesting shots that display images in different ways. There are four main composition techniques: rule of thirds, leading lines, unusual angles, and framing. Rule of thirds is where the subject is located in a frame on the thirds of the shots.  There are other less used composition techniques that include emotion, action, and repetition in shape. Composition techniques are commonly used in three shot sequences to prevent jump cuts and make the shots more interesting. Three shot sequences can be used in videos or photographs.

Three Shot Sequences

In our current project in GT we are practicing three shot sequencing. Three shot sequencing is a sequence of short shots that show an action in a more interesting way then a regular shot. Three shot sequencing starts with a wide shot that displays the beginning of an action. The next shot is a medium shot that is timed so that the action from the first shot is continued smoothly into this one. The last shot is a close up or an extreme close up that is timed to run smoothly like the transition between the first and second to make the shift run smoothly. The three step transition is a way to make a longer shot shorter and more visually interesting. These are examples of shots that are well sequenced.

To improve your three shot sequence it just takes a lot of practice. The sequencing needs professional shots and awesome visuals. Your angles need to be interesting and satisfying. You also need to time your actions perfectly so that it smoothly transition into your next sequencing shot. This website explains how to improve three shot sequencing in detail.

Polar Panoramas

These are my panoramas I finished using the steps below. These steps were similar to the steps of a Spherical panorama. First you take about ten photos that slightly overlap and merge them into a Panorama in photoshop. Then you shape the photo to be square and rotate it 180 degrees. Finally you apply a Polar filter to the image and edit the result until it looks natural.

Then to place myself in the final project I took a photo that was at an above angle so it captured the feeling that I was looking out from the world. Then using the quick selection tool, I selected myself and deleted all but me. I then made a copy for a shadow and turned the opacity up and the saturation down. Then I simply placed it in a realistic place.

Spherical Panos

These are two examples of my spherical panoramas that I made by putting some images I took together into a panorama and then edited them. Next I  resized them to be square and applied a polar filter. Finally I edited them by feathering the edges using the elliptical marquee tool and added a background.

Photomontage Final

Here are two of my finished photomontages that were inspired by David Hockney who first called them joiners. I used a digital camera, adobe camera raw, and photoshop to put this together. It was an interesting and unique process where we took a lot of different pictures that overlapped and then placed them where they generally looked like they would go. 

Magazine Cover

This is my magazine cover I finished in fall 2013 at Kapaa Middle School. I used photoshop and made a contour with color then added text layers with customized fonts. Then I made backgrounds for the fonts and turned the opacity down.