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Why are we going to Peru?
Went to Peru and I sent my grandmother a postcard
The crisp mountain air of Cusco filled Maya’s lungs as she found a bustling little shop, the scent of coca tea mingling with aged paper, perfect for her postcard to Grandma; she scribbled about the vibrant textiles, the friendly llamas, and the mystical allure of Machu Picchu, promising to bring back a story for every alpaca wool...
Sound Summary
part i Audio Storytelling part ii Audio Story Reflection part iii. Eat Your Heart Out Beethoven ★★★★★ Part iv Daily Creates Archive...
Video Assignments Summary
This week was all about video! We learned how to effectively use video as a method of storytelling. The first assignment involved learning how to read a video. I’ve watched a lot of movies in my life, but I don’t think I had ever really thought about certain aspects of the making of the...
A Day in The Life – Icelandic Student Edition
As a college student in the United States, I often wonder what a typical day would be like for college students in other countries. I made a video to share my day as a student and then did some research to learn more about an Icelandic college student’s typical day. A day in the...
Bjorn’s Adventure to the Home of Bluegrass
In the rugged and mystical land of Iceland, there lived a young musician named Bjorn. Bjorn was renowned throughout his village for his mastery of the fiddle, a talent passed down through generations of his family. Despite the wild beauty of his homeland, Bjorn longed to explore distant lands and discover new melodies to...
You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat…
Our first video assignment involved analyzing a movie scene in three different ways: 1) Analyze the camera work, 2) Analyze the audio track, and 3) Put it all together. The movie scene I decided to analyze is from Jaws and can be seen below! When I watched this without the sound, I immediately noticed...
The Art of Video
For this assignment we were expected to watch three videos demonstrating various cinematic techniques. The first video I watched showed a bunch of clips from the movie “The Shining”. All of these clips showed zooming in and zooming out. I had seen “The Shining” before, but had never really noticed how often this technique...
Video Assignment Summary
learn how to read a movie Look, Listen, Analyze where do you want to go? observe something grow Summary: I learned a lot about films and editing during this unit. I was especially interested in the Movie Mistakes from learning how to read a movie. I also enjoyed learning about transitions and editing to...
Observe Something Grow
Assignment: Make a collage of something growing up, or growing bigger. Now this takes some time-you must have some video footage of the object, person, pet, etc. growing older. It can be a stop motion of a plant, or if you have puppy pictures and now a full sized dog, put them all together...