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...
Where do you want to go?
Assignment: Where is somewhere that you have always dreamed of going? I really like traveling, and I often think about where I would go if I had all the money in the world. Make a video montage of images and/or videos of the places that you would like to go, and add music that...
Look, Listen, Analyze
Assignment Description: Pick one scene from a classic movie you will analyze Analyze the camera work. Before watching the first time, turn the volume on the clip (or on your computer) down. Take notes on the visual aspects of the clip. Look for camera angles, cuts, how many times the camera switches view, the quality...
Maddy’s Reading Movies
Assignment Description: Create a reflection post on what you learned from this section Reflection: The first video demonstrated various editing techniques for videos. I was aware of most of these techniques like jump cuts and wipe transitions, but some techniques were new like editing with tempo and rhythm of music. The second video showed...