Abigail Good

     My groups product is a color that makes your best friend talk! the concept for our commercial was the heart strings method. We wanted to pull the attention from the now adults who could relate to Logan in this commercial. The sad music and playful pup were added because we were hoping to add the sad and happy factors in the clip. We tried to talk about our product and company as much as possible but that became more difficult then originally thought. I also think that we could have done a little bit better job of transitioning from certain scenes and also making sure the audio is okay and everyone can hear the audio.

       During this quarter of video I learned how to use Final Cut Pro and all the short cut keys that make is easier to use. Like command B is the blade tool and command I is import and command E is export. I also learned what the six shot system was and how to frame all of the six shots. The hardest ones to frame are the close up, extra closeup, and the over the shoulder shot.  I also learned how to work in a group and spread the work out evenly so that everyone has a fair amount of work so that everyone did a part so that the video got done by the due date. In the future I can use my group working skills in whatever strand I choose to go in because no matter what I do I will always have to work with people, and communicate my ideas and what I am envisioning in my head so that the people I am taking to can see what I am seeing.   

In this project I worked in a group of four to create a chase scene that had a good story line with several "paragraphs". I learned how to manage my time with a group and how to spread out the work evenly so not only one person is doing everything. In my next project I will make sure to have the actors do the full action each time we film so we don't have as many scenes to retake as we did this project. Next time I will also map out what we want our film to look like so that way everyone is on the same page and none of us are confused. The collaboration was different in this project because they was more people, so there was a lot more ideas to bounce of of. Also we had to work harder to get a good solid idea that we all agree on. To improve collaboration in the next project I will make sure to listen to everybody's ideas and try and manage my time better with the filming. 

                 In this project we had to show two separate actions with a location change in-between. In this project I learned how to select music to match my video so that they had the same sort of mood.  I also learned how to frame different shots to get different views that aren't in the 6 shot sequence. In my next project I will try to get more creative with my shots to show other angles. I also will try to make the video less choppy so it flows smoother to the viewer. To make this video we had to collaborate to make sure all of the shots were framed correctly and that we didn't have any jump cuts and that we had all the requirements for the project. 

                                                             6 Shot System           The first shot in the 6 shot system  is the extra close up. In this shot only the hands are shown. This lets the viewer know what the person is doing ,but nothing else. The next shot is the close up, which shows only the top of the face to the end of the chin. This shot identifies who the person is. Shot #3 is the over the shoulder shot, it shows part of the back of the shoulder and head and this shows what the person is doing. The next shot is the medium shot. In this shot it shows the person from the hips up, and they are the main f...

          This is my highlight video that I made in the e-Communications program at Olathe Northwest. We used the program Final Cut Pro. In this program I used the choose tool, blade tool, and the select tool.  I also used the import and export tool to select sections of my video. Also I used tons of transitions in my video from all of the different amazing dance clips i used.  I chose the hobby dance because I have been a competitive dancer since I was four years old. I have loved to dance since then and I still do it today and I hope to dance for as long as I am able to.

My website!     The idea of this project is to help us learn about how we are to make our own website and how to work with the HTML code for the website. The processes of the project was to open up the program Dreamweaver and begin with the instructions. We had to type about us and then we had to change the layout and color scheme of the site. Then we had to link a second page to our home site. The second page had our class schedule on it. After that We had to have the same CSS rules to our second page.      I learned how to make new rules to change the look and layout of my project. Also I learned how to make a site accessible to people with disabilities. Next time I would read the instructions more carefully so that way I didn't have to go back and redo certain steps as many times. Next time I would keep using HTML code the same way I did because it was very useful. I will remember how diffi...