Student Teachers

Video Reflection:









1. This project was about the Student teachers throughout ONW. They told us about what its like being a student teachers, what work goes into it, what their hopes and fears were about being a teacher and much more.



2. Our process of making this video was first we had to figure out which student teachers in the building would tell a good story and would want to be out in front of the camera. After we found our subjects we started to get b-roll of our subjects in the classrooms, then we wrote interview questions and got our 3 interviews for this video. Lastly we put the video together to make a story.



3. From making this video I learned not to do interviews in front of windows and also to get more than enough b-roll. Another thing I learned is to always bring headphones to make sure your audio is working during an interview.



4. This video could have been a really great video if we would have taken more time on it. Something I would have done differently is make sure the audio works during interviews by making sure I have headphones because redoing an interview takes up a lot of editing time. Also I would find better places to  do interviews instead of in front of a window because it makes the quality of the video not look very good if the lightning isn't good.



5. Something I would do the same is choose characters like these ones because they all had good things to says that were interesting and weren't juts one word answers they all actually explained their answers. Another thing I would do the same is some of the shots we got were really good so I would definitely try and get shots like these on my other videos to make it more intersting.



6. The experiences I would draw from this project are like I said to make sure the audio works and don't film in front of windows and lastly get more than enough b-roll!



7. Overall I felt like this video could have been way better if we would have put more effort and time into it I feel like we kind of rushed to put it together and thats why it didn't turn out the way we wanted it to.

6-Shot System

6- Shot System

The 6-shot system is a sequence of shots that shows a subject doing something. These shots are used in all sorts of videos like new packages commercials, music videos, movies and many more. A rule of the 6-shot system is the 180 rule, what this means is when filming a subject you have to stay on one side of that subject and don't cross over to the other side. 

 Close-up of hands: Shows what the subject is doing closer up.

 Close-up of face: Shows how they feel about what they are doing.
Close-up shots are more appealing to viewers

Medium Shot: A shot that shows whats going on around the person but only taken from the subject waste up.





Wide Shot: A shot that shows what the person is doing and what is going on around them. It also takes up the whole frame with their body making them the main focus.

Over the shoulder: This shot shows the point of view of the character and what they are doing. These type of shots are also really interesting to viewers.





Extra Wide shot: This shot is the establishing shot. It shows what going on all around the subject. This shot is probably the least used shot in any video because it doesn't focus on the character/subject as much.

Example:

Web vs. TV stories

INDI COWIE

1. My favorite version of the story was the New York times one which would be the second web story. This one was my favorite because I liked how they had shots of her at her house and around her family and also interviews of her parents talking about what she does.

2. From all these videos the things that are the same is she is sharing what she does and how passionate she is about it, also she tells us how she started playing soccer at a young age and wants to play in college, lastly the videos talk about how she learns a new trick and how much she practices.

3.The differences in these videos are the first one was just of her talking and playing with the ball the whole time, in the the second one in focuses around her but also her family is apart of the video. Lastly the third has a guy telling the story for her while in the other 2 she is telling the whole story.

4. In web videos the character or main person tells their story themselves and in TV stories someone tell the story the for the main person and sometimes they talk or mention something. Web stories are more informational because you get their view on things instead of someone talking for them and they could leave something out.

5. Something that I could use in my new packages is the way they set up the web videos where she is talking the whole time and sharing her story which makes it more interesting. Also something I wouldn't take from the TV story is when the guy telling the story is standing in front of her while she is juggling her ball in the back and that looks really awkward on screen.

Q&A with Astin McAfee

Q:State and spell your name.

A: Astin McAfee

Q: What Grade are you in?

A: I am a Senior so 12th grade.

Q: What activities are you involved in here at ONW?

A: I do Theater, Im the manager for the cheer team and I'm in orchestra.

Q: How long have you been interested in cheerleading?

A: Ive been interested in cheerleading for a really long time.

Q:What Competitive cheer team are you on?

A: KGDC's 360 Allstars.

Q:What are your goals this year for your team?

A: I want to win a bid to the summit compete well and win jackets.

Q: What challenges do you face being the only guy on your team?

A: It gets stressful because I get pointed out a lot because I'm the only guy and I stick out.

Q: What are your fears this year for you team?

A: That we won't be able to get over all of our issues and drama and ultimately not be able to win.

Q: What do you hope to accomplish before you leave ONW?

A: I hope to make sure that everyones feels like are apart of the raven family.

Q: If you were to live anywhere in the world where would it be and why?

A: I want to live in California so I would have the opportunity to be on California smoed or Cali Allstars and compete.

Teachers as candidates

I chose to do this project because i thought it would be interesting for viewers to see what homecoming was like when our teachers were in high school. Also I thought more people would like to see their teachers experiences being in the homecoming court. This video was meant to be fun and interesting to the student body and also something for homecoming week. I don't think there has ever been a video like this before and I'm happy i got to be a part of making the video.

For pre-production my partner and i had wanted to get about 4-5 teachers that had been in the homecoming court with a bunch of pictures to put in our package. The idea was to get teachers with all different experiences of being in homecoming court so the the school could get to see that. As we were putting our story together we didn't include some of those ideas. We had interviewed 4 teacher 2 girls and 2 guys. We had to tried to get pictures from all the teachers so we could put them in our package. As we had started editing we realized that we didn't have much b-roll of the teachers and it was hard to find time to get the perfect b-roll we had needed. As the ending result came along we had, had to take out an interview because that teacher had not given us photos of her and we couldn't  get any b-roll of her. Somethings I had learned were that you never have enough b-roll always get tons because if you feel you have enough you probably don't. Don't take advantage of your time because you may feel you have time but the deadline came faster that we thought.

Something I would do differently is that I would get tons of b-roll. Also another thing i would do differently is not take advantage of the time i have to get it done because there is a lot to get done and it may not seem like it. Lastly something i would do differently is i would try and improve my interview questions and try and make my video better.

Somethings i would not change about this video are the idea was pretty good idea and I'm happy i got to film it. Another thing wouldn't change is the teachers we chose because they had good things to say   and really wanted to be filmed. The last thing i wouldn't change is the way we edited the video i liked how we started out with the b-roll and the nat. noise.

Some experiences I would draw from this package is the whole idea behind it. We tried to choose something that everyone would enjoy and they did. To enhance my next project I would take some of the b roll we got and i think they photos we in our package were a major bonus to the video i feel the photos made the video better as a whole. So for my next project i am going to be sure and add interesting facts and get good b-roll/ photos.

Overall I'm pretty proud of the outcome of the video i think lots of teachers and students enjoyed it and hopefully i can make a fun video like this again for a spirit week or an important event.