May 18 2009
This lesson, many people presented their powerpoint presentations, most people who presented had similar documentaries by Michael Moore, for example, Bowling for Columbine, Sicko, fahrenheit 9 11, etc. Many people didn't have powerpoint presentations, which I thought made their presentations really boring, though quite informative. I especially liked Lucas' presentation on Bowling for Columbine, even though it was way too long and too informative. I thought it was well organized and quite interesting, because he first introduced Michael Moore (background information). Though I thought the only bad thing was that he didn't have a proper introduction and a proper ending. He didn't talk about his thoughts and if he was persuaded by Michael Moore. Though overall, he explained how Michael Moore influenced people to side with his views by using techniques that could make the documentary more believable. For example, he explained the camera angles used and how it enhances the overall mood of the video, and the sounds, other tecniques (statistics),etc. His presentation was really informative, and it also helped me a lot with my presentation. There were a few notes that I missed out in my research, and I took it down and included them in my presentation, because I was also focusing on Bowling for Columbine. Through Lucas' presentation, I learnt that Michael Moore wanted to portray the violence and the high level of gun crime commited in America. Due to the fact that I didn't present today, it meant that I had more time to improve my presentation, and I followed the comments and feedbacks from Ms. Wong to improve it. My goal for next lesson is to edit my current powerpoint presentation, and change my speech a little (add information that I missed).
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Film Reflection 21
May 7th 2009
This lesson, Ms. Wong didn't give us time to complete our videos but she introduced us to our new project, it was to create a powerpoint presentation on one of Michael Moore's documentaries. She showed us many examples of Michael Moore's work on Youtube and I found many very funny and some really sad, for example, an extract from bowling for columbine. It was a clip about how America was corrupt and violent, it also portrayed his views on America, even though he himself is an American. The main purpose of thie lesson was to look at examples of the work of Michael Moore's, and choose a documentary for next lesson and analyse it by creating a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation on it. My goal for next lesson is to start working and researching about Michael Moore's documentary. I decided to focus on the extract from Bowling for Columbine because I loved how Michael Moore's uses many techniques to persuade his audience to side with his views.
This lesson, Ms. Wong didn't give us time to complete our videos but she introduced us to our new project, it was to create a powerpoint presentation on one of Michael Moore's documentaries. She showed us many examples of Michael Moore's work on Youtube and I found many very funny and some really sad, for example, an extract from bowling for columbine. It was a clip about how America was corrupt and violent, it also portrayed his views on America, even though he himself is an American. The main purpose of thie lesson was to look at examples of the work of Michael Moore's, and choose a documentary for next lesson and analyse it by creating a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation on it. My goal for next lesson is to start working and researching about Michael Moore's documentary. I decided to focus on the extract from Bowling for Columbine because I loved how Michael Moore's uses many techniques to persuade his audience to side with his views.
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Film Reflection 23
May 21 2009
This lesson, our class was introduced to our next project. We had to create a documentary that portrayed one of Hong Kong's major issues. My group, which consists of Issac, Shun, Clare, Francessca, and I decided to create documentary about how technology affects teenagers
This lesson, our class was introduced to our next project. We had to create a documentary that portrayed one of Hong Kong's major issues. My group, which consists of Issac, Shun, Clare, Francessca, and I decided to create documentary about how technology affects teenagers
Monday, 4 May 2009
Reflection 20
May 4 2009 - Intellectual Property
This lesson, we continued to watch the finalized videos. Everyone's videos was shown today, following Clare's and mine. I thought Clare's video was really well done, I especially liked the part of the flashing images following the red texts. Though the one bad thing about it was that there were too many images, and not much footage, so it made the video seem a little boring. Though overall, I thought it was really well made. After watching clare's video, students made comments and feedbacks, also ms. wong. Overall, the comments were all generally about how there were too many images and too little footage. There was also the problem with the font colors. The colors clare chose didn't have much contrast with the background, therefore it made it blend in with the background a little. This made it hard for the audience to read. Ms. Wong told her that if she wanted to improve, she had to change the color of the font, and even though she liked the idea of the flashing images, there were too many images, which made the film look unlively. After Clare's video, my video was shown next. I thought I did a good job, I thought that the setting of the scene and the footage (angles, acting) were all dont really well. I thought it looked really professional, though the only downside of it was the last scene, there were too much text which made the audience not want to read it. After watching my video, students and Ms. Wong made some comments and feedbacks 0n what they liked and how I could improve it. They thought that the setting of the scene was chosen well, and the video was overall quite successful, except for the last scene. There was too much text, which made it really boring. Also, during the film, there was only one person in the entire audience besides clare, this made it look unrealistic, though it was still acceptable because besides the first scene, the other scenes were all shot using close up angles. After watching everyone else's videos, Ms. Wong told us that we could finalize our videos, and improve the downsides that were just pointed out by classmates. I was really relieved because I thought I could have improved on my last scene, and made the video more succesfull. My goal for next lesson is to complete this video, and edit the parts that need improving. Overall, I thought this lesson was really fun because I was able to watch many of my classmates Intellectual Property videos. I also through the comments and feedbacks from my classmats and Ms. Wong, I learnt how to prevent mistakes and avoid them in future videos.
This lesson, we continued to watch the finalized videos. Everyone's videos was shown today, following Clare's and mine. I thought Clare's video was really well done, I especially liked the part of the flashing images following the red texts. Though the one bad thing about it was that there were too many images, and not much footage, so it made the video seem a little boring. Though overall, I thought it was really well made. After watching clare's video, students made comments and feedbacks, also ms. wong. Overall, the comments were all generally about how there were too many images and too little footage. There was also the problem with the font colors. The colors clare chose didn't have much contrast with the background, therefore it made it blend in with the background a little. This made it hard for the audience to read. Ms. Wong told her that if she wanted to improve, she had to change the color of the font, and even though she liked the idea of the flashing images, there were too many images, which made the film look unlively. After Clare's video, my video was shown next. I thought I did a good job, I thought that the setting of the scene and the footage (angles, acting) were all dont really well. I thought it looked really professional, though the only downside of it was the last scene, there were too much text which made the audience not want to read it. After watching my video, students and Ms. Wong made some comments and feedbacks 0n what they liked and how I could improve it. They thought that the setting of the scene was chosen well, and the video was overall quite successful, except for the last scene. There was too much text, which made it really boring. Also, during the film, there was only one person in the entire audience besides clare, this made it look unrealistic, though it was still acceptable because besides the first scene, the other scenes were all shot using close up angles. After watching everyone else's videos, Ms. Wong told us that we could finalize our videos, and improve the downsides that were just pointed out by classmates. I was really relieved because I thought I could have improved on my last scene, and made the video more succesfull. My goal for next lesson is to complete this video, and edit the parts that need improving. Overall, I thought this lesson was really fun because I was able to watch many of my classmates Intellectual Property videos. I also through the comments and feedbacks from my classmats and Ms. Wong, I learnt how to prevent mistakes and avoid them in future videos.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Reflection 19
April 30th 2009
Today, we started watching everyone's finalized videos. I took notes about the comments that students made after watching certain videos, and also some of the areas they could have improved. There were a certain videos that I liked and some I disliked. One of the videos that I particularly liked as Lucas'. I thought his video was very professionally done, and creative. The video had a very dramatic effect to it, allowing the audience to feel more captured into the video. It was very epic, just like the commercials that are played in every DVD that you buy from stores. Overall, I thought his video was well created, though the only thing I didn't like about it was the dialogue, his voice did not match the video at all, and sometimes the background music covered up his voice, which made it particularly hard to hear and comprehend to the audience. Another video that I liked was Joanna's. It was also very well thought of and professionally made. She used effects that increased the dramatic effect within the video, and the font style and background music increased it even more. Overall, I thought her video was well made, though it might have been too descriptive, and some of those scenes were too fast, which was hard for us to grasp. Another thing I liked about her video was that the starting and ending of each scene followed the offbeat of the background music. One of the videos I disliked was Marcus' video. The background sounds were very loud, which covered the dialogue. It was very noisy, and it showed that he didn't use the microphone well because it also captured the background noise. I thought he chose the worst setting because it was on the 3rd floor, during break time, where it was the loudest area in the entire school. He also chose the worst time to film there because during break time, the area tends to be very loud because people play basketball, run around, talk, etc. Though the video was humorous, and it made everyone laugh. Another video that I didn't like was Michelle's one. It seemed like too much was going on at once, and it ended up making the video very messy. The message was quite clear, though the images and text that popped up seemed like too much. Overall, I liked the effects that she added in, though it was too confusing, because I couldn't really focus on anything because too much was happening at the same time. At the end of the lesson, there was no time to watch my video so I didn't hear any feedback yet, though I am still looking forward to hearing the comments. This lesson, I was able to watch many videos concerning Intellectual Property, and was also able to see how creative other classmates were. The comments and feedback that were given to other classmates were useful because I am now able to prevent some of the mistakes that they made from their videos.
Today, we started watching everyone's finalized videos. I took notes about the comments that students made after watching certain videos, and also some of the areas they could have improved. There were a certain videos that I liked and some I disliked. One of the videos that I particularly liked as Lucas'. I thought his video was very professionally done, and creative. The video had a very dramatic effect to it, allowing the audience to feel more captured into the video. It was very epic, just like the commercials that are played in every DVD that you buy from stores. Overall, I thought his video was well created, though the only thing I didn't like about it was the dialogue, his voice did not match the video at all, and sometimes the background music covered up his voice, which made it particularly hard to hear and comprehend to the audience. Another video that I liked was Joanna's. It was also very well thought of and professionally made. She used effects that increased the dramatic effect within the video, and the font style and background music increased it even more. Overall, I thought her video was well made, though it might have been too descriptive, and some of those scenes were too fast, which was hard for us to grasp. Another thing I liked about her video was that the starting and ending of each scene followed the offbeat of the background music. One of the videos I disliked was Marcus' video. The background sounds were very loud, which covered the dialogue. It was very noisy, and it showed that he didn't use the microphone well because it also captured the background noise. I thought he chose the worst setting because it was on the 3rd floor, during break time, where it was the loudest area in the entire school. He also chose the worst time to film there because during break time, the area tends to be very loud because people play basketball, run around, talk, etc. Though the video was humorous, and it made everyone laugh. Another video that I didn't like was Michelle's one. It seemed like too much was going on at once, and it ended up making the video very messy. The message was quite clear, though the images and text that popped up seemed like too much. Overall, I liked the effects that she added in, though it was too confusing, because I couldn't really focus on anything because too much was happening at the same time. At the end of the lesson, there was no time to watch my video so I didn't hear any feedback yet, though I am still looking forward to hearing the comments. This lesson, I was able to watch many videos concerning Intellectual Property, and was also able to see how creative other classmates were. The comments and feedback that were given to other classmates were useful because I am now able to prevent some of the mistakes that they made from their videos.
Monday, 27 April 2009
Reflection 18th 2009
April 27th 2009 - Intellectual Property
This lesson, I carried on working on my 30 second video. My goal for this lesson was to complete editing the dialogue and create the banner on paint, showing the consequences of illegal camcording, the awards given to anyone that detects it and also what the government is doing to prevent it from happening. Firstly, I finalized what the text that was going to be included in the banner and double checked if there were any mistakes. After that, I went to the 7th floor and opened up a new paint page and tried out many different background colors that matched the theme of entire video. I chose to include white, black and red in the banner because based on the setting of the video, which is the cinema, there were colors that consists of black and red. I chose to make the background white in order to create contrast with the black and red text. After including the title and all of the text, I thought it would be more interesting if there was a picture somewhere in the banner. I went on google and searched an image of illegal camcording taking place in a cinema. I copied the image and pasted it onto the paint page I was working. I saved the image to a JPEG file, and I was quite frustrated because it got really pixelated and some of the words were not as clear as before. I went back to the macromedia room and imported the banner into my video. I lengthened it a little in order to give some time for the audience to read the text. I rewatched the entire video and thought that the banner was too informative, though I decided not to change it because it would have taken more time and the video was due this lesson. All I needed to do now was add in chinese subtitles and my video would be complete. I went on Babel Fish translation to translate some of the text, though much of the translated text did not make any sense. Luckily, Gao Lao Shi was there, I asked him how to translate the english text and he helped me type out the chinese subtitles. At first, I thought typing the subtitles were a bit tricky, but I got the hang of it later and it eventually got easier. After that, all I needed to do to finish my video was to create my credits, I included Ms.Wong, Mr.Chiang, Clare Pemberton and the music I used and also the picture that was included in my banner at the end. I re-watched the entire video and rendered all parts that needed rendering and finally exported the video into a quicktime file. I thought this lesson was very useful beause I finally managed to finish my video completely, even though the ending might be a bit boring, I found the outcome quick well done. Next lesson, we are going to start watching the finalized videos, I am quite excited because I wanted to hear the feedbacks and comments from my classmates and Ms. Wong to see what I could do to improve my video, and what are the pros and cons of it as well.
This lesson, I carried on working on my 30 second video. My goal for this lesson was to complete editing the dialogue and create the banner on paint, showing the consequences of illegal camcording, the awards given to anyone that detects it and also what the government is doing to prevent it from happening. Firstly, I finalized what the text that was going to be included in the banner and double checked if there were any mistakes. After that, I went to the 7th floor and opened up a new paint page and tried out many different background colors that matched the theme of entire video. I chose to include white, black and red in the banner because based on the setting of the video, which is the cinema, there were colors that consists of black and red. I chose to make the background white in order to create contrast with the black and red text. After including the title and all of the text, I thought it would be more interesting if there was a picture somewhere in the banner. I went on google and searched an image of illegal camcording taking place in a cinema. I copied the image and pasted it onto the paint page I was working. I saved the image to a JPEG file, and I was quite frustrated because it got really pixelated and some of the words were not as clear as before. I went back to the macromedia room and imported the banner into my video. I lengthened it a little in order to give some time for the audience to read the text. I rewatched the entire video and thought that the banner was too informative, though I decided not to change it because it would have taken more time and the video was due this lesson. All I needed to do now was add in chinese subtitles and my video would be complete. I went on Babel Fish translation to translate some of the text, though much of the translated text did not make any sense. Luckily, Gao Lao Shi was there, I asked him how to translate the english text and he helped me type out the chinese subtitles. At first, I thought typing the subtitles were a bit tricky, but I got the hang of it later and it eventually got easier. After that, all I needed to do to finish my video was to create my credits, I included Ms.Wong, Mr.Chiang, Clare Pemberton and the music I used and also the picture that was included in my banner at the end. I re-watched the entire video and rendered all parts that needed rendering and finally exported the video into a quicktime file. I thought this lesson was very useful beause I finally managed to finish my video completely, even though the ending might be a bit boring, I found the outcome quick well done. Next lesson, we are going to start watching the finalized videos, I am quite excited because I wanted to hear the feedbacks and comments from my classmates and Ms. Wong to see what I could do to improve my video, and what are the pros and cons of it as well.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Film Reflection 17
April 23rd 2009 - Intellectual Property
This lesson, Clare and I started to continue editing Clare's video, because her's was still half completed. We managed to insert many of the images we took in Times Square onto final cut pro and changed all of their speed to 15 milliseconds. Clare's intellectual property is "copying and selling fake goods illegally", her idea of the video was to capture images of famous brands, such as "dior", "chanel", "anna sui",etc, and also capture pictures of fake goods in lady's street, Causeway bay. Her goal was to adjust the speed of the images to match the beat of the music, so the pictures would flash quickly showing real and fake goods together. After adjusting the speed of all the images allowing it match the beat of the music, Clare decided that she would not include a dialogue because she thought it was better without it, and also due to the lack of time left, we couldn't record her dialogue. After editing Clare's video, we edited my project. I was very pleased with my work and I thought I was almost done editing already, I only needed to add a banner, but due to the fact that the background color could not be changed, I decided to make an image instead, and insert it in to the video. Due to the fact that the jail scene wasn't captured very well, Clare and I decided to re-take the scene again, because it would only take a second to do. We went down to the auditorium, where there were bars that looks like that ones in jail. We took about 10 minutes to adjust the camera stand, because the bars were near the stairs, we couldn't adjust the camera stand to be straight, which made the camera slanted. After 10 minutes we decided that I would hold the camera instead, because the tripod could not stand straight on the stairs. Because the background was the auditorium, we needed something as the background. Clare and I found wooden planks on the floor and decided that they should be the background. Because the planks were not long enough, we took two and placed it together at the back of the scene. I recorded the scene and I was pretty satisfied with it. We captured the clip onto the computer, and I edited it so that it would be in the correct place in the video. When I re-watched it, I was quite angry because I saw a gap between the two wooden planks at the background, which showed a bit of the auditorium. Because of this, I decided to adjust the color of the scene and make it darker because I wanted to make the gap at the back less obvious. After making the scene darker, I thought the jail clip looked a lot better, and it also suited the atmosphere of the scene; dark, gloomy. After that, I went online and downloaded a sound effect of the jail door closing, I thought this could add on to the dark jail effect. I imported the sound effect into the video and adjusted the placement of it until it matched the jail scene. Clare and I tried to add subtitles to both of our video, but we failed to figure out how to do so. My goal for next lesson is to create an image about illegal camcording that included text about it, I would also need to edit my dialogue. I also need to add subtitles for my video. Overall, my video is nearly done, and I am quite satisfied with the outcome. I thought this lesson was very useful because my video is nearly completed! :)
This lesson, Clare and I started to continue editing Clare's video, because her's was still half completed. We managed to insert many of the images we took in Times Square onto final cut pro and changed all of their speed to 15 milliseconds. Clare's intellectual property is "copying and selling fake goods illegally", her idea of the video was to capture images of famous brands, such as "dior", "chanel", "anna sui",etc, and also capture pictures of fake goods in lady's street, Causeway bay. Her goal was to adjust the speed of the images to match the beat of the music, so the pictures would flash quickly showing real and fake goods together. After adjusting the speed of all the images allowing it match the beat of the music, Clare decided that she would not include a dialogue because she thought it was better without it, and also due to the lack of time left, we couldn't record her dialogue. After editing Clare's video, we edited my project. I was very pleased with my work and I thought I was almost done editing already, I only needed to add a banner, but due to the fact that the background color could not be changed, I decided to make an image instead, and insert it in to the video. Due to the fact that the jail scene wasn't captured very well, Clare and I decided to re-take the scene again, because it would only take a second to do. We went down to the auditorium, where there were bars that looks like that ones in jail. We took about 10 minutes to adjust the camera stand, because the bars were near the stairs, we couldn't adjust the camera stand to be straight, which made the camera slanted. After 10 minutes we decided that I would hold the camera instead, because the tripod could not stand straight on the stairs. Because the background was the auditorium, we needed something as the background. Clare and I found wooden planks on the floor and decided that they should be the background. Because the planks were not long enough, we took two and placed it together at the back of the scene. I recorded the scene and I was pretty satisfied with it. We captured the clip onto the computer, and I edited it so that it would be in the correct place in the video. When I re-watched it, I was quite angry because I saw a gap between the two wooden planks at the background, which showed a bit of the auditorium. Because of this, I decided to adjust the color of the scene and make it darker because I wanted to make the gap at the back less obvious. After making the scene darker, I thought the jail clip looked a lot better, and it also suited the atmosphere of the scene; dark, gloomy. After that, I went online and downloaded a sound effect of the jail door closing, I thought this could add on to the dark jail effect. I imported the sound effect into the video and adjusted the placement of it until it matched the jail scene. Clare and I tried to add subtitles to both of our video, but we failed to figure out how to do so. My goal for next lesson is to create an image about illegal camcording that included text about it, I would also need to edit my dialogue. I also need to add subtitles for my video. Overall, my video is nearly done, and I am quite satisfied with the outcome. I thought this lesson was very useful because my video is nearly completed! :)
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