Sunday, May 31, 2015
May Post
So I wasn't sure if I was supposed to do a post for May but I'm going to do one anyways. May has been quite the stressful year because everything came down to this, our senior presentation. To be quite honest it went by very quick but all the stress that led up to it was long. I was able to present all the information I gathered throughout the year and teach class of about 30 students and there was no better feeling like finishing off strong and knowing that you're going to graduate. It's been a long year and a very long four years but my time with I-Poly is coming to an end. I still want to pursue my dream of film making and I hope one day I can look back to the days at I-Poly wanting to become a film editor and say I did it.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Blog 23: Senior Project Reflection
(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I was most proud of the engagement I got from the audience, and it seemed as though they really learned about what I was teaching them.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
Just being able to obtain certain knowledge about film editing when I needed it. Considering there's so much to film editing I had many options to work with and gained a lot of knowledge in the process
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I guess the only thing I would fix would be just doing one of my blogs that I missed. My senior project was overall a very good experience and there wasn't any real problem that occurred.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
I've obtained more confidence in film making. There isn't much I'm confident about but when it comes to film making and film editing in specific, I feel like I really have a knack for it. Senior project has given me the opportunity to just expand my knowledge by being given the opportunity to create films of my own, thus, being given more confidence in what I do. Just the overall experience has given me so much, that I feel I can go out in the industry and do something amazing and make an impact.
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I was most proud of the engagement I got from the audience, and it seemed as though they really learned about what I was teaching them.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
Just being able to obtain certain knowledge about film editing when I needed it. Considering there's so much to film editing I had many options to work with and gained a lot of knowledge in the process
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I guess the only thing I would fix would be just doing one of my blogs that I missed. My senior project was overall a very good experience and there wasn't any real problem that occurred.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
I've obtained more confidence in film making. There isn't much I'm confident about but when it comes to film making and film editing in specific, I feel like I really have a knack for it. Senior project has given me the opportunity to just expand my knowledge by being given the opportunity to create films of my own, thus, being given more confidence in what I do. Just the overall experience has given me so much, that I feel I can go out in the industry and do something amazing and make an impact.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Blog 22: Mentorship 2
LIA
Response to blog:
Literal
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Link on right side of blog
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Phil Miller at I-Poly High School ROP room
Interpretive
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The most important thing I gained from the experience of
mentoring under Phil Miller was knowledge in all filmmaking aspects because
considering I’d like to become a filmmaker, any type of knowledge I achieve
will benefit me in the future.
Applied
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Mr.
Miller has given me many assignments where I would have to experiment with the
different aspects of film editing and since my essential question is, “What
aspect of film editing most effectively delivers the emotion of the plot?” it
correlates and helps me figure out my answer.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Blog 21: Exit Interview
Content:
(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
It was difficult to decide because at first I thought continuity would probably be the most important aspect but then after doing more research and having an interview with my mentor, it seemed as though pacing plays a bigger role on the emotion of the story. A story wouldn't be told well if it wasn't paced well. Now even though all those aspects play a role in the emotion of a plot it doesn't necessarily mean they all are required. A film doesn't always need the right color grading nor does it need to always be consistent with aspects of continuity. But it does need to maintain a certain pace or it'll leave the audience displeased.
(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
The two sources would be an article by Ross Hockrow titled, "Pacing for Video and Cinema Editors: Timing and Types of Cuts" and an interview with Tom Kam. The article really helped me learn a lot about how pacing plays a big role in a film and with the interview with Mr. Kam, he provided me with a lot of important editing information, that really helped me find my best answer out of all the others.
(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
EQ: What aspect of film editing most effectively delivers the emotion of the plot?
Answers:
EQ: What aspect of film editing most effectively delivers the emotion of the plot?
Answers:
- Pacing and timing of sequenced shots keeps the audience emotionally engaged
- Manipulation of color grading sets the mood of a film
- Continuity editing maintains the emotion of the plot throughout
(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
It was difficult to decide because at first I thought continuity would probably be the most important aspect but then after doing more research and having an interview with my mentor, it seemed as though pacing plays a bigger role on the emotion of the story. A story wouldn't be told well if it wasn't paced well. Now even though all those aspects play a role in the emotion of a plot it doesn't necessarily mean they all are required. A film doesn't always need the right color grading nor does it need to always be consistent with aspects of continuity. But it does need to maintain a certain pace or it'll leave the audience displeased.
(3) What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
The only problems I had was finding a third answer and deciding on the best answer. I didn't know what else would help the emotion of a plot but with more research I found continuity. For deciding I went to my mentor for that and also compared each aspect to a film with some films I made and which one was more important than the other and I eventually chose pacing.
The only problems I had was finding a third answer and deciding on the best answer. I didn't know what else would help the emotion of a plot but with more research I found continuity. For deciding I went to my mentor for that and also compared each aspect to a film with some films I made and which one was more important than the other and I eventually chose pacing.
(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
The two sources would be an article by Ross Hockrow titled, "Pacing for Video and Cinema Editors: Timing and Types of Cuts" and an interview with Tom Kam. The article really helped me learn a lot about how pacing plays a big role in a film and with the interview with Mr. Kam, he provided me with a lot of important editing information, that really helped me find my best answer out of all the others.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
April Post
In the month of April, the ROP class was given an assignment to take a true story of their parents and create it into a video. Everyone pitched their ideas and out of about 20 students, 3 got chosen to be re-enacted. This assignment would be called "Based on a True Story". Now for me, the usual was to supervise and assist the students with their productions but this time, Mr. Miller gave me an assignment of shooting a behind the scenes of all productions and putting together a behind the scenes video. So during all productions I'd be running around shooting interesting footage of the groups and how they organize for scenes and how efficiently they do it. I'd shoot for about 3 productions days and then started editing. This was a different editing experience due to the fact that there was no starting and end. I would have to pick shots that seemed the best fitting to the music and shots that were interesting. The films were screened today and my behind the scenes will be screened next week.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Blog 19: Independent Component 2
LITERAL
a. I, Brandon Le, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b.Weiner, Jonah. "The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier" nytimes.com. 15 Apr. 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2015
c. Independent Component 2 on Mentorship log link
d. I'd work on a big production in the I-Poly ROP video class with Andrew Morris who wrote and directed the production. I would as well work on a behind the scenes project on my own, documenting three production groups and putting together a montage of the process of the three productions.
INTERPRETIVE
Since my senior topic is film editing the only way to efficiently grasp the topic and learn from it was to just edit. So having a full on production is an area that only only benefits learning for editing but also just film making in general. I would also work on something different from a production and that would be the behind the scenes of the based on a true story videos. This take on film making was different because there was no restriction on what I could film so I would have to do my best to get the best shots from behind all that's happening behind set and putting together a montage to commemorate for the work of the productions. The component was significant because editing was a more difficult task for both the production and behind the scenes. Although I wasn't as hands on with the production editing, there was times where choosing the correct shots and how long shots should be held was a difficult decision for the editor so I'd have to give input a lot on how the pacing of the video should be. For the behind the scenes, I had to really emphasize on the progressiveness of all productions from setting up to filming really difficult scenes. So I'd have to choose the right shots and put them together along with a upbeat song. Overall the production days and the hours of editing ended up surpassing 30 hours. For evidence there are links to the video and pictures of the edits
APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ?
As I said before, there were some difficulties on deciding with the pacing of the video since there are moments where arguments could be left with a long shot but wouldn't seem as appealing. Also continuity played a big role on the Capital Vice video because there was a lot of movements and conversations happening so the editor would have to make cuts that was logical and smooth. Color correction wasn't much of an impact but it gave more life to the video and fixed any problems with lighting. For the behind the scenes, since it wasn't production and was different, the focus was more so on pacing because of the song added. I'd pace according to the song so it wouldn't seem sloppy or off paced. So it helped my EQ by hitting all aspects of my answers.
Here are links and screen shots of both Capital Vice and Behind the Scenes of the based on a true story videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMl1t54z6oQ
https://youtu.be/P6BpPYV8WPs
a. I, Brandon Le, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b.Weiner, Jonah. "The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier" nytimes.com. 15 Apr. 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2015
c. Independent Component 2 on Mentorship log link
d. I'd work on a big production in the I-Poly ROP video class with Andrew Morris who wrote and directed the production. I would as well work on a behind the scenes project on my own, documenting three production groups and putting together a montage of the process of the three productions.
INTERPRETIVE
Since my senior topic is film editing the only way to efficiently grasp the topic and learn from it was to just edit. So having a full on production is an area that only only benefits learning for editing but also just film making in general. I would also work on something different from a production and that would be the behind the scenes of the based on a true story videos. This take on film making was different because there was no restriction on what I could film so I would have to do my best to get the best shots from behind all that's happening behind set and putting together a montage to commemorate for the work of the productions. The component was significant because editing was a more difficult task for both the production and behind the scenes. Although I wasn't as hands on with the production editing, there was times where choosing the correct shots and how long shots should be held was a difficult decision for the editor so I'd have to give input a lot on how the pacing of the video should be. For the behind the scenes, I had to really emphasize on the progressiveness of all productions from setting up to filming really difficult scenes. So I'd have to choose the right shots and put them together along with a upbeat song. Overall the production days and the hours of editing ended up surpassing 30 hours. For evidence there are links to the video and pictures of the edits
APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ?
As I said before, there were some difficulties on deciding with the pacing of the video since there are moments where arguments could be left with a long shot but wouldn't seem as appealing. Also continuity played a big role on the Capital Vice video because there was a lot of movements and conversations happening so the editor would have to make cuts that was logical and smooth. Color correction wasn't much of an impact but it gave more life to the video and fixed any problems with lighting. For the behind the scenes, since it wasn't production and was different, the focus was more so on pacing because of the song added. I'd pace according to the song so it wouldn't seem sloppy or off paced. So it helped my EQ by hitting all aspects of my answers.
Here are links and screen shots of both Capital Vice and Behind the Scenes of the based on a true story videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMl1t54z6oQ
https://youtu.be/P6BpPYV8WPs
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
March Post
In the month of March Mr. Miller would choose two screenplays that two students wrote and he'd split them up with a production crew, so there would be overall two groups. They'd spend most of the month filming and creating the video. I was supervising one of the groups majority of the time because I was featured in the video. We'd work on all aspects of production from lights, to audio, to camerawork and it was a very productive and successful production overall. When production for both groups finished I'd give input on editing for that process was the most tedious and hardest process. I gave a lot of opinions and the editors would take them and make the films paced better. So although I wasn't involved much in the actual editing, I supervised a lot of it which did overall help the films. We screened both films a week ago and they both turned out really nice.
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