Words of Wisdom

To make our video we first made a a production plan to get organize all of the things we needed to accomplish, dates of when we were going to do B-roll, interview and voiceovers.  Then we had to go out and shoot the interview and b-roll. 

Metamorphosis Animation

The Metamorphosis Animation we did in GT was about using different animation types to show a story of a character going through metamorphosis or changing from what he was in the beginning. Our story was about a boy named Mike, who is bullied and changes who he is because of the bullies. We used two types of animations, stop motion and digital animation. We could have done a better job with our creativity and execution. We could have worked as a team better as well. 

Five Tips For......

We (Justin Paleka and Maverick Yadao) chose to do this project on getting better grades in school because we were actually having some trouble getting good grade grades in school. We also chose this topic because a lot of kids need help getting better and how to get them.This topic really helped us think about what things we can do to get better grades. It also helped us get better grades and helped us to keep getting better grades. Our five tips were.....

1. Finish homework on time

2. Make a time schedule

3. Stay focused in class

4. Turn in homework on time

5. Participate in class

We could have done better by making the music audio level lower when the voiceover spoke. We could have also made sure there wasn't any camera movement. One more thing could be that we could have done better shots, made a few shots shorter and more sequencing. 

Practice Profile Story

The purpose of doing a practice story is to practice and make sure we know clearly how to use the DSLR cameras. Also to so that we know the composition techniques and how to do b-roll and voiceovers. This will helped us later on our "Elder Words of Wisdom" project. We chose Tyler because he had an interesting story about him starting parkour and how he enjoys it. We chose this subject because it was an interesting story and we wanted to know more about it.  

Composition Tcehniques

The main four composition techniques are rule of thirds, framing, unusual angles, and leading lines. Rule of thirds is when you cut your frame into 9 sections or lines and place your subject on these lines. Framing is used to focus the subject in the image or video. Unusual angles are angles used to show interest and an angle that you normally don't see. Leading lines are lines in the environment that lead you to the subject. These composition techniques are important because it will make you visuals more interesting and appealing. You should use them because they will improve your media quality.

Three Shot Sequence

A sequence is an order of interesting shots and angles that are 5 seconds max to show in depth what is happening in the story. Basically to sequence a series of shots you need a wide shot to set the scene, a medium to get more information of what's going on, and a close up to see the details. Sequencing is important because it helps the viewer know what is going in the story visually and also helps the viewer understand what your trying to explain. It's also important because it gives the story more interest and depth. 

Spherical Panoramics

 These are my finished spherical panoramics I did in GT. First, I took 10-15 images in a 360 degree rotation with a 10-16% overlap. Then, I edited those images in Adobe Camera Raw. Next, I worked in Photoshop to compile the images into a panoramic using PhotoMerge. 

I then resized the 360 degree panorama to be square and filtered the image with polar coordinates. Finally, I selected the spherical image with the elliptical marque tool contracted and feathered it. 

Polar Panoramas

 These are my finished Polar Panoramics that I did in GT class. First we have to find a interesting location with a clear horizon line. Then, I took at least 10 pictures vertically from left to right with a 15% overlap. Next, I edited the images in Adobe Camera Raw and in Photoshop we set the edited images as a panorama. 

I then resized the panorama to 5000x5000 and rotated 180%. Finally, I went to filter >distort >polar coordinates and edited and rotated the finished images.

Steps to a Polar Panorama

1. Chose a good place to take your pictures and look for the horizon line.
2. Take at least 10 pictures vertically from left to right that overlap.
3. Edit your images and set it up as a panorama.
4. Resize and rotate.
5. Filter > Distort > Polar coordinates.
6. Finally edit images and rotate.

Final Photomontages

Here are my two finished Photomontages that were inspired by David Hockney, that he called "Joiners". I used a digital camera take the photos of an inspiring place. Then I used Adobe camera raw to edit the photos. Finally I used photoshop to compile the finished photos and complete my joiners.

Magazine Cover

This is my finished magazine cover I did in 2013 at KMS for my GT class. I used a digital camera to take the image and edit in photoshop and made contour of the image.