Quarter Reflection

Areas of Strength

Within my second quarter of e-Comm I was able to learn about and experience photography, but some moments during the quarter were much better then others. My high point of the quarter was my final project, this being the chase scene project. My group really wanted to push themselves to learn more and experience more about photography and cinema photography. We tended to focus clearly on comedy and I think the final product is hilarious check it out below!

Areas of Improvement 

180 degree line. This is so hard to manage throughout the whole project and its a big obstacle I need to learn to handle. I also struggled with audio and sound files on this last project because I needed to balance 3 different audio files at the same time which I have never done before.

 My Favorite Parts about the Quarter

This quarter was so much fun because I was able to talk and socialize more within my class and was really able to open up. 

What would I Change

I would probably change my second project, AB sequencing. I wasn't fond of the focus of the project and I didn't enjoy acting in it very much. It wasn't all that fun since it was very simple and self explanatory so we didn't really have to adapt all that much.

Overall Take Away

This semester was some of the best fun I have had while in school. I was able to talk to people and have fun while focusing on the task at hand. I was able to push myself to be more creative than I have ever been before and it was very fun. e-Comm is a class I am very excited to continue and see whats coming in the future!

Website Reflection

Designing a Website 

Our final in e-Comm was to design a website that displays our projects and our personal information. This process was very tedious but the end product looked very good. During this project we had to learn how to use dreamweaver, edit code, and use styles within a website.

The Process

Before the website could even be created at bare bone we had to extract the style sheet, gif files, and dreamweaver code in order to start the project. After we had done this we began to work on the project. The first part of the website is a picture of me and my elevator pitch on the front page. Next we had to create the project page. The project page was very tedious to create since I had to add all the links and gifs in the website and I also had to put the video code within the code of the website. Putting all of the information of the projects was just a matter of copying and pasting which was the easiest part of the project.

Time Consumer  

This project was the longest I have ever made in e-Comm and this is because of the fact that were starting from scratch and we only had a couple of things to work with. My in class time was very much a wildcard since dreamweaver is such a weird and new program to me, one day I just flew by the steps and the next I needed lots of help.

Challenges 

I had encountered some challenges throughout the project. The first issue I faced was the style sheet. When I had gone into the server to get all the information for the website the styles sheet wasn't there so I had some assistance and got it back. Another challenge I had to handle was locating my files and code within dreamweaver. When I had to log on the next it was like a scavenge hunt  looking for my files that weren't in dreamweaver and this was because I had not saved to the server for some reason.

What I learned 

I learned a great deal from this project about web design and coding. Coding is a very interesting topic for me and I was very intrigued by it. This project let me explore the possibilities of coding and what it is like to code. Throughout this whole year I had learned lots about web design and how to write in a way that is not to formal nor is it to casual.

ABC Sequence Video!

ABSequencing, What is it?

ABSequencing may seem like a loaded term but its quite simple. The AB refers to starting at point A and ending at point B and sequencing is how to transition the shots taken to get from point A to point B. In my video my partner, Colin Frier, takes a video of me going from my class room, point A, to the water fountain, point B. This video was a lot of fun to create since we had a clear goal in mind that we both wanted to achieve.

Creating the Project

The project was very simple to create after we had finished our storyboard. It was just a matter of filming, clipping, and editing and that was pretty easy. The project was very fun though because my partner was able to film me doing an action rather than me just sitting around and getting me from different spots. In our video I use a pass to go to the restroom to get a drink of water. This was a fairly simple concept but it was a little difficult having to adapt to the shot we needed to take.

Overview

I think this project was pretty easy but it was a lot of fun. Some shots had some issues with lighting and sound and such but that is hard to counter with the situation