Invention Commercial

My G.T. class and I have recently finished a project. In this project, the main goal was to invent a real invention and make a commercial about it. The commercial had to be serious. We were allowed to have humor in it, but nothing sarcastic. The invention had to be something that could really work and not something that obviously didn't work. While planning, filming, and editing all students had to keep in mind that this commercial should make the audience feel that they can't live without the product. During critiques, the class decided whether or not the commercial showed what the invention was, how it works, and how good or bad the entertainment factor is.

There were a lot of great team moments while planning filming and editing, but my favorite would have a moment during the editing. Editing was the easier part of the project. In the beginning of the commercial you can see that my teammate Emma McGinnis falls in slow motion. During editing we decided to put it in slow motion to add more drama. When we slowed it down we realized that the sounds get deeper and slow down too. When we first heard Emma make that sound, we laughed for 10 minutes straight, but we decided to keep it in as a hook so that the audience is immediately entertained.

After Emma, Tessa, and I finished filming all we had left to do was editing and turning it in. Since we put all of the footage onto Emma's computer, she did most of the editing while we helped on the side, but after we got all the basic things into place Tessa and I helped, gave tips, and adjusted somethings. I was actually surprised by how well the commercial turned out. I was also surprised when our commercial got second place for best commercial in class. My team and I are proud and happy with what we made.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

My G.T. class has just recently gotten into groups of three to learn, find, and make videos about composition techniques. In order to make the video we were given a list of composition techniques to find around the school and describe them and what they are. There are lots of composition techniques out there, but the most important one, to me, would have to be rule of thirds subject/scenery. I chose this because the rule of thirds technique shows a lot of simplicity, but it's also interesting and eye-catching.

Out of all the composition techniques, I would have to say that contrast in content is the hardest to do. I say this because when filming you would have to take the time to find a place or thing that stands out from the rest. Like finding a different colored fruit from the ones that you have laid out. It's not impossible, it's actually kind of easy, but I'm just saying that it's the hardest one of all the ones that I've been taught. It just takes more work and searching than the others. I can use it more by possibly practicing it during G.T. projects or even during my own time when I'm making videos. I think it's a really great composition technique and should be used more often.

I can't do this project alone with so many techniques so everyone in my class has been divided into groups of three. My teammates are Emma McGinnis and Tessa Jensen. They are both great teammates who are easy to work with. Emma is very determined and creative. She makes sure to work done, but keeps it fun at the same time. Tessa is also really good. She comes up with great ideas and is good at keeping everybody on track when we start getting off topic. While making the video everyone kind of rotated on jobs. I would hold the camera a couple times, then Emma, then Tessa. I would talk on camera, then Emma, then Tessa. Everyone participated and that made it a lot easier to finish and end with a great finished product.