Color Wheel Project!
What was the project?
The goal of our project was to create and label a color wheel in Adobe Illustrator. We had to include all colors of the color wheel including primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. We did this project to help us get comfortable with the graphic design software we would be using. We created shapes like circles, squares and triangles then filled them in with color to create the color wheel.
What did I learn?
I learned a lot about Adobe Illustrator while completing this project. Before this I had no experience using this software so this project was a very nice introduction. I learned about how to create basic shapes and fill in color which could possibly help me with future projects. After completing the project I feel a lot more comfortable using the software.
How did I do?
I felt like I did really well on the project. I followed the instructions well, even though I didn't really understand till I asked questions. After I asked questions and understood I felt like everything went really smoothly. Next time we complete a project on Adobe Illustrator I want to be able to make things go as smoothly as they did with this project.
Chase Scene Project!
Chase Scene Project! (Video Link)
I felt that the pre-production process for our product went pretty well. It was easy for me to come up with my three ideas and we even used bits and pieces of my ideas in our final video. While creating our video I came up with even more ideas along the way and some even made it into the final product as well. Our location was agreed upon by our whole group fairly. Although we planned on ending by the flex theater we ended up having to take our filming elsewhere due to classes, and ended our video at the end of the P.E hall.
My team and I decided on our roles based on just communicating our preferences. Thankfully, we each wanted to do different jobs and in the end we were all happy in our positions. Sometimes we would disagree on different ideas for the video and we would resolve the disagreements by coming up with more and more ideas until we could agree. During the filming of our video we had some trouble being able to film in some of our locations due to classes and we ended up having to come up with a total new plan for our ending.
Since I have gotten used to Premier Pro, piecing all the clips together was very simple. Afterwards my video was about thirty seconds over the maximum limit so I had to try and crop down my video to shorten the length. This process ended up creating many errors with my clips which was fairly frustrating, but in the end I was able to come up with a product that I was pleased with. I feel my editing skills have greatly improved since the beginning of the first quarter, before then I had never even edited a video. I hope to maybe work on my own projects to keep up with my editing skills on Premier Pro and other software.
I though my teams collaboration and communication skills were very well. We started to get comfortable with each other and shared our ideas even disagreeing with each other. I though we were good at telling each other our criticism and helping each other out to come up with ideas we all agreed on. I think we could have worked better on our time management because it took us quite a while to finish our pre production and filming stages. In the future I want to work more quickly and efficiently so I can have more time to edit the clips, review the project, and correct any errors.
AB Sequence Project!
AB Sequence Project! (Video Link)
I really enjoyed working on this project. I learned about how to use different shots and angles to represent traveling from point A to point B in a video and how to use film sequencing to prevent continuity errors. My partner and I brainstormed ideas as to how to create a video that would flow well and use different types of shots as well. We sketched out different shots and went out to where we were going to film to come up with our final rough draft. In the end our final project is what we came up with.
My editing process went pretty smoothly. It was a lot easier than last time because I am used to the software and was able to edit my video within two class hours. On some of my shots I had to trim then down because they were very long and boring. I didn't add any sound effects to my video and just added the music that I chose. My partner and I wanted to choose a simple concept and so we decided to go with Point A: Classroom, Point B: Restroom. We included filling out a planner, getting a signature, and walking to the restrooms.
I think me and partner did very well collaborating together to come up with ideas and complete the AB sequence project. We did a good job sharing ideas and changing things when we felt they needed to be changed instead of just going with the project unhappily. On my next project I think I want to make the acting more expressive and maybe try to use more interesting shots.
