One Word Film project

     For this assignment, we were asked to work in pairs and create a short film that represents a word we were given (without using any sound or dialogue). We had to portray this story with camera angles, shot composition, and editing techniques in a school setting. 

    My partner and I were assigned the word "Cruel", and our first thought of cruel scenarios in school was bullying. Next, we sketched out our ideas and described the type of shot taken for each scene on a worksheet our teacher gave us. 

    The worksheet and the storyboard helped us a lot! We were able to visualize each moment, so this made filming a lot smoother. We always knew what to do and where to go. We could also look back at our worksheet for shot descriptions when filming.

Here are a few pictures of our storyboard and brainstorming sheet below!

 

    To edit all of our footage together, we used Adobe Express. Then, since sound wasn't allowed in the project, we removed it and focused on how to make a seamless transition in between clips. Here's a screenshot of us editing!

    This was my first time editing, and I really enjoyed it! It was very exciting to see all of our scenes turn into an interesting story! I also played the main character (the one getting bullied) and it gave me a glimpse into what actors have to do when filming movies and TV shows! I think we captured the word cruel really well! We used lots of different camera angles and shots to convey the emotion in scenes! 

    After going through this process, I can see that next time, I need to get more or longer footage. We refilmed things multiple times to portray them correctly, but we never got any extra scenes to fill in transitions. That's something I'll definitely focus on for the next project!

Here's the link to our project below! I hope you enjoy watching it! (Copy & Paste into a new browser)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z4gDduvHQFlZ0rYZ9lVzT_C83tshOH8R/view?usp=sharing 

Camera Shots and Angles Quiz:

 Camera Shots and Angles Quiz:

    For this quiz, we were asked to create a story using 15 different camera shots and angles about inanimate objects. All the shots had to express the idea and mood we were trying to convey without using words. 

    

    My friend Taryn and I decided to portray a sad story of bullying with the main characters being our two water bottles. 

    I think we did a great job for our 1st quiz! We used the shots that were mandatory and integrated them nicely to fit in the scene. For instance, in the extreme close-up shot, we were trying to show that the Blue Bottle got hurt and we were able to perfectly convey it by showing the lid come off very closely. And for the other four shots, we choose the best fitting ones. Most of our extra shots were medium shots since they are fun to take. My favorite angles to take a photo from is the POV shot. I enjoyed putting the audience into the Clear water bottles shoes and it helped to portray the feeling of no remorse during that scene.

    However, I think for next time, we can improve the Establishing shot and lighting throughout the story. In the Establishing shot we were slightly sloppy by having Taryn's crutches in the background and didn't portray the setting properly. I think fixing the lighting would've help as well because there were always weird shadows in the background.

    Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed viewing it!

Hi, I’m Ava! I’m a student in AICE Media Studies, and I started this blog to help me prep for the AICE exam and develop creative ideas.