Reflecting on the Year

4.   Early in the year in this class, we learned the importance of the angles/types of shot and what they make the viewer think or feel. You can see that in my first film, I didn't show a reaction shot when we wanted to, espescially in the scene when Cesar tells Isaiah,"enough to go to college". On my second project, I learned how to make the viewer think or feel a certain way by the way the scene is set up. I also elaned how to add music and other sound effects to the film to show a certain mood or tone. A scene that shows this well is in the film called "Honesty Dude", when Taylor and Jose are walking away from the beach after breaking their cousins new surf board. Later in the year, I showed that I really had learned how to work in special effects into the films and videos. One good example is from "Jabberwocky" in the scene when it says And shun the frumios bandersnatch".

5.   In this class, throughtout the entire year, I have learned a numerous amount of things that I probably never would have learned if I had never taken this class. Yes, we learned about the shots, the angles, the music, and the effects, but there is more than just that. The main thing that I learned throughout the school year is the work. I learned about the amount of planning arranging and hard work that goes into film making, and there is much more than I expected there to be.

6.   This class has been a lot of work that I really didn't understand why we were doing it, but in the end most of it makes sense. I have had a lot of fun in all of my experiences in this class. Just one question though, why didn't you ever bring second block and donuts?