Reflection 7

21 March 2013

Today we had various problems. Jenny was not able to take pictures and videos about my choice and we had to switch the idea of a bad value. We had to switch from littering to stealing because we could not film a commercial of littering with 2 people plus we didn't know how. Separately, the footage from last class could not be used as it was vertical instead of horizontal and it did not fit in iMovie. However, for me the main reason for the change was that the littering commercial looked messy and there was no reason or background meaning to to it so it did not meet the requirements in the rubric and task sheet. So, we rented a camera from the library and the information we had about filming and started to film the commercial about stealing. I had written out a storyboard as homework, when I realized that the littering video did not reach the requirements. In this storyboard I had written all the details and I was thinking of every detail and how it could positively impact it. (this will be explained in the pitch and rationale). This time we used a filming camera instead of an iPod because we realized this way it had better resolution and it would be specifically dimensioned so it could fit into iMovie or any editing program. So, we filmed three different takes of stealing situations from different angles and ideas and we will edit as homework and create the pitch using the Facebook group. Apart from it we filmed some ideas for the passion commercial. We took small videos of people doing sports, paintings and instruments around the PAC. For the pitch of this commercial we plan to create it as story boards and film in the next class.

I will post the ideas and videos on the Facebook group so Jenny can also see them as she was not in class.

I believe that we are working really well as a group. Jenny was not in class today because of SAAC, so Nicole and I filmed for the commercials and Jenny is going to help us with the editing and the voice over when she finishes with SAAC. However, she is still involved through the facebook group. Nicole and I worked very cooperatively today. We were engaged and focus to be able to finish the stealing commercial. We worked through the hot sun and got back to class so we could reflect and discuss about our reflection and pitch. We were also able to conclude the meaning behind our commercials and started to think what we would explain in the pitch and how. I think that we are working very well as a group and have started to use facebook in a better way to communicate and collaborate with one another. We have currently taught better about our commercials and with the new films, edits and decisions that we have taken I believe that we are going to be able to create two great pitches for Tuesday. Then we are going to finish filming to be able to produce two detailed commercials.