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    Hello again! Along with learning different editing techniques done when making films, we are also learning the production process. One part at the beginning of making a film is a mood board. We were asked to make a mood board of the our recent movie critique, mine being the well-known movie The Truman Show.  My mood board!     When making this mood board, I tried to focus on the two vibes or aesthetics the movie contains. On the left there are bright warm colors along with the contrast of blue.  This depicts the false reality and world Truman is living in. The bright colors show how abnormally lively his world is and how it “almost” looks fake. In contrast, the dark, modern aesthetic on the right shows not only the shows the team behind the show but rather the sinister and sinful obsession over Truman and control. The almost monotone pallet explains how cruel the intentions are on making a show where the main character is used as a puppet and money grab...

     At the beginning, we have been asked to make small, less than one-minute videos with different camera movements, transitions, and angles. As of late however, we were told to make a sound story, only using sounds to help tell a story or scene. This was an exciting, yet difficult project to do. We were put into groups and were asked to only create sounds to tell a story.  Final Project: https://youtu.be/A6OP_jIifM0 My group has decided to create the ending moments of shopping in a mall, which is basically walking out the mall and hearing your surroundings. Most sounds were created within our nearby mall, such as the sound of an escalator and crowds. It was very fun to think of ways to create these different sounds, but as we filmed, we were getting stares so we tried to do it very discrete. I felt as if maybe we could have emphasis more on the subject, which was a person shopping. Otherwise, I felt the my group did a good job establishing the setting and the main ...

      Hey! Welcome back. Today I am going to critique my fellow peers and their transition videos.  Nicole Gonzales: Fade- In the video, it shows a subject falling to the ground and reaching towards the sky as it fades to black. The placement of the fade shows conclusion or ending of a scene. It leaves a puzzling tone as the audience, being myself, is skeptical on what may have happened for the subject to fall in agony. The fade contributes to a possible end of this character or her suffering. Match cut- In contrast of the gloomy yet mysterious tone of the last video, this video is happy and joyful. The subject is breaking the forth wall as it interacts with the audience. While interacting he uses his hand as a transition to get him from one scene, in the house, to another, in the car. This adds to the lighthearted and bubbly subject as it creates a comical transition. Vivien Tang: Dissolve transition: At the beginning of the video, it shows the subject having a phon...