West Broward Media Studies Portfolio Hub

About Me 

My name is Noemy I am in 10th grade some of my hobbies are baking, painting and drawing, and 2 sports I do are Archery and gymnastics I also do musical theater. I love watching a good movie and being with my pets.

    My media studies experience so far has been great and I can't wait to learn more, as I found a lot of the things we are going to learn very  interesting. 

    Some skills I hope to gain. by doing a portfolio process are organizational skills because, I am organized with some things, but some times I can be a really disorganized person. I also hope I become a better communicator, as sometimes I think and talk to fast to actually process what I am saying, which can switch up my words when I'm talking to people.

    

Camera Work Reflection

The learning process of camera work started with note taking. Note taking helped us understand how camera movements and angles work but it also gave us information on how each angle and movement was able to appeal to the audience's emotion. Also, while learning about camera movements, we were able to watch a video of the camera movements in action, which makes it easier to see techniques like panning, tilting, or tracking. And while learning about camera angles we had pictures accompanied with our notes to be able to give us a visual image of each angle. Overall, the process of note taking, visuals, and then applying all the notes and practicing helped me understand everything about how a camera works. 

So, for the Camera Movements Project I had to make a short clip using 6 different camera movements pulse incorporating the theme "Suprise".  

Some challenges I encountered was making sure all the camera movements were right and this required me doing a lot of different takes of each scene so I can get everything just right. Also, another thing I found challenging was making sure the editing was perfect because when the editing was off the story line it became a little confusing in some parts.  

Even though there were some hard parts I did have some successes like making up the story’s plot was easy for me and making sure that the camera movement I chose complimented the scene was also easy to decide.  

I learned so much from this project, I was able to understand camera movements better and how they are important in making sure the audience was able to feel something in every scene. Overall if I ever do this project again, I would change the last few scenes including the pan as they could have been done better instead, they were a bit confusing. 

Link to Document: Download Camera Movements Projest copy.docx

Link to Video: Download Camera movement project video.mov

Picture of storyboard:

Now For the Camera Shots and Angles Project I had to make a slideshow describing a challenge/obstacle that an inanimate object had to go through and include a definition of what's happening in the scene plus a photo using a camera angle. 

Some challenges for me were thinking of a plot as it was hard to think of a story so I spent a good 30 minutes or so trying to come up with one, and also a way to make all the different shots and camera angles cohesive to what the scene was trying to portray. Both things made it hard to even start the project as those were the foundational elements of the project. 

Although those challenges made it difficult to start, I did eventually find some successes like taking the pictures wasn’t so bad and I am proud of my result especially since I did this whole project all by myself, without any help.  

I learned that camera angles and shots are crucial to scenes and although are very difficult ( to me), I did get a whole new appreciation for them and from now on whenever I see a movie or TV show I will see all these shots and angles and know what the director was trying to convey to the audience. In all if I ever do this project again, I will make sure to fix the establishing shot as I included the characters when establishing shots should only really be showing the setting. 

 Link to slideshow: Download Camera shots and Angles Project.pptx

Picture of storyboard:

Video Editing Practice Blog Reflection

The process of learning how to use the adobe software was a bit long but helpful. The videos we watched showed us step by step how to create a clip and how to edit everything together, it was tedious but worth it as it made it easier to navigate adobe premium software. Hence, I would say my learning experience was good and everything was fairly simple.

Creating the clip was a whole new experience for me, because I'd never done anything like that before which made the process a little bit stressful. Before I could even start editing I had to watch almost all of the clips to be able to sort and pick out the clips I liked best. Then once I did that I was able to edit them together and pick and add different sounds until I reached my goal. Overall my experience was well I would say I need more practice because some parts were frustrating.

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Some challenges I faced throughout the process of making the video were editing problems because some times I would try to add a clip in the middle of two clips I already had, and it would delete my work or mess up sound in my work ruining my process and making me start again. Also some successes that I am proud of is the way it turned out. To me it wasn't perfect but it was still good for my first time. And also there are some transitions in between clips which I am also proud of because they were pretty smooth transitions instead of harsh transitions.

I learned that video editing isn't as easy as it seems and that there is a lot of thought and work put behind every scene or video to make everything look cohesive. I also learned how to use adobe premium, I am no expert but at least I know the basic steps, how to edit video and sound together, and hoe to add sitting or text. in a clip. In all, I learned a lot during this assignment/practice.

Some important takeaways that I will try to apply before I start is to watch all the videos thoroughly because sometimes I miss parts that I wanted to apply and adding them in can be annoying and frustrating. I will also try to be more organized because I would get an idea and skip ahead to that pat instead of focusing on the task at hand.

This will help with my portfolio assignment since I am planning to do the  2 minute movie entrance. So these skills will come in handy because when it is time to start editing my clips together and adding in any sound or video I will have a general knowledge to be able to bring my vision to life.

Final Clip of The Pineapple whip Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc8qyIYr3Fs