26/10/10 - Reflection

In today's film class, our group decided to film another scene of our film which was set in the library. Some of the things we had to keep in mind were that we had to be aware of the sound we were making as the library is a place where we had to keep quite in order not to disturb other people. We progressed smoothly and went through all of our shots without any trouble. One of the more interesting shots we did was an overhead shot of the whole scene. The camera did not go high enough to cover the whole set in the frame, so we solved this problem by propping the tripod up on a table, and aiming the camera down on our set. I was a thinker today as I had overcome quite a few obstacles by thinking of alternatives or ways to solve the problem. However, we probably could have spent our time a bit better as we could have used the 30 minutes we had left to import some of our footage into the computer for editing, Something to keep in mind for the next film class.

6/10/10

(absent)

4/10/10 - Reflection

In today's film class we watched the films that we produced about health and social awareness. I found it very interesting how different groups had different ideas and very different styles of filming. In Susan, Ethelia, William and Chris's film, I noticed a lot of background noise as their film progressed and it was quite confusing to keep up with what was going on. However, I thought their cuts were flowing and had no awkward pauses. Also, they did a good job with the camera work, as they included everything that was needed into the frame, and at one point, I also found it interesting how they included a subliminal message, a poster about personal hygiene in one of their shots. In Pia, Halishia, Claudia and Alisha's film, I found they had a wide range of camera angles and I found that quite interesting. I could also follow their storyline well and knew what they were trying to express through their film. As for our own film, I was actually quite pleased with the way our film turned out. The film was well put together and the transitions and effects were quite well done. However, we could have tweaked our film and made it better if we had some extra time.

I thought I was an inquisitive IB student today as I had learnt a few filming skills from watching the films of other groups. Skills such as the 180 rule and continuity.

27/9/10 - Reflection

In today's film class, we moved on to the new topic of the Visual Impairment video. In our new groups, we started to brainstorm ideas for the script of our video. I thought it was interesting how different our group was working compared to the previous group and I assume it must be the different people. We were working well and cooperative but we one of the difficulties we came across was thinking up and deciding on an idea to set in our script. All of our ideas were varied and different and we spent a long time discussing which idea was the most interesting to do. In the end, we finally came to a conclusion. I thought we could could have sped up this entire process of settling with one idea by individually voicing our thoughts and choosing the best one as a group, instead of all just trying to talk about their own ideas. After deciding on an idea, it was almost the end of class and we spent little time writing our script.

Reflecting back on our progress today, I think we could improve on our time management skills and get more things done in a shorter period of time. I thought I was an open-minded IB learner today as I had tried to take in my groups ideas and formed it into one we would all agree on. I was also knowledgable as I had contributed to the group with my own ideas. Things to keep in mind next time would be to be more efficient when we are doing minor things and focus on more important things that concern us.