5x5

 5x5
I filmed my 5x5 at the Sligo Creek Trail.
The clips are..
1) Sligo Creek itself
2) A man riding his bike
3)A squirrel in the tree
4) Two people playing tennis
5) A girl playing in the creek.

I filmed the clips on an iPhone. I filmed 6 or 7 clips of about 10 seconds, the cut it down to 5 clips of 5 seconds. I used the web-based video editor, Wevideo. After I got a hang of it, it was not too hard, but the hardest part was figuring out how to use the editing software.

I am pleased about my 5x5 because it was my first one, but next time I will deifantly use a actual camera to film.

For our next independent video challenge, I feel like we should be able to add music because that would make the project more challenging, but more enjoyable.

Dystopian Trailer

Dystopian Trailer

Title: V for Vendetta
Director: James Mcteigue
Rating: R
Release date:  March 17, 2006 

Synopsis: A young women named Evey ( Natalie Portman) meets V ( Hugo Weaving), the man who is trying to overthrow  the tyranny of England. Evey works with V to convince the citizens of England not to be in total fear of their government.

V for Vendetta's trailer is an excellent example for what our own dystopian trailers should resemble.  The trailer gives off just enough information to show how V's vengeance towards the government is an powerful tool for wanting to overtake them. The audience can tell from the beginning that Evey is working with V, and that she is very determined to not give the government what they want.
 The trailer shows the dystopian and totalitarian society that the movie is set.  Scenes of armies marching and the ruler speaking are shown as a voice over of V saying "There is something totally wrong with this country," is heard. In addition, the trailer shows the propaganda of the dystopian society. For example, recurring images of the posters that the government uses. Also there is a voice over that says "fear became the ultimate tool of the government," showing how the government gained and kept power. The powerful music plays throughout the trailer, creating an suspenseful and dramatic tone.At the end of the trailer, the music begins to speed up as 1 second scenes from the movie flashes in front of you, it crescendos until the scenes cut off and the title comes up the screen. The increase of speed and volume of the music, leaves the audience in awe and suspense, wondering what happens next. Scenes from the movie during the trailer are only about 5 seconds scenes,but shows the powerful scenes and quotes of the movie. For example, many of the violent scenes are shown. There is not much text in the trailer, but the one one sentence comes in the middle of the trailer saying " A uncompromising vision of the future," it is in bold and in dramatic red.  

We will use similar tactics in our own trailer. Everything we do should add to the tone we want our trailer to have. We will also use powerful music, to build suspense for our audience. We will also use a lot of propaganda to show how the government keeps power. Unlike V for Vendetta, we will use less color in our trailer to create a more somber tone

third post

I read the article " Preparing students to learn without us," by Will Richardson.  This article explains a classroom where the students come up with their own individual curriculum.  It allows a student to find a topic that they are interested in and explore it deeply. The teacher steers the students on the right path, giving them good resources where they can find information, but it is an mostly independent project. They use diigo and record their thoughts and readings on sources such as blogs or google docs.  I found it surprising how hard it must be for the teacher. Like they said in the article, instead of having one set topic for projects, they have 25. The teacher would probably have to change their rubric a bit for every students because every project is different. Richardson says "Students keep blogs, which Smith regularly comments on, where they archive their work, reflect on their learning, and connect with potential teachers outside the classroom."  This is relevant for our own film class because this is what we should be doing for our blogs. Our blogs are a place where we can dive into an interesting topic then use our blogs to reflect. Self-learning using blogs is a good way for us to learn about anything we want.  In most classes, everyone in the class is learning about one common topic, but here we have the freedom to explore whatever we are interested. Personally, I am interested in learning about Journalism.




The annotated link for the article: http://diigo.com/0sxz4

Movie review

Silver Chips: "Legacy" lives up to predecessors

Sam Lewando from Silver Chips reviews the movie , the Bourne Legacy. In the review he compares the previous Bourne trilogy with this new movie. He does a good job of explaining the plot in a informative manner, but never really explains a theme. He talks a little about the acting, for example,  how the character, Jason Cross, is portrayed in an brusque way, but that could also fit into the description of a character.  Sam Lewando praises the movie in an informative and serious way. He never mentions Sets, Costume or Make-Up. His main purpose was to explain if this new movie lives up to the success of the previous trilogy, so he doesn't really focus much on the Cinematic and Dramatic aspects of the film.






Annotated link to review:

http://diigo.com/0su5y

First Blog Post

My name is Martha. This is my blog for  Film class. I'm live in Maryland and I am in 10th grade. I am fluent in french and English  Instead of acting, my favorite aspect of film making is the filming.I like being behind the camera, rather than, in front of it. I'd like to learn about different types of cameras. My favorite film project was one we did last year in film class. We made show opens for info flow. Me and my group filmed us putting on makeup and  writing  info flow on another student's forehead. We edited it and sped it up then added music in the background, it was a fun experience.

We can use our blog's...

•  As a tool to help us with our change projects. 
• With our blogs with can record our process, and add pictures. 
• Also we can use our blogs to reflect on our projects throughout the year and write our feedback. Finally, we can use our blog's to record the topics we are interested in.

This a picture of a camera. This explains what we are going to do this year because it is a film class.
Picture source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sadiediane/4312944874/