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In class we learned about 6 word stories, and we researched Ernest Hemingway, the author credited for creating the 6 word story. Ernest was born on July 21, 1899. He got his start writing for his school newspaper, and eventually he became one of the most famous American authors. If you want to learn more about him you can click here for a website with more information. He created the first well known 6 word story with the words "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn." With only 6 words we know that a parent has lost their child and is trying to get rid of all the things that could remind them. This story was created when Ernest bet some other authors at a bar that he could create a story in only 6 words, and of course he won this bet. These 6 words created a genre and other great stories are written everyday by people just like us. An example of one I like is, "Painfully, he changed “is” to “was.” Like Ernest's this story is able to tell the story of someone dealing with the death of someone close to them. VideosIn class we made a video called WALLDO. WALLDO stands for wide, angle, low, linking, depth, and opposite. The video was a collection of all of those different shots edited together. The assignment wasn't hard because all of the shots we needed to get were quick and easy to get. The only hardish part was coming up with the idea for the opposite shot, but that wasn't very bad either. After we got the shots we edited them together in Final Cut Pro. There we made the clips 4-5 seconds, removed the audio, added music, and labeled each clip with the kind of shot is was. We also had to add 1-3 effects and transitions to the video as well. This part of the assignment annoyed me a little bit because I don't like the way effects look on the video. I liked the assignment as a whole though. because it was easy, and that it helped me get more comfortable with editing too. Click here to watch the video
Our first real assignment was a video scavenger, and I thought that it was a pretty good way to teach us the basics of both filming and editing. Part of the assignment was that we had to shoot the objects in certain ways, and I think that that is a good way to help people who weren't clear on the different kinds of shots get more comfortable with them. The parts that I disliked were that we had to keep taking our SD cards in and out of the camera, and sometimes I would get my shots rejected and have to get the camera out again. That could get really tedious at points. The editing part of the assignment was very good with helping me understand final cut pro more. My only annoyance with the editing part was we had to add more effects then I think was needed, because I think adding 3 or 4 would of got the point across. Besides those minor things I liked this assignment as an introduction to filming and editing.
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May 2019
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