Weekly Progress

Weekly progress for advert project 

Week 2

• Discover and learned camera shots | now able to quickly identify the types of camera shots used in film, and understand it's meaning. and I seemed to quickly grasp the concept of the camera shots
• See how it was used in blockbuster films | understand how directors use specific camera shots to convey mood (ex: low angle: makes the subject seem smaller/weaker) and also practice myself while watching movies, to name the shots being used

Week 3

• Discover and learn different types of camera movements | this for me was a bit harder than learning the camera movements, since they had names that did similar movements and can sometimes be mistaken for the other.
• Practiced our knowledge of camera movements and angles in a mini mini project |  the mini mini project was made by experimenting with multiple camera angles combined with camera movements to create a short film to convey an emotion without using dialogue. I filmed this with my partner (Nathan)
• Review and analyze adverts in class | The teacher showed us 5 different adverts in the class, with each being different from the other and having it's own unique trait. We then analyzed these ads and saw what made them appealing to the audience, or caught the audiences attention. I was very surprised with the Cadbury ad as it made me forever remember that ad

Week 4

• Learned about Mise-en-scene |  Mise-en-Scene really helps convey the mood/ feeling the scene gives by using different elements. I found this to be fun and I thought of it to be more interesting.
• Learned about groups of audiences, | (Demographic: age, income, location, occupation) and (Psychographic: interests, values)
• Complete mini mini project |  the mini project experimenting with the types of camera angles and camera movements was completed

Week 5

• Learned about diegesis and how to notice bad diegesis and good diegesis | The teacher briefly explained what diegesis was and how it would effect the outcome of a story. Depending on how good the diegesis is, audiences can feel disconnected and less immersed if diegesis is broken
• Know the difference and how to identify Diegetic and Non-diegetic sound | The teacher gave examples and explained what Diegetic & Non-diegetic sound was. I found this to be pretty easy, as I only needed to remember 2 things.
• Storyboard practice of the past project | We created a very short storyboard, like a practice, of the mini mini project I did with Nathan. I found this to be a little challenging since I didn't know what to put in the description at that time

Week 6

• We practiced on an exam style activity with a short scene from A Quiet Place | Quickly did an exam style activity, pointing out a "Big Idea" and developing on the Big Idea from all the techniques the filmaker uses (Mise-en-Scene, camera angles, camera movements, diegetic & non-digetic sound)
• Learned the different types of editing and how to identify the types of editing | Got to understand how editing is done, and how it effects pacing and helps increase composition
• Completed the practice storyboard as well as have our proposal greenlit |  Completed a practice storyboard, which to me was challenging because I didn't have a long ruler and my drawings are mediocre. Afterwards, we got help from the teacher to revise our proposals and get it greenlit

Week 7

• Written a text analysis on the beginning of the Agent Carter series | Did another exam styled activity, but this time we did it together and was only done as a practice.
• Completed the unit test | Completed the 1st unit test of Media Studies, and I didn't find it hard at all
• Completed 1st attempt of storyboard | This is where we begin our storyboard project, after I had completed the 1st attempt of a storyboard

Week 8 

• Continued storyboard | This will definitely take up most of my time
• Started on Self Reflection presentation | Since I just started, hopefully I have enough time to complete this presentation with a decent score. Since I believe I might not have enough time to fully complete it, which I think this mostly would be challenging for me.
  
  
• Gave self reflection to most of the SB blogs | This seemed pretty easy to me since, I think I accurately portrayed how I felt while doing these tasks

Self Reflection

By having a weekly progress, it makes me more organized and makes me properly monitor what I've done for the week. I think it also triggers something in my brain where it starts to remember the things we've learned in that week by starting to think about it. This also helps me keep track of my time and help me manage my time so I don't have a hard time.