Editing the Commercial

     Today I got into class. I was excited to edit the commercial. We went to the computer that we dumped our footage on. Bianca logged into the computer. Another group used the same computer to dump their footage. They just went to another computer. We clicked on the folder that we created. Then we got onto pinnacle studio. It was asking for the login. We didn’t know what it was.

     We called over our teacher and she put it in. The login worked but it just went back to the folder. We clicked on pinnacle studios again and it asked for the login. I went to ask Mr.Katz to log us in. He told me to give him a second. I went and sat back down to wait. He came over to help us. Suddenly pinnacle studio opened up. We tried to import our footage. The folder that we put our footage in wasn’t there. 

     We tried every folder but none of them opened. Then we tried to drag our footage. That didn’t work. We asked the teacher what to do. She told us to not worry about it. Some other computers weren’t working either. Then she told us to write our blog. She made announcements saying to just start the blog. I was worried that we were gonna get a failing grade. She told us that we weren’t gonna fail because most of the computers weren’t working.

Filming Blog

     Today in class we started the filming process. We signed out our camera and went outside to start filming. Our first location was the senior patio. We setup our camera and tripod. I was going to be in the scene so I had to get into my position. I practiced my part of the scene because I had to come in on a certain time. We did a practice shot first. Then we did a shot with the tripod and I had to speak loudly. I had to hand over the coffee and then walk away. We did a bunch of different angles of me handing over the coffee.
     I had to make sure that the Dunkin’ Donuts logo was facing the camera. That meant that I had to hand Kyndell the drink in a certain way for the logo to face the camera. We finished the first scene then we went to our next location which was between building 20 and 21. I was the one to film this time. When we got to our spot we changed into our school spirit shirts. We discussed how we were gonna film. I had to do a track shot and then tilt the camera. It was kind of challenging so I had to do a few shots. Then I had to take a bunch of shots of Bianca walking because I had to follow her. The scene with Kyndell handing Bianca the coffee took me a few shots because they weren’t both in the shot.
     Then we were gonna have Bianca face the camera and say her line. Kyndell had an idea for the scene to make it look cool. Bianca had to turn around and then turn away from the camera. I would then stop recording and go to where Bianca was facing. Then I would press record and have Bianca turn again so that it would look like I turned around with her. This took us a few tries because Bianca forgot to turn the other way. I had to remember to stop the recording so that we didn’t have to do it again. We then did the original shot where Bianca would just turn and face the camera. I finally got all the shots that I needed for that scene. We went back to the room to dump.

Storyboard

Here’s the list of camera shots, angles, and also movements used in this commercial:

• Dutch angle
• Long shot 
• Over the shoulder
• Mid shot 
• Tracking shot
• Eyelevel angle
• High level angle
  Today we also took notes about the requirements of the commercial. We also decided on the parts we will be playing today. Kyndell is the actor, Camila is the other actor, and Bianca is the videographer.
  

Editing Lesson Blog

     Today in class, I came in and saw that we had a lesson on editing. It was a very important lesson. I got ready to take notes because my teachers were only gonna show us this one time. I learned about how to check out a camera and how to use it. I learned how to dump which is taking footage from the camera and moving it to the computer. You do this by getting your SD card reader and moving the footage into a folder. After this we learned how to import which is getting all your takes and importing it into pinnacle studio. To do this you go onto pinnacle studio and click on the import button. Then you click on desktop and look for the folder you have all your takes in. You check off what you wanna import and then you go to edit.

     My teacher said that it’s better to check off everything. The footage that is unedited is called raw footage. I learned what goes in each track. In AV Track 1 you put the title. In AV Track 2 you put your footage. In AV Track 3 you put your sound or music. Then I learned how to cut footage. Doing the transitions and title was the easiest. To delete audio you have to click on the audio. Then you detach it and put it in Track 3 and delete it.
     To export your finished project you first click on the export button. Then you click on the settings and choose the one that you would like. You then start to export it by saving it to desktop MP4. Before clicking off of pinnacle studio first minimize it. Then click on the folder you created and check if you saved your project. Exporting is only if you finished your project. If your still working on a project and want to save it you just click on the file. Then click save and it to you folder. After we wrote down everything in our notes we packed up. The bell rang and I left to go to my next class.

Planning Blog for Dunkin’ Donuts Commercial

Today we are working in our planning phase due at the end of today. We have to plan how our entire commercial is going to be set up. we have to plan the props, costumes, schedule, location and the back up plan. Our vision for the Dunkin’ Donuts commercial is to show the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee as an energizer for students at Fort Lauderdale High School. For example having the coffee will make the students feel more energized and more ready to do homework and get to class and be ready for their sports. We will be sure to get the coffee the day filming starts from the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee shop and also get a cold brew Dunkin’ Donuts from our school vending machines. This will Make it easier to market this product because it will show many forms of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee make it easier to market this product because it will show many forms of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee.

• Props 

For the commercial we will use two dunkin’ donuts coffees, one from the store and one that is prepackaged. We will also use a water bottle for the first few scenes. We will also have notebooks textbooks and backpacks to imply the students are studying or working on schoolwork. 

• Costumes 

We will be wearing school spirit clothes to show that we go to the school. 

• Schedule  

Planning - 10/10    

Storyboard - 10/14      

Filming - 10/21      

Editing - 10/23

• Location 

Senior Patio - Student will be studying          

The front of the school - A student will be walking into school tired like. 

• Back-up plan

If it rains, we will have to change the senior patio to the Media Classroom to show someone studying. 

If someone is absent, we will use an understudy.

Research Conventions & Codes

     Today I came into class on time. I sat where I usually sit which is right by the door. I went on my phone until class started. Mrs.Marchionne started to talk about the blog posts. Then Mr.Katz came in late and added onto the subject. They told us that it was really important to do all of our blogs because it’s a big part of our grade.
     After they finished talking about the blog posts they went on to talk about the commercial project. I am kind of excited for the project. Luckily I have two friends in this class that I can work with. The project is gonna be kind of hard for me because i’m not the best at editing. I’m going to have to learn because if not i’m going to get a bad grade on it and i don’t want to leave my friends doing all the work.We chose to do a commercial on the cheer team. One of my friends is on the cheer team, so she’s gonna ask the girls on the team if they can be in it. I think we are gonna do good on the project because the last time we did a project together we did well on it.
     After my teachers were done explaining the whole project they said that we had a blog due today. The people that didn’t do the first one had to do the first one plus the one that was due today. I started typing my first one because I didn’t do it, so I was rushing to type mine. That was my fault because i should’ve done it, but i finished and turned it in. There were a few minutes left of class then the bell rang and I left to go to my next class.

Introductory

     Today in class I came in later than i usually would. We analyzed Mr.Robot as a practice test. I thought that it would’ve been boring, but I was actually interested in the show. We watched 5 minutes of the first episode. We had a paper that made us list 10 angles or movements that we saw in the show. We rewatched the show three times and had two minutes in between each to write what we saw.
     For the first time we watched it we couldn’t write down anything, but for the rest we could write down what we saw. Angles and movements was easy for me to list because I remembered most of the angles and movements but I couldn’t name all ten I just named nine. Listing the editing that I saw in the show was hard because I couldn’t remember any editing, so I only listed a few. I think that i did better on the front side of the test than the backside. Now I know what I need to study and learn. Mis-en-scene was the hardest for me because I barely knew about it.
     After we finished the practice test I wrote down in my agenda to study and read my notes. I also wrote down to watch TV and analyze what I saw. I turned in my paper and started to pack up. We only had a few more minutes of class. I went on my phone for the rest of the period. The bell ringed and I left to go to my next class.