Thursday, August 28, 2014

6 Shot Sequence; Or Evidence Why Audio Saves A Boring Movie



6 Shot Project


By Drew McCall



XCU: Extreme Close Up
CU: Close Up
MS: Medium Shot
WS: Wide Shot
EWS: Extreme Wide Shot
OTS: Over The Shoulder

This project was over David's Hobby, which is soccer. I liked this project because we got to use a wide variety of shots and I got to learn how to use the fancier cameras and editing software. My favorite shot is the extreme wide shot because you are able to show a lot about the setting of the video. In all I think this was a good project. I should note, however, that we were rushing to get the shots in so some of them are a little short and choppy.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Beginning of Sophomore Animation: Bouncing Balls Is Harder Than You Think

BOUNCE!


By D. McCall




This Project is a bouncing ball.



As simple as it may sound, it is actually a very time consuming and labor intensive project for such a 

simple product. At first, I started with the lower video, created in photoshop. It's pretty plain, without 

any squash or stretch attributes. Photoshop is NOT an ideal platform for making animations of any 

kind, so an animation like this is as expected. The animation on top, however, was created in Adobe 

After Effects, which is the perfect program for making animations like this. So, with an added squash 

and stretch, paired with a bounce of the edge of the screen, it looks FAR better. In all, I enjoyed this 

project and am happy with the final product.