Composition Techniques

One of the most important composition techniques is Rule of Thirds. This is when you place your main subject not directly in the dead center of the shot, but place them slightly off to one side. This makes the shot more interesting and unique. You use rule of thirds to make your shots more interesting, that will leave people wanting more!

Another important composition technique is Framing. Framing is putting your main subject in a frame, by finding something that goes around them- like an arch, or a bush under it. This is important because it makes the photos more captivating, and makes really nice, dramatic shots. More people want to watch when it looks cool!

The next important composition technique is Leading lines. This is having a line that is already in the shot, that leads your eyes to the main subject. This is important to do because it makes the shots more interesting and look amazing.

The last of the main 4 composition techniques is unusual angles. This is when you shoot at an angle that you wouldn't see when you just look at something strait on. This is like looking from the roof of a building other than next to it. This is important because it makes people want to see more!

Three Shot Sequences

Three shot sequences is when there are three shots in an order that makes an action. In the video, The first shot is me walking to the door. Then me opening the door, Then walking in. We made a minor mistake. The order was supposed to be wide, medium, close. But we did wide, close, then medium. Putting 3 shot sequences makes it more interesting, and make sense.

Practice Story Reflection

The assignment we had to interview one person in our team about something they like or do. My group chose to interview me about how I love music. They were asking me questions and I was answering by restating the question. We placed the interview in the library because it was quiet in there. We did my B-Roll around the campus because I was doing a variety of things.

The audio needs to be perfect - Not too loud, not too soft. That was the main thing we had trouble with. Karlie was absent, so it was up to me and Erin to edit it all. We finished editing, or so we thought. When we watched it, the audio was way off, so we had to delete our first export.We had to go back, and adjust the volume on each and every piece of video.

From doing this project I learned that working in film editing is really hard. You think it'll be the easiest thing, but this, to me, was the hardest assignment this your in GT. The key aspect to this project is teamwork and cooperation. I think if our whole team was there, and Karlie was there, we would've done a little bit better.