Blog #7

I think that the PSA unit was extremely beneficial to myself & others. It opened our eyes to the world of film-making & gave us opportunities to use equipment that most high school students would never get to normally even touch. I myself find myself constantly observing the different shots that are used in movies, something I never would've thought twice about before. Being able to produce a PSA has showed me the power that a certain angle can have on an audience, such as a long shot of a setting or a close-up of an actor showing heir emotion. The most challenging aspect of it was just to find time to actually film outside of our V.O.I.C.E.S. class, because we all have very busy schedules. The only improvement I can think of is to maybe lengthen the amount of time they can, however, short PSA's can also be very persuasive & powerful.

First Blog.

Sadly, I was only present for the latter of the two MTN presentations, but while I was there I was enlightened by the knowledge that Jon & Alex shared with us about creating a storyboard. They taught us about the concept of creating & establishing a synopsis, which is an outline of your whole presentation. They also explained how to use different shots to prove the setting & idea of the story. I feel like there presentation was probably much more detailed the first time, but since I was unable to be there due to me being at a college fair, I only got to see the second, which wasn't too detailed.