The Chase

While working on this project, I learned how to put multiple six shot sequences together to create a story with a rising action, climax, and falling action.  I had to figure out how to incorporate the different types of shots while still clearly telling the story.  Although I was not able to help with any filming for this project due to absences, I had a big part in creating the storyboard and general idea for the video, as well as the editing.  In final cut pro, I got more practice with using the arrow keys and blade tool to make the shots smooth and flow with one another.  For my next project, I will use the arrow keys again and continue to work on making my videos even more smooth and continuous. In addition, I will experiment with using more of each clip in my video, making it longer. Collaboration was different in this project in comparison to my last two projects mainly because I was working with different people who had different ideas, strengths, and personalities.  Next project, since I will hopefully get to be involved with the filming, I will be even more open to other people's ideas, and trying different things than I'm used to.

AB Sequence

During this project I learned even more about six shot sequences.  I learned how to film two six shot sequences of two six shot sequences of two different actions in two different locations and edit them together.  I also learned how to film and edit shots so there's not jump cut.  I used the arrows and blade tool in final cut pro in order to avoid that.   I will apply what I learned to my next project by making sure I film the shots faster so that I have enough time to film and edit.  Collaboration means working with others to make the project the best it can be.  Collaboration applied to this project a lot. We all used our combined talents, efforts, ideas, and props to make the video what it is.  We would not have been able to make this video if we didn't work together as a team.

My Personality Type

     My Meyer's Briggs personality type is ESTJ.  It stands for extroverted, sensing, thinking, and judging.   This means that I am outgoing, get energy from being with others, practical, logical, and persistent.  We are the supervisors, the organized people who plan projects and keep people on task.  We make quick, rational decisions.  One famous ESTJ was George Washington.

    I feel that my personality type describes me in some ways, but not all.  It is true in the fact that I am realistic and logical, but I'm not as organized and structured as the description of ESTJ says. It is also true in the fact that although I'm not always the one coming up with ideas, I'm the person to try and implement the ideas and make sure they are properly carried out.  My type also helps me understand why I like activities where I can socialize, but they don't have to involve constant human interaction.

   As said before, my personality type helps me understand why I'm always the person in a group to make sure things are getting done quickly and properly.  I'm not usually the creative person who thinks of the ideas, but I'll definitely be on top getting a project finished.  When I'm not in a position where i'ts my job to do that, it is at times hard for me to properly do my job, and I end up trying to take on the role of what I am most comfortable doing.  I think that my type could have caused me to be mistaken as bossy or stubborn, due to the fact that I always think that I am right, and can have a hard time going with someone else's idea or opinion if I don't agree with it.
 

Six Shot Sequence

I filmed this video using the Six Shot Sequence.  For the first shot I did an extra close up, or XCU, of his feet.  Here you can see him marking time.  Next I did another extra close up of his hands, where you can see him sliding the trombone.  After that there is a close up of his face, or CU, where you can see him blowing air into his trombone.  Then there is a medium shot, or MS, where you can only see his waist and above.  Next I have a wide shot, or WS, where you can see his entire body, but not the whole setting.  After that there is an over the shoulder shot, or OTS where you see him playing trombone from over his shoulder, and you can see part of him.  Lastly there is an extra wide shot, or XWS, where you can see both all of him and the entire setting around him.  I learned how to use a flip camera and a tripod.  I also learned the six different shots of the six shot sequence and how to film them.  When I do my next project, I will use the six shot sequence, each shot being a sentence and each sequence being a paragraph, and film multiple sequences to create a story.