Showing posts with label Heller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heller. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Heller, Pre-Video Assignment


Bad: The framing on the second subject is off.  He's in the center of the screen and later on in the documentary, the camera person cuts off his head.  The font for the supers is distracting.  They didn't use a clear, plain text.  The supers are also long (about a sentence each) so they need to stay on the screen longer.  Although both subjects are looking across the camera, their bodies are not square to the camera. The background for both interviews is distracting.  They should have cut out more of the "busy" backgrounds by getting the camera closer to the subjects. Lastly, although the music fits the theme of the documentary (it sounds like video game music) it is not the same pace as the subjects' voices.  Therefore, the upbeat music makes the interviewers sound like they're talking slower than they actually are and makes them sound like they're struggling to keep up with the music. 

  Good: I found this one visually more engaging because of the variety of angles and pacing. For example, it showed people looking at their social media from several different angles such as straight on and over the subject's shoulder.  One scene with the subject on a busy street with people passing by him was sped up so it added variety to the pacing. It has a mixture of detailed, medium, and panorama shots.  The panoramas were good because they gave more of an overall view of the scene. It has a lot of good detail shots such as the ones of the kids' shoes climbing trees and the camera following their feet as they run.  The music went along with the theme of the video; it added to it instead of distracting from it.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Heller, Audio Assignment #1

Heller, Photo Assignment #4

Art & Sociology Staircase

Campus on a rainy day

Students take refuge from the rain in Starbucks

Morning studying in the Stamp

An abandoned courtyard on a rainy day

Friday, September 25, 2015

Heller, Photo Assignment #3



A large crowd waits for Pope Francis on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol
Many attendees held Papal flags, water bottles, baseball caps, and scarves up high so their friends could find them

Two University of Maryland students wait for Pope Francis to arrive

This woman, like Pope Francis, shows her support for immigrants

Friday, September 18, 2015

Heller, Photo Assignment #2

My friend Molly making scrapbooks

Molly's mirrors she made out of magazines (right) and out of bottle caps (left)
Nurse Molly on her front stoop before she leaves for the night shift

Friday, September 11, 2015

Heller, Photo Assignment #1

Table display for "AMIDEAST: Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World"
A student reads an advertisement for booking flights, hotels, and tours
Students browse the Study Abroad fair