My Final Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsBKe5IXdE&feature=channel_page

Feed Back for first draft photostory

My first draft was all about the right pictures music and timing of my voice and placement. All combined I knew it would culminate into a story that seems well organized. Because Organization of all aspects of storytelling, I realized, it is the key to drawing in the viewer.

So sound transition was way to high for me. My voice was not loud enough to hear from the speakers.

So with those 2 things I need to adjust I also noticed that my photo transitions were to redundant so I will be mixing and matching for the photo transition to be less repeated.

I also need to enlarge my Credits for easier view and there are many pictures with black spaces on the sides. This was intentional so that the picture is given more of a pop with the color saturation I changed for each photo to give it the mood of how I wanted to present my story.

Question of the Week 7

Every digital film entails some kinds of ethical decisions, especially if the stories they tell involve people other than the filmmaker. What ethical issues are you facing with your film and how do you plan to deal with them?

In my case I involved people as much as I could because representing my mexico mission experience was primarily to evoke emotion towards the situation for the viewer. In that I let them choose what ethical approach they want to continue with. Because my story involves me dealing with people less fortunate and for the viewer, who has or has not experienced what I have, it gives them an open mind to either except it while doing something about it or letting it go through one ear and out the other. Its a question of true importance and whether or not a difference needs to be made.

Question of the Week 6

What is the story you want to tell in your digital film and what is the "big point"--the bigger issue you want to express through your story?

I want to talk about my experience in Mexico. Not a vacation but why I went there. I went to mexico for this mission trip i signed up for. I want to give this message of problems that needs to be payed attention to but also I'm explaining how it made me into a different but hopefully better person today. So the Big Point would be me explaining myself of finding my identity where the culture I was so used to delayed me from it.

At this age as a person you are pretty set on your beliefs. And conforming into an idea that sparks interest are all going to compile making you the person you truly want to be.

Week 5 Question of the week

How does Frederick Wiseman try to convince the viewer that The Titicut Follies (1967) is "true"?

In this mental prison institution Wiseman attempts to provoke the public about a hidden issue that's been going on with no one doing anything about it.

But for him to make us aware let alone take action he makes a disturbing yet thought provoking documentary. He himself and his voice is not in any part of the video but he is the one filming every scene and putting everything together for the purpose of "letting everyone know".
I thought with himself cut from the film this alone draws the audience to primarily focus on what hes filming rather than going back and fourth from his bias to what hes filming. In a sense what hes filming is a indirect approach to his bias but he seems to try to minimize it as much as possible.

so using certain techniques and the angle and a whole lot more considerations are involved in shooting one scene. He characterized himself as a view point of society by looking into the peep hole of a inmate. This symbolizes the society looking at them not society looking out. I don't know his complete intention for this part of the video but he tries to show that there is a problem with society and he shows this intentionally by focusing in the room.