Hello peoples! Well what do ya know! Term one is officially over. That went by really quickly. Now in this blog post I’m going to talk about all the videos my class has created this term. I’m not sure if I’m relieved that it’s over or stressed that it just means the next term is starting. But anyway I’m going to do a little reflection on each video we created.
4 Shot Film
Empower learner ~ I have leveraged technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in my learning goals
Now this video was the first one we made this year. I think we actually did pretty good on it. Although the sound quality could be better and I do wish we did a bit better with the transitions, over all it turned out pretty good for our first video of the year. I was pretty surprised as to our angels, shots, time management and communication because since we made this video within the first two weeks of school (before we had learnt much about film making) it had a great out come. My group did well with communication and time management as well as staying organized with the roles. This was definitely a good way to start off the year
Ghost Town Film
Knowledge constructor ~ I can critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful experiences for myself and others
In this video we had to create a short film in this little ghost town. I think this video turned out very well. The making if this video was actually very fun. I think we did a good job with this one. We had a good plan for completing it. We worked together, communication and did a good job with time management. So over all this was a great video. Definitely one of my favourite so far in the year.
Drumheller Documentary
Creative communicator ~ I communicated clearly and expressed myself creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to my goals.
This video was a little quick documentary on an exhibit that’s e found interesting or important. We didn’t have time to plan this video because our teachers assigned it to us that day, right after lunch. So we had to quickly find an exhibit we liked and plan, film and edit in just one hour. Yes creating a video in one hour is pretty difficult but I think I managed to pull it off. If I were to do it again I would definitely try and fix the audio and maybe think of a script before so I’m not confused on what I should say. Other then that I would have liked to add some music and maybe a better title. In conclusion I enjoyed making this video, it was a good way to learn the ways of film.
Alberta Video
Innovative designer ~ I use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions
If you have read my other post Alberta 2019 you would know that my class went on a filed study to the Rockies. This was an amazing trip and I had so much fun. The reason we went on that trip was to answer our driving question. How does place impact ______? That blank would be filled in with different people group depending on which group you were in. Mine was wildlife. This made it a bit easier because I love wildlife so much. Through out this whole trip we needed to get lots of videos, pictures, information and interviews so we could create this video. This was an individual assignment that we needed to create. I think I did good with my time management skills and making sure I was on top of my work. It was hard at some points because all my classmates are my friends we got distracted a couple times, but it all worked out great. I think my video had a great turn out. And I’m glad to say I’m proud of it.
Run a Remake Video
Computational thinker ~ I developed and employed strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions
Now this video was definitely a fun one. If you would want to know more about this project here’s the post so you can check it out yourself. This video took a lot of planning. I think my group did a good job with this video. We needed to work a bit harder on our time management skills and our communication skills, but other then that we accomplished this video on time and got a pretty good mark. I’m excited to do another video similar style to this one in the future.
French Revolution ~ Rap Video
Knowledge constructor ~ I can critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful experiences for myself and others
This video was the first of four Revolution videos. Since it was our first it was prefect but it did give a chance to work on the skills we are not great at so we can nail them for future videos. For this particular video we needed to write song lyrics about the French Revolution. This was not very difficult because we had learnt quite a lot about it in class plus my class was reading a book about the French Revolution. After the script was done we needed to film. But you can’t film without a plan. With my group it was a little hard to find time to film because everyone was busy in different days. In the end it all worked out and we got it all finished. And I must say the end result was pretty good, for our time making a rap video that is.
American Revolution ~ Act It Out Video
Innovative designer ~ I use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions
This video was the second one we did about revolutions. Except instead of French Revolution it’s about the American Revolution. After we had completed the other revolution video we kinda had an idea on how to plan. We did much better with our time management and did a great job on our planning. Once we had that all figured out we moved on to filming. We picked a day the worked out for everyone and got it all done. After this video me and my group learned that being on top of things and having a good plan really helps with the video.
Russian Revolution ~ Explain Everything Video
Computational thinker ~ I developed and employed strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions
Second to last video! Now this video I can’t lie, my group got a little lazy for this one. We didn’t do great on timing and it took us a long time to decide which animation we wanted to do. It did all work out in the end but it was definitely a bumpy ride. It was hard because my whole group didn’t know much about animations and didn’t know how to make them. That definitely made it harder, not Impossible, just hard. But we worked together to learn how to make them and in the ended the video turned out pretty good.
Final French Revolution ~ Act It Out Video
Empowered learner ~ I have leveraged technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in my learning goals
Final video! This video was once again about the French Revolution. For the last videos of the revolution, we were able to pick any revolution we wanted. My group picked French because we knew the most about it and had the perfect idea on what to do. My group really wanted to up our game with this last video, so we took our time planning out the script, we decided a destination for filming and we talked about costumes because we decided to do the Act It Out! style video. This was definitely one of my favourites because we were very proud of the out come.
I really enjoyed creating all of these videos. Even though it took a lot of good communication, time management, critical thinking and team work without all of those the out come would not be as good. So I’ve learnt that using all these techniques and skills you can create an amazing video. I’m excited to see what I can do with the skills I learnt this term! Can’t wait to see what our teachers have in mind for us next term!
– Emily ✌️