6 Shot System

Hands Close-Up

This is shows a lot of detail rather than a wide shot. The angle just shows what the person's hands are doing. In Juan's situation, he is typing.

Face Close-Up

This not super close-up, but it is close enough to show the person's emotions. 

Over the Shoulder (OTS)

This shot is behind the person. It is showing what the person is looking at in front of them. Juan is looking at the computer.

Medium Shot

This shot introduces what the person is doing and where he is at. It is mainly the person's upper body. 

Wide Shot

This is shot father away from the person. It shows more of the setting and the whole body of the character. Juan's whole body is shown, and we see that he is in Mr. Cooper's room.

Extra Wide Shot

This is the last shot. It shows everything that is going on and what the character is doing. It is the widest and farthest away from the person. We now understand fully what is going on in Mr. Cooper's classroom.

Social Media Article Reflection

Reflection

I found it interesting (and a little creepy) that colleges often search your social media background to see if you are the type of person they'd want to admit into their college. Most students don't realize that what you put out there on social media can't REALLY be deleted. There will people that take screenshots, or save the picture or text message, or whatever. So be careful what you post! You don't want your social media background to come back to haunt you when college admission time rolls around. 

How Can We Avoid This?

Just don't post it. Or send it. If you are silently debating about whether you should post it or not, just don't. A good rule that I learned a while ago from someone was, "post what grandma would post". If you think about this, it's a pretty good rule! Your grandma probably would post about your achievements, or a good family picnic, or a walk with the dog. 99% of the time, she would post the right thing. So follow that example! Post about your achievements and fun times! Don't post things related to alcohol or other inappropriate subjects. No one likes to see inappropriate posts, and therefore it ruins your reputation. 

What I Would Do

I would be more careful with what I post. It would be terrible to have something you posted in 8th grade ruin your college admission process! "Post what grandma would post" is a great rule that I will try to follow. Also, texting or commenting hurtful things could still hurt your reputation as well, so I'd be thoughtful in what I say! I'd start sending more positive texts/comments. 

Just be smart about what you post!

Elevator Pitch

I'm an e-Comm student at ONW that has a talent for writing. My teachers have complimented me on my creativeness and writing skills. I'm trying to find ways that I can use my skills for entertainment video at ONW. I am inspired by well-written T.V. episode scripts and creative short films. I now want to use my abilities to impact our school.

3D House Animation

3D Modeling & SketchUp

In a 3D modeling program called SketchUp, we have been creating a 3D house using almost all the tools such as: the erase tool, push/pull, tape measure (guides), pan, offset, move, rectangle and square tool, arcs, line tool, paint bucket, shadows, follow me, scenes, and orbit. The main tools I used for adjusting the angles that I was seeing the house at were orbit, which allowed you to "orbit" around in a circle, pan, which allowed for side-to-side movement, and zoom, which is pretty self-explanatory. To make objects 3D, you would first draw an object with the line tool or draw a shape. Then, using the push/pull tool, you would push to hollow out the object, or pull to bring it out into 3D. This tool was the most important for making things 3D. The paint bucket would then be used for filling in the object with color. To make objects an exact size, you could use the tape measure to measure the distance between edges and so on. Finally, we used shadows to make the scene even more realistic (because it means that there is a sun). The different scenes were actually used to animate the entire house, showing different angles of the house. SketchUp was really cool in that it animated the movement in between set frames. 

That was a lot, but this project certainly taught me a bunch about 3D modeling! I definitely didn't know that a simple house could take this much work. The question is... what 3D object will I make next?