Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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This was a very interesting assignment to work on, and I believe it’s because of my lack of resources. Since I don’t have a DSLR and my point-and-shoot is from the 2000s, I decided to shoot the entire project from my phone using horizontal mode. My phone’s quality is good enough where i think the quality is better than how it would’ve been if i were to have used the point-and-shoot video and audio wise.
I shot most of the video in one night and had to work without a traditional tripod since I left mine at school and haven’t been able to grab it. I had to work with one of those really flexible small tripods that has a joint from top to bottom. This also limited me in terms of finding a good stabilized position where the legs of the tripod won’t give out due to my phone’s weight. However, after I was finally able to grab the rest of my stuff from my dorm, I was able to grab my tripod and knew I wanted to re shoot some shots using a proper tripod and it ended up working really well.
I wanted to compose my shots as best as I could and some of it would get cutoff when i put the footage into Premiere Pro. You can tell in some of the shots of me sitting on the couch or closing my computer my head got cut off when I put the footage onto the editing timeline on the software.
When it comes to the story itself, my resources were also limited since I really didn’t have many options on where to shoot. This is why I decided to tell such a simple story that the audience can relate too since we’ve pretty much all been in the same boat for awhile now.
It’s been weeks since the state of Michigan has been in a lock down order from the governor, and Jake is running out of options. This is an average night for an average student.
This was an interesting assignment because I was really limited in my resources. I had to shoot with my phone since I don’t have a DSLR, but the quality on my phone is good enough where I felt I was able to full participate in this assignment even if I was limited. I was also limited when it came to subjects to shoot so I focused on my dog, youngest brother, and mother.
Every December marks the end of a full calendar year. It also marks another year of films. It’s interesting to see every year, which movies had the biggest audiences that generated the most money. Everyone’s interested in which movie or movies took first place for biggest box office hit. Well recently, that award has been going to Disney films. Not only that, but many other places in the top ten as well.
Disney’s biggest movie of all time is the 2019 film “Avengers: Endgame.” Not only was it the biggest move in the United States, but also globally and sticks out in certain countries.
This isn’t actually the first photo story I have done. Last semester, I was in a photography class in the journalism department and a photo story was our last major assignment. Though they were the same idea, they were completely different experiences. This time i was much more limited to my house, whereas for the last assignment i spent taking pictures at a friends dinner party as well as the grocery store, setup, tear down, etc. I was also limited to only using my phone to take pictures since I don’t own a DSLR camera. I found it interesting that I was taking pictures of what I wanted to tell as a picture story. When I knew there’d be a lot of redecorating this day as we were getting new furniture, I saw it as an opportunity to show how the inside of the house changed and who contributed.
Pictured above is Ryan West. He is a freshmen at Cedar Springs high school, which means he is currently on a multi-week vacation spent at home. When taking his head shot, It wanted to make sure I sure the image evoked the mood that spending all day inside is like. I messed around with the lighting a few times and felt this helped portray a warmer feeling of being inside, warm, and safe.
I interviewed my journalism classmate Kaitlyn Weisdorfer about who has made the biggest impact on her in her lifetime. Her answer is is her great grandmother due to the values she bestowed upon her, and always setting an example for her and the rest of her family.
I interviewed my classmate Kaitlyn Weisdorfer about who has had the biggest impact in her life. She answered her great grandmother and goes into detail as to exactly how she influenced her.
I interviewed my classmate Kaitlyn Weisdorfer about who has had the biggest impact in her life. She answered her great grandmother and goes into detail as to exactly how she influenced her.
Jake West JRN 340 Blog 