Composition Scavenger Hunt

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Out of these twenty composition techniques we have been using, I think the most important one is point of view. Its important because it makes the audience feel somewhat like they're the subject in the video or image. Or at least that's what I think. When I watch a video or movie with point of view I defiantly feel more interested. I think that point of view composition makes the audience a little more engaged in the movie or video. Another composition technique I think is important is contrast in content. This technique really brings out the subject and makes it clear for us to know what to focus on. I also just love to film with this technique. I find it fu
n because its meant for something different to stand out of a crowd. It's just so random, like me.

The most difficult composition technique, in my opinion, is parts of a whole. I think this one is difficult because when I first learned about it, I was taught to make sure it says something. But I'm not sure if the same thing applies in this class. So another one I find difficult was the unusual angle. You have to be pretty creative to find an unusual angle that no one else would think of. Its defiantly a challenge for me to be creative in the shots in that way. Another one I find difficult is repetition of shapes. Finding repetition of shapes in my everyday life just isn't  exactly my thing. I guess if you look at something like a key board or maybe the pattern on the floor your standing on (If there is one) but a straight up birds eye view wound't look so good with something like a floor pattern. It would look like a boring flat angle and no one likes those. You would probably have to do something creative like maybe make it look like leading lines or ants eye or ground level to make a repetition of shapes look good. To do that you have to be creative and that's pretty challenging for me.

My teammates are, Ashton Barker, Jhoanna Marie Domingo, and Ashley Ricciardi. Ashton is a sixth grade boy who got stuck in a group with three 7th grade girls. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. He also has blonde hair and amazingly nice eyes that we're all jealous of. He also nicknamed me "Da nae nae" although hes not the first so I'm used to it. Ashley is, Ashley. Last year we worked on a music video together which is some where in my old posts. Ashley is always so busy yet she always there to film. She does gymnastics and piano and she has a lot friends. This makes it difficult for the rest of us to film at her house. Jhoanna doesn't own any dogs or cats and she has a younger brother that's 9 years old.  In this project everyone has a team of three, but us, were that one team of four because our class is so big.

Ashley did most of the filming and Jhoanna did some of it. Ashton and I weren't allowed to touch the camera just because Ashley and Jhoanna felt a little safer if they held it. That's just them. But, we did contribute in editing and trying to find where to film the composition techniques. Ashton added around half of the clips in iMovie and Ashley did the rest. I guess Ashley just likes to take charge, and Jhoanna too. Ashton also added the transitions. I added the music and some of the text layovers. Well I played all the jingles from the top of the list of jingles we could choose. As soon as I played maybe the 6th one, Ashley and Jhoanna practically pushed me off of my chair in excitement. They loved it and added it in them selves without my opinion or Ashton's. Yes, they did do most of the work, but I guess thats just because they like taking charge, as I said before. But, in our next project Ashton and I will defiantly contribute more. Jhoanna added the most of the text layovers. Also if you watch the video, I think Ashton and I are in front of the camera a lot. Okay, not really me but Im in there maybe 2 or 3 times which is more than Ashley. Oh and Ashley also did the voice over. Yes she did do a lot didn't she. Although, remember I did help with finding where to film which is an important part in this.