PSA: Stop Bullying

We were to choose to do either a 60-90 second PSA or a commercial for our final project in Harwood's Advanced TV Production class. I chose to do a PSA on bullying since it is a major problem in our schools. A lot of children won't tell anyone at home that they're being bullied, and the parents don't ask questions. No one knows until it's too late.

The project itself wasn't difficult at all, it was trying to find people to stage as a bullying scene that was the hard part, but it all came together. Trying to edit it together while keeping all the good material was a hard task as well. We were told to have 15-17 different angles and i couldn't see how to do that with the material i had, because it was more of a story to every shot i captured. My PSA was on bullying and here is my video.

Three Point Lighting

In class we discussed 3 point lighting and what each lighting does. The back light is used to illuminate the space behind the subject's head so he/she stands out from the background. The key light is the primary light source and is positioned behind the interviewer's shoulder opposite the camera, to illuminate the subject's face. The fill light fills in the shadows created by the key light so the light is even across the subject's face.

 The lesson was demonstrated by classmates who volunteered to be the subjects. We took pictures from different angles capturing the different lighting at a time to see how each one worked. It was an interesting experience to see how much different lightings can do and how they make your photos look better. Here are my videos.

Capture That Light

Our assignment this week, was to work with the portable light reflectors. The light reflectors bounce the light from the sun that creates that harsh glare in your photos, and creates a beautifully lit portait. We had to take three photographs: first picture is the person shot with harsh glare from the sun, the second is the reflector being used to bounce the sunlight onto the subject's face, and the third is a wide shot of the reflector in action. My subject for the project was Lynn McGrier. Kiiyah Stokes is seen holding the reflector to capture Lynn's great photo.

Do It for the Vine!!

Trying out the Vine app for the first time in class today. It was a pretty cool experience and now i know how to record on Vine!!!





Here is my 2nd vine video and this one had to be funny, i did a little finals week humor. Check it out