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the AB project

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 alright, I must confess, this was quite fun Avery was a fantastic partner to work with. I've known her for a while as I met her at a anime club in 7th grade, so when Zimmerli said to choose our partners, I immediately knew who I was going to work with. our interests and abilities compared well to each other, as I drew the storyboard and played the actor, while she filmed and thought about most of the process. I learned a lot about the six-shot sequence, and that order is important. for instance, you can't have an extreme close up, and then a regular close up in the next shot. you have to have a close up, then an extreme close up. we discussed this intently in the storyboard process. as I've said before, I was the one that drew it up, however Avery contributed greatly with her creative ideas. our story was that the student (yours truly) is in the bathroom a few minutes before the bell rings, and wants to get out of school before the halls get crowded. so, she runs a...

The Document Project

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let's talk about the creative process the creative process went significantly smoother than the sidewalk chalk project, I'm just gonna say that. the team that I worked with was quite skilled, we had a photographer who knew how to work a camera, and someone who already had a general idea on how to use Adobe Premiere. unfortunately, one of my team members was unable to make it as she had cheer, but she did throw out some good ideas in the storyboard process. I was the one who drew the storyboard itself. it was messier than I thought it would be, and I wish it was smoother. as for a script, we didn't really have one, unless you count the storyboard and blocking.  since the cheerleader was absent, which I understand, I had to step up and play actress. the other two, the photographer and the genius, took turns with the camera. overall it was a little uncomfortable at first, but I quickly got used to my roll as the dumb freshman who couldn't print a document that had a...