Steven Parker's e-Comm Blog

Dreamweaver On this project, I was assigned to create a website as a final grade for the semester. To do this I used an application called Adobe Dreamweaver. This is essentially a program that enables you to create your own website layout or design, and it could even teach a bit about coding. When starting, I was given a couple of layout files to use for the project, so all that I needed to do was import them from the server folder I have. After this was done, I took a picture of myself and brought it into the layout. Right after this step has been completed, it was time to add in my "Elevator Pitch" by simply pasting it from the drive I kept it in. The projects page was essentially the same thing, taking text from other areas I made, and embedding my videos form YouTube. Now, the finer details, colors were selected by heading into the properties section on the right hand side, and by choosing what to color, you can determine the shade it will turn out to be. Links were ...

Pre-Production When developing ideas for the group, it had eventually boiled down to three items, a hall monitor evasion, museum chase, and a school item theft. Each of these were rather unique in their own plan, for instance, the museum chase had a guard and "special item." The hall monitor evasion had some comedy and suspense as well as backtracking. Finally, our school item theft sequence required a thief and student chasing after. Our main conflict when presenting these to each other was who would be what, and how would the theme we want fit in.  Scouting out our Locations When we developed our story, it was time to figure out where to shoot and how many shots there would be. So it started with a basic path to follow, a pod, to a main hallway, commons, another hall, to the stairs, and capture. Once agreed upon, angles and shot sizes were put into order, as well as a clearer sequence. At this time, basic shot locations were determined through our storyline, th...

Basic AB Sequencing To start off, we needed to get our shot sizes, and make a variety of cuts to make our film faster-paced or intriguing. I decided to think of each of the six shot sizes and what would pair best with our ideas, and later shared them throughout our group and assignment. After that was decided, it was time to determine what sequence would go where, and how we would follow the 180 degree rule. The sequence of events is shown in the video, and how we trie to keep an organized video is through the camera location. We also added in an obstacle, in this case an acting hall monitor, to give an element of sudden suspense.  From Planning to Filming In the beginning of this project, our group originally had a completely different idea involving a hall monitor, but it started to become a chase scene instead of the assigned AB sequenced video. So when we ran through a new idea, it came to life only when we pressed the record button. We knew we wanted our obstacle or...