Author: manuel sanches

After completing my rough cut, I found myself drifting away from my original idea and vision. As I transitioned into the final version after receiving feedback, I realized that my vision had changed. At this stage, my primary goal was to replicate the look and feel of an old VHS.

To better convey this aesthetic, I removed the frame from my rough cut to avoid any confusion. I also added an intro to provide context, helping viewers understand that the video was meant to emulate an old VHS tape. Additionally, I incorporated crackling sounds and visual noise to further enhance the VHS effect and feel.

I’m personally happy with the final result. While the project may lack a strong narrative, I believe I did a good job replicating the VHS aesthetic.

For my final project, I planned to create a montage inspired by a project I completed in my art class called “Synesthesia.” In that project, we listened to various instrumental tracks featuring sounds and vocal tones but no actual lyrics and drew what we imagined or “saw” as we listened. I have not added the soundtrack that inspired this montage because I wanted to focus on getting the video as close to my original vision as possible. As I finished editing, I felt like something was missing, which led me to experiment with additional editing and effects. In my vision for this project, I imagined the video resembling an old film or VHS tape, so I did my best to replicate that aesthetic.

Audio changed and adjusted

For my final project, I want to create a montage inspired by an assignment I worked on in my art class. The assignment, titled “Synesthesia,” involved listening to various instrumental tracks—featuring sounds and vocal tones but no actual lyrics—and drawing what we imagined or “saw” as we listened. The goal was to visualize the emotions or imagery evoked by the music. For my final project, I plan to use a beat and record a montage that represents how I interpret and visualize that sound.

For our one-minute video, my group and I filmed a humorous and escalating conflict between two students over shared items in a study area. We decided to use no dialogue to challenge ourselves to convey humor through facial expressions, actions, and sound effects. This restriction pushed us to be more creative with our filming, acting, and editing.

The finished product differed from our original script but turned out better than we had expected. One major change involved the final conflict. In the original script, the last item being fought over was a laptop, which would have been broken, ending the conflict with no one claiming the final item. However, during filming, we changed the order of the items being fought over, which led us to improvise a new ending.

In the end, the improvised conclusion worked surprisingly well and turned out to be a strong finish, especially considering it was a last-minute change.

For the 1-minute video, my group came up with School Rivalry, a humorous and escalating conflict between two students over shared items in a study area. Starting with small acts of borrowing each other’s belongings a pencil, notebook, bottle, and charger with their rivalry growing more intense. Finally, they clash over a laptop, resulting in an unintended mishap that leaves both of them stunned. The scene highlights the absurdity of their petty competition with a comical yet unexpected outcome. Our original plan was to create an office-themed video with three office workers and a similar conflict, but after receiving feedback, we realized that fully capturing the environment of an office would be too difficult to set up.

For this short video we don’t need much except for a spot to film. We have all the items needed for filming. Right now all we need now is to work on a story board, screen play, and finalized plans.

In my final cut I fixed some audio issues, added music and text effects and adjusted my cuts in the audio.

the story would begin with interviews conducted outdoors or in the nurses’ homes to protect their identities and privacy while allowing them to share firsthand accounts of their experiences. According to Hampe, when you “can’t access the real scene,” re-creating it in a way that still communicates the truth is essential.

To depict the tension and isolation nurses feel, I would film empty streets, waiting rooms, or even shifts of dawn and dusk as representation of their tireless work.

The home scenes could capture family dynamics—the balance of personal and professional life, or moments of exhaustion and relief.

My experience when Filming my Job/hobby profile has had it’s difficulties but aside from thats it’s gone smoothly. One of my biggest challenges was finding a good time to film the person I selected for this project. Not only did our schedules not align very well with each other, but I couldn’t think of a time to film him in action.

Luckily on the day that I was able to film him there was a event taking place In FSC so I was able to get some shots of him doing his job. Now that my biggest worry had been relieved all I had to do now was schedule an actual interview with him. The interview also went smoothly except for trying to find a good spot to film. In the end we filmed in a office. One thing I found useful was my interviewee was very good as summarizing what he does in his role/job.

Rachel Maclean’s Again and Again and Again creates an artificial world through the heavy use of digital effects such as green Screens, vibrant color manipulations, and layered tracks create effects that capture real bodies and spaces by portraying them as exaggerated characters and environments. The film plays with reality, demonstrating how easily media can distort it.

Generative AI goes even further by building entire scenes and characters without the use of cameras. These effects make cinema more imaginative, but they also blur the line between what is real and what is artificially created.

While some of what AI is capable of producing is impressive, there are times when it can feel excessive. In my opinion, videos like this are fascinating to watch because of the work put into them, but I often find them overwhelming. The imagery is eye-catching, yet I feel like there is too much going on. If there is a deeper meaning behind the video or what is being communicated, I feel like I missed it due to the overwhelming amount of visual information on the screen.​

Framing: The camera switches between wide shots that capture the entire family and close-ups of individual actions, like passing money or reacting to each other. The wide shots help emphasize the cramped,  space in which the family lives. The close-ups, on the other hand, highlight personal moments, like Fiona taking charge or one of the kids handing over crumpled bills, showing their  roles in the family.

Editing and Continuity: The fast cuts between shots create a paced rhythm, showing the urgency of the situation. Continuity editing makes sure that even with all the chaos, everything flows seamlessly. The actors constantly move around the table, handing things off, eating, or talking, and the editing ties all these together in a way that feels organic. The chaos is intentional but structured, reflecting how the family, despite the dysfunction, operates with a shared understanding.

Visual Anchors: In the midst of this chaos, the milk serves as the central visual anchor. Even as characters move around it, their actions always gravitate back to the milk. The carton that has money bing passed around it, plans are made around it, and breakfast happens, all within seconds.