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Welcome back to my blog people!
Filming, filming filming and more filming. The camera, always on. Icloud storage, disappeared. The filming was endless.
Our PLP 9 class went on our annual field study! This time we went to Alberta. The focus was 4 different videos. Our projects driving question for maker was how do we use the image to tell a story? After going on this awesome trip, and making the videos, I now have an answer to this question. The moving image, aka video provokes emotions. What we do or say in the video, our acting or our actions can tell a story.
So here we go! The first video that we did, and probably my favourite video is the silent video. We had to come up with a storyline, and choose what buildings, or where we wanted to film it within three valley gap.
Our group went with a murder mystery. Our storyline started once upon a time there was a murderer who terrorized a small town. Then it builds from there and gets more dramatic and to be honest just more fun. I had a really great group made up of, Finn, Nate, Maddie, and myself. We quite enjoyed filming and really getting into our characters. I’ll include the video for you guys to watch. And of course every film always has its mishaps, so I’ll also include our absolutely hilarious, blooper reel. For this video, I learned that I love working in a group more than ever, iMovie is very easy to work with and configure, and never to trust your wife, because she might be the murderer!
My silent film:
My silent film bloopers:
The next video is our TikTok inspired video. We could do this in groups or by ourselves. This one was just for fun. I did mine with Neko, and we decided to do the clap trend throughout the places we went in the Rockies. It’s also sort of a fit check from each day. I’ll include it below! From this video, I learned that there are so many places with absolutely stunning views in the Rockies, how to make a YouTube short, and that Neko always has really good outfits, but I already knew that!
My TikTok video:
The next video is the at home video. This was a video that we did before we went to Alberta. The question for that video was what inspires me? Well you’ll see if you watch it! My friends and family are really impactful in what inspires me! I learned that I love using slow motion, that my cat doesn’t love me and I love throwing my work out the window!
Here is my at home video:
The final video that we did was our investigative video. For this video we had to make a thesis statement, we had to do interviews, and put it all together into one video, cohesively, and sort of make it like a story. This one was probably the toughest video for me, but it was also quite fun, walking up to strangers, and interviewing them it gave me insight on what people thought about my thesis.
The questions I asked for my interview were, where are you from? What part of Canada do you consider the west? What do you think makes the west of Canada different from the rest of Canada? and how do you think the west has shaped your identity? My thesis was, Canada is a big country made up of different provinces. British Columbia and Alberta, also known as the west, are unique from the rest of Canada, due to their mountainous geography. The Canadian Pacific Railway was built despite the challenging terrain, reflecting the identity of those who still live here.
Here is my investigative video:
Do you know the song “Ain’t no mountain high enough.” By Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell? I do! And I also know that the mountains in Alberta were definitely high enough, or at least the ones we hiked up! Though sore muscles, broken buses and crashing into trees on a ropes course, Alberta was so fun!!
Thank you so much for reading my blog post!
– Ailie 💜