Overall when I first entered e-Comm I wasn't very interested in the program. I was originally going to do animation and graphic design and switched to video last minute. The first projects we did took no time to complete compared to the hours that I put in now to just make a shot look a tiny bit better. The friends I have created over the years have been fantastic and without e-Comm I probably wouldn’t be friends with them today. In sophomore year filming a project was easy and all that we did for editing was just put the clips together and call it good. Now with all the VFX and editing, filming is so quick compared to the editing process. The connections that i've made with these projects has been great too, even if there is someone I may not like, I keep things professional. Overall my experience with e-Comm was a great one.
Ryan's Blog
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Film Reel
The Reel
Before starting the reel I had to think about how I wanted to show myself. I knew I wanted to display myself as an editor, as I have always excelled and enjoyed editing. I had already created a professional email called 'Ryan Moore Films' and decided to brand myself that way. Most of my works from Junior year had a lot of good shots so I decided to only include films that were from Junior year and beyond. Before editing the clips together I needed music that would tie everything together, after some browsing I found something that I enjoyed and slowly put the reel together, piece by piece. It ending up representing myself well. I remember after finishing it, I watched the film and it made me smile and was enjoyable to watch.
Pros & ConsLooking Forward
After making this film reel I discovered some of my real strengths in VFX. I hope for the future that my Visual effect skills will improve greatly, while not forgetting my current skills in general editing.
Conclusion
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Commercial Blog
Project
The decision was to do the Wii. The Wii console was a staple of many people's younger life so if we could hit a place that made people think back it would be great. We originally had the concept of having the commercial be similar to the 2009 Wii commercials. The overall idea of the commercial was to show to the viewer that the Wii can 'transport' or rather immersed you into the game. I was assigned to do the storyboards and I decided to do them digitally for convenience. Andrew, the director, found one of our actors while I found the second. We originally planned to do a bigger group of friends but ended up sticking with two due to Covid-19. The group found the days that everybody should be available for the whole day, we needed all the time we could get.
Filming went quite smoothly on the first day, all we had to film was the tennis scene. Secondly, we had a plan to go to Andrew's house to film the rest of the film. We believed we gave enough time for everything but eventually had to cut short.
An Editors Role
As an editor I took the SD card and imported it into my computer, I began to organize the clips based on what was usable. Andrew edited the lightsaber scenes and I got the audio. Lining up the audio with the lightsaber hits made the experience engaging and interesting to watch. The group still communicated and we sent updates of our progress so everyone knew what was happening.
Difficulties
The commercial didn't really feel like a commercial, I felt like a showoff of effects. Also as mentioned before we had to rush some scenes which was a bummer. Next time we will try to add more time for us to film.
Our Best
Our lightsaber scene worked out well, the scene in my opinion lasted quite too long but looked great. Our actors had some personal issues and couldn't film on days we already planned on doing but we adapted and fixed it. I learned that my group was great at looking at problems and fixing them on a whim making sure that it's fixed properly and efficiently.
Conclusion
This commercial was a success. I believed that it turned out well and while there were some issues I think we cleared them out quite well. The cinematography was well done, editing was good, art direction worked, even with covid, all around a good experience.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
2020 Film Reel
Story
The basic view I wanted people to get from my Film Reel is that I do comical yet interesting films. Most of my films I create are for the laugh, but I enjoy going into depth with some of my work. Most of the films I have created are also very different in story and structure, editing them together made them connect more as films.As an Editor
Pros and Cons
The Future
The Reel
Monday, February 3, 2020
AJR 100 Bad Days | Review
Story
Knowledge
Quality
Conclusion
Monday, January 13, 2020
Short Film
Process
The creation of a short film is indeed a process. It takes a lot of time to get it right. Connor who was the director came up with the idea of the short film. We expanded upon the idea and tried different things in the script but Connor had the final say in the script. We used Celtx to create the script and printed out scripts for our future actors. After that everyone agreed on a certain production role (Editor, Art Director, Director, and DP) I was the editor of the project. We all worked on story boards to get them finished and Connor worked on production schedule and cast list once we got actors. When we got actors and the days to film came up there was not many problems. Some actors had to leave early so we did some time crunches but overall filming was smooth and as we expected.
Being an Editor
As an editor I was responsible for editing the film and getting it finished on time. I used Adobe Premiere to edit and a bit of Adobe after effects for some effects. Editing was very straight forward, get the clips, put them together, clean it up, effects. That was the process for the entire film. I did learn how to do some better effects for premiere.
Being Professional
The team I worked with did a great job overall. We did a great job getting the camera set up and filming on time. We did talk through a lot of the problems and figure out when and where we were going to film. I stood up when stuff was not getting done to get things into check. I talked with the actors to tell them how to act in a scene. After all we got the project in on time.
The Experience
Friday, December 20, 2019
My Semester in Entertainment
Projects
Time Management
Strengths
What to Learn
Honorable Guests
The All American High School Film Festival
Future Feature Film
24 Hour Film Fest
Overall
Films
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Summary of the project/Process The process of making frame by frame animation is quite easy once you set it up. There are 2 ways you coul...
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What was the Purpose? Whats the process? The purpose of using sketchup was to learn how to model a 3d object and how to make an animation...
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Projects I worked on many projects over the last semester. This includes my films titled: "Simply Complex", "lets swi...