Film Foundations

Over the past year, our lives have become more dependent on the internet. Up until late last year, even school was virtual. I wanted to reflect this in my internet film: a virtual, Khan Academy-style lesson. I followed a tutorial online on how to make a virtual lesson, and despite not having all the materials I needed, I feel like I succeeded in my film. I had some interruptions, however (I filmed 3 times, and no matter how much I told people to try to stay quiet, I was still interrupted), and my "stylus" (actually a pencil eraser wrapped in tinfoil) just stopped working sometimes. I still feel good about what I put out, however, and I definitely picked the best recording I could, even if it was a bit long.  

The idea for my film came about while I was reading a book about philosophy. One of the passages in the book was about the philosophy of motion. I immediately knew what I wanted to make my film about, so I went out to capture my dogs fighting on video. After getting about 3 minutes of footage, I went back inside to edit the film, using various editing tools I had utilized throughout the year to make it unrecognizable. At school the next day, I took some shots of unmoving objects and a couple of shots of moving subjects. Afterward, I assembled my footage together, interlaying the footage with quotes from philosopher Rene Descartes. Initially, I had planned to use Krzysztof Penderecki's music to play in the background, but when I uploaded the completed video to Youtube, I received a copyright strike. I went back, and decided to use a different composer's music, and re-edited the footage to better sync with the new track.  Overall, I am somewhat satisfied with the end result. Whil...