OWF PROJECT

 For me and my partner's one world film project our word was 'hateful'. The goal was to create a story, plan shots, and produce a short film that clearly represented hatred by editing, visuals, and narrative.

The complete this project, I focused on on telling a dramatic story about a relationship built on hate. The story follows a boyfriend who cheats on his girlfriend. When she finds out, she feels hatred toward him and breaks up with him. The twist is that he didn’t care about her feelings because he hated her as well.

During brainstorming, I named each shot and added descriptions for what we wanted to show. This helped me structure the story faster and think visually about how to represent hate through expressions, actions, and camera angles.

My storyboard helped me pre-visualize the project because I could see the sequence of shots before filming. It guided me during shooting so I knew exactly what scenes to capture and how they would flow together.

We used IMovie to edit the project. This allowed me to arrange my shots easier, adjust timing, and add finishing touches to make the story clear.

Filming the scenes went smoothly, and I captured all the shots I had planned.

What I would improve: I would like to use more editing techniques, such as jump cuts, to make the film more dynamic and less predictable. Right now, it feels a little boring, so adding these techniques could make it more engaging.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A1vtNtwZe5CvZsuWmeRwLiqB0I7dTq-O/view?usp=sharing 

camera shots quiz

Friday, August 29, 2025

CAMERA SHOTS QUIZ
For this assignment, we had to make a presentation of 15 shots and angles. The objective was to tell a story and express emotions just through the shots without using any words.

I did mine on a pencil vs. pen rivalry. I thought it would be fun and a little ridiculous because they're both just inanimate objects, but I could personify them and make it look like they were two people debating which one is better. The pen is all full of themself, and the pencil is humble but versatile, and I tried to convey that through the way I shot it.

While I was building the story, I was trying to make it funny but also a little bit sad at the same time. The funny part was in exaggerating the seriousness of the competition, two characters fighting this battle. But then the sad part came in when the pen started to look lonely and worn out, as though it was struggling to keep up with the pencil. That brought a little more depth to it all instead of it being just silly.

I tried using the camera angles to illustrate the dynamic in a straightforward manner. Low angles of an individual made them look powerful and strong, while high angles of the other made them look weak or defeated. Close-ups were also very useful since they showed all the tiny details, like the shiny tip of the pen or the worn out eraser of the pencil which helped to build up the mood and make it more dramatic.

Overall, I think the shots did a great job of showing the rivalry as a balance of conflict and comedy. If I had more time, I would've added an even more establishing shots at the start so people would know right away where this battle was taking place.

first blog

 Hi, my name is Sofia and this is my media studies blog. I'm making this to keep track of my projects and all the steps along the way,
I'll be publishing updates on what I'll be working on, like research, filming, planning, etc. I will also use it to write about challenges I run into.
I never have wrote a blog before so this is all new to me so that's it for now and i'll be adding more as I go.