Silent Feature

Yet another assignment from Visual Fundamentals. And also.. my first movie! For this project we were put in small groups and told to produce a two minute silent feature. The goal was to implement all of the aspects of good photography we had learned and take it one step further. It was a great learning experience. You don't realize how time consuming making a video can be until you try for yourself. Although the finished product was only two minutes, it took about ten hours to film, and a couple of days to edit. And that was without audio to worry about.

Doing this assignment made me realize that when you shoot video, for a movie or for news, you have to be in a different mindset. You have to always be thinking about the shots you need for editing purposes. It is necessary to have a plan before you start shooting. 

One of the members of my group has his own camera so this was shot in HD, hence the high quality of the video.

Maybe Mabel from helmut grinley on Vimeo.

Portraits

This is another of my projects from my Visual Fundamentals class. The assignment was to take pictures of strangers. The purpose of this assignment was to experience starting a conversation with people you don't know as this is a main component of being a journalist.
Walking up to a someone you've never met and asking if you can photograph them can be very daunting. Some people were receptive to the idea. Most, however, did not seem thrilled at the idea and some were downright hostile. It was very nerve-wracking at first, but I found if you were very friendly and conversational with people, that seemed to illicit the best response.
Doing this project made me more confident when talking to strangers. It was good practice for an aspiring journalist.

Portraits from Brittany DeAngelis on Vimeo.

Good Bye Summer Group Slideshow Project

This was our first group assignment for our Visual Fundamentals class. Every group had to choose a theme and because it was fall, my group thought that we would showcase the changing of the seasons. I hadn't shot with my SLR camera for a while so it was good practice. In total I took around 30 photos and we each submitted our 10 best. 

What I enjoyed most about this project was the variety of locations I went to to shoot. I went everywhere from downtown Vancouver, to the Fraser River in Burnaby. 

This assignment allowed me to practice some photography skills I already possessed as well as develop some new ones I was learning in class.

Good Bye Summer from Brittany DeAngelis on Vimeo.