Since I've been taking this TV Production class, my work in here has changed the way I watch a film, television, and video. It has changed since last year when I took TV Production 1. Knowing how everything behind the camera works always looked easy to me, but it really isn't. It takes time, patience to make perfect. You have to make sure the editing is just right, the location, lighting, sound, etc. Whenever I see a film, or any having to do with the media I think to my, "that would've looked better a different way." Or sometimes you don't get what their trying to say, in other words their point isn't very clear. I use to never think of these things before, now I catch myself correcting their mistakes through my perspective. Overall, this has been a great experience and an awesome class. It sure has taught me so much more since TV Production 1. I've enjoyed producing, editing, and directing short films, from PSA'S to short commercials. Definently changed the way I see all kinds of media.

- Perla

Ever since I have been in T.V. Production, I find myself picking apart movies all the time. Now when I go to the movie theater, or am just sitting at home, I realize all the different camera angles; I notice the lighting, music, and cuts to new scenes. Now I can’t watch movies without critiquing camera angles constantly, like, “that scene could have been so much more powerful with an over-the-shoulder shot or even a low angle shot!” I have earned a new respect for the whole process of filmmaking, and it still amazes me how so many people will work months on a movie to just entertain us for two hours. I can no longer just sit and watch a movie anymore, without analyzing every cut, angle change, and musical selection. T.V. Production has made it so that I’m interested in how directors manipulate cameras, and actors to provoke the audience’s emotions just how they planned.


-Violet

Ever since I started filming in my TV production class, my views on TV, movies, and videos have changed. Every time I turned my TV on to watch my favorite shows I can now call out every different camera angle they used. I try to figure out if they used sound effects or if it was actually made by the actors and actresses of the film. I also see if there are any better angles that they could have used to make the emotion stronger to the viewer. I also look for cut-to-action time in shows, movies, etc. I see if their timing is on or if it’s too soon or if it’s a little delayed. The lighting is also an important key to filming so I look for the lighting techniques in film. Sometimes I also watch videos on YouTube in my spare time just to look for all the different camera angles, cut-to-action, lighting in the room, etc. 

-Emily