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Watching Fascination Projects

 The week started off with us not having class on Monday. This was probably good for the people that needed to continue to finish up on their projects. It was nice to be able to not have to worry about it because my group was the first to present last week. Since we did not have class, I was able to spend Halloween with my family. It was nice and I cannot wait to see everyone's projects as they present them. 

In Wednesday's class, we were able to view 2 groups' fascination projects. I loved being able to see how much time and hardwork that my classmates really put into making their projects perfect. Another aspect I loved was how involved all the people were in their projects, by them all acting in their films. It was interesting to go from just my group's genre of our film, to seeing the different genres of the other groups' films that my classmates created. Both groups that went today did a great job and each of them had different aspects about their films that I thought were great. I liked how the first group shot their project through the glass, it really added a lot to their film. The second group's project made me laugh and I thought it was a clever concept. 

During Friday's class, we were able to view 3 different groups' films. It was exciting for me because they had 3 very different genres, so it was fun to watch all three. The first group did a horror film, and they did a good job with it because it felt like such a real horror film to me when I was watching it. I liked the effects that they used in their film, such as the fake blood, and the dark shadow staring at her causing her not to sleep. Then the second group went, and they did an avant garde piece. I thought their piece was great as well. It was interesting for me because I did not know what direction they were going to do with avant garde, but I liked how they did the different perspectives of different things. Our third group went, they also did good. Their film was funny and I had a few laughs along the way. My favorite part of their project was the different special effects that they edited into their project. Overall, I think everyone did a great job and I cannot wait to see what we watch next in class. 

            


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  1. dr. kyburzNovember 14, 2022 at 8:20 AM

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  2. dr. kyburzNovember 14, 2022 at 8:20 AM

    OMGosh, you do a teacher's heart good! These hieroglyphics contextualizing talk of the FPs!! You are so clever, and I appreciate your fine work, Grace!

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