This Favorite Ice Skaters reel was inspired by this assignment.  Instead of making it about my favorite actor/actress, I made it about my favorite ice skaters.  I thought it would go perfectly with the story line of my final project. To make this montage, I found videos on YouTube and opened up the YouTube Converter.  For … Continue reading Favorite Ice Skaters Reel

Assignment 2 create: Probably 2 stars tops. Step 1: Think of something (a story) that if you read in the paper would make you laugh. Step 2: Using whatever resources you have at your disposal, create a template for a … Continue reading →

When I completed this week’s assignments I was a little relieved- I had never worked a movie program in my life. Though my final products didn’t turn out to be an Oscar winning film, I am glad that I got some basics out of how to use movie/ video editors. The thing that gave me … Continue reading Weekly Sumary Numero Cuatro

I really enjoyed this weeks work! I honestly thought video was going to be the most dreaded week. I learned that the emotion evoked from watching something comes from a combination of minuscule details involving camera angles and audio. My favorite part of this week was creating a digital assignment. The most disliked portion was … Continue reading Week Four Summary →

Have you ever wanted to travel, but do not have the time and money? Or maybe you are a world traveler and think you have seen it all. Spend some time and find at least four places to visit that are near you. It is amazing all the things that we miss and take for … Continue reading My Own Digital Creation →

To be an amateur movie analyzer (is that even a thing?) I observed a scene from the movie- Gladiator. Let me split it up into the parts I observed. Part Uno: The Visual Aspect- Focusing on just the shots alone, I could tell that the scene was going to be dramatic and intense. I first … Continue reading I Looked, I Listened, and I Analyzed.

So I did the “Where are they now?” (worth four stars) assignment. I used, of course, my favorite show Bob’s Burgers mainly because they are still kids and it’s just easier to build off of what might possibly happen to all of them in the future. I used Powerpoint and Windows Live Movie maker yet … Continue reading Where Are they???

For the Assignment-Lyric Typography Poster (worth four stars). I used Pixlr it is just as good as Photoshop (almost it’s twin), but it’s a lot more easier to navigate around. 1.) Pick Create New Image and it will ask you the dimensions (height/ width) and go crazy! I would choose around 500×800 just because the file … Continue reading Tutorial for Lyric Typography

For the “Look, Listen, Analyze” part of this week, I chose Rocky Balboa – The Final Word. The reason I chose this movie was because I figured it would be easier and more fun to break down since I enjoyed watching this movie a while ago. The way I picked apart this video clip was first … Continue reading Rocky Balboa-The Final Word Scene Breakdown →

Okay now that you heard the song- you are now prepped to make your own Pokemon card. This can be done in Photoshop, but I do realize not everyone can afford or want to buy it. That is fine, I don’t either. So I found an easier way to make yourself a Pokemon trading card. … Continue reading Now you can be a Pokemon- Created Assignment (Visual assignment)

“How To Read A Movie” by Roger Ebert is an article that explains the various camera angles that appear on screen. Since I knew absolutely nothing about the meaning behind camera angles, I was not one-hundred percent sure what exactly I was reading. Finally, it began to sink in and then it was like a … Continue reading Movie Scene Breakdown →

I chose to complete the 30 Second Documentary video assignment worth 4.5 stars. This assignment is exactly what the title says. This thirty second documentary is of something I believe I am good at. When trying to come up with something to demonstrate, braiding a horse’s mane was the first thing that came to mind. This is … Continue reading Half A Minute of My Day →

Week Four. Done and Done. I have no jokes this week. I know you’re all disappointed. There, There. ; n ; [Regular Blog Posts] Reading Movies —> Click Here Look. Listen. Analyze —> Click Here [Video Assignments Posts] That Bleeping Censor [5 Stars] —> Click Here Show Me How![4 Stars] —> Click Here [Total Stars – 9] [Tutorials] Word Cloud —> […]

So I did the assignment- Opening Credits Redux (Worth 4 stars). At first, I had no clue or direction of what opening credits I wanted to redo, then I had an epiphany- let me remake the credits to an iconic TV Show- Friends. I will admit it is not at all as good as the … Continue reading Redux

Reading and Analyzing: http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/how-to-read-a-movie/ http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/cinema-techniques/ http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/the-pursuit-of-happyness-broken-down/ Video Assignments: http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/want-to-marry-you/ http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/terrible-lip-sync/ Made up Assignment: http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/dog-it-out/ Tutorial Assignment: Color Changer Tutorial http://www.philiplohn.com/uncategorized/color-changer-tutorial/ This week as projected in the directions, the video section was one of the hardest weeks, it was tough because again I am just getting used to all this technical stuff, like changing file types […]

Almost there!  I still cannot believe it has already been four weeks!! Definitely some of my favorite weeks, but also some of my most stressful weeks.  This week was lots of fun, but also a challenge (as they all have … Continue reading →

This Tutorial is for the color changer assignment. Step 1. Choose any picture out of your photo library, preferably something that that was taken outside. Step 2. Once you choose the picture open it with up with a program on your computer that can edit and change pictures. I chose to use my photo editor program […]

So I saw this assignment (5 stars) and was like omg yes. I’m not sure why, but unnecessary censors are one of my favorite things. They’re just so hilarious. Probably because I’m incredibly childish. For my video, I decided to take an episode from the series Regular Show. It’s about this talking bird (Mordecai), his […]

For this Design Assignment that I created as one of my required assignments. I created an assignment in which you take a picture of your dog, or any  pet that you own and make it something interesting, be creative with it. The first photo is what it was originally, that’s my dog Bella just relaxing on […]

So reaction videos seem to be all the rage these days. Just go on YouTube, search reaction videos and hundreds of results will show up. Now it’s your turn to add to the growing list. Find or have a friend send you a video you’ve never seen before and film your reaction! It’s not necessary […]

This assignment (4 stars) required me to “explain something” to an audience. This was actually pretty difficult for me. At least content wise. I’m not extremely sure of myself when it comes to teaching others. It’s just a skill I haven’t had much practice in. Same goes for just doing something in front of someone […]

For this Video Assignment, worth 3 stars, we were asked to film ourselves lip syncing to a song of choice.  I chose Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” as a fun video to do since a friend of mine recently … Continue reading →

This was a fun an interesting week because it was the combination of the audio and the visual things we have worked on in the past two weeks. I have noticed that little by little every week of assignments are coming together.  This week dealing with video was more fun and much easier. A lot … Continue reading Weekly Summary 4 →

What do you think represents you?  Is it a color? Is it video games? Is it food!?! Whatever it is there are many things out there that make you, YOU!  For this assignment you are going to make an acronym using your name and take pictures of items that represent each letter of your name.  … Continue reading Acronym With Pictures →

So, for this Video Assignment, worth 5 stars, we were asked to record a sweet message to someone, so I clearly chose my mom.  She means the world to me.  As she likes to joke around, she brought me into … Continue reading →

I am still laughing at today’s daily create! It’s not very often I am unsure about what to say, but “Cats Throwing Brides” has left me speechless. My dark side enjoyed creating the picture for this assignment. Especially when it came to searching for pictures on the internet of brides and cats. It took me a … Continue reading →

This video assignment, worth 4.5 stars, wanted us to show off a talent or something we are passionate about. I have spent the weekend horse showing and decided to post a video of one of my rides. In my eyes, riding is more of a passion than a talent. The reason I say this is … Continue reading Talent Takes Practice →