6 Shot System

The 6 shots in the 6 Shot System are a medium, close up, extra close up, over the shoulder, wide, and extra wide shot.  The abbreviations for these are MS, CU, XCU, OTS, WS, and XWS.  The medium shot is the hips and above, close up is just the head and a tiny bit of shoulders, extra close up is always of the hands, over the shoulder is just above a shoulder and shows what the person is doing and shows part of their face but not all of it, wide shows the whole body, and lastly, extra wide shows the whole person but also showing the setting.  I learned that this system is supposed to be quick and to keep the viewers attention.  What I will do next time is make sure the shots are accurate and that there aren't items in the setting that we don't want in the shots.

Highlight Video

    The program I used for this project was Final Cut Pro and the tools I used in it were youtube.com to get my videos, ssyoutube.com to download and use the videos, and the finder window to transfer my downloads to Final Cut Pro.  I used command "I" and "O" to figure out which parts of the videos I wanted in my highlights.  My hobby I chose for this project was softball because I've played this sport for many years and I love it.  I did and did not enjoy Final Cut Pro.  It was difficult at times like when you needed it to end at an exact point, it could be difficult ending it there.  Overall I think my project was pretty good and I will probably catch on to this Final Cut Pro program as the quarter goes on.