Our Movie

Character, Setting and Mood

Determining our character, setting and mood for the movie really forced us to think outside of the box and analyze the play in depth. First, we had to identify the components of the play that hinted at what our character looked like or what the setting and mood was. Finding out the appearance of our avatar was the first thing we did as it felt like it was the easiest out of all. Bottom was talked about a lot throughout the play. Putting together his appearance from bits and pieces of other characters’ descriptions of him was a fun challenge. Next, we moved to the setting of our movie. By determining the setting of this story, I learned that you can’t pinpoint one setting to a whole story. There are different settings within the story and they can change drastically. The setting in our movie changes almost every slide so that it can properly fit the scene. This made for a lot of scene changes and movement of characters, but it was essential to make sense. Each setting came with its own mood depending on what was happening in the scene. We had to take that into account when making our movie and picking out images. For the background, we picked medieval music because it matched the play’s vibe and because the play was based so long ago. The tune evokes the mood of being back in that time. In literature and movies, the word mood means the feeling that is experienced by the characters and the reader. Finally, our movie has a lot of different shades of green incorporated into the slides. The greens used felt soft, so it had a warm, rustic vibe. The colors used were intentionally used in order to give the feeling that this play was old. The images were intentionally kept black and monotone, so they didn’t take away from the greens used. It was purposely kept “un-colorful” to keep the overall feeling to be old and consistent through the play. One of the most interesting things about this project was that I got a new perspective on the play from only Bottom’s point of view. Initially, we were looking at the play with an overall lens. From a digital literacy perspective, I learned how to add some extras into the project to improve its visual appearance and make a better product. Focusing in on Bottom’s perspective was an interesting change that I would have never considered if it wasn’t for the project. Overall, this was a fun project even though it came with challenges.

Core Competency Reflection

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is…

When me and Caden were making this movie, we often built upon each others ideas when talking about the paragraph and sentence structure within the slides. This really works because putting our ideas together made our finished product better then if we would have done it alone or individually. With Caden’s help I was able to better explain my thoughts because he added onto them so that they made more sense on our PowerPoint.

I appreciate feedback on… and prefer it comes in the form of…

I appreciate feedback on how I could improve for the next time a project like this comes around. I know for myself, I need to improve on handing it in on time. I appreciate the feedback that has been provided via teams. I have taken that feedback and worked to improve my project. I don’t have a preference on what form I receive feedback in.

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…

These examples cannot be seen though work but my work mirrors it. If me and my groupmate had not communicated then we would have done the same slides, missed parts of the project etc. We communicated who was doing what and that helped set us up for success. I communicated with my partner to let him know that I made improvements to the project. We communicated mostly during class but that’s all we really needed because we were already on the same page.