Learning Assessment: 12/1

1. Red herring - means something that draws attention away from main subject, seemingly random but perhaps somehow significant.

2. The Rule of Thirds: never really fully realized that this was a theorem, I haven't heard it actually called the "Rule of Thirds" since middle-school. Helping some of the other students, I came across this in one of my textbooks. I've always prided myself on having "the eye" for a good composition, and I've been asked to describe what a "good" composition is, but have never really been able to put it to words. This rule explains it perfectly and makes it sound pretty simple. Basically the frame is divided into a 3x3 grid, and when notable subject matter falls under the line or upon an intersection of two lines, it creates a suitable composition.

3. The most important thing I learned was during my short critique of my rough culminating video. It's hard to verbalize, but basically there are invaluable moments during critiques where I realize that something I do, a type of shot I like or an element of the context that I dwell on, is actually really archetypical and/or cliche. In my case, it was the reversed drip or the pan into a clenching fist. Those are the types of images I love and I'm comfortable with. I remembered thinking when I was edited, "these are almost flawless", knowing they were great shots and not giving them a second thought. This is because I've grown up seeing them in hundreds of movies, and I'm comfortable with seeing them and. now, using them in my own work. My program has worked to combat this comfortability, and my growth is very much a testament to how well that has worked for me. But, in this case and in many more in the future, I will continue to realize things about my work that degrade its originality. This realization is what helps me grow and develop my own vision, and moments like it are invaluable to me as an artist.