{"id":58,"date":"2022-01-01T22:44:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T22:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahKi\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2022-05-23T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:12:06","slug":"showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahKi\/showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to my Freestyle Showcase page! My name is Hannah Kitamura, and I am a student at Freestyle academy, class of 2022. At Freestyle, I am taking Film, Digital Media, and English. This is my first year at Freestyle, and it has been a challenging year. I never had any prior experience with working with cameras, Adobe programs, and other various tools introduced to me through Freestyle, so it has been a learning curve. Freestyle challenged me in ways I haven&#8217;t been tested before, as I had to push myself to think outside the box creatively, and work with new people to create something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main reason why I chose to do Freestyle in the first place is because I want to work within the entertainment industry in the future. I have dabbled in the fine arts since I was young, taking dance and art lessons, and in more recent years, singing, acting and technical theatre. I wanted to expand my resume and learn about the film industry, and dabble in acting in front of the camera as well as how to produce a film, starting from the pre-production process to the post-production process. While my college plans are not set in stone, I will be majoring in something related to theatre or film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#b982bf\">Reflections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first ever film that I made on my own was for the Reflections unit, where I made a two-minute short film about anything I wanted. I chose to focus on human connection, specifically through hand-holding. I this theme since it was the first time I was going back to school and spending time with my peers since the pandemic started, and I never realized how important human connection was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p5 Reflections HannahK\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/el4yWxs5iyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to include visuals of me spending time with my friends, as well as footage of other people showing affection towards their loved ones. I wasn&#8217;t too confident in filming, and I didn&#8217;t know how to edit my footage at all. A lot of shots turned out blurry, and I didn&#8217;t do much editing. I did like my theme and overall message, but I wish I was able to edit more to make it look a bit nicer and cohesive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#70c087\">Zenith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the last film projects I worked on at the end of the year was the Zenith Project. I partnered up with my friend Josh, who I met through theatre. We both are aiming to do theatre in college, and we also wanted to involve theatre in our final film as a passion project. We decided to create a promotional documentary for Upstage Theater&#8217;s production of Little Shop of Horrors, which Josh was directing, and I was assistant hair and makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022 Zenith Project by HannahK JoshG\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I7JzyUnXvZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were several challenges as we were filming this documentary, as Josh and I were incredibly busy. There were also several other factors that were out of our control, and we had to adapt to new curveballs on the spot. The Zenith presentations were a week before tech and performances, so we were unable to film those portions, and we lost all production photos due to a corrupted SD card. While things didn&#8217;t go to plan, Josh and I were still able to post a promotional documentary that we are proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#f1b1cd\">Reflection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, I can see the growth I made from my Reflections to my Zenith. I am proud of both, and I enjoy that my Reflections shows who I was back at the beginning of the school year, and that my Zenith intertwines who my passion for theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, I think I grew as a creator since the beginning of the year. I learned several new tools and skills, and I worked with new people throughout this whole process. I learned how to be adaptable, and overcome challenges by working with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my Freestyle Showcase page! My name is Hannah Kitamura, and I am a student at Freestyle academy, class of 2022. At Freestyle, I am taking Film, Digital Media, and English. This is my first year at Freestyle, and it has been a challenging year. I never had any prior experience with working with cameras, Adobe programs, and other various tools introduced to me through Freestyle, so it has been a learning curve. Freestyle challenged me in ways I haven&#8217;t been tested before, as I had to push myself to think outside the box creatively, and work with new people to create something. The main reason why I chose to do Freestyle in the first place is because I want to work within the entertainment industry in the future. I have dabbled in the fine arts since I was young, taking dance and art lessons, and in more recent years, singing, acting and technical theatre. I wanted to expand my resume and learn about the film industry, and dabble in acting in front of the camera as well as how to produce a film, starting from the pre-production process to the post-production process. While my college plans are not set in stone, I will be majoring in something related to theatre or film. Reflections The first ever film that I made on my own was for the Reflections unit, where I made a two-minute short film about anything I wanted. I chose to focus on human connection, specifically through hand-holding. I this theme since it was the first time I was going back to school and spending time with my peers since the pandemic started, and I never realized how important human connection was. I wanted to include visuals of me spending time with my friends, as well as footage of other people showing affection towards their loved ones. I wasn&#8217;t too confident in filming, and I didn&#8217;t know how to edit my footage at all. A lot of shots turned out blurry, and I didn&#8217;t do much editing. I did like my theme and overall message, but I wish I was able to edit more to make it look a bit nicer and cohesive. Zenith One of the last film projects I worked on at the end of the year was the Zenith Project. I partnered up with my friend Josh, who I met through theatre. We both are aiming to do theatre in college, and we also wanted to involve theatre in our final film as a passion project. We decided to create a promotional documentary for Upstage Theater&#8217;s production of Little Shop of Horrors, which Josh was directing, and I was assistant hair and makeup. There were several challenges as we were filming this documentary, as Josh and I were incredibly busy. 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