Introduction
The purpose of this project was to choose one of the 7 projects we had completed during the year, and re-do it. We would redesign a new project under the same category, and try our best to improve the final result. My group, Michelle, Ashley, Tara, and I all decided to try and improve on the "Physics of Sports Videos' project. This meant we would choose an action, and make a video explaining the physics behind that action. The video should clearly explain the physical concepts behind the motion in order to help inform the viewers how to improve the quality of that motion
Our Project
My group and I decided to get really creative with our project, and decided to focus our video on the physics behind a whip and a dab. We had a total of 2 1/2 weeks to create this video. My group and I spent the first 2 days writing the script, creating the storyboard, and coming up with an overall plan for our video. We spent the next couple days filming and getting all the footage we needed in order to complete the video. The remainder of the time was used to edit and piece together clips until our final video was complete.
The Editing Process
During the editing process, we turned our clips into a full video.We used iMovie as our editing software, and it worked very well, and was easy to use. We ran into a couple of minor setbacks, but were able to work through them and edit very well. After we had the video edited to our liking, we began to add audio. We took multiple voice overs to help fully explain our thinking, and added music to give the video some finishing touches.
Content
A Dab: A dance in which the dancer simultaneously drops their head and leans into their elbow, while raising their other arm i=at a diagonal in the air
A Whip: A dance in which the dancer raises the knee opposite of the arm that they raise and then simultaneous;y drop the raised leg while stomping, and punching the raised arm out horizontally in front of them.
Mass: the amount of matter in something. Mass is measured in kgs
Velocity: the rate of distance covered in a direction. Velocity=distance/time. Velocity is measured in m/s
Force: a push or a pull. To find Force you use the equation F=ma (Force = Mass x Acceleration) Force is measured in N
Acceleration: rate of change of velocity(speeding up or slowing down) Acceleration is measured in m/s^2.
Gravity: gravity is a force between two objects and it is in proportion to their masses and inverse to the distance between them. Acceleration due to gravity(g or Ag) is 9.8 m/s^2
A Whip: A dance in which the dancer raises the knee opposite of the arm that they raise and then simultaneous;y drop the raised leg while stomping, and punching the raised arm out horizontally in front of them.
Mass: the amount of matter in something. Mass is measured in kgs
Velocity: the rate of distance covered in a direction. Velocity=distance/time. Velocity is measured in m/s
Force: a push or a pull. To find Force you use the equation F=ma (Force = Mass x Acceleration) Force is measured in N
Acceleration: rate of change of velocity(speeding up or slowing down) Acceleration is measured in m/s^2.
Gravity: gravity is a force between two objects and it is in proportion to their masses and inverse to the distance between them. Acceleration due to gravity(g or Ag) is 9.8 m/s^2
Our Project
Reflection
Overall, I thought this project was super successful and fun. It was one of my favorite projects, and I felt that I not only gained a deeper understanding of some of the concepts we covered this year, but I also felt that I improved a lot from the last "Physics of Sports Videos" project I did. To start off, the fact that we got to choose our groups was one of the reasons that I enjoyed working on this project so much. I was in a group with all my friends, so not only did we feel free to express all of our ideas, but we also could spend a lot of time after school to work on the project. However, every project has its ups and downs, and so did this one. One thing my group and I did very well was creativity and acceptance of new ideas. Every idea someone suggested was thoroughly considered and respected. Due to this positive atmosphere, we all felt that we could be completely open and share any and all ideas with the group. Because we alway had so many great ideas bouncing around, our final product was super creative and interesting. Another thing my group did really well was communication and cooperation. We always were very capable of communicating new information to each other clearly. This helped with our overall time management and collaboration. We also were very cooperative with each other for the full duration of the project. For example, doing the editing is pretty much only a 2 person job, so the other 2 people who weren't editing that day helped out and wrote the script, and whenever there was a job that no one particularly wanted to do, there was never any arguing, and everyone always contributed to the task. A couple things our group didn't do as well on was efficiency and frustration. For example, because the editing wasn't a 4 person job, there was a lot of time where the people who weren't editing would just be sitting around not knowing how to help. Even though we switched off who was editing from day to day, it was still difficult for those people to feel as though they were helping. One other thing that didn't go as well in this project was technical difficulties. Due to the fact that this project was 100% dependent on technology, we were faced with some difficult problems. On the night before the project was due, I was trying to upload it to YouTube so we could present it in class the following day when my computer died. I plugged it into the charger, but even after it had been charging for several hours, the computer still wouldn't turn on. I had to take the computer to a shop to fix it, and luckily the video was still complelty saved, I had no more time to upload it to youtube, so when we presented in class, everyone had to gather around my laptop rather than just looking onto the projector. Despite these challenges, this was still a very successful project that showed me how much I've grown over the year. By assigning s a re-do project, it allowed me to really look back and think about how much better at collaboration, cooperation, and leadership I have become over this past school year.
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