In this project, we had to create a video detailing the physics behind a certain action in a certain sport. The sport my team chose was baseball and we decided that our action would be the physics behind hitting a home run. To do this video, first we had to write a script and a storyboard that would show what shots we wanted and what we wanted to say in each shot. We then went ahead and got most of our shots off of youtube. We also took a video of one of our friends hitting a home run on the school's softball field. Once we had our shots, we started calculating the physics behind the home run. After we calculated those physics, we did voice overs for each shot explaining what was happening and why it happened. Once we had all of our components together, we edited together the video you see above this text.
Our video had a couple of major points we wanted to get across. Firstly, we wanted to explain just why it is so important to make sure you have the correct stance. There are a couple of reasons for having the correct stance. Firstly, you could not follow through on your swing, making you fall over which would be embarrassing. The second reason is that you could accidentally let go of the bat, sending it flying. The third and arguably most important reason is that if you do not have the correct stance, you cannot hit with your maximum possible power.
Velocity: The speed at which an object is moving in a certain direction. In our video we calculated that the total change in velocity from the pitch to the hit was about 37.7 meters per second.
Force: The strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. In our video we found that the total force of the bat on the ball was about 8000 Newtons which equates to approximately 1800 pounds.
Mass: The amount of matter in an object. In our video, we found that the baseball we used had a mass of 1.48 kg.
Horizontal Velocity: The speed at which an object travels horizontally. In our video we found that the ball had a horizontal velocity of 14.3 meters per second.
Vertical Velocity: The speed at which an object travels vertically. In our video, we found that the ball had a vertical velocity of 20.874 meters per second.
Reflection:
In this project we had only a couple of struggles. The first one was getting the shot of our friend hitting a home run. We had trouble with this because the first time we filmed it, we got the shot within a matter of minutes. The problem was that when I filmed it, I accidentally shot it in portrait mode. That meant that it was unusable in our video because windows movie maker did not allow the use of portrait mode. When we went to film the shot a second time, we were unable to get any of the people we needed to get a home run to hit one for 2 days. The second problem we ran into was the time constraints. The filming of the home run ended up taking longer than we had originally anticipated, which made us have to cut out a couple of shots.
Ultimately throughout this project I definitely got better at editing videos because of all of the time it took to edit it. I also learned that I get really annoyed when things that are entirely out of my control do not go well such as the situation where we could not get the home run shot. I will have to work on that. In terms of things I could have done better, I could have been more patient with the batters, I started to get very annoyed with them after about an hour which is probably not the best way to handle such a situation. The second thing I could have done better would be devoting more of my time to the project. During class time I did fine and was productive but when it came time to do work outside of school such as editing, I definitely shied away from it because I valued my free time to heavily. All in all this was a fun project and I enjoyed it greatly.
Our video had a couple of major points we wanted to get across. Firstly, we wanted to explain just why it is so important to make sure you have the correct stance. There are a couple of reasons for having the correct stance. Firstly, you could not follow through on your swing, making you fall over which would be embarrassing. The second reason is that you could accidentally let go of the bat, sending it flying. The third and arguably most important reason is that if you do not have the correct stance, you cannot hit with your maximum possible power.
Velocity: The speed at which an object is moving in a certain direction. In our video we calculated that the total change in velocity from the pitch to the hit was about 37.7 meters per second.
Force: The strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. In our video we found that the total force of the bat on the ball was about 8000 Newtons which equates to approximately 1800 pounds.
Mass: The amount of matter in an object. In our video, we found that the baseball we used had a mass of 1.48 kg.
Horizontal Velocity: The speed at which an object travels horizontally. In our video we found that the ball had a horizontal velocity of 14.3 meters per second.
Vertical Velocity: The speed at which an object travels vertically. In our video, we found that the ball had a vertical velocity of 20.874 meters per second.
Reflection:
In this project we had only a couple of struggles. The first one was getting the shot of our friend hitting a home run. We had trouble with this because the first time we filmed it, we got the shot within a matter of minutes. The problem was that when I filmed it, I accidentally shot it in portrait mode. That meant that it was unusable in our video because windows movie maker did not allow the use of portrait mode. When we went to film the shot a second time, we were unable to get any of the people we needed to get a home run to hit one for 2 days. The second problem we ran into was the time constraints. The filming of the home run ended up taking longer than we had originally anticipated, which made us have to cut out a couple of shots.
Ultimately throughout this project I definitely got better at editing videos because of all of the time it took to edit it. I also learned that I get really annoyed when things that are entirely out of my control do not go well such as the situation where we could not get the home run shot. I will have to work on that. In terms of things I could have done better, I could have been more patient with the batters, I started to get very annoyed with them after about an hour which is probably not the best way to handle such a situation. The second thing I could have done better would be devoting more of my time to the project. During class time I did fine and was productive but when it came time to do work outside of school such as editing, I definitely shied away from it because I valued my free time to heavily. All in all this was a fun project and I enjoyed it greatly.