Outline and storyboard a video that utilizes audio while strictly considering copyright.
for this project i want to record myself reading a poem i wrote and combine that audio track with video of me eating a sandwich. i will play organ music on my keyboard to go along with the poem, especially the singing part.
Luncheon Hymn
Lettuce prey
I say to my sandwich
Before I take a bite
[kneel]
Beef, I am not yet ready to receive you
But with a grid of spicy brown I shall be set
[sing]
Bread of rye
You satisfy
My true appetite
Time for milk
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
project 2 assignment write up
i ended up waiting about three hours for one of the cats to use the litter box. then, right after i handed the camera off to jeremiah, my cat had diarrhea all over the place.
other than that, i think my shoot went pretty well. i wanted to have a bunch of hand held shots, but i also decided to do the acting myself; obviously that didn't work out. i only got one shot of sifting and dumping the crap into the trash can, so i'm hoping it works out.
anxious to see what my edited footage looks like..
Thursday, September 18, 2008
quiz 2
3 point lighting
key light - the strongest light. usually at a about 7 o'clock in relationship to the subject (looking from overhead).
fill light - a less strong light, typically placed around 4:30 in relationship to the subject. this light helps to drown out really strong shadows created by the key light.
back light - this light is also weak compared to the key light. it points toward the area behind the subject, lighting up background space and creating a greater sense of depth between the subject and the environment
when outside, how can you lower some high contrast/strong shadows?
use a bounce card to cast light on the dark areas of the subject
key light - the strongest light. usually at a about 7 o'clock in relationship to the subject (looking from overhead).
fill light - a less strong light, typically placed around 4:30 in relationship to the subject. this light helps to drown out really strong shadows created by the key light.
back light - this light is also weak compared to the key light. it points toward the area behind the subject, lighting up background space and creating a greater sense of depth between the subject and the environment
when outside, how can you lower some high contrast/strong shadows?
use a bounce card to cast light on the dark areas of the subject
storyboard
after this point, these shots will repeat from the beginning but will go by quicker until there are only three or four different second-long shots on a loop by the end
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
instructional video ideas
how to:
-clean a litter box, or take the shit out
close up shot of cat
medium shot of cat; we see the cat is pooping
medium shot of person fanning/holding nose
shot of litter box from above. there are lumps in it
grab a garbage bag and take the box outside
sift and dump all the crap into bag, then dispose
bring clean litter box inside
everyone is happy
other ideas:
-travel
shot of finger on spinning globe
google research the country
shop for deal on plane tickets
click buy now
maybe appropriate video of airport and plane interior shots
-build a campfire
supplies
technique
-practice good oral hygiene
rinse
scrape tongue
floss
brush with toothpaste
listerine
-change a bicycle tire
when it goes flat
-install a peephole
in your door to look at people
-create a .gif from a movie
choose the scene you want to capture
export as image sequence
open in photoshop or imageready
optimize the animation
-coding
a simple html/css page
-pack a backpack for camping
what to bring
-clean a litter box, or take the shit out
close up shot of cat
medium shot of cat; we see the cat is pooping
medium shot of person fanning/holding nose
shot of litter box from above. there are lumps in it
grab a garbage bag and take the box outside
sift and dump all the crap into bag, then dispose
bring clean litter box inside
everyone is happy
other ideas:
-travel
shot of finger on spinning globe
google research the country
shop for deal on plane tickets
click buy now
maybe appropriate video of airport and plane interior shots
-build a campfire
supplies
technique
-practice good oral hygiene
rinse
scrape tongue
floss
brush with toothpaste
listerine
-change a bicycle tire
when it goes flat
-install a peephole
in your door to look at people
-create a .gif from a movie
choose the scene you want to capture
export as image sequence
open in photoshop or imageready
optimize the animation
-coding
a simple html/css page
-pack a backpack for camping
what to bring
Thursday, September 11, 2008
oh boy.
http://www.5min.com/Video/Making-Marriage-Work-27299535
i've seen this guy before on tv i think.. but can't remember what i was watching at the time. he has it all figured out. if everyone would just watch this video there would be no more divorces.
other cool videos i found:
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Address-Islamic-Fundamentalism-27297450
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Encourage-Faith-in-Todays-Youth-27297818
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Move-A-100-Year-Old-Church-6649624 oh this one is awesome. lol
i've seen this guy before on tv i think.. but can't remember what i was watching at the time. he has it all figured out. if everyone would just watch this video there would be no more divorces.
other cool videos i found:
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Address-Islamic-Fundamentalism-27297450
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Encourage-Faith-in-Todays-Youth-27297818
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Move-A-100-Year-Old-Church-6649624 oh this one is awesome. lol
manifesto rough draft
In making a movie:
Character comes first, always.
Consider content above all else; the movie must serve a purpose greater than entertainment.
Eliminate predictability/bourgeois/hollywood formulas/storybook endings.
It should not contain unnecessary scenes.
No movie magic or over-romanticization. No Cocteau.
No soundtrack music added in post production.
Artificial sound effects may not stand in for, enhance, or replace actual sounds from production.
The movie must be revolutionary or have aimed to be so from its initial conception.
Credit no one's name for more time than another.
No scrolling text credits.
Character comes first, always.
Consider content above all else; the movie must serve a purpose greater than entertainment.
Eliminate predictability/bourgeois/hollywood formulas/storybook endings.
It should not contain unnecessary scenes.
No movie magic or over-romanticization. No Cocteau.
No soundtrack music added in post production.
Artificial sound effects may not stand in for, enhance, or replace actual sounds from production.
The movie must be revolutionary or have aimed to be so from its initial conception.
Credit no one's name for more time than another.
No scrolling text credits.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
thinking
describe an ideal mode of filmmaking
what works? what things do i dislike or hate in movies, whether content wise or in production techniques
come up with a sort of manifesto or blueprint to moviemaking of my own.
what works? what things do i dislike or hate in movies, whether content wise or in production techniques
come up with a sort of manifesto or blueprint to moviemaking of my own.
quiz
white balance is when you tell the camera what is actually the color white in the scene you're shooting; this is often done by holding a solid white card in front of the camera. after the camera makes this adjustment, every other color in the scene looks more accurate to reality because they are all based relative to the truly white areas.
genre research and example
Drama films are serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. A dramatic film shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between.
Dramatic themes often include current issues, societal ills, and problems, concerns or injustices, such as racial prejudice, religious intolerance (such as anti-Semitism), drug addiction, poverty, political unrest, the corruption of power, alcoholism, class divisions, sexual inequality, mental illness, corrupt societal institutions, violence toward women or other explosive issues of the times. These films have successfully drawn attention to the issues by taking advantage of the topical interest of the subject. Although dramatic films have often dealt frankly and realistically with social problems, the tendency has been for Hollywood, especially during earlier times of censorship, to exonerate society and institutions and to blame problems on an individual, who more often than not, would be punished for his/her transgressions.
Sling Blade
Dramatic themes often include current issues, societal ills, and problems, concerns or injustices, such as racial prejudice, religious intolerance (such as anti-Semitism), drug addiction, poverty, political unrest, the corruption of power, alcoholism, class divisions, sexual inequality, mental illness, corrupt societal institutions, violence toward women or other explosive issues of the times. These films have successfully drawn attention to the issues by taking advantage of the topical interest of the subject. Although dramatic films have often dealt frankly and realistically with social problems, the tendency has been for Hollywood, especially during earlier times of censorship, to exonerate society and institutions and to blame problems on an individual, who more often than not, would be punished for his/her transgressions.
Sling Blade
project 1 - completed
on place
With this project my intention was to portray a shift in perception of a place through age. I chose to document and juxtapose images of my preschool and the church I was raised in because religion played a leading role in my childhood but is now the subject of a growing resentment in my adult life. As a three-year-old, unaware of what the word "christian" even meant, I was enrolled into First Christians preschool and had been attending church regularly even earlier than that.
Blissfully ignorant at the time that I was being brainwashed and trained to promote a belief system I knew nothing about, the majority of this video represents my younger self, a care free individual simply observing an environment around him with no function to serve other than to be a school and playground. The end is a glance back from the present day, with the knowledge and wisdom I feel I've accumulated thus far, seeing Christ the King church for what it really is to me - a place devoted to the practice of controlling young and old minds alike to live in fear, guilt, naivety and confusion until the day they die, all based on a bunch of lies.
With this project my intention was to portray a shift in perception of a place through age. I chose to document and juxtapose images of my preschool and the church I was raised in because religion played a leading role in my childhood but is now the subject of a growing resentment in my adult life. As a three-year-old, unaware of what the word "christian" even meant, I was enrolled into First Christians preschool and had been attending church regularly even earlier than that.
Blissfully ignorant at the time that I was being brainwashed and trained to promote a belief system I knew nothing about, the majority of this video represents my younger self, a care free individual simply observing an environment around him with no function to serve other than to be a school and playground. The end is a glance back from the present day, with the knowledge and wisdom I feel I've accumulated thus far, seeing Christ the King church for what it really is to me - a place devoted to the practice of controlling young and old minds alike to live in fear, guilt, naivety and confusion until the day they die, all based on a bunch of lies.
project 1 - ideas
1.) things in little rock: the first schools i went to - shooting locations where i had some of my earliest memories. the playgrounds might be completely different now.
2.) the church i was raised in - maybe record the congregation reciting the catholic creed (in mumbles) and lay the audio track over a video tour of the places in the building i remember most and other places from my childhood like my backyard, the soccer fields, jr high, high school, in a sort of timeline by age. audio track could fade to barely audible by the end.
3.) outdoor spots: shoot the trek up pinnacle mountain, maybe looking at my feet or some weird angle the whole time until reaching the top where you can see most of little rock. or bike trails in bartlett - create a helmet cam.
4.) the place inside the body. first person view of normal daily activity/routines. maybe some sort of internal dialog voiceover that seems disconnected from the things that are happening on the screen, as if the mind were not controlling the body, the way i felt the first time i got high.. that was some scary shit.
5.) find home movie footage of my house from a long time ago and recreate the same angles and shots from that footage in my house today. play both simultaneously side by side
2.) the church i was raised in - maybe record the congregation reciting the catholic creed (in mumbles) and lay the audio track over a video tour of the places in the building i remember most and other places from my childhood like my backyard, the soccer fields, jr high, high school, in a sort of timeline by age. audio track could fade to barely audible by the end.
3.) outdoor spots: shoot the trek up pinnacle mountain, maybe looking at my feet or some weird angle the whole time until reaching the top where you can see most of little rock. or bike trails in bartlett - create a helmet cam.
4.) the place inside the body. first person view of normal daily activity/routines. maybe some sort of internal dialog voiceover that seems disconnected from the things that are happening on the screen, as if the mind were not controlling the body, the way i felt the first time i got high.. that was some scary shit.
5.) find home movie footage of my house from a long time ago and recreate the same angles and shots from that footage in my house today. play both simultaneously side by side
project 1 - freewrite on "place"
place? place. time and space. memories of places i've been that i can see in my head are sometimes tied to what things i thought about during the time i spent there. my preschool is anger and frustration at snack time; i didn't get enough animal crackers and juice. who would be satisfied with just two bears and a penguin? my kindergarten classroom floor is a grid of nap mats and the lights are off, as i try to force myself to have dreams of pretty girls going down slides into pools of whipped cream, just like on the tv show "what would you do?" hosted by mark summers. what a lucky man. i remember a joke for my backyard during sixth grade, it was: "hey andrew, you just missed the french open" because jonathan and courtney had just made out in my dad's hot tub during truth or dare and andrew, who loves tennis, missed it because he was late to the party. i don't remember who said the joke, but they also threw skittles at Hans as he hid under a table with his tail between his legs.
What is "a sense of place?" What does it mean to be a person in a place? How do people shape places, and how are they shaped by them? Can places be in our minds as well as etched in the physical landscape? Are our identities a kind of place, in and of themselves?
in a way, the only 'place' a person can really ever be is inside his or her own body. the movie being john malkovich springs to mind - at the end when he became a prisoner inside another person's head seems a strong example of this. even within one's own body is like a sort of imprisonment.
What is "a sense of place?" What does it mean to be a person in a place? How do people shape places, and how are they shaped by them? Can places be in our minds as well as etched in the physical landscape? Are our identities a kind of place, in and of themselves?
in a way, the only 'place' a person can really ever be is inside his or her own body. the movie being john malkovich springs to mind - at the end when he became a prisoner inside another person's head seems a strong example of this. even within one's own body is like a sort of imprisonment.
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