Above is a part of one storyboard for the film below. You'll recognize which shot it is.
Look at the storyboards for the video below. How closely were they followed in the creation of the film?
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Making Storyboards Matter
Above is a part of one storyboard for the film below. You'll recognize which shot it is.
Look at the storyboards for the video below. How closely were they followed in the creation of the film?
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Reflection for "The Water is Wide" music video assignment:
1. In 5-6 sentences, summarize the story you were trying to evoke (suggest) to go along with the music.
2. Choose the sequence of images in a 30 second segment that you are most proud of. Identify the time sequence (e.g., from 1 min. 10 sec. to 1 min. 40 sec.). Describe in detail what part of your story you were trying to suggest or evoke in this sequence. Describe how your choice of images helped suggest the story. Describe how your consideration of colors, shapes, and abstract images helped suggest a mood for this sequence.
3. What percentage of your film is made up of abstract images? Did you have a consistent idea about using a color or shape to suggest a mood? Explain.
4. What did you learn, realize, remember, or discover about the use of abstract images in film?
5. What did you learn, realize, remember or discover about the interaction between music and images.
6. What was the most important contribution your PARTNER made to this film?
7. What was the most important contribution YOU made to
this film?
this film?
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Beware the Jabberwocky! A special effects experiment...
This is a collaboration among members of Dr. A's Block 1 Teledramatic Arts class. Students were experimenting with special effects and matching visual representations with the mood suggested by Carroll's original poem.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Effects Sandbox Assignment: Tutorial, Directions
Here are the complete directions for your special effects assignment. Please complete by end of block.
Points: 10 pts. per effect. You MUST do TWO. You may do another for extra credit.
Points: 10 pts. per effect. You MUST do TWO. You may do another for extra credit.
Effects Sandbox Assignment Model
You need to post TWO SEPARATE posts today like the one here. Label your posts "special_effects."
Do the following:
Sample:
For the effect below, you choose “Emboss” in the “Stylize” folder.
You want to adjust the Relief between 1.50 and 2.0, set the contrast between 50 and 70, and make sure there is 0 Blend. Changing the Direction only decides which part of the clip will show the embossing most strongly.
You might use this in a fantasy about someone turning to stone. You could also use it to simulate statues coming to life.
Do the following:
- Give directions about how to find the effect (what is it called? What FOLDER is it in?)
- Explain how to change the settings to get the effect you're showing.
- Give us an idea about how you might use it in a film.
Sample:
For the effect below, you choose “Emboss” in the “Stylize” folder.
You want to adjust the Relief between 1.50 and 2.0, set the contrast between 50 and 70, and make sure there is 0 Blend. Changing the Direction only decides which part of the clip will show the embossing most strongly.
You might use this in a fantasy about someone turning to stone. You could also use it to simulate statues coming to life.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Evaluating Values Videos
With your partner, complete this evaluation for each group from the block you are NOT in.
(Block 1 evaluates Block 2, Block 2 evaluates block 1).
GO TO EVALUATION FORM
(Block 1 evaluates Block 2, Block 2 evaluates block 1).
GO TO EVALUATION FORM
Monday, March 26, 2012
Before You Tackle Your Final Video
If there are 4 people in your group, work with your partner.
If there are 3 people in your group, work as a group of 3.
1. Open a Word file. Copy and paste all the comments about your video into the Word file.
2. Read all the comments.
3. In the Word file, create a section called "Positive comments."
MOVE the most genuine, honest and helpful positive comments from ALL posts into this section. Include first names of people who wrote the comments. I'd like at least SIX, but it's better to include ALL the positive comments that helped you understand what you did well.
4. Create another section in the Word file called "Suggestions."
MOVE the best suggestions you received into this section. Include first names of people who wrote the comments. I'd like at least FOUR suggestions, but it's better to include ALL the suggestions you think might be on target.
5. Create a blog post called "Thinking about Our Final Values Video."
Copy/paste the "Positive Comments" and "Suggestions" sections from your Word file.
6. Write:
This post is from __________________ and ____________________________.
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from _____________ and __________________. (two different posts, not a pair saying one thing). _______________ told us that _______________________________________________________________, and that was helpful because___________________________________________________________. In addition, ________________________ told us that ____________________________________________, and that helped us see that ________________________________________________________.
The two best suggestions we got were from ___________________________ and ___________________________ (again, two suggestions from different posts, a pair saying one thing).
_____________________________suggested that we ________________________________. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to_____________________________________________.
_____________________________suggested that we ________________________________. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to_____________________________________________.
Labels: values_video, reflections
If you're working with a partner, be sure to include both names at the top of the post.
In addition, post to BOTH blogs.
7. Decide what you and your group can accomplish so that you have uploaded your FINAL draft of your film by the end of class on March 29th. On a sheet of paper, write the member of your group and your plan for completing your film. Specify who will do what. Turn that in to your instructor before you start executing your plan.
If there are 3 people in your group, work as a group of 3.
1. Open a Word file. Copy and paste all the comments about your video into the Word file.
2. Read all the comments.
3. In the Word file, create a section called "Positive comments."
MOVE the most genuine, honest and helpful positive comments from ALL posts into this section. Include first names of people who wrote the comments. I'd like at least SIX, but it's better to include ALL the positive comments that helped you understand what you did well.
4. Create another section in the Word file called "Suggestions."
MOVE the best suggestions you received into this section. Include first names of people who wrote the comments. I'd like at least FOUR suggestions, but it's better to include ALL the suggestions you think might be on target.
5. Create a blog post called "Thinking about Our Final Values Video."
Copy/paste the "Positive Comments" and "Suggestions" sections from your Word file.
6. Write:
This post is from __________________ and ____________________________.
The positive comments that were most meaningful to us were from _____________ and __________________. (two different posts, not a pair saying one thing). _______________ told us that _______________________________________________________________, and that was helpful because___________________________________________________________. In addition, ________________________ told us that ____________________________________________, and that helped us see that ________________________________________________________.
The two best suggestions we got were from ___________________________ and ___________________________ (again, two suggestions from different posts, a pair saying one thing).
_____________________________suggested that we ________________________________. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to_____________________________________________.
_____________________________suggested that we ________________________________. We agree with this suggestion, and our plan to address it is to_____________________________________________.
Labels: values_video, reflections
If you're working with a partner, be sure to include both names at the top of the post.
In addition, post to BOTH blogs.
7. Decide what you and your group can accomplish so that you have uploaded your FINAL draft of your film by the end of class on March 29th. On a sheet of paper, write the member of your group and your plan for completing your film. Specify who will do what. Turn that in to your instructor before you start executing your plan.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Bree, Cody, Michael
This video has been removed due to copyright violations. This group may re-post its video for feedback after removing copyrighted content that has been used without permission.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Citing Music
Standard music or sound effect citation from an internet site:
Name of Band or Artist, perf. (for “performing”) Title of Song. Date published. Name of website. Date uploaded to web. Medium(Web, CD ROM, etc.). Date you accessed recording..
Examples:
Pototo, Fausto, perf. De Las Cloacas. Fausto Pototo. 2009. Jamendo. 27 Feb. 2009. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
The Marauders, perf. (It’s a World of) Make Believe.2007. Jamendo. 23 February 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
Note: Organize citations alphabetically. In print, the first line is flush left, then all other lines from a single citation are indented. It's hard to do this online, so we'll keep everything flush left.
Name of Band or Artist, perf. (for “performing”) Title of Song. Date published. Name of website. Date uploaded to web. Medium(Web, CD ROM, etc.). Date you accessed recording.
Pototo, Fausto, perf. De Las Cloacas. Fausto Pototo. 2009. Jamendo. 27 Feb. 2009. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
The Marauders, perf. (It’s a World of) Make Believe.2007. Jamendo. 23 February 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Reflections on Rough Draft
Post the rough draft of your values video. Write a reflection that includes answers to these questions:
1) What value are you trying to represent?
2) What do you think your group has done well?
3) What do you still need to complete?
4) What are you most in need of feedback about? (We want to know if..., We're wondering if this camera angle worked when...etc.)
5) Identify a challenge your group discovered and faced in creating the film. Focus on a challenge about how to best tell your story. Describe how you dealt with that challenge, including discussions you had, things you tried and decided to leave out, and what you ultimately did to address it.
Labels: values_video, reflections
1) What value are you trying to represent?
2) What do you think your group has done well?
3) What do you still need to complete?
4) What are you most in need of feedback about? (We want to know if..., We're wondering if this camera angle worked when...etc.)
5) Identify a challenge your group discovered and faced in creating the film. Focus on a challenge about how to best tell your story. Describe how you dealt with that challenge, including discussions you had, things you tried and decided to leave out, and what you ultimately did to address it.
Labels: values_video, reflections
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Using Music Effectively
Here's a short video from Film Riot about effective use of music. Note how the use of different music changed the meaning of scenes entirely.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Rule of Thirds Evaluations
Save 6 screen captures of different groups' over-the-shoulder shots. Use the powerpoint in the shared drive and place the grid over each to see how well the rule of thirds was followed.
Evaluate by saying what the group did well or needed to do differently in these areas:
1) rule of thirds: The person on the left should be (bigger/smaller?) on the screen and should be placed more_______________________. This way, we will be able to _________________________.
2). relative sizes of the actors on screen: The person on the left appears __________________. The person on the right appears_____________________. This gives me the impression that ______________________ is dominant/in control/weak/less powerful/has the upper hand/is intimidated/.
3. What I realize from looking at this shot is that it is important to ________________________________________________________________________________.
Evaluate by saying what the group did well or needed to do differently in these areas:
1) rule of thirds: The person on the left should be (bigger/smaller?) on the screen and should be placed more_______________________. This way, we will be able to _________________________.
2). relative sizes of the actors on screen: The person on the left appears __________________. The person on the right appears_____________________. This gives me the impression that ______________________ is dominant/in control/weak/less powerful/has the upper hand/is intimidated/.
3. What I realize from looking at this shot is that it is important to ________________________________________________________________________________.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Reflection Questions for Over the Shoulder Assignment
Describe how your group planned your shots. What realizations did you make about the kind of planning that needs to happen BEFORE you shoot?
Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots. Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not?
What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create about the characters? How does this work?
How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?
Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video? What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this?
What other observations do you have about using over the shoulder shots?
What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about how to make effective videos from doing this exercise?
Labels: over_the_shoulder_shots, reflections, editing
Look at the composition of your over the shoulder shots. Did you follow the rule of thirds? Why or why not?
What IMPRESSIONS do the over the shoulder shots create about the characters? How does this work?
How realistic does the dialogue seem in the final edit? What challenges did you have in editing?
Is there a dominant mood or tone to your video? What is that mood or tone? How did you accomplish this?
What other observations do you have about using over the shoulder shots?
What other ideas got emphasized or reinforced about how to make effective videos from doing this exercise?
Labels: over_the_shoulder_shots, reflections, editing
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Rule of Thirds exercise
The Force: Volkswagen Commercial
Assignment:
Find examples from 4 different television commercials illustrating how the rule of thirds has been followed. Screen capture a scene from each, then overlay the grid on the scene. Circle what you think is the focus of the scene.
Include scenes that focus on
- One person
- Two people
- A product
- A natural setting or cityscape.
Include the title of the commercial or, if that’s not available, the product being advertised.
Labels: rule_of_thirds, camera_techniques.
Reflection questions will be posted soon.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Show not Tell
When you write a script, typically you do not write what you cannot see (hear, taste, touch or smell).
If a character is confused, you would not write, "Bob looks confused." Rather, you would describe what SHOWS he is confused. For example, "Bob looks up at his friend, looks back at the paper in his hand, scratches his head, and looks back at his friend."
In other words, you want to SHOW, not TELL.
Complete the exercise here to help practice this.
If a character is confused, you would not write, "Bob looks confused." Rather, you would describe what SHOWS he is confused. For example, "Bob looks up at his friend, looks back at the paper in his hand, scratches his head, and looks back at his friend."
In other words, you want to SHOW, not TELL.
Complete the exercise here to help practice this.
Formatting a Script
For January 11:
Use Celtx to write the script for "Peer Pressure," using the dialogue provided at
Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure.
Do not try to include every camera shot, but include what you think are the most important shots.
Save your script in the shared (224) folder.
Use Celtx to write the script for "Peer Pressure," using the dialogue provided at
Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure.
Do not try to include every camera shot, but include what you think are the most important shots.
Save your script in the shared (224) folder.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Story Elements
You should have notes on these story elements:
-->Conflict
-->Rising action
-->Climax or high point
-->Resolution
-->Turn-around
We answered these questions about several sample videos:
View the short films below. Describe the conflict, identify elements of the rising action, the climax, elements of the resolution, and whether there is a turn-around. Use the sentence frames below to respond to each.
•The conflict is between __________________ and _______________________________.
•An example of dialogue that contributes to the rising action (increasing the tension) is when _____________ says ______________________________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the rising action is when ___________________________________________________________________.
•The high point or climax of the story is when__________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the resolution is ____________________________________________________________________.
•Is this a turn-around story? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Here are the videos:
Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure
Moms and texting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grkiLU9iPe8&feature=player_embedded
Hilary Duff: “That’s so gay” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVicCD8FmMs
-->Conflict
-->Rising action
-->Climax or high point
-->Resolution
-->Turn-around
We answered these questions about several sample videos:
View the short films below. Describe the conflict, identify elements of the rising action, the climax, elements of the resolution, and whether there is a turn-around. Use the sentence frames below to respond to each.
•The conflict is between __________________ and _______________________________.
•An example of dialogue that contributes to the rising action (increasing the tension) is when _____________ says ______________________________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the rising action is when ___________________________________________________________________.
•The high point or climax of the story is when__________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the resolution is ____________________________________________________________________.
•Is this a turn-around story? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Here are the videos:
Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure
Moms and texting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grkiLU9iPe8&feature=player_embedded
Hilary Duff: “That’s so gay” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVicCD8FmMs
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