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.

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

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.

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 ________________________________________________________________________________.

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

Rule of Thirds Review

Here's a good video overview about how the rule of thirds is applied:

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.

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.

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.

Story Elements Notes

Story Structure

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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

The greatest: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/99-The-Greatest

Reflections on Season's Greetings Video

Please write your reflection underneath your holiday greeting video on your blog.
1. Review the comments you made about other videos. In looking at and thinking about these, what do you feel you and your partner did a good job on? Consider all elements, including the story, the images, the editing, the sound, titles, credits and copyright, and your creativity.

2. What would you like to have done that you saw in two other groups’ videos? Why did you especially like what those groups did?

3. What specifically did you do to create your group’s video?

4. How did you help your partner? How did your partner help you?

5. What would you do differently if you had another chance to complete this project?

Labels: seasons_greetings, reflections

Season's Greetings from Laura and Denise

Five Take-Aways from Other Cyberbullying Videos

Discuss five ideas, techniques, concepts, or strategies you learned about creating good videos by watching other groups' videos. Embed their videos into your blog, and below each video, discuss the specific elements that you learned about by watching their examples. Refer to specific portions of the video, so that others could go to that portion and watch the example for themselves.

In discussing the five things you learned, refer to AT LEAST TWO other videos from either class.

Green Screens and After Effects

Green Screens Workshop Part 2

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