Friday, January 31, 2014

Project # 1 The stalker reflection


  • Everything was new to me during this project. I never really used a camera before and I never edited a video before. I never knew that it was rather easy to edit the video and to add things to it. I still have a lot to learn but I did learn a lot from the first project. I also learned that while filming we need to get all the takes we need before we begin editing.
  • I knew how to record. That was it.
  • I was one of the actors and I also gave feedback on the video.
  • Using longer takes instead of shorter recordings. It is easier to chop up a big recording than to try and fit a bunch of little recordings together.
  • I'm a rather forgetful person and I tend to get confused easily. Going slow on examples and showing it more than once can help me and others.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Project #3 Six shot story

loving
creative
shy
awkward
random
funny

six shots to tell who I am. I would use some close ups and some far away shots. Some from behind and then from my point of view. The transitions would be walking through doors into the new scene. I would wear everyday clothes and there will be some other people in the shots. The music will be background and will fade in and out of the video.

loving: showing me caring for others or giving out hugs. Camera behind me
creative: closeup of me with paint on my face.
shy: standing not speaking in a group of people.
awkward:standing around someone not talking and being very uncomfortable. full body shot
random: walking in the hall and all of a sudden I start dancing
funny: mid shot of me with some friends and I tell a really bad joke and everyone laughs

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Project #2 Commercials

Commercial 1
Commercial: Ford Fusion. two people are in a care talking about how good it is to have two things. They talk about how they like and and not or. Like sweet or sour chicken. Scene changes to where they are in a restaurant eating sour chicken. The shot comes back to them in the car agreeing that and is better. 
Actors: (3) Sarah and Halie and one other person
Settings: road and resturant
Props: car, plate, water, table and cups
Credits: taken from the regular commercial or we will make another another one
no special effects.
Speaking: we will use a microphone to make sure the sound is good, or we will shoot close up enough to where we can hear 
Costumes: everyday clothes
Dialogue will be taken from the commercial.

Commercial 2
Commercial: shoe store. two people will be running a race and each shot will be in a different outfit and at the end it will be an advertisement for a shoe store that sells shoes for all occasions.
Actors: Sarah and Halie
Settings: a race track or a long hallway or a street
Props: water, roope
Costumes: track outfits, dressier outfits, dresses ect.
Speaking: little to none, but we will either have a mic or film close enough to hear
Music: inspirational music (Chariots of Fire) while they are running


Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Project #1The stalker

Group Names: Christina Canino, Halie Goldwire, Sarah DeLuca

Option: Number 4

Music: suspenseful music, or natural sounds
Lighting: Natural light

Props: We will need a book for the girl to read and we will need something for her to sit on. Perhaps a chair or a bench. 
Costumes: School uniforms

Scenes: In order to film the video we will need a room with computers. we will also need either an outdoor setting or an open area (depending on what's available). The girl will run into a scene with a lot of doors so we would probably film somewhere like a hallway.

Shots: We may use some extreme wide shots or very wide shot in order to set the scene, however, we will probably use medium close up, over the shoulder shot, and some cutaways to get the feeling of the scene. Some shots making the angle of the shot the actors perspective.
Ending: The girl reading the book gets closer and closer to the main actor, but right when the girl reading the book opens her mouth to speak, the main actor wakes up in the computer lab. Or the main girl wakes up like in the first scenario but instead of being in the computer lab she is somewhere else and the girl reading the book is right next to her giving her an odd look.

Actors: The main girl will be Sarah and the one following her will be either Christina or Halie and Molly will be the principal.