Today's topic is Stunt Work. Please watch THIS VIDEO. Then email me with YOUR opinion. Would you like to see Stunt Coordinators and their co-workers elevated in the industry? Why or why not?
Good Afternoon Team! Although we are finished with the required content of CAMS, I am going to provide you all with ONE last learning opportunity that can help stretch your thinking around filmmaking. In particular, I want to draw your attention to some of the impressive behind the scenes work that goes into making a film! This assignment is not mandatory, but is designed to help you appreciate the work that goes into a film a little bit more.
Today's topic is Stunt Work. Please watch THIS VIDEO. Then email me with YOUR opinion. Would you like to see Stunt Coordinators and their co-workers elevated in the industry? Why or why not?
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https://zoom.us/j/5305781914?pwd=UThXbmpwaEZ1VDFlcDd2NnhIZVdqdz09 Meeting ID: 530 578 1914 Password: 4jmZhf Good Afternoon Team! Although we are finished with the required content of CAMS, I am going to provide you all with a few other learning opportunities that can help stretch your thinking around filmmaking. In particular, I want to draw your attention to some of the impressive behind the scenes work that goes into making a film! These assignments are not mandatory, but are designed to help you appreciate the work that goes into a film a little bit more. Today's topic is Foley! Please watch the two videos below. Then answer the prompts in THIS SURVEY. Hello everyone!
As a reminder, Final Exams are this week! For my class, our exam is the coverage project (see below). All students who pass their courses by the end of final exams (May 22) will only be assigned one enrichment lesson per week for their courses. This will be a LOT less work than what you are currently assigned. Be sure to do your best on your final exams and projects! Students who do not pass all of their courses at the end of the Final Exam period (May 22nd) will need to complete specific assignments provided by their teachers from May 28th - June 10th in order to pass their courses with a 70%. Students have until June 10th to raise their grade to a 70% passing grade. If students have not passed a course by June 10th, students will receive an Incomplete (INC) for the course and will need to complete their specific assignments assigned by their teacher by July 27th to raise their grade to a 70% to pass the course. If you have any questions, please let me know. Remember that the assignment in the previous post was the final assignment! Please read the last post for all the details and the timeline. The assignment (hard deadline) is due 5/22 11:59PM. Once you have complete the final assignment, you can work on any assignments you missed! Office Hours and everything stay the same! Please reach out if you need anything! HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST!
I have decided to make a shift and (drum roll...) today is actually your LAST assignment! It is a longer assignment so it is meant be spread out. However, if you choose to do it all in one day right now, you can! Then you would be finished or could go back and focus on assignments you missed! See below for details. I will continue to post announcements and help. So please check back here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] FRIDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM FRIDAY 5/22 (but I have recommended deadlines to pace out your work): 1. Open the document THIS DOCUMENT. Make a copy of it. Rename it “Final CAMS Assignment: Screenplay Coverage_FIRST NAME_LAST NAME.” Share you copy of the document with me. Then you can write your responses in your copy. 2. You will be going through the process of writing what is called Coverage for a screenplay. This is a super common first job for people in the film industry. It was my first real job in the industry. Essentially, Coverage is a synopsis and analysis of a screenplay that contains recommendations about whether a company should pursue the script. The document above contains 1) an introduction to what coverage is, 2) a description of the assignment, 3) tips on writing coverage, and 4) the space to write. The final assignment is due MAY 22 at 8AM. 3. Please read EVERYTHING in the document carefully. There are some optional opportunities included that can make up old assignments. If you have questions, please reach out. 4. If you want a challenge, try to do this process in a day. When I was working at Di Novi Pictures, I would do this process for one or two screenplays a day. We were expected to read and write fast. For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week I will be reviewing your work and providing feedback. Please watch out for my emails! You need to complete the Coverage project above. HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST!
Now that you have gotten a chance to experiment with different kinds of limitations on taking photos, we can begin to apply what you learned to moving images. The same rules of lines, balance, color, and light apply to moving images, but now TIME becomes a factor. With time, elements of rhythm and pace become important. This week, you will complete two different practice exercises to work on how you can use moving images to convey information. If you are doing a Quarantine Diaries film, you DO need to do the assignments this week. See BELOW for details about next steps regarding your films. This is the schedule for everyone: Monday: Students will take long portraits of themselves and reflect on on how the choices of cinematography impact the audience's understanding of the subject. DONE! Wednesday: Students will shoot a simple action in different ways to reflect different emotional contexts and will reflect on how the choices of cinematography impact the audience's understanding of the action. Friday: Students will begin the process of reading and analyzing a screenplay to determine how writers structure action so that it translates to screen. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] WEDNESDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM FRIDAY 5/1 YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Open the document you made called "CAMS School Closure Notes_First Name_Last Name." Title the next page "Simple Action." If you have not created and shared this doc with me, please read the post from Monday 3/16. 2. Today you will shoot the same action as if it were happening in different types of movies. Think about it. The way that someone turns the light off in a horror movie is shot differently than they way you would shoot it in a comedy about a kid who has an imaginary friend that is a giant rabbit. The cinematography of the film impacts the audience's emotional understanding of a situation. I want you to practice how your choices of cinematography change to fit the emotional context of a scene. You will shoot a character getting out of bed for three different hypothetical films. If you don't have someone to use as an actor, you may use a stuffed animal or toy. You may use a cellphone, a camera, or a Chromebook to shoot your scene. The requirements are below.
4. On your "Simple Action" page (below your linked videos), write one paragraph (5 sentences) describing why you chose to shoot ONE of the versions the way you did. Make it clear which version of the scene you are discussing. Reference at least two techniques from our weeks on cinematography, editing, and mise-en-scene that you used. Go into detail about the symmetry, the framing, the lines, rule of thirds, whatever you think you did well in that version of the scene to engage the audience in the emotional context of the scene. For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week I will be reviewing your work and providing feedback. Please watch out for my emails! HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST! Now that you have gotten a chance to experiment with different kinds of limitations on taking photos, we can begin to apply what you learned to moving images. The same rules of lines, balance, color, and light apply to moving images, but now TIME becomes a factor. With time, elements of rhythm and pace become important. This week, you will complete two different practice exercises to work on how you can use moving images to convey information. If you are doing a Quarantine Diaries film, you DO need to do the assignments this week. See BELOW for details about next steps regarding your films. This is the schedule for everyone: Monday: Students will take long portraits of themselves and reflect on on how the choices of cinematography impact the audience's understanding of the subject. Wednesday: Students will shoot a simple action in different ways to reflect different emotional contexts and will reflect on how the choices of cinematography impact the audience's understanding of the action. Friday: Students will begin the process of reading and analyzing a screenplay to determine how writers structure action so that it translates to screen. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] MONDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM Wednesday 4/29 YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Roger Deakins (remember that cinematographer from week one?) said, "if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult and most interesting thing to photograph. If you can light and photograph the human face to bring out what's within that human face, you can do anything.” Your job today is to bring out what is within YOUR face. 1. Open the document you made called "CAMS School Closure Notes_First Name_Last Name." Title the next page "Long Portrait." If you have not created and shared this doc with me, please read the post from Monday 3/16. 2. Today you will create one Long Portrait of yourself (using your phone, camera, or Chromebook). Imagine that you left behind only one video of yourself for the future to remember you, and that video had to help the viewer learn as much as they could about who you are deep down: your personality, your feelings, your emotions, and your philosophies. That is the video we want to create. This video should look past the surface to the "real" you. Here are the requirements:
4. On your "Long Portrait" page (below your linked video), write one paragraph (5 sentences) describing why you chose to shoot your Long Portrait the way you did. Reference at least two techniques from our weeks on cinematography, editing, and mise-en-scene that you used. Go into detail about the symmetry, the framing, the lines, rule of thirds, whatever you think you did well in your Long Portrait to bring out the real you. 5. Below I have included two examples of Long Portraits. Watch them to see what I am looking for. One is a music video. For the second example, watch up until 0:56 minutes. For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week I will be reviewing your work and providing feedback. Please watch out for my emails! HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! Example Long Portraits Last week and this week, we will be getting some practical experience with filmmaking. This all starts with training your eye to see beyond just the objects or people in front of you. If you are doing a Quarantine Diaries film, you do not need to do the assignments this week (the last week of this exception). You will be editing your films. See BELOW for details. The people in this group are: Salvador Dylan Karla Alex Melissa Liliana The rest of you will be following this schedule: Monday: Students will take photos exploring a single object and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. DONE! Wednesday: Students will take photos exploring a single person and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. Friday: Students will participate in a mock photoshoot and reflect on the images produced in an online discussion. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] FRIDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM Monday 4/27 YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Today you will be participating in your final photography activity to begin to train your eye to see patterns, colors, shapes, and ideas with more clarity. Today you will be participating in a mock Photoshoot. Here are the steps:
Below I have included a picture another photographer (Edward Weston) took that could fit this activity. Weston was famous for taking beautiful close-ups of vegetables in black and white. For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week is for finishing to shoot and then edit your films. You need to spend time shooting or editing each day. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you need to update the SPREADSHEET in column K. Last week, many of you did not update Column J often. Remember, to be exempt from the other assignments, you need to complete all steps of the Quarantine Diaries. In column K, write an entry with the date and describe what you shot (how many camera set-ups, what parts of your movie were shot, etc.) or what you edited. Think of this as a log of your work. If possible, please start a Google Drive folder and upload your footage. Then share the folder with me so I can see what you are shooting and give you feedback directly on it. BY SUNDAY 4/26, I NEED TO SEE A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR FILM (on Google Drive or in a YouTube link). This weekend, I will provide updates on next steps. HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! Edward Weston Object Photoshoot Example
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST! Last week and this week, we will be getting some practical experience with filmmaking. This all starts with training your eye to see beyond just the objects or people in front of you. If you are doing a Quarantine Diaries film, you do not need to do the assignments this week (the last week of this exception). You will be editing your films. See BELOW for details. The people in this group are: Salvador Dylan Karla Alex Melissa Liliana Diana The rest of you will be following this schedule: Monday: Students will take photos exploring a single object and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. DONE! Wednesday: Students will take photos exploring a single person and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. Friday: Students will participate in a mock photoshoot and reflect on the images produced in an online discussion. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] WEDNESDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM FRIDAY 4/24 YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Today you will be participating in the fourth of several photography activities to begin to train your eye to see patterns, colors, shapes, and ideas with more clarity. Filmmakers have to be extremely well-versed in seeing through their camera, not just watching through it, but really SEEING everything you can do with the camera. 1. Open the document you made called "CAMS School Closure Notes_First Name_Last Name." Title the next page "Photo Project 4: Ten of One Person." If you have not created and shared this doc with me, please read the post from Monday 3/16. 2. Pick up your camera (phone, Chromebook, digital camera) and choose a one PERSON you know who will volunteer to be in your project (if you cannot find a person to agree to this, you may use a doll or stuffed animal). Take 10 different unique images of that person. You can include the whole person or part of them. See how artful or pretty you can make the subject. Give them different lighting, different framing, etc. Find as many different ways as possible to photograph that one person. While you shoot, try to include some of the elements of framing and composition you learned about in our week on cinematography. HERE and HERE are also great links to suggestions about composing and framing photos (same as last week). Try at least TWO of the techniques mentioned in the articles as you shoot photos. You should take at least 10 photos of that one object 3. Upload your 10 best pictures to the "Photo Project 4: Ten of One Person" page on your document. 4. Choose your favorite picture. Indicate which picture that is. Write one paragraph (5 sentences) describing why you chose to shoot that specific photo the way you did. Reference at least one technique mentioned in our week of cinematography or one technique mentioned in the links above. Go into detail about the symmetry, the framing, the lines, rule of thirds, whatever you appreciate about your photo. 5. Below I have included a slideshow of some photos that might fit this assignment. Use it as an exemplar for how to do yours! For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week is for finishing to shoot and then edit your films. You need to spend time shooting or editing each day. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you need to update the SPREADSHEET in column K. Last week, many of you did not update Column J often. Remember, to be exempt from the other assignments, you need to complete all steps of the Quarantine Diaries. In column K, write an entry with the date and describe what you shot (how many camera set-ups, what parts of your movie were shot, etc.) or what you edited. Think of this as a log of your work. If possible, please start a Google Drive folder and upload your footage. Then share the folder with me so I can see what you are shooting and give you feedback directly on it. BY SUNDAY 4/26, I NEED TO SEE A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR FILM (on Google Drive or in a YouTube link). HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! HERE is the source of the photos. PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST! Last week and this week, we will be getting some practical experience with filmmaking. This all starts with training your eye to see beyond just the objects or people in front of you. If you are doing a Quarantine Diaries film, you do not need to do the assignments this week (the last week of this exception). You will be editing your films. See BELOW for details. The people in this group are: Salvador Dylan Karla Alex Melissa Liliana Diana The rest of you will be following this schedule: Monday: Students will take photos exploring a single object and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. Wednesday: Students will take photos exploring a single person and reflect on how their framing and composition choices impact the visual interest of the photos. Friday: Students will participate in a mock photoshoot and reflect on the images produced in an online discussion. OFFICE HOURS While you can text or call me if you need anything, I have specific time set aside for CAMS each week on Mondays from 1:00PM-2:00PM. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything during those times, and I will respond immediately. Phone: 571-296-1543 Email: [email protected] MONDAY'S ASSIGNMENT BY 8:00AM Wednesday 4/22 YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Today you will be participating in the third of several photography activities to begin to train your eye to see patterns, colors, shapes, and ideas with more clarity. Filmmakers have to be extremely well-versed in seeing through their camera, not just watching through it, but really SEEING everything you can do with the camera. 1. Open the document you made called "CAMS School Closure Notes_First Name_Last Name." Title the next page "Photo Project 3: Ten of One." If you have not created and shared this doc with me, please read the post from Monday 3/16. 2. Pick up your camera (phone, Chromebook, digital camera) and choose a one object near you. It needs to be a small object (no bigger than a toaster). Take 10 different unique images of that object. You can include the whole object or part of the object. See how artful or pretty you can make the object. Give it different lighting, different framing, etc. Find as many different ways as possible to do that one object. While you shoot, try to include some of the elements of framing and composition you learned about in our week on cinematography. HERE and HERE are also great links to suggestions about composing and framing photos (same as last week). Try at least TWO of the techniques mentioned in the articles as you shoot photos. You should take at least 10 photos of that one object 3. Upload your 10 best pictures to the "Photo Project 3: Ten of One" page on your document. 4. Choose your favorite picture. Indicate which picture that is. Write one paragraph (5 sentences) describing why you chose to shoot that specific photo the way you did. Reference at least one technique mentioned in our week of cinematography or one technique mentioned in the links above. Go into detail about the symmetry, the framing, the lines, rule of thirds, whatever you appreciate about your photo. 5. Below I have included a slideshow of some photos I took to do this assignment. Use it as an exemplar for how to do yours! Do not copy my shots! For those of you who are doing Quarantine Diaries films, this week is for finishing to shoot and then edit your films. You need to spend time shooting or editing each day. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you need to update the SPREADSHEET in column K. Last week, many of you did not update Column J often. Remember, to be exempt from the other assignments, you need to complete all steps of the Quarantine Diaries. In column K, write an entry with the date and describe what you shot (how many camera set-ups, what parts of your movie were shot, etc.) or what you edited. Think of this as a log of your work. If possible, please start a Google Drive folder and upload your footage. Then share the folder with me so I can see what you are shooting and give you feedback directly on it. BY SUNDAY 4/26, I NEED TO SEE A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR FILM (on Google Drive or in a YouTube link). HOMEWORK
PLEASE reach out to me if you are having trouble completing assignments or are feeling overwhelmed. I know this is already an anxious time, and I don't want to compound that. I want us to keep learning, but I don't want you all to be miserable. PLEASE email or text with any feedback! Ten of One: Markwalter's Examples. I really wanted to emphasize the black space around the candle. |
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