This is b-roll footage of my sister, Claire (the youngest and smallest of the group) performing her nationally recognized talent of baton twirling. This was filmed using my phone and I will most likely take out the sound as it can be quite shrill, and add in audio from an interview or various forms of music. The documentary will take the viewer through her mindset as she competes at through the surprsingly vicious circuit of baton twirlign at such a young age.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
30 second clip
30 Second Video: Bucket List
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fLt_Cqow2E&feature=youtu.be
This footage includes my 23-year-old cousin, Megan, as the subject of the video. In this video, she answers the interview question, "What are the three top things on your bucket list?" This footage is an example of an interview shot, otherwise known as a "talking head". The video was shot around 7pm in an empty room at a church, where the subject was sitting at one of the tables. An iPhone 5 camera was used to shoot the footage.
This footage includes my 23-year-old cousin, Megan, as the subject of the video. In this video, she answers the interview question, "What are the three top things on your bucket list?" This footage is an example of an interview shot, otherwise known as a "talking head". The video was shot around 7pm in an empty room at a church, where the subject was sitting at one of the tables. An iPhone 5 camera was used to shoot the footage.
30 Second Video
I am going to use this as b-roll footage, although, I'm not sure that it is a traditional b-roll shot. I thought if I could manage to mute those adorable voices, I could overlap it with an interview. I plan on interviewing my mom, who is an elementary school music teacher. So, this is a video of a few of her students, from a few years ago, rehearsing in her class room a song they will later perform at their kindergarden graduation. I used an iPad to film this.
Interview Shot: Stranded on an Island
My footage is an example of an interview shot, also called a "talking head." The women in the video is my 22 year old sister. This scene was taken in our apartment located in Tempe, Arizona. The exact location was our kitchen. It took place right before lunch time around 11 a.m. I decided to interview her about the three things she would take with her if ever stranded alone on an island. An I-Phone 5 was used to film the piece.
30 second video
This video is an example of a "b roll', it pans across the crowd from the band's point of view. It was taken at LoFi Coffee in Mesa on December 14. It was filmed with an iPhone 5 during a show with Slade from Anarbor.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Framing the World
In class on Thursday, we watched segments of documentaries and examined several types of shots commonly used in the documentary genre. For your documentary projects, you'll be focusing on two types of shots: interview shots, also called "talking heads," and b-roll, which is anything that is used to "cut away" from your main subject. For your assignment due on Tuesday the 18th by midnight, all groups should post a 30-second video as an individual post (rather than a comment).
This video should include some original footage (i.e., shot by you with your camera) and fall into one of the two categories discussed above. Please include a short description of the footage. What types of shots are included? Where were they shot? When? What kind of camera did you use?
Secondly, you'll need to purchase a notebook. Any kind of notebook will do--a little pocket sized one, a big college ruled situation, something you got for free from a hotel. I want you to put your name in it and title it Production Log. Reflect on this assignment for your first entry in the Production Log, which you'll keep like a journal of the work you do on your documentary. At various points throughout the remainder of the semester, you'll turn the Log in for homework credit. At the end of the semester, you'll use it to help create your "Director's Commentary," which comprises half of the grade for your Writing Project Three. It will also be useful in the course reflection, which comprises 5% of your grade.
What do you write in it? You'll use it to plan your documentary, plan your shots, to keep track of the hours you've put into the project, to write notes to yourself when you're at the mall and you think of the perfect edit or interview question, and to write reflections on the work you're doing. Bring your notebook to class on March 20th.
Have such a great Spring Break! Be safe and be happy!
This video should include some original footage (i.e., shot by you with your camera) and fall into one of the two categories discussed above. Please include a short description of the footage. What types of shots are included? Where were they shot? When? What kind of camera did you use?
Secondly, you'll need to purchase a notebook. Any kind of notebook will do--a little pocket sized one, a big college ruled situation, something you got for free from a hotel. I want you to put your name in it and title it Production Log. Reflect on this assignment for your first entry in the Production Log, which you'll keep like a journal of the work you do on your documentary. At various points throughout the remainder of the semester, you'll turn the Log in for homework credit. At the end of the semester, you'll use it to help create your "Director's Commentary," which comprises half of the grade for your Writing Project Three. It will also be useful in the course reflection, which comprises 5% of your grade.
What do you write in it? You'll use it to plan your documentary, plan your shots, to keep track of the hours you've put into the project, to write notes to yourself when you're at the mall and you think of the perfect edit or interview question, and to write reflections on the work you're doing. Bring your notebook to class on March 20th.
Have such a great Spring Break! Be safe and be happy!
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