Showing posts with label Spring 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring 2013. Show all posts

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Creating Media


When creating any kind of media there is a lot to consider before rushing into production. Each decision you make helps guide the project toward your final goal - creating an effective piece of media that connects with it's intended audience.

1. Develop a concept 
2. Choose a media platform 
3. Determine your audience
4. Preproduction

Concept construction includes formulating the idea, choosing a category of media for presentation and type of structure. 

There are two basic categories of media production; fiction and nonfiction. The third category is nonnarrative.



Imitation of life, 2010 from Fabrice Bigot on Vimeo.

Grass Widow - Give Me Shapes from Kill Rock Stars on Vimeo.

Target Audience


A specified audience or demographic group for which a program is designed.

How is a target audience defined?

1. Gender / Age 

* Kids 5-11  and moms
* Teens 11-17
* Young Adult 18 - 24
* Adult General 25-54
* Senior 54+
* All ages/ Family

2. Special interests  (Politics, Religion, Gay Rights, Environmental, Issues, Human Rights, Informed Groups - school, church, family)

3. Genres - the primary method of film categorization in film theory. Genres are based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed.

Drama, Comedy, Action/ Adventure, Crime/ Gangster, Epic/ Historical, Horror, Musical/ Dance, Romance, Science Fiction/ Fantasy, Thriller, War (and anti-war), Western

Scheduling Basics

Plan your Shoot and Shoot your Plan!

Create a shooting schedule based on locations and resources. It may be helpful to work in a table format.

1.     Make a list of the talent, crew, props, costumes, etc…
2.     Add any time/day limitations for any of the above.
3.     Breakdown your project by location and time of day.
4.     Add any time/day preferences or limitations.
5.     Make a location schedule with scenes and resources.
6.     Understand what happens in each scene through scripts, storyboards or outlines.
7.     Determine the amount of time you will need at each          location. Remember screen time does not equal shooting time. Always add a cushion.

8.     Determine specific shooting days and times.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Continuity & Montage


180 Degree Rule - Moviemaking Technique from Peter John Ross on Vimeo.

Jump Cuts

Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein - Odessa Steps (7:28)

Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein - Odessa Steps end Mother and Child (1:54)

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Call for video entries - Arts Codec

CALLING ALL IUSB STUDENTS OF VIDEO ART - You could have your work exhibited alongside the River Bend Film Festival at Century Center. Here's what we need: an email from you, sent to artscodec @ gmail.com by March 31st. Include a link to the piece you're submitting. This is a fantastic opportunity to put your art in front of the community! Help us get the word out!


Sunday, March 3, 2013

Final Screening


Friday,  April 26, Wiekamp 1001, 7-9pm
Required attendance
Director’s Cuts due Thurs. 4/26 10am
Post to Vimeo/ Blog
- H.264 720p, 1280 x 720
Selections for screening will be based on class vote
- Voting open on Oncourse 4/15 - 4/22

Homework due 3/18 - 3/25


Work on your docs - due 3/25
Diegetic/ Nondiegetic videos - due 3/25
- create 2 versions of the same video
- 1-3 minutes each
- post to blog
Oncourse reading quiz  - due 3/18
- Making Short Films, Deeper into the Story Film
- The Visual Story, Practice Not Theory
Blog post - due 3/18
- post 10 -12 interesting phrases that you overhear
- give context to the situation
Blog comments

Monday, January 14, 2013

Homework


Jan. 21                        No class – Martin Luther King Day

Jan. 28                        Choose groups and roles for music video

Music Video Presentation (1/28)
Post a music video to your blog that you find inspiring. Present it to the class with production background.

Emotional Photos (1/28)
Choose an emotion, such as love or jealousy - shoot 10 discontinuous images that each demonstrate the emotion. Post the series to your blog.

Music Video (2/18)
The video should have a narrative element to it. It cannot be an entire video of live band footage or experimental video feeds, though either of those elements can comprise a part of the finished piece. © music can not be used without written permission from the artist. There are songs available for use in resources. If you use one of those songs you must give a copy of the finished video to the artists and all parties can use the work for promotional purposes. Students are expected to work within their assigned roles.

MV Preproduction Proposal (2/4)
***Producer/ Director can turn in storyboards, treatment (cover next class) or a detailed synopsis for music video.

*** DP – turns in location scout form and location scout photos. Need to be photos from actual location (ex if you are shooting inside an apt. do not turn in exterior photos

*** Editor – turns in poster with tagline. For the music video, imagine you are creating an album cover for just this song. Include the band/artist name and song title. The style of the poster should represent the aesthetic of the proposed video.

MV Pitch  (2/4)
*** Producer/ Director -  clear, concise, verbal description of the project with a one-line summary or tagline.
*** DP – discuss locations and style of camera work
*** Editor – Explanation of poster aesthetic and edit style
*** Visual support – video poster & location scout photos

You will also need to play the song.

Be prepared for Q & A, you may also ask for feedback and advice on any areas of concern.

Oncourse Quiz - Ch. 1 Content & Preproduction - Due 1/28

Friday, January 4, 2013

Welcome to T-273!

Please post your name with a link to your class blog here. The links will remain here but I will also post a list of links to Oncourse under resources. I look forward to seeing your work this semester.