Good Morning!

Yesterday, we had a visit from Ivan: Center for Arts and Technology.
Today we will look quickly at  The best movie mistakes ever!

http://www.cooldamnpics.com/2011/01/best-movie-mistakes-ever.html

We have talked about consistency in film and yesterday Ivan discussed the duties of the script supervisor. The script supervisor makes sure that the film is consistent and that there are not mistakes such as those we have seen in the above link. Have someone in your group perform these tasks to make your films more fluid and believable.

So far we have created:
A Chase scene: in which you learned about camera angles and different perspective shots.
A re-make: in which you learned about 'mimicing' already produced shots and perspectives.
You are now working on a silent film.
A silent film is a good exercise because your FOCUS is on creating 'actions' that speak LOUD.
Your silent film must 'speak' to us and tell us what the story is.

Story:
-what is your 'problem?'
-every story MUST have some sort of conflict, rising action and finally a resolution.
-Silent movies are movies that have no spoken dialogue, allowing the actors to communicate via actions and body language, usually supplemented by background music, subtitles, or both.
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/

Silent Film

Here is an example of a silent film from Vancouver Film School
http://vimeo.com/9327495

Hello.

Today I would like to remind you to:
-post your Chase video on your blog
-send your link to my blog (only two groups have done that so far)
-work hard on creating your re-act film
-FILMING TODAY --No exceptions

those finished with the Re-act are working on the silent film.
See assignments tab.

Hello.

Today you will be working on your 'Chase' Films which are due this week. ALL films must be available to watch on FRIDAY at the latest. Any students/groups finished can begin working on the RE-ACT film. Please send me the link to your blog and post your video on it.

Good Day

You have been working on idea generation and location for the 'CHASE" scene. Yesterday we watched Geoffrey and Warren and Jeremy's film. Most of you had VERY useful comments and we talked about the importance of using a tripod. Please examine the shots you were to take and find the best way to take them. We chatted about camera angles and changing direction. We all view everything mainly from eye level...so SWITCH it up!

PLAN PLAN PLAN

Today, you will plan out the scenes for your Chase.
Remembering
the who, what, where, when and most importantly WHY?
Use your clip boards and think of location (what would be interesting)
Once completed, you will be given a camera.

Good Morning

Today, we will dicuss film/camera shots and look at the first assignment. We will watch some presentations and finish creating Production groups, names, logos, pins and a Production site blog.

You will be preparing a 'story' to go along with the required shots for the Chase scene. Remember, it is truly all about the story and then how you create the story through visuals.
Once completed, you will be given a camera (probably Friday or Monday)