Reflection #7

On Thursday, we briefly remained in the classroom until we set out to go location scouting for our upcoming project.  Jackie is going the be the interviewer and since we didn't have the client that is going to be interviewed we used Brandon as a stand in.  We first traveled to the bridge where we took a couple shots of Jackie and Brendan walking towards Tam as he was filming, while other people from the class were walking naturally around them.  Then we traveled to the main quad where we stopped to take more pictures of Jackie and Brandon with other students were walking around them.  They tried shooting from the top of the stairs to get another angle, which came out great.  Then we went right next to DGA to have Jackie and Brandon walked from the Jenkins lot down towards Starbucks as another location, which was also shot from a high angle.  Lily did a great job directing and was constantly rethinking the shots to either get better angles or make the scene look more realistic.  Finally, we finished up in Starbucks where we discussed what will happen on that day and other aspects of the project we have to prepare before shooting the real event.  This was a really fun class and I enjoyed getting to learn more about the location scouting!  Below is a storyboard of the class:

Reflection #6

Last class was held online because majority of the students were sick or unable to attend due to other circumstances.  For class we all logged onto the Facebook page and discussed the roles each group will have for the upcoming class project, which will be shooting a couple of interviews.  Once group will be working on production and shooting, another group will be working on making sure the interviewees arrive at the studio, and finally my group will be location scouting and determining where the best places would be to shoot.  After our chat, Doc Chris then posted the homework on the board for the following week and listed the jobs on the board.  

Over this Fall Break my team had the opportunity to travel downtown to the Under Armour headquarters to do a workout and then tour the facility.  The workout consisted of multiple mini circuits with a difficult finishers of plate pushing shuttles.  After we showered in the locker rooms, we toured three of their main buildings which offered us with the opportunity to see the innovative tools they use to keep track of their company.  One of these was the smart screen, which was a 10,000,000 pixel touchscreen that was 20ft by 10ft.  In another one of the buildings we visited their basketball court where they hold an annual 3v3 tournament for the employees and following that we saw their mock store where they duplicate everything from the smells to the dressing rooms.  Finally, we ended the tour with a delicious lunch from their cafeteria, which consisted of sandwiches, fruit, pasta salad, lemonade, and cookies.  Below is my 30 second storyboard summarizing the trip.  

MIDTERM EXAM

1.     What is the three step production process?  Give examples.

      ·      Pre-Production: writing, location scouting, planning, and story-boarding

      ·      Production: actually shooting the piece

·      Post-Production: editing, marketing, advertising

2.     Describe three-point lighting.  Give examples.

·      Key Light: the light that is directly on the face of the subject

·      Fill Light: the horizontal lighting

·      Back Light: light that lights the back of the subject

3.     What is the first rule for the interior lighting?

 The first rule for interior lighting is “TURN THE LIGHTS OUT!” – Beyoncé

 

4.     What is the rule for shooting outside/exterior lighting?

·      The rule for shooting outside is never shoot in the direction of the sun, use the sun as a light source.  Also never have a protruding object behind a subject when you are shooting. 

5.     Give me four example of shot composition.

·      Extreme Close-up: close around the face

·      Close-up: mid chest and up

·      Medium Shot: waist and up

·      Full Body: entire body in the shot

6.     How to Write a Storyboard.

·      Know your audience – understand likes and dislikes

·      Begin with the end…or else

·      Storyboard with pictures from beginning to end that have captions (draw in squares)

·      BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front

·      Begin with establishing shot

7.     Evaluate how it is to work in a group, Doc Chris’ performance, the direction of the class, and self-evaluation of understanding so far.

·      Over the course of the semester I really enjoyed working with my group because they were really creative with their ideas and easy to work with.  I also found it interesting that Paul has his own show because before our fourth class I had no clue.  I think Doc Chris has been incredible with teaching us techniques and forcing us to apply them so we further understand the concepts.  This is valuable to me because I learn more efficiently when I do more hands on work.  I really enjoy the direction of the class and I feel like I am really learning valuable concepts that I can apply to everyday life.  I am so excited to begin working on more projects and I think I am really going to like editing clips.  Overall, I think because we have review the concepts so much I have a strong understanding of the core techniques used within the industry.