The first assignment that we were asked to do this week was to research some video editing tools or software and pick out some to have at our disposal. Over the next 2-3 weeks we will be constantly dealing with video assignments. After reviewing the suggested reference pages on the DS106 Website here is a ...

In light of the current political dramas that are going on, I chose to do my reading of a movie on a scene from the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. It’s an old black and white film with good ole Jimmy Stewart, directed by Frank Capra. It’s a great movie, but I might only ...

This week was all about reviving up for video editing. First, I would like to say the tools I currently have at my disposable is Window Movie Maker and MPEG Streamclip  I will add more as they become pertinent. However, I do not experience with Windows Movie Maker. … Continue reading →

Return to the Silent Era Marcey’s Mean Girls: I thought it was good, but I really wish the music was a little faster. It felt like the pictures were at hyper-speed. The antiquing of the screen in the brown, the … Continue reading →

Fun Facts from WIKIPEDIA The movie staring Matt Damon, Robin Williams  and Ben Affleck was actually written by Damon and Affleck. It was originally suppose to be a Thriller  It was filmed in location, Greater Boston area “The therapy scene took … Continue reading →

  Take One: No Audio Opening the two men are sitting on a park bench. Old man is on the right, younger on left (we are looking at their back) They are in the foreground and in the center of … Continue reading →

Weekly summary! I’m happy the semester is almost over, and that THANKSGIVING is only in a few weeks. And I’m done a day earlier than usual thanks to a lit review that needs writing for my 400 level history seminar … Continue reading &...

SO the movie I chose from the list we were given is one of my favorites, the Dark Knight . Of course probably the most interesting part of the movie is how Heath Ledger prepared himself for the role of … Continue reading →

So I’m just about to do this assignment, here is the video I went with One of my favorite scenes from this movie! THOUGHTS WITHOUT SOUND: The scene is very intimidating even without the dialogue. The set is dark and … Continue reading →

How to Read Movie I appreciate that Ebert emphasis that it one doesn’t have to be well versed in movie speak to be able to analyze screen shots. I believe movie reading is much like design elements, you use them every day, … Continue reading →

The tools of the trade. This week we began our adventure into video work! My main tools will be Audacity, MPEG stream,  Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD (Preferred), and Windows Movie Maker. I have a little experience with making photo … Continue reading →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/return-to-the-silent-era/! Silent Skyfall! So I am excited to see the new James Bond so I will take a shot at making it a silent film. The raw footage going to be used: It will be edit to black and white … Continue reading →

Interesting facts about The Matrix: All but a few scenes were filmed in Australia The film is known for popularizing the use of a visual effect known as bullet time, which allows the viewer to explore a moment progressing in slow-motion as … Continue reading →

Reading Movie Videos Watched: Hitchcock loves Bikinis- brilliant demonstration of using film cuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkI9FzzkII Star Wars Continuity Mistakes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH54AiCheg Kubrick // One-Point Perspective https://vimeo.com/48425421 Top 20 Cinematic Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3EnnBDgMww Tarantino // from Below https://vimeo.com/37540504 Notes from no sound view: The constant camera motion and cutting … Continue reading →

I liked that there are many choices for this assignment in video repository. For the coming weeks video assignments I considered to create the following videos. The first video that I consider to do, is Making a scene from a horror film. The purpose of this task was to create one’s own or recreate scene ...

After analyzing oceans twelve clip; I went to IMDb to seek more background information on the movie. Under trivia facts I found out that this movie was the sequel to 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven. Interestingly, Steven Soderbergh who was the producer insisted that this film should also be made at the same budget as the Ocean’s ...

Video Editing Tools:  I am not familiar with video editing tools at all, but in the post I wrote about the tools I’m planning on using.  Throughout this week I was able to learn how to use these video editing tools.  I also feel better about using these tools for future assignments.  I have used MPEG ...

I had so much fun with this week’s assignments!  I can’t wait until I actually get to do the work that I set up for my pre-production.  I’m literally already almost done with both of those assignments.  I’ve been looking forward to working with video all semester and it couldn’t have come at a more ...

It was fun looking through the video assignments.  There were more choices in the video assignments than in the web assignments which I really liked looking through.  Here are two assignments that I’m considering on doing for week 11: 1. One of the video assignments I am going to work on for next week is ...

After analyzing the movie clip from the Social Network I went to IMDb to get more information about the movie.  There were a lot of interesting facts that I found about the making of the movie looking at the IMDb page.  Such as the filming location and the trivia facts about the movie.  This movie also ...

To start off the week I am looking into all the video editing tools that I have.  Since I have a windows computer I will be using Window’s Movie maker. I have no experience with Window’s Movie Maker.  I actually have never heard of it before this class, but it already just came with my computer.  I ...

Before working on this assignment I first started watching all of the videos about cinematic techniques.  These were very helpful and helped me know what to think of while watching the movie clip.  Out of all of the videos in the play lists listed I decided to choose to review the clip from the movie ...