This scene from “Good Will Hunting” extensively uses single shots while the two characters are talking.  One character tends to always be on the right, the other the left.  It starts and ends with the camera in front of the… Continue Reading →

For my second video assignment of the week, I chose to do the Signing Words assignment. It’s a four-star assignment, bringing my total for the week to eight stars. Here are the directions: This assignment requires you to take a video of yourself or someone else and finger spell a word or a phrase in Sign Language … Read More →

I watched the ending scene of the 3:10 to Yuma three separate times. The first time with no volume, the second time with the screen turned off, and the final time with nothing turned off. I have already watched this movie about 10 times before so it was nice to study something that I was … Continue reading Sensory Shootout

Video Assignments: This week I had to complete two video assignments totaling 8 stars in terms of the difficulty ratings. For both assignments I used YouTube to upload my videos and then embedded the specific link into my blog post(s). Compilation Video: My title for this assignment is “2015 Lacrosse Goals“. My blog post includes the embedded … Continue reading Weekly Summary

I chose this scene of when Maximum kills Commodus to analyze because “Gladiator” is one of my favorite movies. I love the storyline, acting, and cinematography. Camera: In the beginning of the scene, the camera gives us a close up shot of each significant character involved in the scene, starting with Maximus grabbing a handful … Continue reading Maximus Kills Commodus Anaylsis

For this assignment I went with the joker pencil trick&mob scene and with it I analyzed the camera work, analyzed the audio track and then put it all together. Analyze the camera work. Before watching the first time, turn the volume on the clip (or on your computer) all the way down. Take notes on the visual aspects … Continue reading →

After Reading How To Read A Movie by Roger Ebert, I came away with a couple of immediate thoughts. My first being that Ebert’s ideas on analyzing and “reading” movies is a very interesting concept, and I love interesting concepts. His idea that you can better understand and “read” a movie by slowing it down, stopping it … Continue reading Breaking Down Movies

Roger Ebert’s points of how the angle of a shot affects the tone of a scene in a movie is illuminating.  Most people watching films make no notice to the way a scene is shot, but it can have a… Continue Reading →

Links: Emma’s Reading Movies, Miranda Reflection on Reading Movies, Rachel Horrogami, Emma TDC board game, Tori look listen analyze Everyone did a great job as usual this past week! I enjoyed reading people’s reflections and seeing their awesome daily creates! I commented on five people’s blog posts this week.  

The image on the right is a cartoon version of the original image on the left! This was taken of me hiking this past summer! Here it is on my flickr. @ds106dc #tdc1393 #ds106 My cartoon image of me hiking! pic.twitter.com/tjxCllRGXX — Miles Davis (@miles_mdavis) November 1, 2015

My superhero name is Lightning Man! My super power is the ability to control the weather! Here it is on my flickr. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1392 I am Lightning Man! My super power is the ability to control the weather pic.twitter.com/4eELY8jGer — Miles Davis (@miles_mdavis) October 31, 2015

The Work Itself  This is my second of two required video assignments for this week. This assignment is titled “DIY Product Commercial“. Its instructions were to “create a commercial for a product you have made your self. the video should be 45 seconds to 1 minute long and contain LIVE acting. no copy and past … Continue reading Reed & Cane Basket Commercial

The Work Itself  This video assignment is titled “Compilation Video!”. The instructions are to “pick a theme and download multiple videos from Youtube that fit the theme. Cut them up and create a compilation video by putting the clips to music.” The difficulty of this video is 3. 5 stars out of 5. I used … Continue reading 2015 Lacrosse Goals

#tdc1393: Your cartoon self. @ds106dc #tdc1393 cartoon me pic.twitter.com/6x7OvFDfyl — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) November 2, 2015 —SALTY SKINN

“How To Read A Movie” by Roger Ebert is an article that describes Ebert’s analysis of a film. I found many connections with this article to my athletics experiences. First, Ebert states that before a proper analysis can be conducted, it is vital to be familiar with the director and context/background of the film. This relates to … Continue reading “How To Read A Movie” Roger Ebert

Happy Halloween!! #tdc1392: You decide! This daily create was a “you decide”! Someone tweeted a daily create for everyone to do and it ended up being one where you had to add something to a picture of yourself and describe what superpower you now have. Mine is the power of love!! I added stickers #tdc1392 … Continue reading Daily Create 10/31/15

How to read a movie response: “A person located somewhat to the right of center will seem ideally placed. A person to the right of that position will seem more positive; to the left, more negative. A centered person will seem objectified, like a mug shot.” In general terms, in a two-shot, the person on … Continue reading →

My second assignment for the week is called Special Person Montage and is worth five stars. This assignment required you to use pictures, videos, etc of you and someone special to you and create a video about why and how they are special to you.   Steps: Go to the website called Not Digital Truth Telling Click on the link that says

Hello, Hello! ALMOST THERE GUYS! ALMOST THERE! WOO HOO! I think this week may have been a favorite for me. I think I said that…

Overall, I really enjoyed this week! I wasn’t sure what to think of Video Storytelling, but I found it to be so interesting given that it’s a combination of a lot of the techniques we’ve learned throughout this semester. I was able to employ some of my new-found knowledge about both audio and visual storytelling. […]

For my second video assignment this week, I decided to complete Do The Hitch Cut for 4 stars. [Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary master of suspense, shares a brief 90-second lesson on how a simple change in a three-shot edit can result in evoking a completely different response from the viewing audience.Can you do the Hitch […]

Assignments: Reading Movies Pursuit of Happyness Video Assignments: Utada Mania Don’t Sweat It Another week of wonderful experiences. Wooo. I have no interest in film or movies so there wasn’t much for me to enjoy this week. I enjoyed discovering more about Utada Hikaru. Video can be powerful when used correctly. It can be used to … Continue reading Week 10

I read this article about how to ‘read a movie’. How does one ‘read a movie’? Basically, you introspect the hell out it. You can mute the audio to more closely examine the video-component, and you can also ignore the video to more closely analyze the audio’s impact on the work. Ebert points out that there are many aspects of … Continue reading Reading Movies

I watched a clip from Pursuit of Happiness. Without audio, the first half of the clip had many camera shots, as the man was in a race to get to a job interview. Having the clipped shots amplified the feeling that this man was late for his interview. Once the man had arrived, the scenes were … Continue reading Pursuit of Happiness

Here is the original assignment. Our lives are full of stress: deadlines are always approaching, and work still needs to be done.  We feel obligated to complete what we’ve committed too, or else we’d feel terrible having broken that commitment. We’ve all felt stress before. The rationale is usually of the form: if I am feeling stressed because … Continue reading Don’t Sweat It

Here is the original assignment. Utada Hikaru is an international pop artist who has greatly influenced my life. I was first exposed to her music when I had played the popular video game Kingdom Hearts. This game featured the song “Simple and Clean”, which was an English rendition of her Japanese hit “Hikari”. Since then, I’ve … Continue reading Utada Mania

@ds106dc #tdc1393 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/GUWjoVviAT — Andrew Boswell (@Boscoe1213) November 1, 2015 Today’s daily create required us to cartoon our self, so...

How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments? I feel that I have fulfilled each assignment to the best of my abilities. The sign language one was a little difficult because I wasn’t sure how to go about it but I eventually figured a way that worked for me. Windows […]

Being 16 is not always easy. For me it was the time when I wanted to grow up so fast and be done with high school but looking back there are definitely some things I wish I knew then that I’ve learned over the years. This assignment required me to write a letter to my 16 … Continue reading Dear 16 Year Old Chantel →

Hello, Hello! I feel like I have made some progress with movie making and editing this week! We were required to do at least two…