The Matrix is a Sci-Fi/ Action film, because of the fighting, high energy, and stunts performed, as well as unknown to real life forces that the characters have to face.

I chose the scene from the movie “Training Day” with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.  I love this movie.  I am personally a big fan of crime/action/thriller movies, but this one is definitely one of my favorites, if you haven’t … Continue reading →

Video editing is something that I have no experience with but It should be fun getting to know the new programs that we have at our disposal. I have Windows Movie Maker as well as Adobe’s Premier though I have Never even opened either of these programs on my computer before this week. so here is the work we did this week 3 take movie Assignments for next week I’m sorry for the lightness of this weeks submission, with the storm as well as cleaning up after her and having to start packing up my house for a move and studying for 2 tests and 2 major projects it was a busy week … Continue reading →

The assignments I chose to pre-produce are the “Play by Play” and “What Do Pets Think About?” I find that when I’m sitting around playing games or even watching tv, I like to make my own narration for everything. I LOVE playing Guitar Hero/Rock Band and grab the microphone and sing…but I don’t sing the lyrics, I make up my own ,with the same tones so that we pass, but my friends usually end up laughing until they cry! So what I think I will aim at is audio-dubbing videos because I realized this week that I’m not the best with editing video. I don’t have the video’s that I … Continue reading →

Ok so instead of diving right in  we are going to take things slow for this section, which i appreciate because I’m not very familiar with video editing at all. So Lets start with pre production Play by Play A common theme for a lot of videos on youtube already. watch a video of anyone playing a videogame or anything sports related you will hear this sort of commentary. For this I kind of want to use a video I have recorded of a fire poi performance (I used a frame from it in a daily create) and record my own commentary of the event. and maybe add some funny sound effects for it from … Continue reading →

In DS106 this week, we were asked to view a clip from a selected group of famous movies to analyze the effects used. At first I watched the clip with no sound, then I just listened to it, and finally … Continue reading →

I have very little video-editing knowledge.  Aside from helping a “friend” with MPEG Streamclip video editing for an earlier version of this class two years ago and my final video assignment for Digital Approaches to Fine Arts, I have no knowledge.  Any knowledge that I pretend to have is faux-ledge. This has been a pretty ...

(You can see my original notes here: http://melindakumi.com/2012/11/01/opening-scene/) I believe that this would fall in the Action / Crime genres according to my understanding of Film Genres. Because I have never actually seen the movie I am still assuming that this is relatively fast-paced.  The movie is based on the lives of criminals and are even ...

Time to knock your socks off.. with my WEEK10 Summaryy. First off, You can find my readying my tools prep post about my video editing tools HERE. For your enjoyment, You can find my Reading into Movies Blog post  HERE. Also, my post (pre-production for weeks to come) describing two of the video assignments I am considering working on next week can be found here. My Dailycreates Blog post can be found here. Read my blog post about the trailer I had to review… THREE TIMES XD Diggin’ a little deeper into the movie.. These are my thoughts wrapped up into a second blog post. All and all I feel like I had a … Continue reading →

Thoughts? Return to the Silent Era:  I am fascinated by the Silent Era, especially after watching Metropolis the other year. I also saw The Artist which was amaaaaazing and beautiful. In my attempt to mimic a silent era movie I am planning on using multiple scenes from October Sky. Railroad Scare  http://youtu.be/CGivL32FazM Test Launches  http://youtu.be/cP_OM5VVcSo ...

Exploring a Great Movie Scene summary(: 3 interesting bits of information about the making of the movie: The movie, My Best Friend’s Girl, is listed as a comedy and romance for its genre.at IMDb Film genres http://www.imdb.com/genre. Title is ta...

This week I: prepped for next week watched a video clip 3 times looked up a little more on my clip Reviewed my video editing software: the video editing software I have available is iMovie and I downloaded MPEG StreamClip. I have never used either of these programs.. hopefully it’s not too hard to get a hang of. I have played with iMovie before but have never seriously sat down and looked at the features to make a project. And did 2 daily creates I’m a little intimated about the weeks to come, but giving us a warm up this week hopefully prepared me and got the initial kinks out … Continue reading →

Next week I want to try Joining the Conversation there is only one example of it so far an that one wouldn’t open for me, but the assignment seems pretty well explained. I think I may use the end of the clip Protect Your Dreams which I have downloaded, and probably replace Jaden’s lines to make the scene a little lighter, but I still need to come up with witty new dialogue and record it. I am also going to try the One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds assignment. I already have my archetype: misunderstood teens, my 5 characters and a sounds clip from the breakfast club, the ultimate misunderstood teen movie. I looked at … Continue reading →

I reviewed the trailer for My Best Friend’s Girl three times: Step One: “Before watching the first time, slide the volume on the clip (or on your computer) all the way down.” I watched the clip on mute. Man oh man was this trailer entertaining without the volume.  The first scene is of a couple and it’s panned back and forth between. This accounts for showing their different expressions, very adapt way of showing both the full conversation and the emotions/reactions of each character. The next scene shows the relationship of what looks like either two friends or two brothers. The quality of their relationship it shown through the characters … Continue reading →

3 bits of info about the making of the movie: Wiki says: -The movie is based on the true story of Chris Gardner‘s one year struggle with homelessness - Jaden Smith, Will’s actual son play’s Chris’ son in the movie -”Gardner makes a cameo appearance in the film, walking past Will and Jaden in the final scene. Gardner and Will acknowledge each other; Will then looks back at Gardner walking away as his son proceeds to tell him knock knock jokes.” This is a Drama film, which fits the description; “Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused … Continue reading →