A first in the way I approach Daily Creates! 31 October 2012, Wednesday  |  tdc297 Trick or Treat!  Make a video of the most awesome Halloween costume you see or imagine tonight. Thankfully it was a dodgeball night (Sundays and Wednesdays at 10pm!) so there was an abundance of costumes.  Some man was dressed in ...

The video editing tools that I have at my disposal include iMovie, MPEG Streamclip, itunes, GIMP, online convertors, GarageBand and Audacity.  The past few weeks I have become more familiar with GIMP and Audacity, which can help to add images … Continue reading →

The video tools I have available are the Windows Movie Maker and MPEG StreamClip. At first I couldn’t think of any experience that I had with Movie Maker but then I remembered doing a project in 8th grade where we … Continue reading →

This week we were suppose to do all the preparatory work for the Video Assignments we need to complete for next week.  The first thing I did was find two assignments I thought were cool, these assignments include “Supercut It” … Continue reading →

Three Random facts about the creation of the movie: (Facts obtained from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046163/) A stunt butt was used when Dana Cook grabs and squeezes Kate Hudson’s butt in the movie. The title of the move was taken from The Cars hit … Continue reading →

Well not in pieces… (spoiler) …Yet. This week we were asked to take a scene from a famous movie and analyse it in 3 different steps. Visual Only. So turn down the volume and enjoy the visuals. In this clip they switched camera views like 20 times in the first 2 mins of the clip, It was a little absurd and was starting to make me dizzy. I thought the “Graphic Novel” style of lighting, because the movie was based off of a graphic novel,  was interesting. When there is an Obvious “Silent” part where they pan into the different sects of people in the society in really makes you think… what about I … Continue reading →

For our analysis of famous film clips, I chose American Psycho’s famous “Huey Lewis and the News” scene in which Patrick Bateman goes apeshit. This classic (I use that word loosely)directed by Mary Harron was released in 2000.  It tells … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed reading, Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie” it gave me great insight and motivation for this week. I found the bit about a two-shot most interesting: “the person on the right will “seem” dominant over the person on the left. I watched the following 5 videos, “To get an appreciation for some of the power of cinematic techniques,” Some were funny while others were just flat-out informative(: Top 20 Cinematic Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3EnnBDgMwwI am glad that I watched this one first. I really liked that they labeled each scene in the sense of telling me exactly what to look for. Camera Angles and Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jURepXxuiGEThis video was interesting. The … Continue reading →

Week 10 is in my opinion video-prep week. I already have Windows Movie Maker and have already in the past worked with the software. I am so happy I finally have an excuse to mess around with it more(: I refered to Tools for the Trade for links to help me in my video-editing career (: Also some points from Video Guide for video resources and tutorials helped a LOT. Also, I have already had some practice with MPEG StreamClip, with the my first GIF assignment, to get the clip off Youtube. I love this software and find it VERY useful (: I have an example of the Windows Movie … Continue reading →

Look: Panning at the beginning of the trailer. Point of view when they are talking at the restaurant table. (dim lighting at restaurant to set a date night mood) freeze screen when introducing the characters still frame steady cam when … Continue reading →

So the clips I chose to watch and write about are from the movie Training Day. From the IMDb page, as well as other pages(I have the sources on the same paper with notes that I lost…FRUSTRATION) I found out that Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke actually talked and followed around undercover police, gang members, AND DRUG DEALERS! Really? They are allowed to deal drugs and actors can go to them so they can play the part better, but we can’t take them off of the streets? Interesting and silly at the same time. Another thing I learned was that the movie was filmed in some gang-run neighborhoods. One of … Continue reading →

Okay, so to be honest, I’m BEYOND pissed right now because I can’t find the notes that I wrote while watching The assignment this week was to play this clip 3 times; First with video, no volume. Second with audio, no video. Lastly put them together and catch anything you didn’t notice the first time. Since I lost my notes, you’re going to need to bear with me….(If I find my notes, I will make a whole new post the way I originally wanted it.) First watch – I noticed in the beginning that the camera angles changed fast and focused on different things during the action sequence. As the … Continue reading →

Radio Show Critiques This week, on Monday, my group listened to our radio show live on ds106radio. So, for this week, we had to critique ANOTHER group’s radio show, along with critiquing our own. This was interesting to look at … Continue reading →