Weekly comments

    This week is Regents week at my school as it is at many others. I do not have any test to take, thankfully. I do however have Boces, No free days which I'm fine with but I don't know. So much has changed, I took two half year courses that are being switched to two other half year courses. I never had done that in my educational career. So that'll be something new to deal with, first time for everything am I right? I won't complain,have no reason to really because I am looking forward to the new classes. I have an Idea for my short story/fictional film, not any of the preset(?) options from the website but I shall see if it will be allowed.
    Back to school (Boces that is), things have been good. I mean, I could be doing better as in the projects. I am not always organized. That tends to be my downfall haha. I have been doing better but I could perfect what I am doing.
    I watch a lot and see a lot but it tends to be more political but don't worry, I will not have a link to something showing my views on politics. I do also watch things relating to our Boces class, things like reviews on movies or shows and things like from last year, animation. There is this one animation channel on YouTube, it goes by "Piemations". All of his work is amazing and I recommend checking out his channel, I am going to put a couple links for reference  that you should check it out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3Jm55Abl8&index=78&list=LLJaPQy0a8VTQebZskOCtWug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feru5p96Anw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCk3AtUbvA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemqREMtmtc

All are good but there is some "language" and some explicit content (no sexual but drugs and violent kind of stuff).
     

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become a Better Cinematographer: Analysis

    Mastering Cinematography isn't as easy as people make it out to be... or is it? I mean, obviously everyone can't be a Spielberg, or a Hitchcock but you can look like you know what you are doing. As said in the title there are 5 ways to make your footage look more professional or at least have it produce more attitude than just snapping a photo that would be put on a site and never get acknowledged.

    First thing first, it is a bit obvious when you know it but one of the ways be better at shooting is to shoot from a different perspective. That is always helpful, especially when you want to add more than just the view. For instance you want to give off a certain emotion when the viewer watches.
    The second thing that could help is the perception of depth. If everything is just straight up in the camera that doesn't add anything to the scene. Try taking the shot through an object showing the view of what's going on. For instance, if you are shooting someone or an item who's in a house or building, maybe be outside shooting by the window or if there is a plant shoot in between the plant's leaves.
    The third thing is Lighting and composition... a bit obvious but maybe not to the untrained. Lighting is everything when you are a photographer, animator, artist, etc. If there isn't enough light then it isn't worth it at all. It's better to have sufficient light than barely any at all. It is better to wait.
    Adding to the lighting, composition. Though I am writing it seperately composition and lighting are kinda an "all in one" duo. You need both in order for everything to look alright but they are also very independant of eachother. Composition is the coloring and the how everything is set up in the scene. If both techniques are not being used in the project (these two are by far the most important) then it will collapse under its own failure to get the message or "umph" out.
    The last thing is to think opposite. Think of what would be and at least try to see what it would be like if you did the complete opposite of what you are originally gonna do. Mainly to see if it will work better than the original intention.

Weekly comments

     Starting the new year, it is pretty good so far. I have run into some problems which I know how to fix so it will be alright. My problem is that I had taken footage over the winter break, the audio was fine but the actual footage was awful. So I am going to re record all of it which isn't bad really, it may delay the final editing work time but I adapt. There is this local guitar store by my house in North Tonawanda called  "Matt's Music". I have shopped there before for supplies but that is not the reason why I am mentioning of the place. The reason why is because they have a basement for teaching, it's own private area for musicians. I could get interviews and record there myself, I would think it is more appropriate than my room at my house that has a bit of ambient noise that can distort my audio recordings. I'll make sure to bring the right papers for permission and write down some questions that I could have to ask the people who will participate. There are people there almost every day so this store could be very useful for my documentary.
      I would like to learn how to record audio more properly without having to use my money. I know we have a sound booth here at BOCES but what about my house? I obviously do not have the space and money for "studio".
      There has been this one video that has been making my day(s) that I believe you  will enjoy too. It's a 2D animation to the '78 song "Rasputin" by Boney M. I am very certain that who ever watches it will smile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPvJOnHotE&list=LLJaPQy0a8VTQebZskOCtWug&index=2