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).
Monday, January 23, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
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
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
Sunday, December 18, 2016
5 Different Meanings You Can Evoke with Framing: Analysis
Framing is an important part of a film. It helps set the scene to what the emotion or value may be. Many directors use it in all of their films, it is pretty much a necessity to any good film. It is used in all sorts of films even documentaries. Through out the years of film the art of framing has progressed and digressed.
Films such as Mad Max: Road Fury and Inside Out are great examples for framing. For Mad Max in the most chaotic scene, the more it gets chaotic the more the framing is steady and focused. A bit weird but taking in to the fact that the good are the anarchists and the bad are the "gov't" the whole chaos is good thing begins to make sense. Inside Out is another great example because the framing technique in it is not about what is outside the shot or how sporadic it is, its about what is in the shot, what is key to everything at that moment.
Framing in films is easy when there is sound, what if there wasn't? A short film that is used as an example of what framing should be: which was from soviet russia (obviously past tense), was given the name "Strike". The theory of studying the film is known as the Kuleshov Effect. The whole purpose of the film is to see what opinion/emotion can be made from these few shots, one of a girl in a coffin, a man staring into the camera, and a woman sitting seductively in front of the camera on a sofa, and a bowl of soup. Now this whole idea of framing is in the process of the editing stage. You would think there isn't much to it but what if you place the footage in a certain order, what then? Thats truly up to whoever is studying the fim and what scenes are being shown.
Films such as Mad Max: Road Fury and Inside Out are great examples for framing. For Mad Max in the most chaotic scene, the more it gets chaotic the more the framing is steady and focused. A bit weird but taking in to the fact that the good are the anarchists and the bad are the "gov't" the whole chaos is good thing begins to make sense. Inside Out is another great example because the framing technique in it is not about what is outside the shot or how sporadic it is, its about what is in the shot, what is key to everything at that moment.
Framing in films is easy when there is sound, what if there wasn't? A short film that is used as an example of what framing should be: which was from soviet russia (obviously past tense), was given the name "Strike". The theory of studying the film is known as the Kuleshov Effect. The whole purpose of the film is to see what opinion/emotion can be made from these few shots, one of a girl in a coffin, a man staring into the camera, and a woman sitting seductively in front of the camera on a sofa, and a bowl of soup. Now this whole idea of framing is in the process of the editing stage. You would think there isn't much to it but what if you place the footage in a certain order, what then? Thats truly up to whoever is studying the fim and what scenes are being shown.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Weekly comments
I am truly in love with the Kinetic type project. Yes it has its hair pulling moments *cough* the rendering *cough* but I still enjoy working on this project. At first I was purely intimidated by it, due to the fact we had to do it ourselves, no restrictions except time length and profanity. I am quite satisfied with how my project is going. It took me about 2-3 days just to finish one part (had to go in Photoshop and the rendering was just awful). But, I have picked up on my setback and have advanced to a point to where I am in a comfortable spot.
"What Is 'Hitchcock's Rule' & How Can It Help You Tell Better Visual Stories?" Analysis (the actual blog needed to be done)
In a way to Simplify this title is to anyone who doesn't understand is that by what it means is that there are different types of shots to give off a different feel to the situation/scene. In other terms, what angle/zoom is the most important for the character or for the scene in general for that moment.
A great way to remember this whole method of filming.
is, "The size of any object in your frame should be proportional to its importance to the story at the moment". This quote/way of thinking alone helps instill the idea of what it means to shoot a scene. The whole idea of this procedure is like shooting someone cooking. There are two different endings, One, the cook is making something special for his/her partner (medium shots of the cook and their working area) another would be like a regular cooking show (medium shot of the ingredients, recipe and food being made).
So let's now dissect how we would convert the footage we have in order to give those story's life. Like said before with the zooming on what's in the scene. do we want it to be personal for the chef? if so let's make sure he is in the majority of the shots or give off the implication of what he is making is for instead of the fact he is even making it. The other is the cook show appeal where we use footage of just the food and the ingredients. now the scene has become less personal and is now just about the food and not the chef. This is practically how Hitchcock's rules work.
A great way to remember this whole method of filming.
is, "The size of any object in your frame should be proportional to its importance to the story at the moment". This quote/way of thinking alone helps instill the idea of what it means to shoot a scene. The whole idea of this procedure is like shooting someone cooking. There are two different endings, One, the cook is making something special for his/her partner (medium shots of the cook and their working area) another would be like a regular cooking show (medium shot of the ingredients, recipe and food being made).
So let's now dissect how we would convert the footage we have in order to give those story's life. Like said before with the zooming on what's in the scene. do we want it to be personal for the chef? if so let's make sure he is in the majority of the shots or give off the implication of what he is making is for instead of the fact he is even making it. The other is the cook show appeal where we use footage of just the food and the ingredients. now the scene has become less personal and is now just about the food and not the chef. This is practically how Hitchcock's rules work.
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Because I am too lazy to delete the post, just entirely ignore the post about Public Domain, I just saw the first link and just automatically assumed that was what we had to write about.
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