In this show, proposal creation and the review process, developing your pitch and getting started.I forgot to mention a conversation we had during class about thedocumentary - narrative continuum, so let me talk about it now.. Welooked a a
Lots of loose tangents of thought this week. I'm continuing therefining process for my documentary proposal. We didn't spend much timetalking about scriptwriting since it was covered in previous modules.You can review previous episodes for m
Once again I'm starting another module. This one is called CinematicStorytelling and its about using visuals to tell the story. The finalproduct for this class is either a script, if we're creating anarrative film, or a documentary proposal.
Strapped onto a log, riding the sluice of learningCheck out the links to some interviews and B-rollI produced for a conference put on by the company I work for. It maynot look like a lot, but I did it all on my own and it represents mostof m
I'm having difficulty hunkering down on the edit for our third majorfilm project which we call The Killer. Ambivalence, apathy and fatigueI've made some comments about HDV again. Thanks to Mike Jones at Digital Basin for his comments, poste
Doug Plante is instructor for this module, Edit Lab II. He is an ex-Avid employee - Avid is in Tewksbury Massachussets. He is also, according to Howard Phillips, the programs associate director, a FCP god.This week Doug spoke about the fine po
Part II of the story of the two weekend shoot of our little film, The Killers. I'm talking about both weekends here, including how much the quality of communication depends on the the amount of time you make for preproduction, my Communication
Get ready for a slew of episodes this week. I'm finally catching up.I'd like to thank Mike Jones from Digital Basin for leaving a comment in show #68. Check out his thoughts there and on his site. Also Brian from Galway left a comment in show
This week we spent preparing for our first weekend of shooting. I've got some comments to pass along about how to work with the talent,especially if you're crew. We've also made our lives more difficult bynot having put more time into prepr
A brief show this week, describing the many different aspects offilming two scenes. The learning this time around is all hands on. Theentire class is working together to shoot two scenes from a script.We've each taken on at least one role, i
This week's show is an interview with Aimee Corrigan, the Director of Practicum at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA). The Practicum isa unique part of the CDIA learning experience which takes place at theend of each student's course
At the beginning of the week we looked at several movies to betterunderstand how to use the camera to break up dialog and deliver anotherlevel of story information.Despite it's static nature, dialogdoesn't have to be a lead weight that kills
Work is starting to pile and in the interest of streamlining tasks I'm taking a different a approach to recording this show. For the next few months I'm going to produce a less scripted show and be less picky when I edit. The effect, I hope, wi
This is the first week on the topic of Cinematography. The class is allabout controlling light and the camera to create a specific mood oreffect. Successful lighting is all about mastery of these two elementsin filmmaking. We're going about