The Final Stretch

You guys should be near completion on your group project and you should be planning for your individual project.

On Monday we will look at your completed group projects and talk about them.

We will also have time to talk about your individual project.

Remember that your individual project can be:
     fiction or non-fiction
    a music video or involve no music at all
    serious or humorous
    sad or happy
    realistic or not-realistic
    commercial or social
    persuasive or expressive

BUT IT MUST INVOLVE THE TELLING OF A STORY

The comments that I gave on the storyboard assignment should help you in thinking about what makes a good story.

Also remember to work together.  You can't use the same video in your projects but you can work together to shoot the video.

Also remember that light is your friend when you understand it.  If you don't think about the way light will effect your work then you can get into trouble.

Finally, you use zoom lenses, but you need to stay aware of the effect the various focal lengths have on the image you capture.  You these effects to help tell your story rather than create a visual distraction.

You will not have a test.  YOU DO NEED TO BRING BACK YOUR DVDs on MONDAY!

Enjoy yourselves...

Storyboard Groups

I am sure you are all already working hard on your storyboard assignment.

But just to make sure you are working with the people you said you are working with here is a list:

Working in Groups (50 storyboard frames)
Grace and Ray
Xenia and Stephy
Winston and Annie
Tiff and Jen
Ivy and Phoenix
Eva T. and Katie
Katherine and Koey
Maggie and Yuyan
Alison and Frances
Terri and Tina

Working Alone (25+ storyboard frames)
YaShing
Ah Bo
Eva D.

This story does not have to be related to the storyboard exercise you did on the Podium.

This story does not have to be related to your final project but if you want to use it that way that is okay.

This story can be as big as you want it to be in terms of shots and locations because you do not have to shoot it.  Enjoy yourselves and use your imaginations.

Remember: By Monday the storyboard needs to be on the YouTube site of one of your group members. Leave each shot up for 3-5 seconds and then go to the next shot.  The shots do not have to be timed out for actual duration, that is called an "animatic," and you will do that with Kelvin later.

NO test in class on Monday

Xenia suggested an open DVD test on the Video Producer materials.  So I have decided.  I will give you a list of questions about the content on the DVD rom.  Then you will need to answer all of those questions.  This way we will not take up class time with the test and you can spend your time working on your storyboards and Comm Department Video rather than studying for the test.

I will give you the questions.

You will find the answers on the DVD.

I will send out some different forms of the questions so that you can't give the answers to each other.

The materials on the DVD are important because they cover ground that we don't have time for in class and they will increase your overall understanding of audio/video production.

Also...THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE COMM STUDIES DEPARTMENT VIDEO IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD, SEQUENCED, WELL-EDITED PIECE THAT TELLS A STORY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE USE OF GOOD AUDIO.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ADD SPECIAL EFFECTS IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW.  DON'T ADD TO YOUR BURDEN.  TELL THE BEST STORY YOU CAN WITH THE TALENT YOU HAVE IN YOUR GROUP AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED IN THE CLASS.  The only additional video you should have to shoot is interviews with teachers and students.  The rest of the video we have shot in the exercises during class should be enough for all of you to produce the videos.

On Monday I will leave some time to look at your groups shots and give you feedback on them.  Please have them organized so that we can look at them.


I sent emails directly to everyone but I got the message back for everyone with a hotmail account.  They don't seem to like my multiple emails.