48217 Clip: Interview with Ms. Crawford

This is a ROUGH rough cut of an interview I did for our documentary: meaning the slugs in-between are long on purpose because they are placeholders, and there is no B-roll added yet as cutaways during the interview.

But, with that in mind, PLEASE share feedback!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

PMA 4.28.11 Intro, Clip & Credits

Intro Assignment

Intro Assignment Patrick 5-14-2011

Angie Lighting Assignment: 3 of 3

Shot #3 of 3:

Subjects, Mother's Day Flowers bouquet and Hydrangea, shot in natural light plus about 200 watt overhead light.

Angie Lighting Assignment: 2 of 3

Shot #2 of 3:

Subjects, Mother's Day Flowers bouquet and Hydrangea, shot in natural light plus Besco LED attached to the camera.

Angie Lighting Assignment: 1 of 3

Shot #1 of 3:

Subjects, Mother's Day Flowers bouquet and Hydrangea, shot in natural light.

4.2.11 Angie: Editing Assignment, version 1

Angie's Lighting Assignment: 3 of 3

Shot#3 of 3:

Subjects in natural & overhead light (about 10 20-watt bulbs, so I guess that 200 watts total).

Angie's Lighting Assignment: 2 of 3

Shot #2 of 3:

Subjects in natural light, with added LED light from Besco attached light to camera.

Angie's Lighting Assignment: 1 of 3

Subjects, Mother's Day Flower Bouquet and Hydrangea, in natural light.

Bright Stars

Bright Stars

ENJOY

Check out this TED video first to see what this is all about. It's a little long but at least go there first, and sample enough to see what is ultimately being set up below... and how it's all done.

http://www.wimp.com/choirvoices/

Then go to this link and see the final product. Over 2000 voices, total strangers from around the world, all connected via the internet to create some of the best goose-bumping choir music I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng

San 3

three versions of light on Mama Sandra Chat

3.30.11 Interview at Church of the Messiah: 5.4.11 edit!

I've overcome some demystification across Final Cut Pro today (5.4.11), really since April 21st. Let there be celebration in the streets!!! :D

As an interview, please let me know in your comments how this keeps your interest. I am sure integrating video and photos from the church would be more stimulating - none of the footage I have fits, so I might have to get other footage to integrate. But, if you have other feedback that is welcome - especially before I give the video to the Church this weekend.

It took me an hour to edit the full sequence to a rough cut and put in titles/get to a final movie for export, and about 2 hours to get to the right compression to be able to post here. Nice to have another complete product to share; thanks Imad for the compression help.

Looking forward to editing for our final project, and other film projects done of the last two weeks (2 Detroit Food Policy pre-summit meetings, the April People's Movement Assembly meeting).

Overhead electric light 3 of 3

Domestic 60watt halogen bulbs x4

Natural Light 2 of 3

The subject was filmed in natural daylight, overcast day.

Florescent 1 of 3

Subject was filmed in florescent light.

Lighting Assignment 2 of 4

Lighting Assignment 1 of 4

meet and greet PMN

April 28th video experience

Thursday April 28, 2011 I had a peak experience in relationship to my new passion Future City Digital Justice workshop. In order to log in more lens time several of us have volunteered our newly acquired video skills to community non-profits as producers of digital documents. To that end I met one of my colleagues at Christ the Redeemer on Junction and Vernor to video a morning pre-summit event for the Detroit Food Policy Council.

Angie Allen and I provided volunteer video documentation of their process. The weight of the responsibility was shared to cover and document as much of the presentation and breakout sessions as we could. We commiserated and began to choreograph what would be our shooting strategy.

We then followed the first shooting experience with a stop at the lab. What a fruitful session where I was assisted by Joe and Angie in downloading the footage into final cut. I took my time to select an appropriate project name and labeled it and carefully placed it in a folder for the next step in the process. Because I had shot some of the footage on the FLIP camera I was unable to transfer log-which is the procedure to take images straight from the camera and place it in final cut. I was also able to checkout head phones for the VIXIA and have an opportunity to examine all of he parts of the camera with guidance from Joe. I had missed an opportunity to shoot because I did not know where to plug in the alternative power source. Knowing the equipment better is a big part of this process.

Angie and I left the laboratory only to meet up with two other of our classmates by design Pat, & DeRainer and one by chance Charles Taylor. There at the People Movement Network The four of us worked harmoniously to document and cover all aspects of the meeting and breakout sessions. Toward the end of the evening I was able to independently setup four interviews gathering materials for our final project..

I am still processing the events of yesterdays activities but know that I have advanced in my understanding of the phenomenon I am currently experiencing.

Here's a challenge

Enter the Be an ENERGY STAR Video Challenge. Pick up your video camera and document how you save energy in your home, school, workplace and community. Selected videos will be featured on energystar.gov and ENERGY STAR social media sites. This fall, ENERGY STAR's online audience will vote for their favorite videos to be showcased in ENERGY STAR?s Energy Awareness Month video in October. Enter the challenge here.

Special Reader

Copyright and the Public Domain Authors own the exclusive rights to their compositions. This is called a copyright, and the composition is protected for many years--even if the copyright is never registered with the copyright office. A composition is considered to be "intellectual property" The copyright may be sold, transferred, or inherited--but the copyright still endures. If any music or lyrics are still under copyright protection you CANNOT reproduce the music or lyrics you CANNOT distribute the music or lyrics either for free, for no profit, or for profit you CANNOT perform the music or lyrics in public you CANNOT play a recording of the music or lyrics in public--even if you own the CD you CANNOT make a derivative work or arrangement for public use in any form Legally a copyright means that a musician, author, or artist has a "limited duration monopoly" on anything he creates. The US Constitution grants the government power "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." (Article 1 Section 8, US Constitution). To legally enforce an author's claim to his copyright, his work must be registered with the copyright office. Registering a composition provides public notification of copyright, and you cannot use the composition publicly unless you pay royalties--which can be substantial. If you use a song under copyright without the owner's permission, you are subject to legal repercussions. Public DomainFortunately, copyrights eventually expire and the owner has no exclusive rights. Also some composers renounce their copyright and give their music or lyrics to the public, either during their lifetime or at their death. All compositions which are not protected under copyright law are said to be in the public domain. If you can prove that a composition is in the public domain, you can arrange, reproduce, perform, record, or publish it. But you cannot just "know" a song is in the public domain or just "see" the name of the song in a book or on a list. You should use a public domain composition only if you have proof of public domain from a legitimate source.

Family Reunion

Filmmakers visit our class

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Freep.com Digital Host video on Robocop: Feebackwww.freep.com/VideoNetwork/793928411001/RoboCop-statue-on-display

So this video implies that it was all done using an iPhone 4. I tested out an iPhone 4 at Best Buy over the weekend - very interesting, especially as I'm planning to upgrade from my iPhone 3GS. But, I have questions. If you could fill in from your experience on my questions, that would really useful to me. Thanks! Video specific questions:

1. How did Mike hold the phone to do his intro shot? Did he use a tripod to do that? Is there a tripod for the iPhone? Or, do you think he used a different camera to do that shot?


2. How did he do the voiceover integration into the piece? Meaning, what I'm asking is is his voiceover one audio track in Final Cut Pro, and the recording of the caller a second audio track in post-production and you merge them via editing into one audio track?


3. The video still shots in the piece: Imad, is that what you've been asking us for, to make still video shots out of B-roll footage INSTEAD of still photography shots? If so, then does that mean we should use a different HD camera instead of the Canon G12's and the Flip cameras?

Just wondering how to break down this piece in the hopes of doing something like it later.

Platform and planning questions:

1. So, given this piece, I see how you can trim on the iPhone 4 but to do real high quality editing you should import trimmed pieces into Final Cut and then do what? Each goes into the bin and you merge shots to make a sequence? Just trying to understand.


2. If you shoot on an iPhone 4 and other camera, do the file extensions have to be consistent before you import all into Final Cut?


3. If you use an iPhone 4, and use a Flip or regular camera, can you import into both Final Cut and something like Windows Movie Maker or Sony Vegas, or should you as a filmmaker just keep your platforms consistent (only use Mac software products like Final Cut, iMovie OR Windows-based software like Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere) and NOT use different hardware (e.g., having an iPhone and a Windows-based PC: is that hard to do?)

For #3, I wonder because I'm planning to save my pennies up to invest in a MacBook, an iPhone, and an HD camera. I have currently a FujiFilm digital camera that does video, but on my PC I don't think I can convert from .avi to .mov - and I don't know what to use to convert my .avi to .mov. If I want to do freelance editing outside of the Allied Media lab, do I have to have all Mac hardware and software? Is that the purpose of having an external drive, so you can use .avi and .mov files on ANY hardware (either Mac or PC)? I haven't tried this because my external hard drive is acting up and I'd rather ask questions before I spend money to buy a new one (and they tend to have to be formatted for EITHER PC or Mac - so I'd like these questions answered first. Thanks.

Documentation For AMC2011

hey class it's Jon

One of the thing I do for Allied Media Projects is head documentation for the Allied Media Conference.

All of the conference is documented by the participant, so we get people to film the workshops, the shows, interview people, and capture all the magical moments of the weekend.

I wanted to reach out to the class for support documenting this year's conference June 23-26.

AMP uses the footage to make awesome recaps of the conferences every year the one above is from AMC2010.

It's lots of fun, one of the only volunteer roles that lets you sit in on the session! and flex your video muscles.

You can respond or talk to me any time if you have questions.

What's On You Mind???

So, we have had four weeks already. How comfortable is everyone with the material so far?
Let me know what you concerns are, questions, etc.

What do you like so far?

What are you having trouble with?

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jon- man on street interview

Future City Workshop Assignment 4: Heidleberg Project

On the street interview

Detroit Landmarks

I love Detroit because...

Historic Little Rock

art ist speak

Redford Library mural

detroit

fountain

Thinker

Belle Fountain

McArthur Bridge

McArthur Bridge

View vintage movies

Hello colleagues,

For thise of you who would be interested in seeing how some of the great directors of the past created intrigue and excitment with angle shots and shadows go to: http://www.moviepowder.com
you will be able to view a good selection of movies on your laptop/PC.
Enjoy!

Conja

Interview Assignment

Interview assignment with my mom, President of the East Outer Drive Block Club Association.

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Future City Workshop Assignment 3: Darren Williams Show

Pet Justice

interview from Jon

Good Laugh

interview

Interview with CEO and Designer of Jazzy Girls

Interview Brown Wright

Interview Brown

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If at first you don't succeed....

There is much I still look forward to learning about creating videos and telling quality stories. But I thought I had figured out how to post a video to this blog. I have devoted much of my Sunday evening to attempting to post a video unsuccessfully. BELOW IS THE MESSAGE I RECIEVED.

Blog Id:6942864046856753827
Video Id:ff279be19e281d0d

CLOSE

Checking IN

Hello team members and instructor Rhonda here. While I'm not computer wise by no manner I've had a challenging day attempting to download my video onto our site. I've run into a number of challenges but I have not given up. I received a great deal of assistance from Conja, thank you so for your patience. Conja walked me through the process but after taking such a long time for the video to download I must halt my attempt for now. I will start back up tomorrow.

After downloading a number of what I consider good video's to the flash from my mac I tried to download to my p.c. again I'm not computer savvy. I do not have internet at my home so I've been at work most of the day. I had to go back to my place and get my computer so I believe you get it now. I feel rather well that I was able to get as far as I did. Again I will try again tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.

peace

Rhonda

Team I hope to have my video and my interview on the site so that you can review.

Future City Workshop Assignment 2

Second Project

Please play with volume off. I had a lot of issues with the program I was using so sound may still be intact. Thank you.

First Project

I think I may have misinterpreted the directions behind the first project. Sorry, and thanks for watching.

Please Don't Litter

Reasons to Be Free

Combination first assignment and also public service/"plea" video second assignment.

I have another idea for the second assignment that I may try out & post this weekend. Would include more combo video & pictures - but how do you do that without NLE software? Hope we can start in-lab office hours this weekend.

But, from a personal perspective, I look forward to your comments on this one.

~Warmly, Angie

Hush House Community Garden

MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS ITS LIFE BACK

Slave Castle Ghana 2010

Participate

jon- plea video

watch with volume off and please comment

thanks

American Film Institute: Short Films List

I got to see "Daylight Express" in a class last winter. If you get to see this, it's really amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913955/

examples of very stylized filming

Free online-public domain.

Nosferatu=The first - and unauthorized - version of Dracula is a masterpiece of German expressionism, with a ghoulish Max Schreck as the blood-sucking fiend “Count Orlok.” Its play of light and shadow is gorgeous, especially for such an early film, and still creepy. Nosferatu set some of the early screen conventions for vampires to come, including vile eroticism and death by sunlight for the bad guy.

Most of Fritz Lang's work is silent.

“M” 1921 A classic suspense thriller, “M“ was German director Fritz Lang’s first film with sound, and sound features brilliantly in the plot. With Peter Lorre cast in the role of a serial child killer, the film is a race between the police and Berlin’s underworld to find and catch the killer, and was so effective that Lorre was typecast as a villain for years thereafter

see Lang’s Metropolis.

I think there would also be some value in watching Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin in terms of silent story telling:)

About the film, "Vantage Point", style reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantage_Point_%28film%29

The film is cited for its use of the Rashomon Effect; a reference to a type of filmmaking used in the 1950 film Rashomon directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Earthquake - Kobe, Japan

Earthquake - Kobe, Japan

Kassandra Ebony Voguing At Philly Ball

Rafel Vouging

Jon-quick cat vid

Walking To The Concert

Dancing Moppet

Census

An old short film of mine - Imad