Monday, September 24, 2012
5x5 Video Project
1. wide shot of clearing
2. deer walking away
3. ripples in stream
4. pan of deer tracks
5. view under leaves
I created my 5x5 video using the camera on my mom's iPhone, and I used wevideo to edit it. I had problems with wevideo's exporting process, which took overnight. I'll need to allocate extra time for that in future.
I am pleased with how my 5x5 turned out. I like the different shots that I got and I like how they flow together.
I think that our next video challenge should be a "mood" video, where we have a certain amount of time to create a modd setting, such as "sad" or "angry" in our video.
Friday, September 21, 2012
V for Vendetta
Title: V for Vendetta
Director: James Mcteigue
Rating: R
Release date: March 17, 2006
Director: James Mcteigue
Rating: R
Release date: March 17, 2006
Synopsis: A freedom fighter known as "V" fights against his totalitarian society usint terrorist tactics. He rescues a woman named Evey from the thought police and uses her as an ally in his attack on the government.
V for Vendetta's trailer in an exemplary trailer because of the information given, the images used, and the musical accompaniment. The trailer gives just enough away to get the viewer excited to see the rest of the film, because they know about how V is trying to bring down the government. There are several motifs used, such as the symbol for V, his mask, flashlights, and the cross of the party. The music adds tension with its military beat and dramatic strings. They also show violent scenes, to add action and suspense to the trailer. THe only text seen is when they say "An uncompromising vision of the future" which, in turn, adds more theatricality.
We will try to use the aspects from the V for Vendetta trailer in our own. We will add dramatic tracks to add suspense, use motifs, and give just enough information away t make the audiences eager to see the rest. We want them to know who our character is, what her society is like, and why there is something terribly wrong with it. We will use fewer colors in ours, however, because our society is, for all intents and purposes, black-and-white.
Laura
We will try to use the aspects from the V for Vendetta trailer in our own. We will add dramatic tracks to add suspense, use motifs, and give just enough information away t make the audiences eager to see the rest. We want them to know who our character is, what her society is like, and why there is something terribly wrong with it. We will use fewer colors in ours, however, because our society is, for all intents and purposes, black-and-white.
Laura
Thursday, September 13, 2012
World Without Walls
"Welcome
to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the
Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most
transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen."
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Stranger Than Fiction: Movie Review
1. I read a movie review of Stranger Than Fiction, written by James Berardinelli on reelviews.net. The review praises the unique premise, the acting, and the overall experience. Berardinelli starts out by stating their opinion of the film, that it did a lot of things will, and almost none poorly. After his opinion paragraph, he writes two paragraphs of the plot. He does not give away the ending, which I appreciated. Instead, he ended the description with the discovery of the theme. He then has a paragraph on the actors, and a final paragraph about the cinematic experience. This reviewer focused mainly on the acting and plot aspects while not touching cinematic aspects at all. This is written in a funny and casual tone, with humorous descriptions of parts of the plot. The reviewer rates the film as 3.5/4 and recommends it as "a welcome way to spent a chilly autumn evening".
2. I think that we should structure our quarterly movie review in a free and casual way to accomodate creativity. We should be given the options of our own for of review, be it posters, videos, written work, radio report, etc. We should not have a specific format, except for usual ideas of noting cinematic techniques, plot, actors, etc. I think that we should receive a lot of freedom, because our creativity and expression is the root of truly good understanding of what we're reviewing.
My annotated review is here: http://diigo.com/0sx9l
Have a lovely day!
2. I think that we should structure our quarterly movie review in a free and casual way to accomodate creativity. We should be given the options of our own for of review, be it posters, videos, written work, radio report, etc. We should not have a specific format, except for usual ideas of noting cinematic techniques, plot, actors, etc. I think that we should receive a lot of freedom, because our creativity and expression is the root of truly good understanding of what we're reviewing.
My annotated review is here: http://diigo.com/0sx9l
Have a lovely day!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Oh hello!
Howdy there, welcome to my blog. My name's Laura and I'm a Sophomore student in the CAP program. I enjoy the arts and education, and I plan to be an elementary school teacher when I grow up. The aspect of filmmaking that I'm most interested in is brainstorming and creating concept ideas for videos. I enjoy making videos because I like acting and expressing myself through art.
One of my favorite film projects I have done in the past was the video editor project I filmed in Freshman year. My friend Milena and I filmed a parody of "Let's Go To The Mall" from the hit TV show, How I Met Your Mother, about the life on a video editor. I was one of the actresses and I also edited the video. I also really enjoyed doing the Infoflow opening videos last year, when my group put makeup on a boy named Isaiah and wrote "Infoflow" on his forehead. I enjoyed the project because coming up with simple, short, funny concepts for a 30-second video was challenging and exciting.
Some ideas I have for blog ideas are:
- As a collaboration tool for our "Change" projects
- To continue class discussions
- To offer opinions on books and projects in our classes
Have a nice day!
Laura
image source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/seyyed_mostafa_zamani/5664919365/
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Monday, September 24, 2012
5x5 Video Project
1. wide shot of clearing
2. deer walking away
3. ripples in stream
4. pan of deer tracks
5. view under leaves
I created my 5x5 video using the camera on my mom's iPhone, and I used wevideo to edit it. I had problems with wevideo's exporting process, which took overnight. I'll need to allocate extra time for that in future.
I am pleased with how my 5x5 turned out. I like the different shots that I got and I like how they flow together.
I think that our next video challenge should be a "mood" video, where we have a certain amount of time to create a modd setting, such as "sad" or "angry" in our video.
Friday, September 21, 2012
V for Vendetta
Title: V for Vendetta
Director: James Mcteigue
Rating: R
Release date: March 17, 2006
Director: James Mcteigue
Rating: R
Release date: March 17, 2006
Synopsis: A freedom fighter known as "V" fights against his totalitarian society usint terrorist tactics. He rescues a woman named Evey from the thought police and uses her as an ally in his attack on the government.
V for Vendetta's trailer in an exemplary trailer because of the information given, the images used, and the musical accompaniment. The trailer gives just enough away to get the viewer excited to see the rest of the film, because they know about how V is trying to bring down the government. There are several motifs used, such as the symbol for V, his mask, flashlights, and the cross of the party. The music adds tension with its military beat and dramatic strings. They also show violent scenes, to add action and suspense to the trailer. THe only text seen is when they say "An uncompromising vision of the future" which, in turn, adds more theatricality.
We will try to use the aspects from the V for Vendetta trailer in our own. We will add dramatic tracks to add suspense, use motifs, and give just enough information away t make the audiences eager to see the rest. We want them to know who our character is, what her society is like, and why there is something terribly wrong with it. We will use fewer colors in ours, however, because our society is, for all intents and purposes, black-and-white.
Laura
We will try to use the aspects from the V for Vendetta trailer in our own. We will add dramatic tracks to add suspense, use motifs, and give just enough information away t make the audiences eager to see the rest. We want them to know who our character is, what her society is like, and why there is something terribly wrong with it. We will use fewer colors in ours, however, because our society is, for all intents and purposes, black-and-white.
Laura
Thursday, September 13, 2012
World Without Walls
"Welcome
to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the
Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most
transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen."
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others", which was about the new generation of communication and how online tools for group collaboration are changing education and the learning process. There are many programs used for collaboration, such as YouTube, GoogleDocs, Wikipedia, etc.
Will Richardson writes about the access youth today has to internet communications, and how that can be taken advantage of in our ability to share and receive data. As Richardson writes, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion -- and begin to co-create and colearn the same way many of our students already do." An example he gives is Laura Stockman, an 11 year old girl who, through her blog, has connected with people all over the world to share their experiences in community service. I was surprised that she was able to do this all at age 11, and it inspires me.
People with shared interests can collaborate on websites - "weapons of mass collaboration" - to learn and grow from each others' help. "These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together."
The article also discusses the need for teachers and adults to help kids navigate these sites and guide them. Kids are already navigating these sites, to he argues that help from adults would only help them learn online more constructively. Also, our public education system, he believes, needs to put more emphasis on these collaboration sites in their programs.
The new age of communication is dawning, and we're just getting started.
LINK HERE
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Stranger Than Fiction: Movie Review
1. I read a movie review of Stranger Than Fiction, written by James Berardinelli on reelviews.net. The review praises the unique premise, the acting, and the overall experience. Berardinelli starts out by stating their opinion of the film, that it did a lot of things will, and almost none poorly. After his opinion paragraph, he writes two paragraphs of the plot. He does not give away the ending, which I appreciated. Instead, he ended the description with the discovery of the theme. He then has a paragraph on the actors, and a final paragraph about the cinematic experience. This reviewer focused mainly on the acting and plot aspects while not touching cinematic aspects at all. This is written in a funny and casual tone, with humorous descriptions of parts of the plot. The reviewer rates the film as 3.5/4 and recommends it as "a welcome way to spent a chilly autumn evening".
2. I think that we should structure our quarterly movie review in a free and casual way to accomodate creativity. We should be given the options of our own for of review, be it posters, videos, written work, radio report, etc. We should not have a specific format, except for usual ideas of noting cinematic techniques, plot, actors, etc. I think that we should receive a lot of freedom, because our creativity and expression is the root of truly good understanding of what we're reviewing.
My annotated review is here: http://diigo.com/0sx9l
Have a lovely day!
2. I think that we should structure our quarterly movie review in a free and casual way to accomodate creativity. We should be given the options of our own for of review, be it posters, videos, written work, radio report, etc. We should not have a specific format, except for usual ideas of noting cinematic techniques, plot, actors, etc. I think that we should receive a lot of freedom, because our creativity and expression is the root of truly good understanding of what we're reviewing.
My annotated review is here: http://diigo.com/0sx9l
Have a lovely day!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Oh hello!
Howdy there, welcome to my blog. My name's Laura and I'm a Sophomore student in the CAP program. I enjoy the arts and education, and I plan to be an elementary school teacher when I grow up. The aspect of filmmaking that I'm most interested in is brainstorming and creating concept ideas for videos. I enjoy making videos because I like acting and expressing myself through art.
One of my favorite film projects I have done in the past was the video editor project I filmed in Freshman year. My friend Milena and I filmed a parody of "Let's Go To The Mall" from the hit TV show, How I Met Your Mother, about the life on a video editor. I was one of the actresses and I also edited the video. I also really enjoyed doing the Infoflow opening videos last year, when my group put makeup on a boy named Isaiah and wrote "Infoflow" on his forehead. I enjoyed the project because coming up with simple, short, funny concepts for a 30-second video was challenging and exciting.
Some ideas I have for blog ideas are:
- As a collaboration tool for our "Change" projects
- To continue class discussions
- To offer opinions on books and projects in our classes
Have a nice day!
Laura
image source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/seyyed_mostafa_zamani/5664919365/
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