Day: April 28, 2010

As we all know, trying to record a video sequence on-time and as you wanted is almost impossible these days! Laura Martone has written a short article for Video Maker Magazine, called: Video Production Scheduling funnily enough!

This very compact and general guide did not personally present new info, but in fact just organized it for me to understand and use more easily. Anyone who takes Video production learns to make a story board first and then they must decide on a place to shoot, and actors. What if you forgot to get permission from the place you were shooting, or your actor was sick, What then?

“. If you take the time to create an accurate shot list, consider details like location availability, and fashion a shooting schedule accordingly, your shoot will go much faster and smoother – and your cast, crew and client will thank you for it.” Not only does this show the general idea of cast, time, set, location and product, but this actually shows the investment of money. These days everything is money and whether it be saving your clients by saving time, or by saving you time to earn money at the high school job, I am sure all of us have!

In conclusion, I believe all students should be made to read this article… Seriously, read it! Shaw might describe it, but you can realize it is not just her “lying” to you. With this not only can you save yourself time in making your next video, but you will also save Shaw from haveing to stare blankly at another piece of “High School Trash”!

Day for Night
This article tells you how to create a night scene in the middle of the day! A very helpful tip is to NEVER shoot the sky. You also have to carefully pick a background. Once you have your scene you need to darken down your image and lower your light level. Ambiance is talked about in the article. They use the example of lighting a candle to make it believable. But a candle wouldn’t do the trick for this scene. You need more light. maybe high beams on a car or a high powered flash light would do the trick. A simple way for a short scene is waiting for twilight. It allows for enough light without the sun in the sky. It also allows to make a more believable scene simply by turning on some lights in a house or having street lights on. The final step is to get the color temperature right. Blue is what people think the moon light is more like. But you need to take the right steps. You cant just edit the scene and make it look blue because that will look false and wont sell to the audience. You need to white balance the camera with more of a warmer color such as a light orange. You put a orange CTO in front of your lense then white balance it with a white piece of paper or something. when you return to the scene it should add a bluish color. Remember to K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple Stupid).

Kick-Ass
I watched a movie over vacation in the movie theaters with my good friend Travis Hutchins. We both thought that this movie would absolutely suck. The previews did an awful job at advertising this movie. Anyways travis and I watched the movie. The movie is about a young teen 17 years old who decides to become a “super hero” he names him self “Kick-Ass” but in actuallity he gets his ass kicked everytime. he had an accident prior to his super hero decisions which nearly abolished his nerv endings. HE FEELS NO PAIN! Righto. He was caught on camera defending a guy who was being attacked by a gang. He was now all over the internet. a girl he likes needs some help with some thugs. he thought that he could help. He shows up at the thugs place and nearly dies until another “super hero” shows up and saves his life. he wants to give it all up but he cant because people need him. One thing leads to another and now hes dealing with the biggest Drug dealer in the city. Everyone dies. not really. But close to it. Watch the movie and see for yourself