Title: 5 Green Screen Tips

Author: JR Strickland

Published November 29, 2013

     Five things to keep in mind when using green screen is camera angle, lighting, props and sets, blocking, and panning. Don’t just stand directly in front of the camera and stare into it unless it’s necessary, it’s boring and usually looks bad. Keep the actor moving, with reason, and using props will help make things look more real and interesting. Plan out your background and how you want everything to look, also make sure you tell everyone you’re working with.

     Do to the fact I’ve never used green screen this is all new information and things I never even thought about before. I probably would have had the actor not interacting with much because I thought it would show how unreal the background is. I’m still not so sure about lighting, I’ll probably have to play around with it to really understand how it works with green screen.

     I hope to use green screen before the end of the year and I’ll try to keep in mind not using it when I don’t have to and adding plenty of props and different camera angles.

http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2013/11/5-green-screen-tips

In this article, I read about different storage for video.  Particularly the importance of storing footage and what things you can store it on.  The reason it’s important to store footage is because you could have important footage of someone who you might not get to have footage of again.  In general though, it’s important because if you lose your footage, that’s time wasted.  Some of the storage units this article discussed were ones such as, RAID.  This storage device has a mirroring option, so it has two copies of the footage.  Therefore making the device have 4 Terabytes.  Although, you only get to use two of those because of the mirroring feature.  More storage possibilities are ones such as, external hard drive, and internal hard drive.  External hard drives plug into our computers with wires or USB.  Where as internal hard drives is the amount of storage a computer has.  What I’ve learned from this is, you have multiple options to store your footage so it doesn’t get lost, because if you’re by yourself or working with multiple people, you wanna make sure you keep your footage safe.  A way I can apply this to class is, we already store our footage on the computers hard drive, so this article just states the importance of it.
The link to this article is: http://www.videomaker.com/article/17162-storage-buyer%E2%80%99s-guide-because-you-gotta-store-your-stuff

the photo is from the article I read, the link is above

Article: 4 Easy Tips for Formatting Fonts

By: Chuck Peters

Published: 2/4/14

Basically the article says that even if fonts don’t make or break your movie they do make a difference. They can make you look more professional and help relay your overall message. The four best things to remember when picking fonts is be bold, be careful when choosing colors, consistency is key, and stop short.

I learned that using consistency when using multiple graphic can help you look less like an ameteur. Also not to use cool or pretty fonts in they’re hard to see because it will make the video harder to understand. Choose colors that go well with the background, this will also help people read it easier. Lastly don’t write/ have them read to much, they may lose interest, if theres a lot to say it would be more entertaining to use a voice over.

In my upcoming videos I plan to use consistent titles, colors, and transitions in each video. Hopefully this will make my videos seem more professional. Also to continue using voice overs because they seem to be the best way to relay information without losing interest.

http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2014/02/4-easy-tips-for-formatting-fonts

Using smart phones is a really good Idea because I you would use it all the time and any were you go.

“Recording good footage means keeping the smartphone as stable as possible. Fortunately there’s a wide range of tripods available for your smartphones, allowing you to capture the best footage possible.

Managing your sound is also important when shooting with your phone. Recording sound with a phone’s built-in microphone isn’t the best way to tell your story. The sound captured won’t be ideal and could harm the overall quality of your video. External devices exist to alleviate this problem, and we suggest using them. If you record with the internal mic, make sure you’re in a quiet area (limit background noise) with your actors close to the phone, er camera.”

For anyone who makes videos or is planning on making videos you must watch El Mariachi. The film has captivating action scenes and manages to entertain through out. With a budget of no more than $7,000, Robert Rodriguez manages to tell a tale of bloodshed, love and betrayal. People would say that the film was a miracle, but it truly was

nothing short of Rodriguez’s sheer genius. What Rodriguez did with El Mariachi is comparable to what Spielberg did with Jaws. It was ambitious, ballsy and well made. Check out some more fun facts on the film in the link below.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Mark Levy. Videomaker Magazine “The Internet is Free, Right? What Can You Legally Use?”

The article was a talking about cope righting and what is copyrighting and what is not copyright. Copy righting is when you take more then one word or you take something that is not yours and you claim it is yours. There are some things that you can take that is not copyrighting like there are some music web sites that you can get music for free.

“The Internet is merely a medium for distributing content; like newspapers, magazines, books, films, radio, television, satellite broadcasts, and DVDs. The difference, of course, is that the Internet has the potential to reach hundreds of millions of viewers immediately and simultaneously. When it comes to the Copyright Act, though, that does not represent a significant difference. Just because it’s “public” doesn’t mean it’s in the public domain Levy. ”

While in a theater class yesterday I found a steadicam gun, if you do not know what this is check out the movie Aliens. In the film there is a machine gun that is placed on a stabilizer (which can also be used as a steadicam) and it was then that director, James Cameron began to use the steadicam gun. Normally this product can range from $300 to a $1000. You guys got it for free, you’re welcome.

I am still working on my documentary. I am waiting on videos from my family. I have a little bit of filming I still have to do. Also I am painting a new sky line with Randi.

Collette and I are working on our news video. We will be filming this week. Kennedy will be helping us with the filming.