Lighting for Video

Here is a great video that clearly describes a basic three-point lighting set up with a black background, a white background and also a film noir, moody set up.

Three Point Lighting Tutorial

Here's one on using a green screen. Very handy for eliminating the background and adding graphics or any other kind of background.

Green Screen Tutorial

Year Four Photo Project Artist Statement

Please write an artist statement for your photography project that explains your concept. This should be appropriate for the gallery show at Lakeshore Arts. Please format this on an 8.5x11" page with your name at the top of the page as a heading. Below your name please write the title of your project.
Also, if you have more images in your series, but were unable to put them in the show - please add thumbnail images of all the images from your series.

Consider the following information: Your inspiration, concept/message/theme, chosen medium/technique and reasoning behind that (i.e. why you decided to digitally manipulate, or use black and white, or use HDRI etc.)

Submit to Ms. Silverman by Friday. Also, this should be posted on your blog with copies of all your images, including the title of your photo series - the blog should be titled Personal Photography Project.

Stop-Motion Examples

Here are a few examples of some great stop-motion films to inspire you. Now, if you haven't done so already, post one on your blog!

Year 1 Tech--Stop Motion

For this week's blog entry, find an example of a stop motion movie, post a link to it and describe what makes it an effective film. Look specifically at the techniques like camera angles and shots, lighting, and transitions from one shot to another as well as compositional choices when doing your analysis.

Year 3 Tech - A note for you!

Please work on the music video assignment today. I've added a link to give you some information about shooting techniques and camera movements. I've also reduced the number of videos you need to do a final analysis on to only ONE!

1. Review the links I provided, taking note of the terminology used for different camera shots and shooting techniques.
2. Watch the videos and read the articles I've provided and then do the first part of the blog assignment, which is reviewing music videos through the decades. Answer the questions I provided in the blog post - Scroll down, it's just a few below this one!
3. Find your favourite music video (artistically and visually) and review it based on what I've asked for in the post.

Please do this today before continuing to work on the Palladio video.

That's it!
Thanks
Ms. Silverman

Blog posts Year 3 and 4

Daily Create Blog Posts.

CyberARTS Year 3 & Year 4.

There are 20 options here for sound/image, still photography and video assignments. Choose 10 to do before the winter holidays. You must complete at least two by the end of the week.

You must have at least two from each category. The rest is up to  you. Year 3 MUST DO #15. Year 4 MUST DO #

1.    Take a close up photo of an object with unique texture or pattern; make us guess what it is.

2.    Make a photo of anger, or something that makes you angry.

3.    Make a photo that emphasizes one color much more than any others in the shot

4.    Record some outdoor sounds. Pair them with one, three or five still images.

5.    Fabric: we wear it, sleep on it, decorate with it. Make a photo of an interesting cloth design or texture.

6.    Take a creative photo without aiming in the viewfinder

7.    Take a photo that shows two contrasting things, e.g. light & darkness, life & death, cats & dogs etc.

8.    Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing?

9.    Mix a sound from nature with a musical selection so both can be heard clearly.

10. Make a short audio of the sound of water pinging, flushing, splashing, roaring, tumbling...and add an image, or three or five.

11. Draw a flower with your eyes closed. Then turn it into a vector illustration.

12. Make a photo of an outdoor scene free of any human artifacts.

13. Take a picture of an object that is a metaphor for your learning style

14. Make a photograph of a plastic object that you’ve used today.

15. Make an extreme close up 30 second video of someone playing a musical instrument, using at least three different shots.

16. Record 30 seconds of ambient sound in your environment. Pair it with images that contrast the sound you've recorded.

17. Take a closer look at where you spend a lot of time. Photograph something there you never noticed before.

18. Take a picture of construction.

19. Make a 30 second video with sound of a typical street scene using wide, medium, close-up and extreme close-ups.

20. Find a grid pattern somewhere (brick sidewalk, ceiling tiles etc.). Make a photo of an interesting slice of it.

Year 3 TECH: Music videos through the decades

Before looking at these videos, take a look at this website and read through the shooting tips from introduction to labeling your tapes.
Shooting techniques
And also this one on ShotTypes and also camera movements at the bottom of the page.

 Take note in particular of the terminology used and use it in your review of the videos.

First, just for fun, check out the technology used in this music video. You need to open it in Google Chrome. It uses HTML 5.

www.thewildernessdowntown.com

Also, please take a look at the history of music videos - which began in the 1980s with MTV. According to U.S. Time magazine, these are the best 30 music videos of all time.

Best 30 Music Videos

Here is another "Best 30 Music Videos of All Time" by Music Radar

These seem a little more underground. Also more contemporary. Check them out as well.

Check out #22 Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar for some amazing editing and perfect sync-ing.

Take a look through both the Arcade Fire video and the article on the 30 best music videos. Watch a minimum of 9 of the videos and read the summaries below - making sure you watch at least 2 per decade. There are 10 per decade in the article.

Exercise:

FIRST Write a blog post...Title it Music Videos through  history

1. Summarizing your thoughts, opinions and inspiration from the 9 videos you watched.

2. Which ones do you consider works of art in their own right? and Why? Note: The first video - Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" was exhibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art.

3. Also, comment on the types of changes you noticed through the decades. (Lighting, editing, sophistication, pace etc.)

4. How does the Arcade Fire video compare to the earlier decades?

5. What's next in music videos in your opinion?

THEN...

Choose one video (the one you find the most compelling, artistically) to post and embed into your blog post

1. Comment on the pacing, artistic style, lighting and artistic intent/meaning of the posted video.

2. How does this music video visually express the emotional theme of the music? Look at specific imagery, content and shot types, pace, style, lighting etc.