Class 2 – September 14
Assignment 1 – Blogged Sequences Due and Discussion
Visual Narrative, the Storyboard and Sequencing
Camera Shots, Camera angles, Camera Movements
Intro to Digital Imaging & Photoshop
* Lecture Notes
Screenings:
Notre Musique – Jean Luc Godard, 2004
The Haunted Castle – Georges Méliès, 1896
Birth of a Nation – D.W. Griffith, 1915
Battleship Potemkin – Sergei Eisentein, 1925
At Land – Maya Deren, 1944
The Serpentine Dance – Lois Fuller – Lumière Brothers, 1899
Muybridge’s Zoopraxiscope – Eadweard Muybridge, 1880
Eadweard Muybridge’s cinematic legacy – Eadweard Muybridge
In class:
Hand draw your storyboard for project 1. Post to your blog with your #name and #project 1 storyboard. Hand drawn storyboard will count as Assignment 2.
Homework:
Assignment 2 – Finish your hand drawn storyboard and post to your blog with #project 1 storyboard.
Project 1 – Start photo shoot of Project 1 according to your hand drawn storyboard. Shoot several takes for each shot to have choices. Shoot additional shots perhaps not included in your storyboard if you are inspired during shooting. Post key images from your shoot #project 1 images.
Photo storyboard format:
Each storyboard page can have at least 4 shots but no more than 10 shots. A good average is 6 shots per page.
What to include in a storyboard:
– Camera angle, e.g. Long-shot of house exterior.
– Camera movement if relevant, e.g. camera pans left to right to reveal woman’s face.
– Time of day or light conditions if relevant, e.g. morning light rays shine through hair.
– Description of the action, e.g. woman sleeps
– Sound if relevant, e.g. birds singing in the background
Read: John Berger, Ways of Seeing – Chapter 1 + Understanding a Photograph
***If you have your own camera, find the manual (if you lost it, find it online) and bring both the camera and its manual to class.
From Lynda.com watch Premiere Pro CC 2017 Essential Training: The Basics. Watch up to and including 4. Basic Editing