Unit 6: Videographer
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
- The learner will be able to identify the different stages and jobs involved in making a film.
- The learner will define key terms that relate to videography.
- The learner will complete various creative tasks/research to broaden knowledge of the following lessons and categories.
Professional in Reference
Matthew Barney - An American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. He began his career on a football scholarship at Yale University. His early works are sculptural installations combined with performance and video. Between 1994 and 2002 he created The Cremaster Cycle, 5 films considered to be groups in traditional film and an art installation. It isn’t too easy divining a plot, but each entry offers a great deal of “business” to follow, usually oddly dressed characters trying to accomplish some sort of strange task. This can range from chopping up a room full of raw potatoes with bladed shoes to a motorcycle sidecar race around the Isle of Man intercut with a satyr tap-dancing a hole through a tile floor. Barney is also known for Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), as well as his past relationship with Icelandic musician Björk.
“My interest in dance has to do with the basic drama of an object in space, interaction with gravity, and the potential for the object to fall over or to fail”
Lesson 1: Directing
General Description: This position is involved during all parts of production. They are responsible for making a film as powerful, entertaining and effective as possible. Without skillful overall management, a well-written film with an excellent cast of actors can fail. They control all of the parts of the larger puzzle, asking the other professionals to perform various tasks or act in a certain way, in order to visualize their creative ideas on the screen. The style, the pace and the impact of a film is dictated by the director, from casting and set design to lighting and editing.
Average predicted salary: 70,000 yearly
Assignment:Design a storyboard for a time in your life when you wish you had a superpower. The storyboard has to have at least 5 slides with a rough illustration of what each scene should look like. Describe that superpower in detail either an introduction to your story or as a story that unfolds in your slides.
Lesson 2: Filming
General Description: Those responsible for the raw footage and other elements for the film recorded during the film shoot. This stage of filming is called production and there are multiple jobs that lie within it. Without one there is a missing piece to the overall shooting puzzle.
Sub categories: Camera Operator (videographer, digital imaging technician , art department (prop master, builder, art director), lighting department (grip and electrician, makeup and wardrobe, script supervisor, stunts and FX department
Average predicted salary: 70,000 yearly
Assignment:Using a smartphone take videos throughout your day. After they are recorded, write a description of the characters in your story, the setting, how the props influenced your story narrative and how you would change it to become a blockbuster.
Lesson 3: Editing
General Description: Supervisors work in close collaboration with the film's producers, production/line manager and VFX supervisor if that is a component, they take the reins from the production office a few weeks after wrap. The editor considers factors such as the films pace, suspense and comic timing depending on the genre of the film. A complicated processes may arise such as actors being called upon to replicate dialogue shot many weeks or months ago to work with ADR or looping. This usually occurs when there are issues with clarity. Collaboration is absolutely key in this process when multiple people are working together to achieve one goal.
Sub categories: editor, colorist, sound designer
Assignment:
http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/film/real_life_stories - Study the stories in this on this page. Summarize the article and research a bit further using other sources.
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