I found this rather stunning, 6-part piece on the black market of animal trade in Asia. The photos are all in black and white, which I feel works well for this particular story.
The photographer, Patrick Brown, was able to work on the story for five years, and becuse of that, had a chance to photograph a bile farm, the arrest of poachers, and a governmental raid on millions of dollars worth of animals. There's also a sad bit about an innocent woman who got caught up in the middle of an illegal trade and is immediately given the death penalty.
The photos, along with the music and the way the photos are lined up to it, plus his intervies, all add up to a pretty powerful piece.
The story definitely dampened my day, but one of my favorite parts is when Brown emphasizes that while the trade is already occuring, and he can't stop it on his own, he needs to document it so that a large audience sees it and is hopefully inspired to act. That's one of the things about photojournalism that I, personally, have to be reminded of when I see difficult situations, and I appreciate his emphasis. He's obviously passionate about this cause, and it shows.
Oh, and by the way, bile is fluid secreted in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. I'll admit, I had no idea. Had to look it up. Yummy.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
ASSIGNMENT: First Video Package
For Tuesday, February 3, you need to shoot a short package. Choose someone who does some sort of repetitive action, interview them, look for cover/b-roll shots and matched action. Plan on this being a very short piece - 30 seconds or so. You'll need 5-10 different shots for this. Think about audio - both the interview itself and some natural sound.
Video Logging Sheet
Here it is - clean and simple. Have also stuck a link in the upper right corner of the blog for future use.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Check out my multimedia page on some DJs
<http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2009/01/27/Variety/Tnt-Ready.To.Explode-3599214.shtml>
The video is almost impossible to do any matched action on because of the fast and intricate movements DJ's quite often make. So the video is one continuous flow, although we will not be using that technique for class I wanted to mix up the video. Anyway I wanted to let you guys know that its there if you want to check it out. And also it is not shot on a high definition camera, so our video quality will look much better.
The video is almost impossible to do any matched action on because of the fast and intricate movements DJ's quite often make. So the video is one continuous flow, although we will not be using that technique for class I wanted to mix up the video. Anyway I wanted to let you guys know that its there if you want to check it out. And also it is not shot on a high definition camera, so our video quality will look much better.
Well, since Mark suggested it and since I'd never really done it before, I went out and shot some in the fog around my apartment complex. It was essentially a series of experiments in contrasting light sources, white balance, my balance (lots of long shutter speeds), etc. The pictures aren't magazine-quality (and some are more fog-centric than others), but I figured I'd post them here being as that's the blog's purpose.
That's a link to the slide show of the album, and you can click on any picture to view it bigger.
That's a link to the slide show of the album, and you can click on any picture to view it bigger.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
ASSIGNMENT: Video Starter
For Thursday, January 29, you need to find someone doing a repetitive action and shoot four different angles of them doing it. You'll need at least one long, medium and close-up. Two of the shots need to be editable into a matched-action sequence. One of them will need to be a cut-away/b-roll/cover shot to get you from one moment to the next, so think about a detail shot of some sort.
As an example of the matched action, look at this:
Now add a long and medium shot and you're set.
Remember to check the following:
- Focus - zoom in, focus, zoom back out for composition
- Exposure - use your histogram
- White Balance - set it manually
- Audio - get your mic in close, get some detail and natural sounds (no need for an interview)
As an example of the matched action, look at this:
Now add a long and medium shot and you're set.
Great video and touching story...
I found this video on the New York Times' website by accident the other day...
Apart from just being a good example of video, the story is interesting and heart warming--good example of a human interest story and very unique. The video is about a 17-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh named Harunur Rashid. He has had a long and trying journey to get to where he now is with his life in the U.S.--this video tells his story.
I'm sure there are some things that could be improved--mainly small technical aspects. For example, there are a few frames that are zoomed in around Rashid's teacher a little too close. In a still frame, we would say that the crop "scalped" her. I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but I don't think I like it. The volume is on different levels in some frames as well which kind of bothered me--I'd like to hear the volume for different frames close to the same level.
I do, however, love the story and the way that it's told. It's similar to the video we watched the other day in class about New Orleans shrimping in that the photographer uses different narrators to tell the story, successfully. If it were Rashid or his guardian telling the entire story it may take the whole piece down a few notches because they are difficult to understand.
Just thought y'all would enjoy this...Hope you like it!
Apart from just being a good example of video, the story is interesting and heart warming--good example of a human interest story and very unique. The video is about a 17-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh named Harunur Rashid. He has had a long and trying journey to get to where he now is with his life in the U.S.--this video tells his story.
I'm sure there are some things that could be improved--mainly small technical aspects. For example, there are a few frames that are zoomed in around Rashid's teacher a little too close. In a still frame, we would say that the crop "scalped" her. I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but I don't think I like it. The volume is on different levels in some frames as well which kind of bothered me--I'd like to hear the volume for different frames close to the same level.
I do, however, love the story and the way that it's told. It's similar to the video we watched the other day in class about New Orleans shrimping in that the photographer uses different narrators to tell the story, successfully. If it were Rashid or his guardian telling the entire story it may take the whole piece down a few notches because they are difficult to understand.
Just thought y'all would enjoy this...Hope you like it!
Monday, January 26, 2009
A well-done audioslideshow on Time.com
While I was in Washington, I found myself feeling really overwhelmed at times by everything going on around me. How could I capture it all, do it justice? How could I use sound and images to narrate such a momentous gathering-together of people? It's something I can't say I did especially well.
But, in a story about a pilgrimage to a river in India for Time.com this guy does!
For one thing, he simply narrates the story himself - if you want to tell the story of so many people, you don't want to find just one participant and let them do the talking for everyone. By doing the talking, Panjiar keeps the scope of his story broad. He uses a few images in which individuals are highlighted, but for the most part, his shots are of crowds, large groups. Lots of long shots. His captions don't include people's names, which I think communicates in some small way what it feels like to be surrounded by so many strangers. He did what I wanted to do at the inauguration, only better.
But, in a story about a pilgrimage to a river in India for Time.com this guy does!
For one thing, he simply narrates the story himself - if you want to tell the story of so many people, you don't want to find just one participant and let them do the talking for everyone. By doing the talking, Panjiar keeps the scope of his story broad. He uses a few images in which individuals are highlighted, but for the most part, his shots are of crowds, large groups. Lots of long shots. His captions don't include people's names, which I think communicates in some small way what it feels like to be surrounded by so many strangers. He did what I wanted to do at the inauguration, only better.
A Documentary Piece on NY Times
<http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/sports/1194811622289/index.html>
This piece tells a story very well, about surfer-dudes. But really, there is the use of a lot of good B-roll and good videography in general.
I enjoyed watching the whole piece, which runs 6 minutes. The only problem with a piece when it runs so long (at least in my opinion) is that there are too many voices, and speakers to pay attention to. It is all useful but it seems to become a cluster. Not only is there multiple people being pictured during interviews, but there is also a commentator.
The story flows very nicely and makes the piece work.
Also, the same way you like to bring in a story while writing and concluding it by wrapping back around- this multimedia piece has a conclusion that brings everything back. (i.e. the sunsetting)
This piece tells a story very well, about surfer-dudes. But really, there is the use of a lot of good B-roll and good videography in general.
I enjoyed watching the whole piece, which runs 6 minutes. The only problem with a piece when it runs so long (at least in my opinion) is that there are too many voices, and speakers to pay attention to. It is all useful but it seems to become a cluster. Not only is there multiple people being pictured during interviews, but there is also a commentator.
The story flows very nicely and makes the piece work.
Also, the same way you like to bring in a story while writing and concluding it by wrapping back around- this multimedia piece has a conclusion that brings everything back. (i.e. the sunsetting)
Not Journalism-Night of the Hunter
Night of the Hunter
This would go more in the telecom department, but I think it's still useful to look at. The use of light here is really beautiful, and simply on the level of aesthetics, I think makes this clip very valuable. This entire film really is a wonderful example of an amazing use of light, and how something so simple can make it so visually interesting. There are a number of shots I would die to have the chance to take as a still (the opening shot, at 20 seconds, at 30 seconds, at 51 seconds, and at 1:25.) Yes all the lights are staged, but I don't think that makes the shots any less beautiful, and to me it serves as a sort of goal, to find natural light that's doing the sort of things the staged lights are doing here. There's also some really good b-roll from 1:49 to 2:02. I'm disappointed however that instead of using that as a transition, the film cuts back to the woman talking, and then uses a crossfade to get to the children, rather than using the natural transition of the b-roll.
There's also a nice pan/zoom, which I know we're never supposed to do, but I think this is one example where it does work nicely (34 seconds to 42 seconds.)
The audio is also really beautiful, specifically the crickets in the background. They're so subtle, but I think without them, this clip loses an important depth.
This would go more in the telecom department, but I think it's still useful to look at. The use of light here is really beautiful, and simply on the level of aesthetics, I think makes this clip very valuable. This entire film really is a wonderful example of an amazing use of light, and how something so simple can make it so visually interesting. There are a number of shots I would die to have the chance to take as a still (the opening shot, at 20 seconds, at 30 seconds, at 51 seconds, and at 1:25.) Yes all the lights are staged, but I don't think that makes the shots any less beautiful, and to me it serves as a sort of goal, to find natural light that's doing the sort of things the staged lights are doing here. There's also some really good b-roll from 1:49 to 2:02. I'm disappointed however that instead of using that as a transition, the film cuts back to the woman talking, and then uses a crossfade to get to the children, rather than using the natural transition of the b-roll.
There's also a nice pan/zoom, which I know we're never supposed to do, but I think this is one example where it does work nicely (34 seconds to 42 seconds.)
The audio is also really beautiful, specifically the crickets in the background. They're so subtle, but I think without them, this clip loses an important depth.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Skatistan
This is a super cool piece about an Australian man who basically started a skateboarding school for children in Afghanistan: Skateistan
The audio in this is awesome. Who doesn't love the sound of kids and skateboards? I noticed a lot of b-roll in this. For example, at 2:20 there is shot of blood on the ground. At 3:26 seconds there is a shot of a girl's hands holding a skateboard, and at 4:06 there is a shot of the skate park.
My favorite part of the video is at 2:10. A man is holding beads and twisting them around in his hands, and you can see in front of him the girls skating (since they haven't been veiled yet). I would definitely scroll to this part of the video to see what I am talking about. It reminded me a lot of still photography.
Oh and of course you can't end a video without a cute kid smiling at the end :-D!
The audio in this is awesome. Who doesn't love the sound of kids and skateboards? I noticed a lot of b-roll in this. For example, at 2:20 there is shot of blood on the ground. At 3:26 seconds there is a shot of a girl's hands holding a skateboard, and at 4:06 there is a shot of the skate park.
My favorite part of the video is at 2:10. A man is holding beads and twisting them around in his hands, and you can see in front of him the girls skating (since they haven't been veiled yet). I would definitely scroll to this part of the video to see what I am talking about. It reminded me a lot of still photography.
Oh and of course you can't end a video without a cute kid smiling at the end :-D!
Testing Grounds
This piece from the St. Petersburg Times is a still and video mix. The photos are beautiful, and I love the way it all came together. It's a little longer than many of the pieces we tend to watch, but it is definitely worth the time to see the different mediums used to tell this story.
Will.i.am: a new WAY
Check out this video on cnn.com. I'm assuming this Will.i.am character (who was also privileged enough for CNN to hologram him into their studio on election night '08) made this video himself with a little help from CNN. While I question the journalistic integrity of this video, I was completely taken in by it. I think this is a great example of what good audio can do for a video. Towards the end (1:45ish) you see some pretty good still shots, but the video doesn't exactly do it for me. Some of it looks like it could have been taken with Will.i.am's video phone while he gets bumped around by the crowd, but the bad shots don't lose me because the audio is great and keeps me interested. He also does something I think is pretty cool at 1:01 where he mixes the voice over with audio from the video itself. I think it works pretty nicely for him. Overall it's an overly corny piece with not too much journalistic value, but it ends up working pretty well because of the audio.
Mimi Chakarova documentary photographer
Mimi Chakarova is a photography professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, and has two amazing multimedia pieces on her website. Definitely check each piece out here and here. Chakarova uses music and background noises instead of interviews for audio, and allows the pictures and interspersed quotations to tell the story.
I think it works, but I'm not sure about the ethics of music selection. Is it ethical to choose music to intentionally set mood and effect, or should the photos speak for themselves?
I think it works, but I'm not sure about the ethics of music selection. Is it ethical to choose music to intentionally set mood and effect, or should the photos speak for themselves?
Saturday, January 24, 2009
This is NOT journalism.
Every time we talk about matched action and how it makes pictures into a "flipbook" of sorts I remember this little video I made over a year ago. It's about 400+ pictures or so playing around 3-5 frames per second. This is obviously not journalism. This is just for fun ;-) Thought I'd share.
Life in a Magazine from Patricia Andrews on Vimeo.
Friday, January 23, 2009
AP Videos???
So I'm not sure I like the AP multimedia videos. They're turning it into TV newscasts. I don't know, from the videos we saw today in class, it just seems like a far better way to tell a story than what the AP is doing. Who decided to make the videos like this, and are they that popular? What do ya'll think? Are they wanting to go the newscast route? Is that effective? My answer is no. I like the more poignant stories where the subject gets to be a co-facilitator and have his/her own voice....that's just me.....the AP version could be more unbiased...ya'll tell me
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Lab Hours for the Spring Semester
We may adjust as the semester goes on, but these will start today:
Tuesday: 12:30-2:00, 4:45-7:00
Thursday: 12:30-2:00, 4:45-7:00
Friday: 12:15- 5:00
Tuesday: 12:30-2:00, 4:45-7:00
Thursday: 12:30-2:00, 4:45-7:00
Friday: 12:15- 5:00
Photos from the moment Obama took the oath
I loved this AP interactive photo gallery with photos from around the U.S. and the world at the exact moment Obama was sworn in to office. It's pretty darn nifty, and the photo quality is just what you'd expect from the AP.
Some of my favorites:
Some of my favorites:
- Watching on TV's on the treadmill in Foster City, CA
- Not-so-much watching from a casino in Vegas
- Jubilant crowds in Nairobi, Kenya
- A few Iraqi dudes watching from a cafe in Baghdad
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Double Dipping...
I was writing a post for my JOUR3510 Creative Writing Blog, and I thought I would share something I commented on...
In “Obama inauguration: Words of history... crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks” by Ed Pilkington in The Guardian from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 there is a disconnect between the headline and the photograph placed underneath.
I am surprised an editor would have chosen a photo of Favreau stepping off of what seems to be an airplane when the obvious choice would have been to use one of him working on a computer in Starbucks. I found a photograph that I think would have been much more appropriate (even though it is not in a Starbucks, and I am not a fan of the scalping of Favreau's head): http://www.donkeydish.com/tags/jon-favreau/
In “Obama inauguration: Words of history... crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks” by Ed Pilkington in The Guardian from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 there is a disconnect between the headline and the photograph placed underneath.
I am surprised an editor would have chosen a photo of Favreau stepping off of what seems to be an airplane when the obvious choice would have been to use one of him working on a computer in Starbucks. I found a photograph that I think would have been much more appropriate (even though it is not in a Starbucks, and I am not a fan of the scalping of Favreau's head): http://www.donkeydish.com/tags/jon-favreau/
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
ASSIGNMENT: Technical Reading
For Thursday, please read the first 67 pages of the manual for the Sony video camera. (Link is to a PDF of the manual.)
I know, it's arcane, but you need to have some sort of background before we hand you the camera.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
One in 8 Million
I came across this collection of stories by the New York Times, and I really liked the simple idea. Each week, I guess, they will have a new story--told through an audio slide show--about one person in NY, from the corner druggist (my favorite) to a woman who miraculously survived several stomach surgeries. Anyway, each piece is about 2 min. long and dives right into his/her story--a story of a common, yet not-so-common person living in NY, a city known for its diversity. Check it out.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
No class today?
I have it written down in my planner that we don't have class today, but I always like to second-guess myself on these sorts of things...
Anybody want to give me some validation?
Anybody want to give me some validation?
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
ASSIGNMENT: MLK Volunteer Day or Inauguration
Shoot and record a 30 second story on either MLK volunteer day or the inauguration.
You’ll have 45 minutes at start of Tuesday’s class to produce.
That’s it – 45 minutes.
You need eight photos.
You need one matched action.
You need two locations.
You need cover shots.
This will go on Grady Journal during class.
You’ll have 45 minutes at start of Tuesday’s class to produce.
That’s it – 45 minutes.
You need eight photos.
You need one matched action.
You need two locations.
You need cover shots.
This will go on Grady Journal during class.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Matched Action in Giving Fish a Bath
I can't get a link directly to the video either but go to the National Geographic video website, then click on the environment category, then click on Environmental News, then click on the Giving Fish a Bath video (which should be the 4th one).
I found this video on National Geographic's website in their collection of videos concerning environmental news. I know we're not supposed to be paying attention to the subject of the video but more of the usage of the video, but it's very interesting...basically marine biologists are having to wash the parasites off of fish....but anyways....
The matched action in this video first occurs at the 26 second mark with the two biologists pouring water into a bucket, with a more close up shot following and finishing up at about the 32 second mark. This shot is ineffective because 1) it's not a very interesting thing that they're doing, 2) it is even more uninteresting because most of what they are doing and the things around them are obscured because of the close position of the camera and even more so when the camera closes in for a more close up shot, 3) all we see is their backs at first an it takes me a second to figure out what they're doing and then figure out what is happening on in the matched sequence shot when they zoom in. Grade: C-
The second matched action occurs immediately after the first. A vast improvement. Actually I think if they would have just edited the first video out it would be fine. Anyways, in this shot occurs at 33 seconds to about 37 seconds. It is a great shot because we see one of the biologists looking into his microscope at the little parasites and the next frame is a view of what the biologist is looking at in the microscope, complete with focusing action. Grade: A+
However, in the case of this matched action shot, does the cameraperson not have to man the microscope himself? And would this disqualify the sequence from being matched action?
The third (questionable) happens at 53 seconds and ends at about 1 minute 16. but it is broken up by a zoom out effect. Does this still count?
I found this video on National Geographic's website in their collection of videos concerning environmental news. I know we're not supposed to be paying attention to the subject of the video but more of the usage of the video, but it's very interesting...basically marine biologists are having to wash the parasites off of fish....but anyways....
The matched action in this video first occurs at the 26 second mark with the two biologists pouring water into a bucket, with a more close up shot following and finishing up at about the 32 second mark. This shot is ineffective because 1) it's not a very interesting thing that they're doing, 2) it is even more uninteresting because most of what they are doing and the things around them are obscured because of the close position of the camera and even more so when the camera closes in for a more close up shot, 3) all we see is their backs at first an it takes me a second to figure out what they're doing and then figure out what is happening on in the matched sequence shot when they zoom in. Grade: C-
The second matched action occurs immediately after the first. A vast improvement. Actually I think if they would have just edited the first video out it would be fine. Anyways, in this shot occurs at 33 seconds to about 37 seconds. It is a great shot because we see one of the biologists looking into his microscope at the little parasites and the next frame is a view of what the biologist is looking at in the microscope, complete with focusing action. Grade: A+
However, in the case of this matched action shot, does the cameraperson not have to man the microscope himself? And would this disqualify the sequence from being matched action?
The third (questionable) happens at 53 seconds and ends at about 1 minute 16. but it is broken up by a zoom out effect. Does this still count?
Matched Action - Snowboarding
Found this little snippet on the Washington Post site. It's a small piece about a Washington Post sports reporter going snowboarding for the first time. There are a few attempts at matched action--most of which don't work that well and just come off as random video strung together--but the best example is from around 1:10 - 1:20 in the video of her just kind of sliding along on the snowboard with the help of her instructor. That particular example works alright with the matched action, but overall I don't think it's very effective in this video. Plus, where are the shots of her actually going down the slope? Waiting on it the whole time. : (
Matched-Action
This video is about new technologies that are still in the design process for green cars. The link takes you to the NYT video collection, and the video is entitled "Designers Create Green Vehicles" which can be found in the scroll-down column on the right. ( I wasn't able to figure out how to obtain the url to the video itself). The video opens up with matched action (0:00-0:28), and ends with it (3:03-3:09), and shows the designers working on models of their designs. I'm not sure that opening up with these shots was the best way to start the video, because it took me a few seconds to figure out what's going on, but it leads in well to the finished product.
Matched Actions - CNN
There are several examples of matched action throughout. The first is of one person doing one action, but there's also a sequence that seems to be following the material from process to process as the fake wood is being made, but these are obviously more likely different pieces arranged to simulate following one piece. (But as that would not suggest multiple cameras, is it still matched action?)
Matched Action
Mountain Dew Tour press release video of the womens slope snowboarding.
The matched action begins at 36 seconds.
With the women making multiple runs down the slope it is possible to get footage of a entire run with one camera and some good matched action. Matched action can be possible because competitors work on certain tricks for each specific part of the slope.
The matched action begins at 36 seconds.
With the women making multiple runs down the slope it is possible to get footage of a entire run with one camera and some good matched action. Matched action can be possible because competitors work on certain tricks for each specific part of the slope.
Matched action: Parkour!
Okay, here's a YouTube video demonstrating the relatively new art of Parkour, featuring one of the most influential founding fathers, David Belle.
0:07: I think you could say that this is the first case of matched action. It's a little off, definitely a jump from a different spot, but works in a more abstract way.
0:13: Definitely matched action, but this might actually be two cameras...
0:19: This one's pretty good.
0:25: Totally different place & time, but yet the timing is done well.
0:29: Very good transition.
1:13-1:15: This one's the best. I don't think they used more than one or two cameras that time though it's possible.
0:07: I think you could say that this is the first case of matched action. It's a little off, definitely a jump from a different spot, but works in a more abstract way.
0:13: Definitely matched action, but this might actually be two cameras...
0:19: This one's pretty good.
0:25: Totally different place & time, but yet the timing is done well.
0:29: Very good transition.
1:13-1:15: This one's the best. I don't think they used more than one or two cameras that time though it's possible.
Matched Action
http://video.on.nytimes.com/
The video is about 3/4 down the list- called "Waiting for Asylum." The matched action starts at 2:48.
I found this video, and the specified clip seems like matched action. There are two or three very short segments of video for each person that walks by, and the cars in the background are a basis for comparison. Whether it is technically matched action or not, I'm not totally sure, but it does work. Because Njoya is stationary, the splicing of the separate segments creates a surreal sense of speed of the world around him.
The video is about 3/4 down the list- called "Waiting for Asylum." The matched action starts at 2:48.
I found this video, and the specified clip seems like matched action. There are two or three very short segments of video for each person that walks by, and the cars in the background are a basis for comparison. Whether it is technically matched action or not, I'm not totally sure, but it does work. Because Njoya is stationary, the splicing of the separate segments creates a surreal sense of speed of the world around him.
Matched Action
I found this video on NTY.com: Riders Through the Snow. It is about the Iditarod Trail Invitational, in which racers bicycle, ski and walk on foot for miles in the Alaska wilderness. I found three Matched Actions: 1:15-1:20, 2:12-2:17 and 2:19-2:22 minutes.
The first matched action is two guys making sure their bike is prepared for the race. I thought this worked nicely because it showed the one guy putting his weight on the bike while the other checked the bike's air. The second matched action is a close up of a racer getting dressed and then a long shot of him, which added a little visual variety. The third matched action showed a racer cooking, first providing a close up of the food and then a long shot of the man cooking. Overall, I thought the piece was interesting and the video was decently edited.
The first matched action is two guys making sure their bike is prepared for the race. I thought this worked nicely because it showed the one guy putting his weight on the bike while the other checked the bike's air. The second matched action is a close up of a racer getting dressed and then a long shot of him, which added a little visual variety. The third matched action showed a racer cooking, first providing a close up of the food and then a long shot of the man cooking. Overall, I thought the piece was interesting and the video was decently edited.
Matched Action-Fish for the Future
I found two examples of matched action in this video from Spokesmanreview.com. I think it's a pretty good video outlining the process of restocking a lake in Washington with more fish. The video is narrated by the photographer at the beginning. Dave Welton, an employee of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, narrates the remainder.
I found two matched actions: 0:27-0:32 and 0:44-0:56.
The first involves two different views of Welton attaching a long pipe to his truck: a long view and then a close up. I'm not possitive, but I think the close up is more than just a zoomed in view: it appears to be shot at a slightly different angle than the long view. Though this is a rather simple example, I thought it worked out well sequentially.
The second involves Welton making some adjustments on the top of his truck: two different views of him walking on the top of the truck and then a close up of the actual adjustments. This is a stronger example of matched action. It is more clear in this example that the three different views given are actually from different view points. I think you'll see what I mean...
Overall, I thought the video was quite interesting. I wasn't crazy about how the photographer narrated the piece at the beginning--his tone of voice doesn't really go along with the tone of the rest of the piece...but at least gives the viewer all of the background information needed. The rest of the piece was edited well.
I found two matched actions: 0:27-0:32 and 0:44-0:56.
The first involves two different views of Welton attaching a long pipe to his truck: a long view and then a close up. I'm not possitive, but I think the close up is more than just a zoomed in view: it appears to be shot at a slightly different angle than the long view. Though this is a rather simple example, I thought it worked out well sequentially.
The second involves Welton making some adjustments on the top of his truck: two different views of him walking on the top of the truck and then a close up of the actual adjustments. This is a stronger example of matched action. It is more clear in this example that the three different views given are actually from different view points. I think you'll see what I mean...
Overall, I thought the video was quite interesting. I wasn't crazy about how the photographer narrated the piece at the beginning--his tone of voice doesn't really go along with the tone of the rest of the piece...but at least gives the viewer all of the background information needed. The rest of the piece was edited well.
Matched Action - Sole Man
I found this video that opens, almost immediately (0:14-0:15), with matched action. It then has two more examples throughout the piece (1:23-1:24, 1:55-1:56). I thought that it was used with the strongest impact at the beginning, but the next two times are work as well, showing different views of the same process. The first two uses are nearly identical, so it would have been nice to see a third angle worked in as well.
The story is of a shoe shiner, a dying trade in New Orleans, and his view on the importance and charm of what he does. I really enjoyed it, matched action or not, and you should check it out--a good example of covering interesting, everyday people in the community.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Assignment: Blog Post, Matched Action
Part One: Fine an online video with a matched action sequence and post a link to it here, including how far in the match is. Give us a few sentences on whether you think it works or not.
Deadline: 7 p.m. on Sunday
Part Two: Shoot a series of three photos - from different angles and with different compositions - as if you were doing a three-shot matched action sequence in video. We'll download and sequence them in SoundSlides on Tuesday in class.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Syllabus, Day One
The syllabus has been posted, time to start reading it, folks.
Assignment 1: Three questions about the syllabus, written down, for the start of class on Thursday.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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