This assignment was to create a 5 second frame. Here I created a film, debuting my dogs! One thing my parents do not like that I do with them, is feed them human food. One day at dinner, I told my parents I taught them to eat corn off the …
Lucky for me, someone has already uploaded the scene I wanted to analyze onto Youtube, so you can watch the scene here:
1. Analysis of the camera work:
The scene begins with Dennis looking up at the city government building. He looks tiny compared to the building, and I believe …
Mashup Trailers | Create a trailer out of movie clips, tv show excerpts, news sources, viral videos, or even other trailers. Consider which pieces you are combining and what the new message is. 5 stars. For my second-ever mashup experience (the… Continue Reading →…
I made a music video for the song Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People that features scenes with Omar Little from The Wire. This assignment was worth 5 stars. I found a compilation of scenes of Omar on Youtube that was originally fourteen minutes long. I downloaded it as …
For my third assignment of the week, I decided to do the Play it Backwards assignment, worth 2 stars. I decided to do a scene from The Wire, and I wanted to take a sad scene and make it happy. I used the shootout scene from season 2 episode 9, …
For my final video assignment this week I did “This Is My Story” (3 stars). I chose this one because I have, oddly enough, always wanted to make one of these videos where I tell my story through writing even though it is on video. The hardest part …
MOVIE READING OF FRITZ LANG’S “M”
In a similar fashion, the film by Fritz Lang’s “M,” conveys certain meanings via visual cues for example black and white cinema (for me anyhow)– appears to be more intense then color, it leaves more to the imagination. In the opening scenes of “M,” …
For my second video assignment for this week I did “High School Memories” (4.5 stars). I thought this would be a fun assignment to do, especially being able to reflect on my high school years. No, they weren’t the best four years of my life but I did …
I decided to do the Create a Music Video assignment using clips from The Wire. I was inspired to pair clips of McNulty being McNulty with Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” after Freamon asked McNulty if he has to set fire to everything. I instantly thought of the song …
Meredith Fierro has done an excellent job in creating a silent film. Her post give such detail on her steps that it inspires me to try to do one myself. I love the trailer that she picked, the music, and I could not get over how authentic the black screen …
