Spoken Word Blog

So in a recent turn of events I was assigned a spoken word video. In this video we were supposed to film the beauty of nature, and I made a pretty swell video. But alas, with all great things there comes a price and for this video not all of the rules were followed. Though my video may not live to the standards in which it was assigned, it's not that horrible and I still meet all of the shot requirements for it. Thus, I present to you my spoken word video (below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apjEch28nwU&feature=youtu.be

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10 Camera Techniques Reflection

Well coming back into the school old Morris let us go on a expedition through the highly isolated high school. But there was a catch the expedition we were required ten different shots of ten different shot techniques.

The shot techniques we were required to go out and go get were:

Whip Pan, Whip Cut

 Okay, so for this what you need is a shot of a some sort of scene. Then, you whip the camera over faster than Usian Bolt running the one hundred meter dash. After this you need to get another scene that is relevant to your first one in some way. But instead of starting with getting the shot you whip the camera again, but instead of doing it as fast as Usian try to do it as fast as Micheal Phelps swimming the one hundred meter butterfly. Lastly you get the shot of the scene.

Whip Zoom Look

 Whip the camera to a scene and then zoom on what ever the focus of the shot is.

Search Up 

 Okay, for this take your camera and point it down, showing the lowest point of whatever your focus is for this shot(example:Persons feet). Then have the camera slowly moving up to the top main focus of this shot(example: persons face).

Back to Front  

 Okay, so for this shot you film some sort of action in the background. Then have the camera pull its focus to something closer.

Focus Out, Pass Out 

 Okay for this shot get a POV of you know whatever. Then adjust the focus of the shot and make it blurry, Lastly adjust the exposure making everything go to black while making it look like the you've fallen down (and can't get up, get life alert). 

Focus Transition 

 Okay, so start the shot out of focus, then focus in on the main point of the shot. This shot is good to start out a video.

Overexpose Fade, Underexposed Fade 

 Okay so for this shot start by making it overexposed, then adjust the exposure to make it less exposed.

Ceiling Twist 

 Get a shot of whats above or below and spin around, this shot add more action to a boring shot

Shifting Angle 

 While filming some sort of horizontal shot tilt the camera from left to right.

Sleepover 

this shot is a birds eye view shot of actor. Then rotate the camera and or make the camera rise and fall to give this shot more piazza.  

Here an example video I did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaNIhOZiS4&list=UUodpblRBtdu6mJrOF35mcRA

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Plot v. Story

As I find myself falling further and further into the rabbit hole that is world of film, I'm being asked many new questions to better help my understanding of my new, different surroundings. Whether that question be what are some of the basic shots or what are the basics of editing a film, these questions are varied and are meant to serve a purpose in my film development. But we've begun to shift from technical side of making a film to more of the writing and planning of a film, as the writing process for are class film as begun. But to start on this new topic I've been asked our take a stance on whether plot or story is more important.

 To give my personal stance on the importance of story or plot to I film I firmly believe story is more important. David Anspaugh's Hoosiers is a great example of the story meaning more than the plot. The plot of the movie is dodgy coach trying to take a team to sate, but the story goes so much more in depth with the way it portrays the characters and there journey. The way the characters development and journey is what truly separates a good film from a bad film. But I'm not the only one who feels this way, Oscar and Golden Globes award winning  director Martin Scorsese feels the same way. In a interview (Link Below) he defends his stance on story being more important using Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man as a example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrkHyvl5NeI

Mr Scorsese in this interview uses The Wrong Man's character development as what really separates this piece as being great. Explaining the way the charter is portrayed is what really make a great film for him.

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