More than you ever wanted to know about how film shoots are structured, focussing on the “second-unit director.” Interesting to see how he made his way up from film loader.
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Cross hairs on her nose
A follow-up from the work we did in class on Mad Max: Fury Road framing.
End of the year
All senior films due Thursday, June 4. If undergrads want the esteemed seniors to see their final films, that will be the last day to do it.
Senior exam is Monday, June 8.
Undergrad exam is Thursday, June 18 9:25 – 10:48. Really. The last day. The last exam. Room 107. Laptops will be collected.
Fourth quarter review and self evaluation
Self-evaluation form is here.
Apple refurb
Save some money on Apple refurbs. Full warranty. Things come and go. Just keep checking.
GoPro Hero+
New entry-level GoPro. $299. Decent specs, but no slo-mo:
The new camera shoots video up to a resolution of 1080p at 60 frames per second and photos at 8MP, and has an LCD touchscreen on the back — all improvements on the entry-level version … Waterproof up to 40m (131’), has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and supports microSD cards up to 64GB.
Good Grief pilot and Episode 1
Shake It Off – rotoscoped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhT_gVh_73w
49 University of Newcastle, Australia, animation students were each given 52 frames of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off music video, and together they produced 2,767 frames of hand-drawn rotoscoped animation footage.
You can use QuickTime Player 7 to export all frames of a video, edit them, then reimport them or bring them into iMovie. Be careful where you export them to (NOT your Desktop) – a 3 minute video will create 5,400 images.
For step-up day – recent assignments
They are here.
Understanding Film 