follow-up

Most of the research I did on interviews and journalism were about the ways to conduct or perform interviews, most especially in regard to TV. However, I did find a few helpful things.

From Craft of the Media Interview by Dennis Barker
-what does the interviewee signify in political/social/aesthetic terms?
-could interviewee be part of a "social phenomenon"?
-can a subject or issue be opened up (distinct from a straight personal history)?

From Broadcast News by Ted White
-ask follow up questions
-interviewee may not always be accurate as they want to be seen in best light
-what info do you want? emotion/human interest/business vs home
-have no "yes/no" questions
-no "molesting squirrels" questions
-be matter of fact - don't apologize for being there

From Mastering News Media Interview by Stephen Rafe
-supplement interview with video/pictures
-think about entertainment aspect of it
-body language (approach/avoid)


My interviews are mostly entertainment. I want to put them together as a sort of "snapshot" group. It's much like portraiture, but still a little too brief to be fully. So I'm doing more of a sketch/snapshot of the people.

Things to do:

[xx] Research on journalism, esp in regard to interviews
[xx] Analyze interviews I already have, see common threads
[xx] Organize somehow: how will these (and future) fit together?

week 4 projects

I interviewed Emily Darby about her and a group of friends who play Dungeons and Dragons. My focus was on "B roll" shots.

D&D


Another interview, Renee Schroeder. My focus this time was on taking other footage (not from the interview) and incorporating it.

Renee

week 4 research

Bordewell and Thompson: Film Art

I was reading this before, but this weekend I read the chapter on editing and really drank it in. It talked about shot/reverse shot, the 180 line, match on action, establishing shots. It also talked about how editing determines and depends on graphical matching, rhythm, temporal relations, and spatial relations.


Breathless
1960 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard

This movie was actually pretty fascinating in its editing. It used the jump cut a lot - moving the camera very little when cutting. Sometimes this just made it feel like there was a short passage of time, but when the actors spoke through the cut it was a little disorienting. The pace of the movie was very quick for the first 40 minutes. Basically, the first 40 could have been fleshed out in "Hollywood" style for a full length movie. Then the movie screeched to a halt while the two main characters talked to each other in a hotel room. For the last 30 minutes it picked back up with more chasing, tension, and movement.

week 3 projects

Another interview with Hannah Nelson. This is still footage from the Thailand trip.

Hannah



What do we do on snow days? Go outside and play in it, of course! (Netfiles isn't reading this. I'm not sure why.)

Snow Day

week 3 research

The Conversation: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje

This book is an entire conversation about film editing with Walter Murch, a famous film and sound editor. I've only just started, but it's been very good so far.



While watching the Super Bowl last night, I saw this commercial. And while I'm not usually a commercial person, when it ended I said, "Can I say I really appreciate this from an artistic perspective?" The way the music and editing fit together in a rhythm was actually quite good, and I think it's a good thing to look at when studying how only music can fit with images.

week 2 projects

The first project is another interview, this time with Jeanie Abbott.

Shopping


The second project is a Flash video based on Matthew 7:26-27, which is set to a children's song.

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