Do you know what you get when you cross perfectionism with having a poor understanding of how long things take? Several meltdowns while trying to edit a stop motion project! For some reason I had it in my head that most of the work would be completed in the pre-production and production portion of this… Continue reading Motion Across Media Module IV: Stop Motion 2
Category: Audio & Video Design
Audio & Video Design Module 7: Telling a Story II
Intro: In the final week of my Audio & Video Design course, I shot and edited my mini-documentary. As always, my original plan turned out to be way too large for the allotted assignment and I had to leave a ton of footage, and story, on the cutting room floor. Reading: The book The Bare… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 7: Telling a Story II
Audio & Video Design Module 6: Telling a Story I
Intro: Over the course of these two weeks, I will be filming a mini-documentary as the final project for my Audio & Video course. The subject of my piece will focus on the eventual return to office work from pandemic work from home and will center around several interviews. Reading: Chapter 7 of The Bare… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 6: Telling a Story I
Audio & Video Design Module 5: Continuity
Intro: In module five, I created a how-to video using multiple camera angles and cuts to practice continuity. It was easy to forget where in the frame things were supposed to be from take to take, so I definitely had to do some work in editing to make sure my cuts matched up nicely. Reading:… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 5: Continuity
Audio &Video Design Module 4: Visual Composition II
Intro: This week I completed my video montage. Wow! It was quite an experience to write, direct, act, record, and edit my own piece. I definitely learned a lot and while my final product changed significantly from my original plan, I'm happy with what I ended up with. Reading: I went back to the Bare… Continue reading Audio &Video Design Module 4: Visual Composition II
Audio & Video Design Module 3: Visual Composition I
Intro: Over the next two weeks I will learn about shooting and editing a video montage. At first, this seemed like a strange request. I had never thought much about the montage, except as a cheap way to move the story along. Of course, this wasn't a dig... my favorite show - 30 Rock -… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 3: Visual Composition I
Audio & Video Design Module 2: Audio Design II
Intro: This week I continued my audio design project to create an 8 minute podcast. This podcast is based on my own experience adopting a dog, Huck, without truly understanding the specific characteristics of his breed. 3.3 Million dogs end up in rescue each year, many of whom could have avoided that fate if the… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 2: Audio Design II
Audio & Video Design Module 1: Audio Design
Intro: The first two weeks of this Audio & Video design course will focus on audio design through the creation of a 2 - 10 minute PSA podcast. Podcasts are extremely popular due to their on-demand nature. The most successful podcasts are well researched and combine flawless audio recording and editing techniques with good storytelling… Continue reading Audio & Video Design Module 1: Audio Design
A Reverse Chron Presidency
Open your streaming information amalgamator of choice - Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Apple News - and you'll see new posts and stories ever rising to the top of the list, not because they're of greater impact of importance, but because they're the most recent. This is reverse chronological order and all it cares about is the… Continue reading A Reverse Chron Presidency
