Walter Murch links

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4994411

Excellent Walter Murch lecture part one.

and part two.

Murch on Sound Editing and Sound Design

Item 4 assignments due today

Please post a link to your final assignment on your blog. I will use this link to grade your final assignments - storyboard or animatic.

If your assignment is printed or drawn, please hand these in to me in person.

I will go through the blogs at 2.15 to check to confirm delivery of finished item 4 assignments.

Over the coming weeks we will take an in-depth look at these assignments in class and use them to discuss what we have covered during the course in terms of skills and ideas.

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SUMMARY OF ITEM 4 - MAIN ASSIGNMENT - FROM MMSP145 SYLLABUS:

Item 4

a) Finished Drawn Storyboard and/or Software based Animatic based on assignment 2 - 20%

DUE 4/28 – week 15

To show via numbered drawn storyboard OR animatic sequence of duration between 1 minute & 3 minutes – either whole story or sample sequence) worked on by individual student or in small groups (e.g. two or three students – no more than four – grade for item is shared among group)

b) 10% item 4 participation grade - assigned to individual by vote by group members if a group project, or by instructor if individual project.

Documentary "Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing"

As storyboard artists and animatics makers, we need to be aware of the cutting conventions of film in order to know how to depict shot-to-shot action.

This excellent documentary covers the art of film editing from the point of view of the editors themselves:

As you watch, do this quiz

Today's class

Today we will continue with an overview of the role of color in storytelling and storyboarding.

As examples we will look at my 1998 film OTHERZONE

For more information on Otherzone - see here.

We will do a review of student main assignments by means of the student blog list and
we will also revisit live figure drawing from projections of the drawing manniquin.

Summary of item 4 - final assignment

a) Finished Drawn Storyboard and/or Software based Animatic based on assignment 2 - 20%

DUE 4/28 – week 15

To show via numbered drawn storyboard OR animatic sequence of duration between 1 minute & 3 minutes – either whole story or sample sequence) worked on by individual student or in small groups (e.g. two or three students – no more than four – grade for item is shared among group)

b) 10% item 4 participation grade - assigned to individual by vote by group members if a group project, or by instructor if individual project.

a) + b) = 30% of total grade

NB – “ToonBoom Storyboard” is installed on only 10 machines, but “Frame Forge 3D Studio” on 25. Thus those students or groups of students wishing to use TOONBOOM software for main assignments need to negotiate access to the relevant machines in advance of commencing work.

Today's class

* Color and mood in movie art direction

* Case study - the use of color to reinforce mood on "Capote" (with reference to 'making of' bonus extras DVD)

* Begleiter's chapter on color in relation to "Visions of Light" Excerpts.

* Review of software for item 4 projects

* Alternative and experimental storytelling – e.g. Manovich idea of database cinema, collage-essay approaches etc

* In-class lab, with DCox visiting with each student for an update on development of item 4 projects.

Mail assignment now due on 28th April

Class,

The new deadline for item 4 projects is now 5pm on Wednesday the 28th April (four days later than originally scheduled)

DC

Documentary on Cinematography "Visions of Light"

Today we'll be watching the 1992 documentary "Visions of Light" about the work of the top cinematographers.

It covers many aspects of topics covered in the reading - particularly the use of contrast and color and composition in the structuring of the frame.

The film also discusses how technological innovations have impacted upon the work of the camera operator, and therefore how images for the screen have evolved since the earliest days of cinematography.

As you watch, please fill out first part 1 of a quiz about the film - and then come back to this blog and do part 2

Wikipedia entry on Visions of Light