Basic Filmmaking Terms

All periods:

Here are a list of terms that might show up on a quiz soon. Study up!

Shot

Establishing

Long shot

Full shot

3/4 shot

Medium shot

Medium close-up (MCU)

Close-up (CU)

Extreme close-up (ECU)

Coverage

Eye-level

High angle

Low angle

Pan

Tilt

Dolly

Track

Zoom

Point of View (POV)

Over-the-Shoulder

Two-shot

Focus

Depth of Field

Rule of Thirds

Head space

Lead room (Lead space)

Safety in the Class & on the Job

All Classes

To help you review the safety discussion:

Safety Keynote

Lost Youth video (YouTube)

Lifting & Back Care

To learn more about your rights as a teen in the workplace, visit the:

Young Workers' Health and Safety Website

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Fall 2010 Semester Begins

Welcome!

If you're reading this, you're probably taking a video production class at Hollywood High.

For info on the class, important documents will be hosted on the school website as well as here in this blog.

Here are the syllabi for Fall semester:

Periods 1 & 3

Period 2

Period 4

Period 6

Here are the class rules and policies:

Class Rules and Policies PDF

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Typography: Serif Fonts

Period 4

Here's an interesting article on serif fonts. There are links to download some good ones. Have fun.

Serif Fonts and Their Peculiarities

And just for reference...

The Periodic Table of Typefaces

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TV Outside the Box

Take a look at a possibility for TV in the future. I see this working with viewing glasses. Here is virtual reality, only more real.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/augmented-tv-0409

Make sure to post comments with your thoughts.

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Herzog 101

All Classes

Primer: Werner Herzog

For this week's blog entry, you are to read the article linked above. It has movie clips that you have to see at home. Yay for YouTube being blocked at school! This should be a good start for you to prepare for this Friday's screening of Nosferatu the Vampyre, which is the movie you will be writing about in your blog.

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More links on Werner Herzog:

wernerherzog.com

Werner Herzog on IMDB

Werner Herzog on Wikipedia

Let's Start Your Viewing Blogs

All Classes

Now that you have a shiny brand new LAUSD email account, let's get you started on YOUR Viewing Blogs.

First, if you lose your Acceptable Use Policy forms, you can download it here:

English

Other Languages

Just turn in page 3 & 4 of the form.

Second, before writing anything, and to avoid looking... well, not so smart, here are some links that will help improve your writing immediately. Although there is some pretty neat stuff at the Reference Guides at kids.lausd.net, I like the following guides so much more.

10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

How To Use An Apostrophe

Now, here is an example of my Viewing Blog that I will keep along with you.

Then, head over to tumblr.com to start your Viewing Blog. You need only put in your new email address, a password of your own, and your mymail username to sign up.

Make sure you put your full name in the title of the blog, (i.e., "Jane Smith's Viewing Blog")

Finally, your first entry should be a brief synopsis of On the Waterfront and a detailed account of any cinematic techniques you noticed in the film as well as a few sentences on your opinion of the film.

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Wrapping Cable

Periods 1-3

If you happen to forget our lesson on wrapping cable, here is a link that should help remind you how to wrap cable using the "over/under" method. It's a YouTube video, so you'll have to watch it at home. There are plenty of videos on the subject. This one was the shortest and most straight forward. Enjoy!

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Per. 1, 2, & 3: Final Quizzes

Periods 1, 2 & 3

Click here for the Shooting Shouting Slideshow

Additional study material:

Bound for Glory

Haskell Wexler

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Film Crew Positions

Periods 1, 2, & 3

Click here for a link to the Film Crew Positions slideshow.

For your notes, continue to research the details of the different jobs that are shown on the Art Department slide.

You can visit the Film Crew page at Wikipedia for a start.

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