Music effects

My groups trailer is about a totalitarian society. THe main character needs to escape after her and her boyfriend are caught looking at confidential files. Much of this trailer will be dramatic.

• This sound effect could build up to the chase scene: http://www.freesound.org/people/BristolStories/sounds/65915/
• This music could work for either when she is being chased by the cops, or when she emerges into the field: http://soundcloud.com/garywolkproductions/terror-eyes
• This clip works for when Leia and Cade tell eachother they love eachother: http://soundcloud.com/alexpaton/intense-love-scene-village

There are many other possibilities for music for our trailer, and i'm looking forward to more exploration! 

Music/ sound effects are something i am most looking forward to learning more about through this assignment. As I said previously I'm interested in behind the scenes aspects of film. 

5x5 Project

My 5x5 depicted Ed Sheeran's September 22nd concert, at the 9:30 Club in DC. Here's my video:5x5 Clip 1: Shows Ed Sheeran interacting with the audience, and taking a picture of them. Clip 2: Ed performing the song "Kiss Me". Clip 3: Ed Performing his number one song, "A Team" Clip 4: Ed's opening act, Mike Passenger, playing a guitar solo. Clip 5: Ed's rap in the song "You need me, I don't need you". I had a lot of fun creating my 5x5. I got to see my favorite artist perform, as well as learn more basic editing techniques which will be very useful throughout high school, and most likely later life. I used a Pure Digital Flip Camera, lent to me by my film teacher. I edited my clips on WeVideo.com, which proved to be easy and fun to use. I had few problems with this project. At one point I had trouble exporting, but that problem resolved itself. I like the way my project turned out. However, I think having longer clips would've been better. Without being able to add any graphics or transitions, i think some of the clips end rather abruptly. I think that the clips came out pretty well despite this, and that they truly portray Ed Sheeran and his style, even though it's a short video. For the next video challenge, i think we should have to do a sequence video, of like events or things. I like these videos because making short stories can often be cliche. Sequences, similar to what i decided to do for this project, can be really interesting and fun to put together, as well as entertaining to watch.

Dystopian Trailer Assignment

The 2008 film Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles, was based off the dystopian novel of the same title, by José Saramago. The movie portrays a society where blindness has become a mass epidemic. The first victim who's lost sight, is brought to a local doctor(Mark Ruffalo), who then in turn looses his sight also. When all those afflicted with blindness are sent into isolation, the doctor's wife(Julianne Moore) pretends to be blind in order to accompany him. This trailer is truly effective, and depicts a dystopian society through film techniques, and the heroine. The trailer is effective, as it shows a scenario so bizarre, that those watching want to see more. The Doctor's wife, is clearly defined as the heroine. She is empowering and attempts to make a change, which is typical of a dystopian protagonist. By using an unrecognizable location, the audience is compelled to see the full movie. This is partly because it gives the movie an aura of mystery, but also because viewers will want to see if the epidemic occurs in a similar or relatable setting to where they live. Like many dystopian films, (excluding 1984), a specific mentioning of time is avoided. From the movie clips included in the trailer, we can tell the Doctor's Wife, is very loving and compassionate towards her husband, which makes her likeable. The transition from darker lighting during the depiction of the epidemic and the mistreatment of the blind, to the lighter shots when there's hope, provokes hope in the viewers as well as the characters. For my group's dystopian trailer, we'll use some similar techniques to the Blindness Trailer. Like Blindness, I would like our heroine to be clearly defined, and relatable. I also want my location to be unrecognizable, so that even if we end up filming in school, our trailer will look unique. I would like our lighting and music to be exemplary of the changes in our plot. By using these techniques in our trailer, i think it could be great!

September 13th, In response to "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others" http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-will-richardson Here are a few ideas for what you could write about in your reflection/reaction post: This article talked about how the internet allows us to learn, communicate, and collaborate in new ways. It shows the positive aspects of the new internet age, and how it can be beneficial to parents, teachers, and students. "Much of what our students learn from us is unlearned once they leave us; paper is not the best way to share our work, facts and truths are constantly changing, and working together is becoming the norm, not the exception". I find this quote from the article interesting, mainly because of the profound truth in it. I find myself forgetting the lessons learned in school, even days after they were explained. This is mainly because they are not applied to our life. The connections we have on the internet make it easy to connect with our community, and learn more from people, with people, or about people. I find it surprising that teachers condone spending time on the internet. I myself don't like technology very much, and prefer learning out of books, or directly from conversations with people. Seeing that teachers encourage us to explore the web, comes off as peculiar to me. I like the idea of connected learning for video editing, and working together on school projects. However, i like the interactions with the people i'm working with s well, and spending just as much time doing the pre-editing and internet work, such as filming. I'd like to learn more about how to edit, which I've never been particularly good at. I'd really like to learn more about topics which I find obscure and more challenging to learn.

One of My brother's poems Repetition: The only idea, the only ideal, the only theme, the only thing, the only concept, the only construct that I can really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really develop in a poem… is repetition.

Movie Review: "Sleepwalk With Me"

September 9th, 2012 The King Bulletin's review of "Sleepwalk with me", by Danny King, mainly focused on the plot of the movie. The review was well written, but did not include many details regarding the cinematic techniques, or what took place behind the camera. King starts with a synopsis of the plot, and analyzes the theme and the drive behind the characters actions. The review barely touches on aspects other than the plot, making the review more like a summery. King gives "sleepwalk with me" 3.5 stars, and ends his review with imagery which leaves his readers interested in the movies. State the author and title of the movie review and the website or organization that published it. Discuss the basic structure of the movie review you read. I think in order to have a better understanding of both film and how to review it, instead of annotating pre-existing movie reviews quarterly, we should write them. The more freedom we receive,the more into these posts and reviews we'll get! See my annotation at: http://diigo.com/0su7l

First Post!

Hey guys, I'm Kirin. I'm in CAP  10, Class of 2015, and am looking forward to learning more about film! I'm particularly interested in the behind the scenes aspects of filming.  So much effort and time goes into making the set, setting the shots, making sure the lighting and audio is correct, and making sure all props and characters look as they should. I'd like to delve deeper into how the pre-filming process takes place. Some of my favorite film projects from the past have been: The Infoflow opening in 9th grade, and the New York documentary at Eastern. I enjoyed the Infoflow opening because me and my partner were responsible for everything in the process, from the original idea, to the editing and exporting. I loved being able to have that much creative freedom. For the New York documentary, my partner and I got to make the story out of our own experiences. I think that process was totally unique, as we conducted the interview used, and took the the B-Roll. We did every job for this project too, including making a transcribing the interview. I'd like to use this blog to:

-Share my exeriences througout my CAP and Highschool life

-Raise awarness of issues facing animals(regarding my change project)

-Explore articles relating to my topics of interest

 New York!