Courtney's 302 Blog

Planning to see at Cucalorus

2009-11-01T10:36:00.000-08:00

Thursday, I plan to see
Timer,
Crude,
State of State,
and All Tomorrows Parties.

Friday I plan to see
Blue Velvet Tour,
FBI KKK,
Raclette Shorts,
and Storm.

Saturday I plan to see
Shadow Billionaire,
The Good Soldier,
Trust us this is all made up.

Sunday I plan to see
Mississippi,
Terribly Happy
and Port City.

Project 3 film shoot

2009-11-01T10:31:00.000-08:00

The first day of filming it was raining but our group was organized and got a lot of shots completed on the beach. We met at my house since I am the closet to carolina beach. We had two extras, it was really nice of them to be in our film considering how cold it was. The next day we shot the weather was much better, luckily. We shot at three locations, and were pretty organized so they went well. We had a park ranger visit us on our woods scene, he was nice though and of course we cleaned up everything we put in the woods. I feel like everyone worked well together, it made shoting a lot of fun. This by far was my favorite project in this class!

Installation Idea

2009-11-01T10:19:00.000-08:00

I think it would be cool having models dressed in a single color and have some hold jute boxes with music coming out and others holding tv's with a film being displayed. Maybe the film will have different flowers on them, and others will have little kids running through the fields with flowers.

Art House Reading

2009-11-01T10:14:00.000-08:00

I was not in class to get the handout for the reading.

Music Video

2009-11-01T10:11:00.001-08:00

My part is set designer. We have parts that we are filming on the beach, I picked carolina beach because there is usually less people there, and I like the fishing pier. The woods I choose were on carolina beach camping site, actually I choose different woods but Evan knew of these and I think they turned out good. The alley way I choose is just plain awesome! It has bright green and blue walls I am really looking forward to seeing how it will turn out on film!

Self Portrait Idea

2009-11-01T10:06:00.000-08:00

The self portrait idea is a hard one for me, I am not big on doing films on myself. I am not sure if I want to use an idea I have from when I was little or if I want to make something about what I am about today. The decision is a tough one! I do have one part planned but I don't want to blog it yet. I find it tough to look at myself and make a film, so hopefully I can dig deep and find something good to do a film on.

Game Plan

2009-09-27T09:41:00.000-07:00

My game plan to put sound and light together onto film, is to listen to the tape of just the sound a couple of times, then start to look through the images and try to visualize them both together and what the film should mean. I have started this process, it is a lot harder to do than I originally thought because I want the film to have some sort of meaning, not sure what that is yet, but as I get further into the process i will be sure to blog.

Light observation

2009-09-13T07:27:00.001-07:00

Taking pictures outside on a non digital camera was neat. It was interesting to use the I am not sure what it is called, maybe light reader. I found it to be interesting that you match the numbers up from the device to the camera. Working with black and white film is deff something I will do again. I think the pictures have more feeling in black and white especially when you play with the light. I do have to say I like the photos that are in focus rather than just a blur, maybe when added to music this will change my mind..who knows! I look forward to working with light and black and white pictures again in the future!

Recording Sound

2009-09-13T07:23:00.000-07:00

I learned from recording sound well first make sure that you have no breaks in your tape, and it is ready to go. Also, I found it interesting how different objects when listened to without picture sounds differently. I like how some sounds are still very distinct while others if you let your imagination run it could be anything. It is really cool how a sound can be added to other sounds to make a whole new sound. Like if you add a refrigerator door opening to a shower running it sounds like a train coming through in a rain storm.

Sound Journal

2009-09-01T14:50:00.000-07:00

Sound Journal

Hearing crickets singing, the wind is blowing slowly rough ling the pine needles on the trees. Dog barking, softly. Car being started, door shuts, window screeching, base of music can be heard softly. The base of the music is growing now, draining out the creekers. The wind slows, car getting louder, music booming. The car sound of the muffler in the distant. No more music. The crickets are back, louder now, here sound of sprinklers going off. The wind is picking up now, the pine needles are blowing; hear a thud a pine cone hitting the grass. The dog barking louder now. Spraying of sprinklers is hitting the siding of the house making a light bang, hear bang, bang, splash. The dog is still barking drowning out the sound of the crickets. Hear a lady yelling at her husband, her voice getting louder by the second, not loud enough to silence the dog, can still hear the sprinklers against the house.

Hear violins playing in the distance. Kids are laughing. The swing set creaks, and cracks in a slow continuous motion. The pong of the tennis ball can be heard softly in the distance. Kids yelling, one crying, he might of fell but couldn’t hear that. I hear a mother’s soft voice comforting the child. A hushing of the kids laughing, violins are off in a distance; I hear many different small thuds as chairs move when people stand up from them. The pong of the tennis ball is back, a child is no longer crying. The music has stopped. I hear a mans voice beginning a speech, the thuds are back almost at the same time, people must have sat back down. The creak is back a slow continuous motion; I hear a dads voice and a child laughing. A mower is in the distance, a tennis ball bouncing, a child laughing, and violin back playing.

Splish splash splish sphlish a child laughing loudly a woman’s voice singing in the background. Thump thump splash splash crackle creek of door opening, a kids voice yelling cannon ball a huge splash, rippling of waves, water hitting concrete. A woman’s voice singing a little louder, a child laughing, another child yelling Marco, silence from voices, wind gusts, a huge thud, a crackle, a pop, a splash, a mans voice yelling time to get out I saw lightening, splash, splash, thud, splash, cracke, thud, a big boom, a creak of a metal door, door creaks, bang shut, a child crying, wind blowing, a dog barking, a woman’s voice singing. A thud, paper blowing scraping amongst the pavement, creak of door, baby crying, a kid yelling, the woman’s voice is gone. Another thud, splash, a man yelling get out of pool, stupid, boy sighing, a thud, splash, splash, creak, thud, bang.

Reading Response

2009-08-25T18:58:00.000-07:00

Hans Richter article stated that Griffith had the first close up, which I found to be interesting. Also, interesting is when Richter states, 'documentary approach the film gets back to its fundamentals' I like to think of film in that manner, that documentary is the fundamental and a film maker can go off to any angle. The mention of Avant Garde and Experimental is in the article, however, I still don't fully understand the difference between Avant Garde and experimental.

Scott MacDonald's article, Muybridge is always interesting to read about, but I am not sure I agree when the article stated, "Muybridge deepest concerns seem to have been scientific" I agree to a certain extent with that statement, but not sure if totally buy that it was his deepest concern.

2009-08-22T17:42:00.000-07:00

Bio

2009-08-22T17:37:00.000-07:00

I am very interested in taking photographs, that started my love for film. I enjoy all kinds of film, the more I learn about films the more I am able to open my horizons to different films I would never have the chance to normally know about. My three favorite things are taking photographs, editing, and screen writing. I have had some success already with a script and hope to continue and add to my success through out my career.