Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I am fascinated my the short film festivals popping up online. I like the concept of online film festivals. Recently was the twitter film fest.

My favorite online film festival is The Media That Matters Film Festival, because I'm all about youth and folks making social justice films.

I am very impressed with Nikon's "A Day Through My Lens" 140 second film festival.

Here is a beautiful portrait of a place!



maybe next term's assignment will have a 140 second parameter on it.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How to write an Artist Statement


When faced with a blank page, the best thing to do is write down words that you would use to describe your work. Do the same for the process(es) you use to make your work- list out the processes you use. The next step is to start to link the words into sentences. After you write the sentences, see if you can put them together into paragraphs. If you have several bodies of work you might do this process for each body of work.
- from the Artist Foundation on how to write an artist statement

THINK ABOUT:
your vision
your visual style
your influences
the impact you desire to make with your work

When you want to apply for grant money for filmmakers, you will often be asked to submit an artists statement.
IFP Center for Media arts asks you to
Provide a written discussion of no more than one page describing your creative journey as an artist and your creative filmmaking process and vision.
IFP Center for Media arts asks you to See here.

Here is documentary filmmaker Chuck Olson's artist statement
Amazing filmmaker Yvonne Welbon's artist statement
Filmmaker Dominic Angerame's artist statement
Painter, poet and filmmaker Rajaa Gharbi's artist statement
Filmmaker Tara Krause artist statement
Filmmaker Ronit Bezalel artist statement
Filmmaker Valerie Soe calls her artist statement her manifesto
Keith W. Cunningham shows his influences in his artist statement
Feminist Filmmaker Alex Juhasz artist statement
Scott Snibbe's is here


Using a light meter with DV

Inspired by Adam's desire to use a light meter for our green screen exercise (which we did just fine w/o one) but thinking about our recent purchase of a SONY EX3 with upcoming purchase of either Letus or Redrock 35mm adapter, we will need a light meter.

Here's a good tutorial on calibrating a light meter for DV that I found on FreshDV.

I'm thinking we'll purchase the Sekonic L-758 for TCF.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Demo Reels: What Makes a Good Reel?

Blog Post Prompt:
What makes a good DP / Director of Photography / Cinematographer's reel? Search reels online (google, vimeo, youtube, etc) and visit the links below to see what work is out there. Embed or link your favorite and your least favorite reels and explain what is compelling (and not so compelling) in the reels that you viewed.

POST BEFORE CLASS ON TUESDAY!

Sample DP reel links:






































Sample Director Reel Links:

















Editor's Reel Links: