Neele ideas

 One of my favourite places to seek help is Digital Photo School. You can read short articles and look at sample photos and they are a well established site with valuable information to offer all levels of photographers. The link to this site is here: DIGITAL PHOTO SCHOOL

Check out photographing food colour and milk:
Creative Abstract Food Colouring & Milk
Tips on how to shoot your pet: Pet Photography
Candlelight Photography: Taking Candlelight Photos
Flower Photography and a good review of Composition: Flower Photography
More tips on shooting Flowers
Still Life Photography: Still Life Photography
Video on a photographer's passion : Photographing Bubbles
Black and White linen how to get better shots:Video on shooting in Black and White

The following are links to some 2 minute videos showing you what creative photographers are up to.
Flickr Moments: World's Best Father
Flickr Moments: photographing Jimmy the Dog
Flickr Moments: The Adventures of Mr. Fly
Flickr Moments: Extreme Sports Photography
Flickr Moments: Teen Photographer uses mirror to create an Illusion
Flickr Moments: Setting the scene at Home
Flickr Moments: Photographer Lands Job at Coca Cola
Check out You Tube for more quick 2 minute Flickr Moments

Digital Photography School

Storyboards

Each shot of a storyboard captures several key elements: subject, background, camera shot, and the camera's movement. Within a shot is the subject, the central character or object of a frame, and the foreground and background of a shot.

storyboarding

storyboard template

Your Assignments with due dates.

The following is a list of your assignments, due before the holidays:

1. Composition 5 shots your choice of compositional element ( list in description, 10 marks) ON FLICKR
2. Photo App presentation - choose a photo editing app and explain its features, describe the positive and negative aspects, cost etc. (visual presentation) 10 marks To be presented WED in class
3. Abstract Photos - 10 shots (20 marks) On Flickr
4. Composition test 12 marks
5. Theme shoot: You are to take 20 photos on a theme of your choice and put into a slideshow set to music. ( 20 marks) These should be carefully curated, top notch photos. To be discussed with Ms Chase first. Due Wed. Dec 16
6. Magazine cover (same as last year, only better 20 marks) Due Fri Dec 4
7. Your headshot and bio for your website on the website including a style chosen for your site (10 marks)

Due after the holidays:

1. Choice Photo Focus (40 shots curated) or choice video (50 marks)
2. Photobook Your best 30 photos due at the end of the course (you need to pay for this 25 marks)
3. Website: Create your own photo website after looking over many professional photographer's sites. It should include a collection of your best photos, a headshot and bio of yourself, your philosophy or inspiration for your photography (25 marks) This site does not have to go live
4. A piece of artwork from one of your photos. I would like you to take a new photo and conceptualize it for this art piece. (20 marks)

Grade 12 Photography for students who have taken Photo11

Photo12

Photography is not about the camera but how you use the camera. You can have an expensive camera and still take bad pictures. The focus of this course is not on the many technical aspects of how to use a camera but rather on how to compose great shots and extending your knowledge into creating with using photography as a medium. 

We will be learning how to use and expand the use of Photoshop and other editing programs to create advertising, a magazine cover, videos, and photographic art.

The visual world is becoming part of our everyday life. Most people on the internet are focused on photos and video to get across ideas. Logos and photos are an instant way for people to get an idea across. It is important for young people to be able to navigate the ever increasing world of visual literacy.

Requirements of this course:

• a decent digital slr or camera phone for taking photos, school cameras cannot be taken home so you must borrow a camera from a friend or family member if you do not have a decent phone camera
• a usb drive and/or an extra phone cord for use at school for transferring photos 
• a card reader/phone cable at school for transferring photos to the school computer
• a 16 gb card that can be used for taking photos with the school camera
• the ability to use some of your time to take photos outside of school 
• a desire to learn and grow through digital media
• ability to work with others and be a good model
• time management skills

Assessment:

 This course is assessed based on student's ability to push boundaries, meet assignment deadlines and progress in their ability to become better photographers/videographers and visual artists. Students are expected to push themselves at the level they are at to improve and produce quality work. A high standard is expected, and poor quality work will not be accepted. You will be asked to Re-do an assignment if it does not meet expectations. 

The following is a list of your assignments.

1. Career Assignment in partners ( 10 marks hand in )
2. Composition 5 shots your choice of compositional element ( list in description, 10 marks)
3. Photo App presentation - choose a photo editing app and explain its features, describe the positive and negative aspects, cost etc. (visual presentation) 10 marks
4. Abstract Photos - 10 shots (20 marks)
5. Theme shoot: You are to take 20 photos on a theme of your choice and put into a slideshow set to music. ( 20 marks) These should be carefully curated, top notch photos. To be discussed with Ms Chase first.
6. Magazine cover (same as last year, only better 20 marks)
7. Choice Photo Focus (40 shots curated) or choice video (50 marks)
8. Photobook Your best 30 photos due at the end of the course (you need to pay for this 25 marks)
9. Website: Create your own photo website after looking over many professional photographer's sites. It should include a collection of your best photos, a headshot and bio of yourself, your philosophy or inspiration for your photography (25 marks) This site does not have to go live
10. A piece of artwork from one of your photos. I would like you to take a new photo and conceptualize it for this art piece. (20 marks)

Some info on Cinematography

6 Duties and Responsibilities of a Cinematographer

• Chooses a visual style for the film. A cinematographer determines the visual style and approach of the film. For example, a cinematographer on a documentary film determines whether to use re-enactments, or to rely heavily on photographs and found footage. 
• Establishes the camera setup for every shot. A cinematographer decides which types of cameras, camera lenses, camera angles, and camera techniques best bring the scene to life. Additionally, a cinematographer works with the script supervisor and, if necessary, the locations manager to scope out each scene and design what the most effective vantage points for the camera will be. This helps preserve the intention and scale of the film. 
• Determines the lighting for every scene. A cinematographer uses lighting to create the right visual mood the director aspires to achieve. They must know how to enhance an image’s depth, contrast, and contour to support the story’s atmosphere. 
• Explores the potential of every location. A good cinematographer understands what visuals excite the director and can make recommendations about what shots to capture. 
• Attends rehearsals. A cinematographer attends rehearsals with the actors since the blocking for a scene will likely change and evolve. During rehearsals, cinematographers adjust the camera in response to a particular gesture or action, and as actors adjust their body positions and blocking, to better fit the framing of the shot. 
• Elevates the vision of the director. A good cinematographer will introduce ideas and concepts the director may not have considered. 

  
  

  21 Cinematic Technique Terms and Definitions 

  Cinematographers should think carefully about every shot, considering the angle, the light, and the camera movement, because there is an infinite number of choices they can make. Common cinematography techniques and terms include:

  1. Close-up: a shot that closely crops in on a character’s face or on an object. 
  2. Extreme close-up: A tightly framed close-up shot. 
  3. Long shot: a shot showing a character in relation to their surroundings. 
  4. Extreme long shot: a shot so far away from the character, they are no longer visible within their surroundings. 
  5. Establishing shot: a shot at the beginning of a scene that gives context for the setting. 
  6. Tracking shot: a sideways-moving shot that captures a landscape or that follows a character as they move. Often used interchangeably with “dolly shot,” though they technically refer to different motions. 
  7. Dolly shot: a shot where the camera moves toward or away from a character on a dolly track. Technically, a dolly shot refers only refers to backwards and forwards camera motion, though the term has come to mean any camera movement tracking a character. 
  8. Crane shot: an overhead shot where the camera is suspended in the air on a moving crane. 
  9. Steadicam: a lightweight camera stabilizer that captures smooth moving shots. A Steadicam is either hand-held or attached to the camera operator’s body, giving them more freedom to move while filming. 
  10. High-angle shot: a shot where the camera is placed higher than a character or object. 
  11. Low-angle shot: a shot where the camera is placed lower than a character or object. 
  12. Medium shot: a shot that shows an actor from the waist up. 
  13. Point of view shot: a shot that shows the action through the eyes of a specific character. 
  14. Panning: a shot where the camera turns left or right on its vertical axis 
  15. Tilting: a shot where the camera turns up or down on its horizontal axis 
  16. Cross-cutting: an editing technique that cuts between multiple events happening at the same time. 
  17. Diegetic sound: sound that both the characters and the audience can hear, like dialogue, a knock on the door, or a telephone ringing. 
  18. Non-diegetic sound: sound that only the audience hears, like a narrator or the film’s score, placed into the film during post-production. 
  19. Key light: the main source of direct light shining on a character or object. High-key refers to key light that is the main source of a scene’s light; low-key refers to key light that is not the main source of light. 
  20. Side lighting: lighting used to illuminate the areas in a scene that aren’t lit by key light. 
  21. Backlighting: when the main light source comes from behind a character or object.
  
  

Update for term 3

Eony and Ethan

I will omit the pull focus assignment and the interview assignment for term 3, however, I will expect for you to send me your day in the life video ( this can be sent free through WE transfer ( it is free) which can handle larger files) I will also expect the assignment where you were to watch videos on a videographer and write at least a paragraph of information on each video about what you learned for each video. These can be sent via email in a word document to lisa.chase@sd71.bc.ca by April 10.

I would also like a full page response (10 marks) which will focus on what you have learned about video techniques so far and what you would like to learn in term 4.

The deadline for all of this work is Friday April 10. I will be in contact with you via telephone to see where you are at. If the work does not get completed by this date, I will have to assign marks for just the assignments you have completed.

Ms Chase

Assignments for term 3 Video Production

1. Pull focus assignment (10 shots clipped together): Looking for you to go out and shoot 5 blur to focus shots and 5 focus to blur shots and then clip them together in Premeire Pro.
Criteria: smooth transitions, in focus clean shots, editing is clean and smooth, fade to black at end for 10 seconds  Create an a folder on the m drive under Chase 2020 with your name on it and place all of your assignments in there. 10 marks

2. 1 Minute Interview: You may want to shoot with at least two cameras, maybe even three. Prepare questions for an interview, set cameras up. You are asking the questions off camera like in the video. Edit the interview so that it shows the person being interviewed  from different angles. Test the mics to get the best sound quality. Edit as though the interview will be going onto a you tube channel. 20 marks

How to Shoot an Interview

3. Beauty in a Minute: 60- 1 second shots capturing the beauty of life's moments in a minute. The shots should focus on movement, be 1 second in length and connect to the music you have chosen. The video should have a distinct beginning, middle and end. 50 marks

Example Beauty in a Minute

For Ethan and Eony since you did you video together,  I want you to do a 30 second edit which would be a Comox Valley highlight reel. You may want to shoot some downtown or alternate footage, but can certainly reuse some of your great nature video clips. Edit to a positive upbeat song maybe an instrumental.

Sample: comox valley video

4. Day in the Life Video: 2-3 minutes in length. Shots should be no longer than 5-8 sec in length. You are to capture the essence of a day in your life, making sure you have a solid beginning, middle and end. This should be the highlights of the day not every moment. You will be marked on your story boarding/planning out of this video. Storyboard: 10 marks
Criteria: In focus shots, steady camera work, interesting shots, setting the shots up and then walking into them, sequencing the shots, clean edits, use of fast forward and slow motion, and choreography with the music. 50 marks 

See on M:drive/under Chase 2020: Jean Marc Day in the Life

5. Find a videographer you would like to follow on You Tube. Watch 5 of his/her videos on how to improve your videography skills, and take down notes on your learning.

Criteria: Record date of viewing, URL info of video so I can find, title of video and notes on what you learned. You should be writing down at least a paragraph of note on each video you watch. If there are not 5 videos available, then choose 5 different videographers.
20 marks

Total marks Term 3: 150 marks Due at the end of term 

4. Videographer Lessons: Find a videographer you would like to follow on You Tube. Watch a number of his/her how to and how to improve videos . Take down notes from the videos and hand in your learning notes. Date your view and the title of the video and the URL of the channel. 20 marks

5. Day in the Life: 2- 3 minutes in length. Shots should be planned out and between 4-7 seconds in length. feel free to use go pros, drones, or even your camera phone ( horizontal shooting only).
Your mission is to capture a day in your life condensed down into 2-3 minutes. Think about the moments in a day and make sure the video has a beg./middle/end. Try to experiment with fast forward and slow motion in this video fin a couple of spots.

Hand in a storyboard to show your planning.
Criteria: all shots in focus, shots are established, minimal camera shake, clean editing, set to music and shots work with the music. 50 marks, 10 marks for the storyboard

6. Shooting Xanadu/MITV/other school event: Practical shooting experience 15 marks

Total 165 marks for term 1


Term 4

Go onto the BC Student Film Festival site and choose one of the categories to produce a film.
Your choice video ( can work together or in a team) Keep track of your learning in a learning journal.