Steadycam

How to build your own steadycam:

http://steadycam.org/

How to use the Smoothcam FCP filter:

http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=54993

Lynda.com One-day Trial

http://www.lynda.com/promo/trial/Default.aspx?lpk35=713

animatic

Animatic from monica porucznik on Vimeo.

so here is my animatic...it is for an anti-spyware company called AVG and the premise behind it is "don't let spyware run your life" which will be said at the very end when the main character lays on the couch in relief that the "spyware" is gone

The Graph...

For the Across the Universe scene I chose.

If anyone wants to be in the chase video (I don't need to have only 2 chasers, can have many more!) definitely let be know. If you can't provide blackish chase clothing, I'm sure I can help out. As well, if anyone has a suitcase I could use, it would be appreciated! :)

If you are interested in working with me on the chase, my email is jrn5627@rit.edu and my celly is 207-649-2006, and I can receive text. Thanks guys.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/video/video.php?v=1308146395296&ref=mf

Ordiway Animatic

HEEERE we go.

Here is my animatic for the sunchips contest/class.\

HVZ Animatic

A while ago some friends of mine and I were watching a series of action movies for background noise. Humans vs Zombies from the fall quarter had just ended so we started jokingly talking about what a Humans vs Zombies movie would look like. This is the result, a short trailer for that movie.

I cut some of the clips too short, so I'm missing about five seconds from this animatic.

The basic premise is that a military team is dropped into a city (for the sake of this film, it will be the RIT campus) to investigate why the city was put under quarantine. They run into an intern who was working for a doctor who apparently accidentally released a toxic chemical into the water for the city turning its residents into Zombies. The team get the intern to a safe location and run a series of missions to get him the supplies he needs to make a cure and the supplies need to get themselves extracted out of the city.

SunChips Anamatic

The Upper Harmony

Title: The Upper Harmony (working title)
Author: Skybase (yes, it's Yuya T.)
Music: Skybase - The Begining of All

Note: The character's a fill in for now (his working name is Kai.) I don't know who's acting or not as of now. If anybody would like to take part, I'll appreciate it. If not, well, I have backup.

The Story:
One day Kai, alone in a café (or some sort of place) receives a call from a mysterious source. Curious, the boy decides to decider the code after noticing it was morse code. He finds that it said, "come find us." Moments after he decodes it, he gets another message, "Can you hear us?" where suddenly he hears a loud, obnoxious hum that seems to only affect him. He is quickly told to find the source of the sound by the mysterious messenger. Kai goes on a journey to find the source.

It's 3:10 AM and I'm falling asleep.

Oh hai, here's the high quality version
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/833722/Finalh264.mov

Chase Scene Animatic

First of all, don't laugh, I know it sucks. :P Took about an hour and half to think and draw out all of this, and even from here I can tell I'm going to be doing a lot more shots than this.

The basic idea is a chase scene. Everyone in the video will be wearing black (tracksuit or otherwise), and the suitcase I'm imagining will be metal, or also black. Thinking I might want to film it sepiatone or black and white, give it a rusty or grungy sort of feel. The song is a song on depthcore made by a friend of mine, I spliced it up a bit.

I want the film to appear in ways elegant and simplistic, with many long shots for the first few setting scenes. In scene 4 the camera will actually follow the guys as they are walking down the stairs (MS). The fact that the chaser is above the chasee in this scene will make the threat seem more present. In scene 5, The guy in the hoodie is waving at someone on the bridge (where the first scene is shot), beckoning him to join him in the chase. The camera will zoom into this person and then back out to watch the person leave. At this point no one is running yet.

Scene 7, our chasee realizes he's being followed and starts running to the SAU. In shot 9 the camera pans to follow the chasee, and then pan-zooms back to where the other two are in scene 10. The camera follows them as well.

Scene 11 is broken up into multiple parts but cut in one shot. The camera follows the two as they enter SAU and head into the lobby, and decide to go down the hallway, which ends up being the wrong move. The chasee appears and gives the suitcase to a person who has been in the scene and was first believe to have been a passerby.

Scenes 12 to 16 show the two chasers earlier, now behind the fireside lounge. The person who had the suitcase handed off too exits the Fireside Lounge, goes down the stairs, and is held at gunpoint and made to drop the suitcase. He is then executed. The last thing he sees (scene 16 is shot from his perspective) is the suitcase, and then one of the chasers as he waves goodbye and leaves. Then red is seen, then fade to black. Sad ending. :( All of these shots happen pretty quickly, but the last shot is suspended for a while in order to show resolution- the man accepts he is going to die.

I'm thinking dark, black clothes, and grungy. The gun will likely be a squirt gun painted over in black, and I will need a suitable suitcase. I've wanted to make a chase scene for a while now so I think it'll make a good assignment.

Sweeney Todd [issues addition]

Here is the emotional chart and part of the original video for Sweeney Todd. Unfortunately the video I created is gone and will need to be redone at some point. T~~T

Youtube Doubler

In case there's people who don't know about this, it helps a lot to show the similarities/differences in your work. For instance, here is my video back to back with the clip i took it from http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4sKgBRElEbw&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_ZQIeqLVabA&start2=0&authorName=Real

Across the Universe - Little Help From My Friends

(around 1:53 in)


Scene goes as follows:

1. WS 2.5 secs
2. WS 3.5
3. WS 3.5
4. WS 1.5
5. MS 1
6. WS 2
7. MS 1
8. MS 1.5
9. VWS 5.5
10. WS>MCU>WS 7
11. MCU>WS 7
12. MCU 2
13. WS 2
14. MCU 3
15. WS 3
16. WS 6
17. MCU>WS 7

I didn't follow the original in it's entirety but I believe I followed the structure and it worked. The video is still processing but should be up soon. I'll have the graph up shortly, friends. :]
Update: Just discovered my video has been blocked by youtube due to copyright violations. Doh! A low quality version is going up now...

Romantic climax of Pride and Prejudice.

Recreation of a scene from Mean Girls.

There is one shot that switches awkwardly to the next shot, but other than that I'm happy with it.

I couldn't get my video to upload to the blog, so here is the link to my vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/10268393

1. 6:12-6:27: MCU to MS

2. 6:27-6:30: MCU

3. 6:30-6:45: MCU

4. 6:45-6:53: MS

5. 6:53-6:57:MCU

6. 6:57-7:06

mmmmm.......Bacon

Analysis of the framing and pacing of the "I was saving that bacon" scene in I am Legend.

Part of "red/blue pill" scene from The Matrix.
1 - 9sec 3:05 WS
2 - 3sec 3:14 CU
3 - 3sec 3:17 CU
4 - 2sec 3:20 ECU
5 - 4sec 3:21 ECU
6 - 2sec 3:25 CU
7 - 1 sec 3:27 ECU
8 - 6sec 3:28 ECU
9 - 4sec 3:34 CU
10 - 2sec 3:38 MS
11 - 4sec 3:41 MS
12 - 5sec 3:45 ECU
13 - 1sec 3:49 ECU
14 - 4sec 3:50 CU
15 - 2sec 3:54 MS
16 - 3sec 3:56 CU
17 - 3sec 3:59 MS
18 - 4sec 4:02 MS

Superbad Scene

Original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sKgBRElEbw

Recreation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZQIeqLVabA

MS: 0:05
CU 0:05
MS 0:05
CU 0:05
CU0:05
WS 0:08
WS 0:O6
MS 0:06
CU0:03
WS0:10
MS0:10
MS0:08
CU0:04
WS:0:10
VWS010
WS0:01
MS0:01
MCU0:01
CU0:08
MS0:03
mS0:05

Ugh, this low quality version looks like ASS

0:00 MS
0:05 WS
0:08 WS
0:11 WS
0:13 MS
0:21 WS
0:22 WS
0:27 MCU
0:29 MS
0:30 WS
0:32 MS
0:35 WS
0:36 MCU
0:37 WS
0:38 MS
0:38 MCU
0:38 MS
0:38 WS
0:39 MCU
0:41 MS
0:42 WS
0:43 MS
0:44 MS
0:45 MS
0:46 WS
0:47 WS


Original:


My soul:

I did this project too

ODST Live Action short film

thingy from the website





So I decided to film about 35 seconds of the Halo 3 ODST Live action trailer. I'm not exactly thrilled with the video editing, but I was having too much fun with sounds and the filter to really focus on how to put the scenes together. Yes, I am aware that the filter dies at the end. I wasn't aware until I actually processed the video.

Things I'm not thrilled with:
1. I suck at directing, I always feel bad when I have to ask the actors to redo things, so I probably should have reshot some of the scenes.

2. I'm not really good at framing. (Hopefully I'll learn to fix this).

The song is Light of Aiden, which is from the actual ODST trailer. All the other sounds are from Sound Bible.

Mr. Paperbag Begins

Oh man.... I am so... not thrilled. This movie was constructed based on a scene from the Dark Knight. The Joker appears walking into a mob meeting. This is also the scene with the infamous "pencil trick."

Either way a couple things about this.
1. I couldn't observe myself from getting out of frame. It's ashame....
2. I randomly wrote the dialog. Don't ask what Mr. Paperbag is.
3. Thanks to everybody who helped out.
4. Lastly, it's not exactly to the shot list in the end.

Above: the scene mapped onto the little tool.

A1

That was for the whole you tube clip, the scene I redid was only 2 minutes of that clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOo7tSDCUs
And here's the actual project's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG_E-22EnDs

The Sixth Sense: Remastered

This is the original clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4yYHKRCH4&feature=related

Here is mine

Scene from Hot Rod

First Lab!

Trying to re-create the Pale Man scene from Pan's Labyrinth!

Heeeeere goes.












The video is also on my Vimeo account on the right of the blog. Have fun!

I am missing a few scenes. I forgot to film them. oh well. It's 40 sec.

Lab Assignment Numero Uno (Monica P)

Lab Assignment due today (Mar 17)

1. Choose a scene from a film to analyze (1.5 to 2 minutes)
2. Watch the scene first without analyzing to get the overall emotion
3. Go to http://dougburnett.com/filmanalysis
4. Draw the emotional level across the graph
5. Watch the scene again and track the pacing, writing down the shot number and the length of the shot on a piece of paper.
6. Chart those shot lengths on the same graph
7. Watch the scene again and track the framing, again writing them down on the shots
8. Chart those the shot frames on the same graph
9. Take a snap shot of the graph to save it (on a Mac press "Command + Shift + 4" and drag across the region you want to capture. The image appears on your desktop.
10. Using your shot sheet, recreate the film scene
11. Edit your film in Final Cut Pro to match the pacing and framing of the original scene.
12. Upload your film and film analysis screenshot to this blog

Pacing/Framing Analysis

1 - 12, 2:38 EWS
2 - 6, 2:44 VWS
3 - 4, 2:48 WS
4 - 3, 2:51 MCU
5 - 2, 2:53 MCU
6 - 1, 2:54 MCU
7 - 4, 2:58 WS
8 - 2, 3:00 MCU
9 - 2, 3:02 WS
10 - 3, 3:05 MS

Golden Ratio and the Rule of Thirds

Camera Shots

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

Pacing analysis

Pacing to Complement Emotion

http://dougburnett.com/up

Soviet Montage Theory

Non-linear film

Salt 101

Basic Plot

Are plots original?

http://www.dewerkelijkheidverzinjeniet.nl/

How many plots?

http://dougburnett.com/filmanalysis/plots.html

Plot Analysis

Starwars Uncut

If Star Wars was filmed by an amateur instead of a real director, then it certainly wouldn't be the masterpiece we know it as today. But what if Star Wars were filmed by 480+ amateurs! It would be great, if for no reason other than that it would be absolutely ridiculous.
That is exactly the purpose of Star Wars Uncut.
http://www.starwarsuncut.com/

The premise of Star Wars Uncut is that all of "Star Wars: A New Hope" is split into fifteen second segments. Anyone can pick a segment of their choosing and make thier own filmed version of that segment in whatever manner they please (live action, stop motion, cartoons, whatever!). Eventually, all of the segments will be collected, the best will be chosen, and they'll all be strung together to make the entire movie.

I think this would be a sort of fun idea for one of our videos. Take a segment from Star Wars and remake it in your own creative way. I know that our videos have to be longer than fifteen seconds, but we could simply make a full scene and pick the best fifteen seconds to submit to Star Wars Uncut.

I was thinking that I could easily apply my Dungeons and Dragons idea to Star Wars Uncut.

Again, here's the link:
http://www.starwarsuncut.com/

Nerdy Inspiration

I'm would definitely consider myself a nerd... at least when I have enough time to do anything but work. I'd really like to make a video that somehow revolves a nerdy interest; Dungeons and Dragons. I think it would be funny to reenact a well known scene as though it were being role-played by D&D nerds with their Mountain Dew, miniatures, pencils and dice, who are constantly arguing about the rules and pulling out handbooks. The characters would probably include some of the classic D&D player stereotypes:

1). The person who tries his hardest to bend the rules such that his character is far more powerful than he should be.
2). The person who really cares more about acting than about playing the game.
3). The thief, or some kind of similar character whose intentions are necessarily as good as the rest of his party's.

I think the biggest challenge would be making the comedy accessible to those who don't play D&D, which is the majority of people. I think as long as I make the humor more about the stereotypes and less about the lingo then most people will be able to relate.

I'm thinking something either from Shakespear or maybe "A Streetcar Named Desire"? Maybe even a fairytale of some kind?

Tilt-Shift Photography

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Beautiful style I just discovered today. Tilt-shift photography is "pix shot with a special lens that makes everything look like little models. Well, check out Sam O'Hara's The Sandpit, an awesome tilt-shift movie of a day in the life of New York City! [via Kottke]"

This is a sample post

This is a sample post to our artist community blog. We will be posting class assignments and discussions here.