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New-Yorker’s piece on Ruth E. Carter, Costume Designer for Black Panther
Academy-Originals piece on Mark Bridges, costume designer for "There Will Be Blood."
"The Clothes of Kay Corleone" by Pablo Villaca for rogerebert.com
This CBS piece on A Prop Master Who Forges Historical Documents
Tony Zhou’s, “In Praise of Chairs”
Tested’s Tour of the Hand Prop Room
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Screening: The Wizard of Oz
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Screening: The Wizard of Oz
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The Shawshank Redemption
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The Shawshank Redemption continued.
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Shawshank Redemption Continued
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The Shawshank Redemption
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The Shawshank Redemption continued.
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Quiz on Sound
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Intro to Light, Shadow, & Color
Screening: The Wizard of Oz
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Demo: Basic Lighting Concepts: Key Light, Fill Light, & Back Light
Studiobinder's Film Lighting Techniques (this is more of a how-to guide for movie makers, but the content and vocabulary is good for us).
Screening: The Wizard of Oz
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RocketJump Film School’s So You Don't Want to Watch a Black-And-White Movie.
CineFix's Top 10 Uses of Color.
Screening: The Wizard of Oz
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Sound editor Tina Hirsh on using silence in Dante's Peak. (Stop @ 41:40)
"Jaws" Continued
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"Jaws" continued (the conclusion)
Steven Spielberg's remarks from John Williams' AFI Life-Achievement Ceremony
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Watch the following (on your own):
...That documentary, in its entirety, is available here. You don't need to watch the whole thing, but I recommend browsing through at least some of it.
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Group Notes on Sound
Intro to Light, Shadow, & Color
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Studiobinder's "Different Types of Camera Shots and Angles in Film". There's a lot of info here, but we don't have time to cover everything. So you can ignore the sections on "framing" and "lenses," but you should pay attention to "shots," "angles," "focus," and especially "movement" (including the handheld shot) and click on at least a few examples of each.
Studiobinder’s Ultimate Guide to Camera Movement
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Quiz on Camerawork on Wednesday
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Announcements & Reminders:
Quiz on Camerawork Tomorrow
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Quiz on Camerawork
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"Jaws" Continued
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Screening: '1917'
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'1917' continued
Studiobinder's "Different Types of Camera Shots and Angles in Film". There's a lot of info here, but we don't have time to cover everything. So you can ignore the sections on "framing" and "lenses," but you should pay attention to "shots," "angles," "focus," and especially "movement" (including the handheld shot) and click on at least a few examples of each.
Studiobinder’s Ultimate Guide to Camera Movement
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Quiz on Editing
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Quiz on Editing
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Reviewing Yesterday's Quiz on Editing. *Here's a rough answer key.
Intro to camerawork
The kidnapping Scene from “Slumdog Millionaire:
…and “The Camera Does The Thinking for Us” from David Foster's "Reading the Silver Screen."
Studiobinder.com article on camera angles (ignore the video at the top on how to make a shot list; that's not relevant for us).
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Voting on next screening
CBS Sunday Morning’s feature on Garret Brown, inventor of the steadicam.
If you're into it, you can watch this piece (optional) where Brown talks at greater length about using the steadicam to shoot Rocky.
This famous clip from "Silence of the Lambs" where FBI trainee Clarice Starling first visits the notorious psychologist/serial killer Hannibal Lector to ask for his help profiling another murderer. And Tony Zhou's video essay on the effect of camera angle on this scene.
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'The Godfather' Continued
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"The Godfather" (The Conclusion)
Read / Watch / Take Notes On:
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Editing Quiz on Monday
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Group Notes / Review (Editing Terms & Concepts)
Practice Quiz (Editing)
Example 1: scene, questions, & answers (1 from the teacher, 1 on your own)
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Editing Quiz on Monday
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'The Godfather' Continued
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'The Godfather' Continued
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'The Godfather' Continued
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'The Godfather' Continued
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Group Notes: How Movies Happened ...Set Quiz Date
Intro to 'The Godfather'
(If Time Permits) Screening
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Note-Taking Exercise Due by the beginning of class Today.
Parent-Permission Form Due Today.
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Quiz on 'How Movies Happened'
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Screening: 'The Godfather'
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Filmmaking 101: Breaking down the Horse-head Scene
'The Godfather' continued
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Course Intro (Reviewing The Syllabus)
First-Day Questionnaire
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Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.
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Announcements & Reminders:
Note-Taking Exercise Due by the beginning of class Monday.
Parent-Permission Form Due Monday.