Homework 2014-2015 C2 #25-27

Homework #25
Answer the following questions about making a music video:
1. What do you think about most music videos you have watched?
2. What was the best one you've ever seen?
3. What was different about it?
4. What is one thing you've learned in this class about making videos?

Homework #26
Answer the following questions about the song, "We Shall Overcome":
1. What was this song originally about?
2. Who first publicized the song?
3. What year did SNCC start using the song?
4. What singer sang it for Obama at the white house?

Homework #27
Answer the following questions about James Brown:
1. What was he known for outside of music?
2. What was he known for during his shows?
3. What happened when he was young that changed him?
4. Where was he born?

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Homework 2014-2015 C2 #22-24

Homework #22
Answer the following questions about framing shots:
1. What consists of a close up?
2. What is an extreme close up?
3. What is the rule about focal length?
4. How do you get the foreground to be in focus and the background blurry?

Homework #23
Answer the following questions about editing:
1. What is the critical thing about editing from a medium shot to a close up?
2. How can you make small adjustments to the timing of an edit?
3. What do you do if an edit doesn't work?
4. What is the most important aspect of editing?

Homework #24
Answer the following questions about Jimi Hendrix:
1. Where was Jimi Hendrix born?
2. What was the first R&B group he played with?
3. Who did he play with when he came to NYC?
4. How did he come to go to England?

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Homework 2014-2015 C2 #19-21

Homework #19
Answer the following questions about Storyboarding:
1. Who developed the storyboard form as we know it now?
2. What was the first movie to be storyboarded?
3. What did filmmakers do before that?
4. What was the first feature length movie to be completely storyboarded?

Homework #20
Answer the following questions about Music Video treatments:
1. What is the first step a filmmaker must do to create a video treatment?
2. What are the two most popular interpretations for a music video?
3. What part of the treatment may not end up in the video?
4. What other details should be included in the treatment?

Homework #21
Answer the following questions about lighting a video:
1. What was the lighting technique we studied that was used in Schindler's List?
2. What was the lighting technique used in Terminator?
3. What happens if you set the white balance of your camera to tungsten under fluorescent lights?
4. What happens if you set the white balance of your camera to tungsten in natural light?

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