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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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
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?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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?
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?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Homework 2014-2015 C2 #16-18
Homework #16
Answer the following questions about storyboarding:
1. When the angle of a shot is low what is the effect?
2. What is the role of perspective in shots with multiple characters?
3. What kind of focus effects can you create?
4. How does lighting influence the feeling of a shot?
Homework #17
Answer the following questions about green screen effects:
1. What is the concept of the "Bleed It Out" video?
2. How was this effect achieved?
3. How was the single take effect achieved?
4. What are some other common examples of green screen effects?
Homework #18
Answer the following questions about Bob Dylan:
1. Why was Bob Dylan first considered a folk artist?
2. How did moving to NYC affect his songwriting?
3. Why did he switch to electric guitar?
4. What was unusual about him as an artist?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about storyboarding:
1. When the angle of a shot is low what is the effect?
2. What is the role of perspective in shots with multiple characters?
3. What kind of focus effects can you create?
4. How does lighting influence the feeling of a shot?
Homework #17
Answer the following questions about green screen effects:
1. What is the concept of the "Bleed It Out" video?
2. How was this effect achieved?
3. How was the single take effect achieved?
4. What are some other common examples of green screen effects?
Homework #18
Answer the following questions about Bob Dylan:
1. Why was Bob Dylan first considered a folk artist?
2. How did moving to NYC affect his songwriting?
3. Why did he switch to electric guitar?
4. What was unusual about him as an artist?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Homework 2014-2015 C2 HW #13-15
Homework # 13
Answer the following questions about the early life of the Beatles:
1. Where were the Beatles born and raised?
2. What was the German Blitz?
3. Why was Liverpool a target for the Germans in WW2?
4. How did conditions after the war affect the culture there?
Homework #14
Answer the following questions about Beatlemania:
1. How many people in America tuned into the Ed Sullivan show on Feb. 9, 1964?
2. What was unusual about the Beatles first record chart success?
3. Who was instrumental in shaping their image?
4. How did Ringo get the job as their drummer?
Homework #15
Answer the following questions about a storyboard:
1. What is the purpose of a storyboard?
2. What is the first thing you need to do before making a storyboard?
3. What information should you include in your storyboard?
4. What is the least amount of time you can spend on a shot?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about the early life of the Beatles:
1. Where were the Beatles born and raised?
2. What was the German Blitz?
3. Why was Liverpool a target for the Germans in WW2?
4. How did conditions after the war affect the culture there?
Homework #14
Answer the following questions about Beatlemania:
1. How many people in America tuned into the Ed Sullivan show on Feb. 9, 1964?
2. What was unusual about the Beatles first record chart success?
3. Who was instrumental in shaping their image?
4. How did Ringo get the job as their drummer?
Homework #15
Answer the following questions about a storyboard:
1. What is the purpose of a storyboard?
2. What is the first thing you need to do before making a storyboard?
3. What information should you include in your storyboard?
4. What is the least amount of time you can spend on a shot?
email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Homework 2014-2015 C2 #10-12
Homework #10
Answer the following questions about Garageband:
1. How can you record using the keyboard shortcut?
2. What is the only time that the recording shortcut doesn't work?
3. When you start recording how do you know where you are recording?
4. When you punch in on a track how can you hear a bit of it before you start recording?
Homework #11
Answer the following questions about Garageband:
1. What are some ways to change the sounds?
2. What does a audio compressor do?
3. What are the controls of a noise gate?
4. What is the purpose of an equalizer?
Homework #12
Answer the following questions about "Televeision & the Twist" Lesson"
1. When were the first TVs sold?
2. What was the first national TV Dance show?
3. How did Chubby Checker get his big break?
4. What are some things that made the Twist unique?
Email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Answer the following questions about Garageband:
1. How can you record using the keyboard shortcut?
2. What is the only time that the recording shortcut doesn't work?
3. When you start recording how do you know where you are recording?
4. When you punch in on a track how can you hear a bit of it before you start recording?
Homework #11
Answer the following questions about Garageband:
1. What are some ways to change the sounds?
2. What does a audio compressor do?
3. What are the controls of a noise gate?
4. What is the purpose of an equalizer?
Homework #12
Answer the following questions about "Televeision & the Twist" Lesson"
1. When were the first TVs sold?
2. What was the first national TV Dance show?
3. How did Chubby Checker get his big break?
4. What are some things that made the Twist unique?
Email me: albertwestside@gmail.com
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Homework 2014-2015 C2 HW#7-9
Homework #7
Answer the following questions about Apple's Garageband:
1. Why can't you drag a blue loop into a green track?
2. What is the advantage of a green track?
3. How do you erase something in Garageband?
4. How can you erase an entire track in Garageband?
Homework #8
Answer the following questions about Apple's Garageband:
1. How can you fix the timing in your track?
2. How can you hear yourself if you're recording a vocal?
3. How do you get the t-pain effect on your vocal?
4. Why is the key of your track important?
Homework #9
Answer the following questions about Soul Music and the Civil Rights Movement:
1. Who was Andrew Young?
2. What were some of the songs the Freedom Riders would sing?
3. Who was the main song writer of the Impressions?
4. How did music influence MLK when he was imprisoned in Birmingham and wrote his most important letter?
Email Me (albertwestside@gmail.com)
Answer the following questions about Apple's Garageband:
1. Why can't you drag a blue loop into a green track?
2. What is the advantage of a green track?
3. How do you erase something in Garageband?
4. How can you erase an entire track in Garageband?
Homework #8
Answer the following questions about Apple's Garageband:
1. How can you fix the timing in your track?
2. How can you hear yourself if you're recording a vocal?
3. How do you get the t-pain effect on your vocal?
4. Why is the key of your track important?
Homework #9
Answer the following questions about Soul Music and the Civil Rights Movement:
1. Who was Andrew Young?
2. What were some of the songs the Freedom Riders would sing?
3. Who was the main song writer of the Impressions?
4. How did music influence MLK when he was imprisoned in Birmingham and wrote his most important letter?
Email Me (albertwestside@gmail.com)
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