He is my last reflection on the major project. You can find my link on the discussion board. It has been a great semester everyone. Take care and good luck!
Daufuskie Island Resort
•July 19, 2009 • 1 Comment
Daufuskie Island is a residential sea island between Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It has become a popular retreat away from the typical tourist route. What separates Daufuski Island Resort from the other resorts is its transportation. The only way to get to the island is by a 45 minute beautiful boat ride accompanied by the local friends – dolphins! The boat ride makes Daufuskie Island an excusive and private location.
Not only is Daufuskie Island known for their private and exclusive getaways. They are also known for their championship golf courses. Daufuskie Island is recognized by Golfers Digest as one of the top 75 Golf Resorts in North America. It is home to the Melrose Course and to the Bloody Point Course.
This photo is taken from their signature hole – 18th of the Melrose Course
If you feel like treating yourself and family to a memorable vacation experience, look up Daufuskie Island. If you have any questions or would like to chat with a knowledgeable member of RBC Enterprises, contract:
Brian T. Harter
Staff Manager
Oceanfront Residence Club
RBC Enterprises, Inc.
(585) 975 – 9922 (mobile)
(843) 842 – 5560 (office)
Cinema Review
•July 17, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was a winner for the Best New Filmmaker, Guy Ritchie in the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
It is not hard to see how and why this film won that prestigious award. For those of you who have never seen or heard of this movie, I strongly recommend seeing it. It will make you laugh, make you cry, and it will have you scratching your head.
One aspect that makes this movie so unique is that there are many individual stories happening throughout the entire movie. All of these individual stories come together in the end to explain everything. For me, it was an easy choice to pick this movie to critique and analyze the film work. The story makes it interesting, but the film work makes it award winning.
Interesting Film Techniques:
- Freeze Frame and Voiceovers. As all characters are being introduced, they are in the midst of motion or action and then a freeze frame with a narration describing the individual. What makes it most interesting is what these characters are in the midst of. You will need to watch the movie to see what I am talking about. There were other uses of this technique throughout the movie to tell different parts of the story.
- Using the Rule of Thirds. Throughout the movie, the camera work has individuals captured by the film technique of using the rule of thirds. The individual is either on the right or left third of the picture. The raining shot of the picture shares the audience some context with each shot. All filmmakers use this technique.
- Variety of Camera Angles. This movie was shot with many different angles that all have certain meaning. Some camera angles were shot at the floor to focus on people walking or overhead to show the main characters and to get a feeling of different types of power. One main example is the muscles of the film. There was one character that was sent around as the enforcer. Every shot of this person was taken from a lower angle. Having it shot at the lower angle gave this person the look of intimidation and power. It made it as though you in the audience were meant to fear this character.
- Lighting and Shadows. This movie takes great detail of capture light and shading when needed. This technique can set the mood or feeling of the film before the viewer even knows what is going to happen. It is somewhat smaller detail, but very important detail nonetheless.
These are just a few examples of film work techniques. There are many interesting and extravagant film work throughout the movie that you will just need to see for yourself. Next I would like to describe my favorite scene in the movie and the film technique used.
My favorite scene in the movie and happens to be the turning point of the film and the reason why these characters are put into certain situations. One character is in a card game with a few other small role people. This main character ends up loosing a hand that cost him much more money than he had. Naturally, that does not sound that great. The film work makes this part outstanding. When the character realizes he has been beat, it zooms to his eyes to see them dilate. Then the camera zooms into that individual while zooming out of the background (you then start to feel his pain and feel what he goes through). For the next minute the camera is focused on just his head as he slowly stagers out of the place. As he stagers, he is in slow motion with a trail of his figure as he moves out of the room. Then it picks up to regular speed. Awesome!
There is one other film work techniques that make this film so enjoyable. Another technique is filming certain parts of the story out of order. Sometimes it shows something happen and you may be wondering why, but then it goes back to that part at a later point. For that technique to work well, the camera work needs to be spot on with careful planning. To me, that is impressive in itself. The story is also very smooth, which helps in the transition from scene to scene.
The story is great, but the film work takes it to that next level. I strongly recommend seeing this film if you have never seen it.
EMI Week #4
•July 14, 2009 • Leave a CommentUsing Multimedia in Our Major Projects
Click on the Following Video to Start Our Lesson Today
Next Multimedia Example (Click Sound Bite)
After That, Click on the Next Video
Lastly, Click on the Last Sound Bite
Creating Podcasts:
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm
more ideas for creating podcasts:
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/blpodcast1hub.htm
Example Vodcasts:
http://vodcast.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/
Educational Video Sites:
PowerPoints:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/PowerPointHelp.htm
http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/articles/ten_secrets_for_using_powerpoint.htm
Major Project Skeleton
•July 14, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Major Project Skeleton
Creation of a Fully Functional Webpage
Purpose: Online Education
Specific Course: Architectural Drafting
Multimedia Being Used:
- Podcasts
- PowerPoint
- Video
- Voiceover
Age Level: Grades 9-12
Reasons:
- I have recently incorporated online education in my school
- Want to learn how to create fully functional webpages
- Interested in improving and using more multimedia to create meaningful lessons
Resources:
Creating Podcasts?
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm
more ideas for creating podcasts:
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/blpodcast1hub.htm
Example Vodcasts:
http://vodcast.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/
Educational Video Sites:
PowerPoints:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/PowerPointHelp.htm
http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/articles/ten_secrets_for_using_powerpoint.htm
