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How to shoot News Pictures - Red Bull Illume

Meet Romina Amato, a freelance photographer from Switzerland that specializes in capturing news related images. In this clip, Romina offers her opinion on launching a successful career in news photography, and the many attributes an aspiring news photographer must exhibit. She also offers insight on different camera lenses, image format, delivery, and most importantly, creativity.

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Rooftopping photography is a dangerous new fad in which daredevils climb to extremely high (and often off-limits) urban locations in order to shoot vertigo-inducing photographs. Two of the most famous practitioners in the world right now are Vadim Mahorov and Vitaliy Yakhnenko, two young Russian daredevils who have attracted a great deal of attention for their images (they’re the same guys who recently snuck to the top of Egypt’s Great Pyramid).

If you want to see how the duo works, check out the short 6-minute documentary film above (warning: there’s a bit of strong language). It’s titled “Roofer’s Point of View,” and was created by HUB Footwear.

Read more at http://petapixel.com/2013/04/30/bts-photographing-from-urban-heights-with-russian-daredevil-rooftoppers/#whrTmof8B0mwFDZm.99 

The New York Times - Jason Hogan

Young Voters More Partisan, Poll Says

     The New York Times has a video department of 18 video staff, but Ann Derry, the television editorial director, will also accept a host of freelance work from videojournalists. This video was shot by a staff videojournalist Kristyn Ulanday and staff reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg. It focused on the young generation of political enthusiasts known as millenials.

    The video focuses on the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and a poll conducted with 18- to 29-year-olds concerned with the direction of national politics. Primarily, two interviews were conducted  with members of the institute and what the findings of the poll produced. The video used B-roll of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and students at the local campus of Harvard who show an interest in the Obama Administration's direction for the nation, mostly gun rights and gun laws.

    The reporting and research data infused with a lot of B-roll with the campus area and splattered with Obama addresses to the nation amid crises such as Sandy Hook show that most people between the ages of 18 and 29 are not for more strict gun laws. The two members of the Institute of Politics said data suggests there is actually a more evident rift forming between young adults and the Obama Administration, even though they thought results would show the opposite in the wake of so many national attacks lately that has strengthened the debate.

Ground Birds: Build It (and they will come)- Erica Gomez

URL: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/birds-animals/ground-birds/bowerbirds-courtship/

The video was about Male bowerbirds building elaborate nests to attract female bowerbirds.  They use any objects like trash from people to help build their nest. Males also have to perform in order to attract female bowerbirds. However, even with elaborate nest and performances, female bowerbirds are very choosy in choosing their mates.

The video has no voiceovers; it uses texts to give out information about bowerbirds. The video uses still photos more so than video.  Using text to give out information, instead of a mixture of voiceovers and texts, it makes the video boring and dull. However, the still photos and video brings the video to life.

Even though the video is used in the national geographic site, which is appropriate for this type video. I thin the video can also be marketed in Discovery Channel or Animal planet.  Those two networks would work because Discovery Channel markets towards documentaries about different things around the world and Animal planet markets information about different types of animals. 

The Lifeline - Jason Hogan

The Lifeline

    "Since the war in Iraq began three years ago, more than 17,000 American soldiers have been injured; an average of 109 soldiers per week." A staggering statement in 2006, and still remains so today. The Lifeline was a photo story captured by Rick Loomis, where he overlaid ambient background noise such as helicopters in Iraq arriving at helo pads with injured American soldiers. The story tells of the dangers of deployment to the war zone of Iraq at the height of military-guerrilla warfare.

    It details the stories and injuries to three American soldiers: Lieutenant Geiger and Specialists Griffin and Foster. Voiceovers from some of the emergency room physicians explains that chances for survival of American soldiers who make it to the ER are 90 percent. Some soldiers, like Griffin, suffer such devastating injuries they cannot even call home to their families once they've been stabilized without the aid of hospital personnel. So, Loomis provides another voiceover with a medical physician assisting Griffin with placing a call home while he dictates his physical state to his family through a writing pad.

    The combination of sobering photography with natural sound of the environment of Iraq places the viewer in the situations that some of the soldiers go through during time of war. Even though people might not truly be able to understand, the strength of the voices of the people accompanied with natural sound allows viewers to become more sympathetic.

Cloistered for Christ-Angel

The documentary is a 2.38min about nuns living life in the convent. The video is make up of still images accompany with voice-over. The speakers do not give their name and they speak only Spanish. The Spanish track is left as background noise as the translation becomes the main sound in the video. The Spanish track always starts off first and then is overlaid by the translation track. As the voice track is being play they show pictures that go with what the voice is talking about it. It’s a really short video and it’s done really well. For my final project I will be doing a similar technique, except I will also use video and not just still images.      

King William's Fair- Erica Gomez

Sound of the Environment- Ch. 8

URL: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/photographers_gallery/video_journal/cyclone/index.html?SITE=AP

Gerry Mendito is the manager at the Coney Island’s Cylclone roller coaster that has just turned 80 years old. The video starts off with Mendito talking about how every morning two people check the track of the roller coaster to make sure everything is correct. Then they have a mechanic to check the seating. Mendito has never ridden the Cyclone and only knows how it feels to be on the roller coaster from other people. The video also shows a point of view of someone riding the roller coaster and you can see how much the camera shakes when riding the coaster.

                  

 The sound in the video is of great quality. They used the sound of the roller coaster going up and down the track as well as people screaming while riding the roller coaster. It seems like they used a mic to capture the sound of the roller coaster and the noise it makes while going up and down the track. You can also hear the wind and sometimes when it was cutting to the next video segment, it was hard to understand what people were saying for a split second or two. When Mendito was talking there was sometimes distracting sound from people working around him, which takes away from what he is saying in the video.

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Mesquite Assignment 4

 Collaborated with Erica, she filmed brooks computer lab.

2013 Fiesta San Fernando

http://youtu.be/_FuX3vdeTdg

2013 Class Ring Ceremony - Jeremiah Cook

http://youtu.be/ew4ikkh2kx4

2013 Class Ring Ceremony

Jason - Premiere Pro Clip

Premiere Pro Tutuorial

Video from my 2011 entry into the Crash the Superbowl contest edited to show dissolve, title, audio crossfade, and marks

Premier Pro Clip- Gomez

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Final Project Requirements

Must be created in Premiere Pro.
Use Approved Subject
Time___ Min_5min-Max 7min.
From Chapter 10, page 141_ Include ALL of the shots/angles listed
Include a talking head
Min_ 4 fadeaways/transitions

Include_ Title and end credits, Must Include proper class name and school name.
Use an Off-Camera Mic, shotgun or lavalier
Use music, make sure it is FREE and be sure to include title/copyright in the credits.
Post on blog, for grading/presentation

Know for you talk after your presentation
Frame rate
mic use
What are you most proud of
What would you have done differently if anything
What was the challenge in making this video, if any

EXAM TIME May 7 @ 7a.m.-8:50 a.m.

TUES  May 7,  EXAM TIME   7a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
Don't be late, have final project ready.

The newsroom will be taken over at 8:30am for a source awards.

We start Part 1 of the test in the newsroom at 7a.m.,  We will use the computers and produce a video.
Finish at 745a.m. Move to the classroom to present your final project.
After all are finished, we take Part 2, a written exam.
When done go by the newsroom for snacks and treats. Have a great Summer!

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Posted February 14, 2013

Powerpuff cheers-Angel

Video is of Hidden Valley High School boys dressing up as cheerleaders or as they call it “Powerbuff Cheers.” The 2.36 minute video is made up of still images with voice over. The video never actually introduces the characters or narrator. Instead video tells a story of what powerbuff is; football players and cheerleaders switch places for the night. One of the guys describes Powerbuff as “weird,” which is sort of random but funny. Guy use bras stuffed with socks or balloons to exaggerate their bust, lots of make-up, and wigs to look the part. As the guys show up for the game girls ask them questions about their look. One girl asked “where did you get your bra,” “walmart” responds the guy. Finally the guys get in formation and preform their cheer… without trying to lose their boobs.  

(Meant to post last night but was sick.) 

Baby Feras - Jason Hogan

     The introduction to the video was a traditional newscast segment, where the Al Jazeera International host introduced the controversial topic of being a Gaza citizen that required medical aid from outside its borders in neighboring Israel. Baby Feras has a heart condition where he was born with two holes in it, also shortening his lifespan. Heart wrenching matters always gains a high viewership.

     Video clips from Baby Feras' childhood led off the segment. Casey Kaufmann and the videographers constructed the story in a way to show how much his family intended to enjoy their time with their son as if it would be their last. It is one of those stories that if the viewer has no prior knowledge they are waiting in hopes that the child will survive.

     The race around the city in order to gain passage across the Israeli border offered a great rise in action. It displayed the joyful emotions that the father was going through at the time, as well as trepidation. The pitfall in emotions came when the parents arrived at the hospital in Gaza only to find out they were too late and Baby Feras had died. They displayed the natural emotions of anger and sadness at the passing of a child, especially since it was in the realm of possibility to save him if there were not so many political hoops to jump through in order to provide him with the necessary medical care in nearby Israel. All of the high and low points organized in natural and linear segments made for a heartbreaking story.