Class reflection.

My experience thru this class has been both fun and educational. Any time you find yourself having fun accomplishing a task makes you think maybe this is what you want to do for the rest of your life. I learned the art of video editing thru the class experience and was quite amazed out how things are really done in the movie world. The magic of editing is a powerful often overlooked tool. The video mash up project was my first real shot at editing. Everything after that has been a love hate trail by fire experience. Looking back down the barrel yes I could have done things differently but I feel my works reflected my abilities with editing. I hope one day my skills are better and sharper. Practice makes perfect. The shot by shot video was a hate relationship. All the editing was left to me and I pulled my hair out. It makes you realize just how complicated even a simple looking shot really is. The amount of planning and execution that must go on during full scale movies is mind blowing. This class has only given me a taste of what that is like and I want more. Thank you for being a great professor and congrats on your first semester at fgcu.

Final project video.

I decided to keep the video down to around three minutes. This is due to the feed back I received in the planning stages of the video. The point is presented quickly and if the video was much longer the point would be dead. Master chief is doing boring everyday things. Going to the bathroom pouring tea and looking at bills are all real life activities that we simply never see master chief do. When we do see a hero or character doing these things they become comical. The audio is meant to sound like radio talk and gun fire being heard inside master chiefs helmet. It shows that he is still connected to the action but is currently being left out. It has been several years since master chief has been in a halo game and with bungie's announcement about halo 4 I felt this video would fit right in. The suit i am wearing is a full leather suit with fitted abs plastic parts over the leather. The plastic is painted to look like master chief. As you can imagine a full leather suit is very hot to wear. Not only that but mobility is limited as well. I feel this video is successful because it gets the point across quickly and in a humorous way. Things I would do different are use a different camera and use a better editing program.

Story board

My costume pictures.

rough script

Halo video rough story board.

Master chief wakes up.

Walks down hall and starts to do mundane everyday things.

Ironing shirts, making food, watching tv, doing laundry, paying bills, face booking,

txting, then go to the surreal  Girl friend breaking up with him and anger

management class. Or heavy drinking. All infused with game footage of halo game cut

scenes for added affect.

Ends with black screen of halo 4 coming soon the coming soon deleted slowly with

not soon enough then pan out to master chief at the computer typing then sip of

coffee black screen end.

editing.

Just loading up our shot video. Its not going to be anything spectacular but if it were up to me we would have done better and more.

location photo.

First determined location.

Script for barton fink

HOTEL LOBBY

0-11 seconds

            A high wide shot from the front door, looking down across

            wilting potted palms, brass cuspidors turning green, ratty

            wing chairs; the fading decor is deco-gone-to-seed.

            Amber light, afternoon turning to evening, slopes in from

            behind us, washing the derelict lobby with golden highlights. 

            Barton Fink enters frame from beneath the camera and stops

            in the middle foreground to look across the lobby.

            We are framed on his back, his coat and hat. The lobby is

            empty.  There is a suspended beat as Barton takes it in. 

            Barton moves toward the front desk.

            THE REVERSE

11-27 seconds

            As Barton stops at the empty desk. He hits a small silver

            bell next to the register. Its ring-out goes on and on without

            losing volume.

27-36 seconds

            After a long beat there is a dull scuffle of shoes on stairs. 

            Barton, puzzled, looks around the empty lobby, then down at

            the floor behind the front desk.

36-44 seconds shot from behind fink in confusion

44-53 seconds peer over and opening of hatch.

           

A TRAP DOOR

            It swings open and a young man in a faded maroon uniform,

            holding a shoebrush and a shoe – not one of his own – climbs

            up from the basement.

53-55 seconds hatch reaction of finks face

            He closes the trap door, steps up to the desk and sticks his

            finger out to touch the small silver bell, finally muting

            it.

55-58 seconds Chet stands up and moves towards the bell.

58- 1:00 Chet finger to bell

            The lobby is now silent again.

                                                CLERK

1:00-1:03 Shot from behind fink welcome dialogue    

            Welcome to the Hotel Earle. May I

                        help you, sir?

                                                BARTON

1:03-1:06 Shot of fink face with dialogue                       

I'm checking in. Barton Fink.

            The clerk flips through cards on the desk.

                                                CLERK

1:06 1:24 Shot from behind fink. Rolodex scene with dialogue.                   

F-I-N-K. Fink, Barton. That must be

                        you, huh?

                                                BARTON

                        Must be.

                                                CLERK

                        Okay then, everything seems to be in

                        order. Everything seems to be in

                        order.

1:24-1:34 Spiral down shot on to sign in book.

            He is turning to a register around for Barton to sign.

                                                CLERK

1:34-1:43 Side shot from Chet left shoulder both actors visible with dialogue.

                        ...Are you a tranz or a rez?

                                                BARTON

                        Excuse me?

                                                CLERK

                        Transient or resident?

                                                BARTON

                        I don't know... I mean, I'll be here,

                        uh, indefinitely.

                                                CLERK

1:43-1:50 semi close up of just chet from left cheek with dialogue.

                        Rez. That'll be twenty-five fifty a

                        week payable in advance. Checkout

                        time is twelve sharp, only you can

                        forget that on account you're a rez. 

                        If you need anything, anything at

                        all, you dial zero on your personal

                        in-room telephone and talk to me. My

                        name is Chet.

1:50-1:54 Pan from chet left shoulder towards chet till just fink in picture.

                                                BARTON

                        Well, I'm going to be working here,

                        mostly at night; I'm a writer. Do

                        you have room service?

                                                CLERK

                        Kitchen closes at eight but I'm the

                        night clerk. I can always ring out

                        for sandwiches.

1:54-2:01 Chet dialogue over fink right shoulder with dialogue.

            The clerk is scribbling something on the back of an index

            card.

                                                CLERK

                        ...Though we provide privacy for the

                        residential guest, we are also a

                        full service hotel including

                        complimentary shoe shine. My name is

                        Chet.

2:01-2:03 Chet card slide with follow pan Chet name dialogue.

           

He pushes a room key across the counter on top of the index

            card.

            Barton looks at the card.

            On it: "CHET!" Barton looks back up at the clerk. They regard

            each other for a beat.

                                                CLERK

                        ...Okay

                                                BARTON

                        Huh?

            The clerk.

                                                CLERK

                        Okey-dokey, go ahead.

                                                BARTON

                        What –

                                                CLERK

                        Don't you wanna go to your room?!

            Barton stares at him.

                                                BARTON

                        ...What number is it?

            The clerk stares back.

                                                CLERK

                        ...Six-oh-five. I forgot to tell

                        you.

            As Barton stoops to pick up his two small bags:

2:03-2:09 Fink putting card in pocket picking up bags with dialogue

                                                CLERK

2:09-2:11 Chet only shot with only bags dialogue.

                        ...Those your only bags?

                                                BARTON

2:11-2:15 shot of fink off chet ear.

                        The others are being sent.

            The clerk leans over the desk to call after him:

2:15-2:18 pan away from chet.

                                                CLERK

2:18-2:39 long pan away from chet with dialogue.

                        I'll keep an eye out for them. I'll

                        keep my eyes peeled, Mr. Fink.

            Barton is walking to the elevator.

            ELEVATOR

            Barton enters and sets down his bags.

            An aged man with white stubble, wearing a greasy maroon

            uniform, sits on a stool facing the call panel. He does not

            acknowledge Barton's presence.

            After a beat:

                                                BARTON

                        ...Six, please.

            The elevator man gets slowly to his feet. As he pushes the

            door closed:

                                                ELEVATOR MAN

                        Next stop: Six.

            SIXTH-FLOOR HALLWAY

            Barton walks slowly toward us, examining the numbers on the

            doors.

            The long, straight hallway is carpeted with an old stained

            forest green carpet. The wallpaper shows faded yellowing

            palm trees.  Barton sticks his key in the lock of a door

            midway down the hall.

            HIS ROOM

            As Barton enters.

            The room is small and cheaply furnished. There is a lumpy

            bed with a worn yellow coverlet, an old secretary table, and

            a wooden luggage stand.

            As Barton crosses the room we follow to reveal a sink and

            wash basin, a house telephone on a rickety night stand, and

            a window with yellowing sheers looking on an air shaft. 

            Barton throws his valise onto the bed where it sinks,

            jittering.  He shrugs off his jacket.

            Pips of sweat stand out on Barton's brow. The room is hot. 

            He walks across the room, switches on an oscillating fan and

            struggles to throw open the window. After he strains at it

            for a moment, it slides open with a great wrenching sound. 

            Barton picks up his Underwood and places it on the secretary

            table. He gives the machine a casually affectionate pat. 

            Next to the typewriter are a few sheets of house stationary:

            "THE HOTEL EARLE: A DAY OR A LIFETIME."

            We pan up to a picture in a cheap wooden frame on the wall

            above the desk. A bathing beauty sits on the beach under a

            cobalt blue sky. One hand shields her eyes from the sun as

            she looks out at a crashing surf.

            The sound of the surf mixes up.

            BARTON

            Looking at the picture

            TRACKING IN ON THE PICTURE

            The surf mixes up louder. We hear a gull cry.

            The sound snaps off with the ring

shot by shot

Frank = filming
Jason = Editing
Apolonia = Directing

Locations = Fgcu, My house, Undisclosed location, local hotels
Actors = Frank, Jason, Apolonia.
Props = Hat, Book, Bell, Two brief cases, picture, rolodex
Time line = Filming will all be done this thursday. first 40 seconds in fgcu hall. rest of time and places to be determined.

Grades out

Just received a grade of 87 on my video mash up. Next time I hope to push myself harder. Hopefully I will do better next time.

Finished mash

Mash up link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUjym4D3Q4U

Video mash up.

continuing to edit video mash up. Almost finished. Still deciding to add song or not.

my mash video.

I have decided to go with a video mash up of riots over time. There are several shots showing different riots over the past 30 years. But i decicded to not order the videos cronologically to show that when that patern isnt there that all riots look the same.

About me

My name is Frank Gumpert i'm 21 years old. I am a art major and i'm a junior.

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