1. Describe how lighting, colors, and shadows are used to create a mood or feeling in commercials, TV shows and movies and use a YouTube video as an example to explain your answer. Name a movie, video or a director who uses lights, colors and shadows effectively and why?
Lighting, colors, and shadows are utilized in videos every day, especially in professional video productions such as commercials, TV shows and movies especially. Lighting, colors and shadows are utilized best to get an emotional reaction from viewers. Dark lighting is often associated with a depressing, and sometimes scary mood. While lots of bright colors are usually associated with joy and a happy event. Some movies will combine dark lighting and darker colors to create an eerie feeling. One director who knows how to get a reaction out of viewers through their use of light, color and shadows is director Frank Miller in his movie Sin City.
The majority of Miller's scene is black and white and it has very dark lighting and lots of shadows. A unique asset in this movie however, is that it uses colors in some areas to emphasize a particular item to get the viewer's attention. In this particular scene Miller chose to make the blood red while everything else was black and white. This gets viewers to acknowledge the blood. The lighting on the other hand adds the eeriness in this incredibly gory and dark film. The woods in this scene are dark, and there are flashes of lighting that are startling and scary. These are perfect examples of how these assets set the mood. One other neat feature is when the shot goes completely black and white, with no in between grays. This occurs when the dog begins to eat his owner (I know, Miller is sort of messed in the head) by leaving the colors like this the viewer is given a very bare image, as a result they are left to fill in the blanks with their imagination concerning what is going on and how gory it is.
2. Describe how natural sounds, music, voice and noises are used to create a feeling or mood in
TV shows, commercials and TV shows to get a response or deliver a message. Again, you must
use a YouTube video as an example to explain your answer. Name a movie director or a
performing artist/musician/group who uses sound, music, voice or noises to create a feeling or
mood, and describe the mood (s) they create by their use of sound and yes use a video clip to
back up your point. Post the link when post your answer as a Doc on FB.
Natural sounds, music, voices and noises are all used to get different types of moods from the audience. A slow, patterned beat can be used to build suspense in viewers, while a fast beat can give them an adrenaline rush. Loud sounds can either cause excitement or fear in viewers depending on the context and their heart rate when the sound first approaches. In the movie The Matrix their is a memorable scene were they enter a very secure building, set off a metal detector and then start a massive fire fight.
In these scene sound plays a huge role, the excessive gun fire is used to give the reader a sense of the chaos that is going on in the lobby and the music is used to increase the heart beat of the viewer and give them an adrenaline rush similar to how the characters in the movie are most likely feeling. The beginning of the clip has a slow beat that stimulates suspense and at the end it becomes completely quiet to represent the new calm and threat free environment.
3. Describe how motion is utilized in TV shows, commercials, and films to get a response and to deliver a message. Yes, you must use a YouTube video as an example to explain your answer. Post the link also.
Motion pretty much sets the pace of movies, with motion the pace of action can speed up and slow down instantaneously. Motion can gain viewers' attention by creating unique and interesting motions that are commonly found in fighting scenes, it can also deliver messages by in the way motions are committed. The motions in this selected fight scene from Kill Bill Volume I get a reader's response and deliver a message.
In this scene Uma Thurman's character gets a response from viewers through her motions. The scene is filled with blood rocketing out of people's body and limbs flying off, these motions that come following the slicing motion of a blade get viewers to cringe at the sight of these gory, gory motions and images. The message delivered through all of this motions is obvious: don't mess with Uma Thurman and her katana, she'll mess you up.
4. What is the best part of your experience in this class and why? What were the most important things that you learned in this class? List at least three.
The best part of my experience in your class was simply attending class. Each class period was a new experience and Doc Chris always found a way to class time fun and educational. It was the only class that I truly looked forward to going to. The most important thing I learned in class was to view movies and other videos in a new light and really analyze the sight, sound and motion in the videos. One other thing I've learned in class is the importance of coordinating group work. My group didn't do this very well and because of it I fell we struggled. One last important thing I learned in class was that college classes can in fact be fun, and that not every class is the same boring lecture period.
5. Explain how you like working in groups in this class, and how has your team grown. Did you like using Facebook as the primary communications tool, and did think it made the class closer as a group?
I enjoyed working in groups in our class, however I can safely say that my group struggled in this aspect. I don't think my group fully utilized the communication resources that were available to us by messaging each other on facebook or sending each other emails. I think that throughout the classes my group got better at communicating but it is still far from mastering this. I think that if class was more than once a week my group would have grown tremendously. I think that it's really cool we used facebook as a primary communications tool and it came in handy. Using facebook made it incredibly easier to ask questions to not only the teacher, but the class as a whole, and this was very useful. I definitely think that using facebook made the class closer as a group, it encouraged our communicating with each other.
Evaluate your team. To be fair being put on trial tough; however, it literally happens every day at TV stations, ad agencies, film studios, government studios and PR agencies; do you understand why folks were put on trial rather than giving a failing grade for making mistakes and why the trials were public? Explain. Did you notice that people grew after being placed on trial, and cite and example?
Like I said earlier, my team had trouble communicating with each other which proved to be a problem, but in the end everybody did their part of the work so it didn't end up being too big of a problem. I am under the impression that folks were put on trial for the sake of giving them an extra chance instead of just failing them for one mishap. The trials were public because it served as an extra motivator, the class knows who was put on trial, and when they were, and through this everyone knows who does their work and who doesn't. Knowing this information could cause humiliation to people put on trial so they will try harder and also people put on trial who may need help will know who they can ask by looking for people who either aren't put on trial often or are put on trial for good work and recognition. I think that after being put on trial students tried at least a bit harder. I was put on trial only once and it was for good work, this served as a little booster to my motive and made me work harder knowing that I was doing well. I also recall John Kenyon being put on trial once or twice and you saying that his work has improved tremendously since then.
Do you think that being put on trial made you more accountable to your group, this class, yourself and your professor?
I was only put on trial once and it was to acknowledge my hard work and the timely arrival of my assignments, but even this sort of trial proved to be really useful. It made me feel like I was doing a good job and that I could help out people if they needed any. So I would say it made me feel more accountable for my group, the class, myself and Doc Chris.
6. How have you grown in this course thus? Has it helped you critically think and have you applied what you have learned in other courses yet? Examine your blog for 20 minutes and review your reflections, do you understand why Dr. Chris did some things that appeared unorthodoxed at first but made sense in the end? Do you feel more aware of what you see, do you view things that you know differently, and are you more aware of your environment after having taken this class?
I think that I've definitely grown in this course and have become better not only at doing the SSM technique but also at expressing my own individual opinions like I did in my DC blog post. I have used what I learned in this course in my intro to comm class so the skills I'm learning are definitely coming in handy. On the first day of class I thought it was really weird that the teacher had us staring at an over head projector and describing it, but now I think I fully understand. By doing all of these Vulcan posts it helps us learn to look at things differently in the way that maybe someone shooting a video would need to. In a way it almost helps to increase the capacity of our imaginations by doing these SSM analyzations. The answers to the last questions are yes, yes and yes. I definitely am more aware of what I see and hear and it gives me a whole new perspective on things.
List your favorite part of the Sight, Sound & Motion process and why?
My favorite process is sight because it comes very easily to me to describe it.
List the most challenging part of the Sight, Sound & Motion process and why?
The most challenging part to me is motion, only because it takes the most time to describe and analyze
List your least favorite part of the Sight, Sound & Motion process and why? Do you understand
My least favorite part is motion because it is the most difficult for me to analyze.
why it is necessary now even though it is not your favorite part of the process?
I completely understand why motion is necessary even though it is not my favorite. It is a key part in the communications field and is something used every day, making it very important.
Should I keep the Soul Train Line as a motion activity or add more unique motion activities like skate boarding, volleyball or soccer?
I think that you should keep the soul train line but it'd also be cool to throw in something like volleyball or soccer because it's something you see everyday, but you never look at it in that light.
What was your favorite moment in this class?
My favorite part of class was probably all the class periods when we got free food. But I also was surprised by how much I enjoyed making a blog and expressing my opinion on matters.
7. Evaluate Dr. Chris. Did he do an effective job coaching you and preparing you for the production process? Do you like the fact that social media, applied exams and exercises, and intern hours instead of using primarily textbooks, notebooks and handouts? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this class with Dr. Chris to a friend or classmate? Why or why not? Do you think that other other professors should utilize these methods? Did you feel like you received indiviudual attention and support from Dr. Chris when you ran into a problem in the course? What grade would you give this class? What would you like Dr. Chris to done more of in this class? Did you feel confident with the Sight, Sound & Motion process now after having taken this class? Knowing what you know about this class would take it again with Dr. Chris and why? Did you like doing non-traditional examinations where you actually demonstrated your knowledge inside College Center, in the main quad and in the classroom? Why? Did you realize that you were the sight, sound and motion that created sight, sound and motion from the people in your surroundings? Do you feel more confident approaching other classes based on what you learned in the class.
I think that Doc Chris definitely did a good job leading the class and that his methods were not only engaging but effective. I like the way Doc Chris ran the class and think it's awesome that he acknowledged how terrible the text book was and actually did something about it as opposed to most teachers who say "this book is outdated" and then continue to teach you on it. Doc Chris pulled out the key ideas of the book and then taught them to us in a way that proved more affective and entertaining. I would definitely recommend Doc Chris' class to friends or classmates interested in a communications class. I think that thanks to the way Doc Chris teaches the class it is easy, and that even though it's easy it still helps students learn. I think that anyone would enjoy the class and would be glad that they took it. I think that thanks to the way Doc Chris set up the class on facebook it was really easy to contact him and ask him questions. He also gave us ways to reach him at home, like his phone number, which I never used but always knew was there in case I needed it. I think I'd give this class a solid A. It taught me a lot, but I still feel like maybe there were one or two more things I could have learned about the production process. I feel like one thing I'd have liked to do more is practice some terminology such as the terminology we used for lighting and camera angles. Although I feel like those things are sort of common sense to me at this point in my life I don't think it would have hurt for someone else to try and teach me about them. After taking the class I feel more than confident with the Sight, Sound and motion tools taught to us by Doc Chris. I would definitely take this class or another class again with Doc Chris, the classes are really fun and more importantly I actually learn a lot from them. I enjoyed doing non traditional examinations and think it was refreshing to get away from the pencil and paper for a while. The examinations were fun and I felt a lot more confident leaving the non traditional exams than I usually do leaving a pen and paper exam. Now that I think back to it I don't think I was aware of the fact that we were the sound, sight and motion for other people at the time of exams, but it makes sense to me that that's what the case was. I am planning on taking a video class next semester and after taking this class I feel very confident about going into the video class and really practicing some of the sight, sound and motion techniques I learned in Doc Chris' class.
Here is your last Sight, Sound and Motion exercise. Briefly describe this class using the Sight, Sound Motion tool that we created to describe this class with the Vulcan method and then your opinion. Good luck!
Sight: Dark male in front of rows of table like objects. Rectangular metallic objects with light bursting out of one side are set on top of the table like objects. Around 15 or more people are all sitting in front of the light bursting objects looking at the dark man who appears to be talking. The people are sitting in rows of 3.
Sound: Low, ecstatic, crackly voice. Laughter follows this voice. Miscellaneous male and female voices respond. Music and random other sounds play. clapping, snapping, whistling.
Motion: People file into a room one by one at random intervals. A dark male moves left and right and up and down rows approaching people. People walk down an aisle formed by two lines of people doing different motions that seem like they could be dances.
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