Story of Film – Episode 2 – The Hollywood Dream

Episode 2 – The Hollywood Dream

The following is from Wikipedia

1918-1928: The Triumph of American Film…

shows light being used in a studio

one of first feature length films by C.Chaplin

entertainment and politics

Story of Film – Episode 1 – Birth of the Cinema

Birth of the Cinema

Episode 1 – Birth of the Cinema[edit]

The following is from Wikipedia

Introduction

-peacefull beach in Ireland to film, brought bullets and explosives

-have us feel we’re there

-Studio sets arent classical

-too perfectly staged

-zoomed in ideas expanded

1895-1918: The World Discovers a New Art Form or Birth of the Cinema

-Workers leaving factory, the first

-Movies shown to a crowd not just inside a box, but projected

-one of the first films, a train coming toward the screen

-first tracking shot

-one of first filmed sports

1903-1918: The Thrill Becomes Story or The Hollywood Dream

-cuts between two storylines at once

-parrallel editing

-to build tention and cut between two stories

-one of first reverse angle shots

-when looking away, a look back at the person from a new perspective

-when started to show peoples faces more clearly

-used light to his advantage

-Made a greatd multi film

-first test of youth and glamor

-atracted people to see

-looking at people in different shots

-one looks at one side, one the other

-Vader looks at a person off the shot, then switched to an officer looking back at him in another shot

-One of the first movie directors

-first dramatic art film

-shows movie

-one of first films showng fear

-a civil war film, one of the first

-one of first dolly shots

-storylines intertwining

Film – Week 7 – Tools, Time, and Rooms

Film – Week 7 – Tools, Time, and Rooms

 

CreativeCommons image Tool Stash by Meena Kadri at Flickr.com

SUMMARY

I have decided to use iMovie as my main editing software and have done the first lesson on sneakonthelot.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I have chosen to work with iMovie as my film/video editor that I will use. I’ll use iMovie because this is what I normally use to compile my videos together. Plus I am familiar with using it and hope to get better at using it throughout the year.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/
Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/

I ahve completed this. It was good to do.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Finished sneakonthelot

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

 

SUMMARY

I was able to watch a video on getting things done and disect what information was shared during this video.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image of David Allen at TED Talk
Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk

-complete blog posts in film class

-find book for independent reading in english class

-watch Finding Joe for Theory of Knowledge

-Watch TED Talk on Success for Theory of Knowledge

-Finish math assignment 1.2 ready, set, go parts for Algebra 2

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Rewatch from 18:08-19:55 of the video
  • Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
    • Most important at the top
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

-Finish math assignment 1.2 ready, set, go parts for Algebra 2

-complete blog posts in film class

-find book for independent reading in english class

-watch Finding Joe for Theory of Knowledge

-Watch TED Talk on Success for Theory of Knowledge

 

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

https://giphy.com/gifs/time-clock-konczakowski-d3yxg15kJppJilnW

This worked well for my assignments I needed to complete.

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

David Allen image
Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
  • Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
    • How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?

 

the GTD proccess can help get me organized so than I can get mhy things done and see what needs to be done in front of me. So than When I finish I can check it off and at the begining of the next day I can have a visual of what needs to be done.

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Read the article and go for another walk 🙂

 Katia Verresen homepage
Katia Verresen, kvaleadership.com

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned that a very good way to set up your GTD system is to make lists and write it down so you can have a view of what you’re doing to do. Writing them down is the best way to do it because you cannot just memorize the 100+ things may need to do in a week or one day. Sorting it out is the way to go so than you can meet all standards and get things accomplished.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Film – Week 8 – Screenwriting

Film – Week 8 – Screenwriting

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SUMMARY

I really enjoyed what we did this week. The Celtx looks like a good source to use in screenwriting. and the 8 parts the you, need, go, search, find, take, return, change of the basics of a story is something new that I learned.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I have watched all of the video tutarials on Celtx and created an account. This is really cool.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/

 

I was able to finish Sneak on the lot activity #1 and then I took the quiz and got 5/5 on it.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

 

Most of the things that create tention on me right now is probably everything I am doing in my algebra 2 class. Very tough class for me.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

 

-Bill walks down the street and sees someone with a knife walking with red balloons. He goes and checks it out and turns out he is apart of the circus. But after he takes his balloon, the second he turns around the guy starts running.

-Roger and Ben see a large cloud above them in the woods. They see Joe smiling at them with a green gem. Roger and Ben try and stop him from becoming rich. Joe is the school bully. What must be done to stop him from gainning power.

-Mary is at a bench looking at a lake with swans, when she sees massive bubbles coming out from the water. She sees a person with wings and is shocked. Then she wakes up with wings the next morning, where did she go. She looks for a way back but cannot find that other winged person she saw at the lake. Will she get back to her normal life.

STUDIO (FILMING)

 

I really liked how it was broken down into 8 parts the you, need, go, search, find, take, return, change.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned that the 8 parts the you, need, go, search, find, take, return, change. are the basic of every storyline.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

 

“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Your toughest work is defining what your work is! –  Peter Drucker

SUMMARY

  • Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
    • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk

  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Write a list, here in this section of your blog,

-I need to complete the previous 3 blog posts in this class

-I need to complete my duet recording orchestra

-I need to my practice record in orchestra

 

    • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk

  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
  1. I need to complete week 7 blog post
  2. I need to complete the week 8 blog post
  3. I need to complete the Screenwriting blog post
  4. I need to complete all of my orchestra assignments (duet and practice record)
    • Most important at the top
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

https://giphy.com/gifs/time-clock-konczakowski-d3yxg15kJppJilnW

  1. Set a timer for your first task
    • Decide how long you think it will take before you start
  2. Start working
  3. Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
    • Get up and get a drink of water
    • Get up and go for a walk
    • Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
      • This is good for your eyes

Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen

Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done

  • Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
    • How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?
  • Then, go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
  • Write a few sentence reflection
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂

Katia Verresen, kvaleadership.com

“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.”  – Read more about Katia…

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Write only a few sentences of WHAT YOU LEARNED
  • In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Developing Quality Workflow

Developing Quality Workflow

 

What is Workflow?

Image Creative Workflow from Behance.com, https://www.behance.net/gallery/27919515/Creative-workflow-GIF

Work•flow /ˈwərkflō/

“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com

Workflow is the cycle of how people get things done.

Stages of Creation Development

Inspiration

How do we find ideas to develop?

We find ideas by walking around and sometimes we just have an idea come in mind. To find a good process I would think of an idea and then branch off and find other ones. It really depends how you think and what process works for you personally. To measure quality you probably should look at how detailed the ideas are and if that will bea good idea to use. In my opinion I ththink that anyone who sees or hears your idea is the judge of what the quality is.

 

Intention

How do we clarify our specific goal(s) for a project?

We can clarify by colaborating. That is a tool that we should use in group projects. But for solo projects I think that you need to look at a goal and which one is the most reasonable. The quality of the goal is what you make it, if you wanna make a video and say as a goal you want to make it 1h long. That will be a pain to watch, but if it is 10min. That would be a better goal. Quality of goals is hard, but you can make it what you want it to.

Pre-production

How can we brainwrite, brainstorm, storyboard, and plan our ideas at this phase?

Use of paper and typing on a google doc is a very good way to make a brainstorm. Overall paper is the best way to go because you can remember more of what you write. That is where you should brainwrite, brainstorm, and the storyboard. In this case you would measure your quality on how you wrote and brainstormed. Production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our plan for this phase? This is where we actually make the project.

We should use email or use a shared google doc to communicate to see everyones ideas. To judge this you will have to collaborate on how well your group has shared ideas and plans.

 

Post-production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our final stages of the project for this phase? This is where we publish the project.

For finalizing the project you should showw off the final project after finished to double check if there is any changes you want made. If not, then go ahead and submit the video.

Presentation/Performance

How do we share our project with our learning community, advisory members, and the world?

We should use Vimeo and YouTube to show our videos to the world and just to share with people who want to see it. The quality to do this is just to publish the video and if there is problems then that will be obvious that there is an issue. The world will measure your quality.

 

Feedback

How do we conduct a feedback session at the end of the project development cycle?

By talking or emailing to someone on how they did on a certain project.

 

Recipe For Success: Harrison Ford

Recipe For Success: PLACE PERSON’s Harrison Ford

Who is one of your mentors?

Harrison Ford

COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING:

 

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Image of Harrison Fordyg

picture from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford

Born: July 14, 1942

Place: Chicago, Illinois

Personal Success Definition

I define success when a person creates something amazing and shows or shares it to the world around them to make it better.

Harrison Ford is a very successful actor and he is in really good movies and has worked with the best directors ever. He is in popular movies like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, he really brings the adventure into a film when you see him in a movie. By bing in those movies and I am sure many others, this is what led him to be a successful actor.

Skills for Success

Harrison Ford is a actor. Early in life he was a boyscout(1) and he began his acting career in L.A. in 1964. He got his first acting job with Columbia Pictures by playing bit roles in films(2). He also is a carpenter which allowed him to make things(3).

How They Used These Skills

Harrison Ford used all of those skills he has learned in his job because with his expierience playing small acting rolls at Columbia Pictures. This allowed him to have the ability to be apart of a production in Hollywood. He is also a film producer which means that he helps select certain choices that need to made during a production. He has won many awards through his career. That is what led to his success.

Challenges Overcome

Harrison Ford had a tough time before it got casted in American Graffiti. Then after that George Lucas casted him as Han Solo in Star Wars and that kicked off Harrison Ford to his success. After that he was in Indian Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark And was very good in that movie.

Significant Work

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dFh008LKo

video from youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dFh008LKo on 10/1/2020

This a famous scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Harrison Ford plays as Han Solo, he has alot of time on screen during this movie. He played in Indian Jones as well, after Star Wars.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/

https://www.biography.com/actor/harrison-ford

 

School of Rock– Day 15– Celebration and Reflection

School of Rock – Day 15 – Celebration and Reflection

SUMMARY

I took the class School of Rock where I learned how to play the guitar and be able to play some chords. I also liked learning all about the many musical resources and programs you can do, like HookLab, Soundtrap, and the 117 free guitar video lessons by Justin.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

Composition Elements

I learned that you shouldn’t introduce all instruments at once during a musical composition.

How interested were you in learning the leadership project?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

rating: 4

I was pretty interested in this but overall I wanted to learn how to play the guitar.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

The videos we watched pretty cool to listen to and learn some new stuff about music.

How interested were you in learning about music theory and song analysis?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 2

This was ok to to do, but I wouldn’t do this on my own often because it takes some time to be abe to take notes.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

I learned how to use HookTab, I learned to make a scale and some songs.

How interested were you in learning about HookLab and HookTab?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 2

I am not very interested into this.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I realy liked playing the guitar.

How interested were you in learning to play the guitar?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

I really enjoyed playing the guitar a ton! It was something that I might want to learn more of.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

How interested were you in learning about topics related to the brain, creativity, and productivity?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 3

I wasn’t so much interested in this topic as much, but I think is cool to find ways to make things eaier for out brains to understand stuff.

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

How interested were you in learning about songwriting, song structure, and music production?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

Learning about songwriting was cool as well. I watched a few of the holistic songwriting videos. Learning of the way some music was structured was cool to listen being explained.

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

I learned how to use Soundtrap, that is cool to use in making music.

How interested were you in learning about recording, engineering (sound effects, EQ), and mixing?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

I really liked using Soundtrap, that is very cool.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your class story here!
  • Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most for the past three weeks
  • Highlight what at least one thing you overcame that was hard for you, at first. An achievement you are proud of. THE COURSE’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION (OVERALL)

I learned how to play some guitar chords which was very cool and being able to play notes on the guitar. It was very hard for me to be able to play the A chord on the guitar, but after a few days I got better at playing it. I am very proud of the fact that I was able to play the chords on the guitar.

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

What interested you most about the material in this class?

I liked the videos we watched at the first week of School of Rock. Learning how to play guitar was good to do. I wanted to learn how to play another instrument, so guitar was pretty cool to be able to learn.

What was the most surprising, satisfying thing you learned that you didn’t know before?

Well I didn’t know how to play any guitar. That’s the major difference.

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

What did you like most about the class structure, ya’know the day-to-day work? Why?

I like using this blog and having the class page to go to and use that for finding the Zoom links, videos, the blog outline. It is a vey good structure and made this class good.

What didn’t you like most about the class structure?

The capitalcometech web page was very useful to find where to go and for the Zooms, and for the padlet.

If you took the class again, what would you change?

If I took this class again. I probably wouldn’t change anything, the layout of how things went was good.

School of Rock- Day 14- Voice, Preparation, and Presentation

School of Rock – Day 14 – Voice, Preparation, and Presentation

SUMMARY

Playing guitar in one minute switching chords and a music composition.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

SMART Goal

By July 23, I will be able to play 2 chords on the guitar and switch between them 20 times in a minute, Just like similair to what Justin recomended in his video, I will switch between 2 chords.

Leadership Project (SMART Goal Evidence)

guitar-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWSr-YpVL2Q

Composition Elements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnXZMdGBaSo

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I finished all of lesson 1 with Justin. I also did chord changes in 1 minute and played around with the guitar.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned that making a tune or song composition is very hard to do. Well at least one that is good.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 3

What interested you about the material?

The switching chords in 1 minute.

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: ?

Which activities engaged you most? Why?

I liked the switching between 2 chords.