weekly post 15 (or so)

This week we finished our class competition and I'm happy to say got it done and it is gonna be... ok ish. I learned how to make a good PSA this week mostly through trial and error. The most frustrating part of the week was having to deal with my computer, it kept crapping out on me and forcing me to restart and re do work. Needless to say I got it done and its pretty good as far as content goes but is lacking in the sound leveling department. It makes me sad to know i could do better if i had more time but what can ya do. I'm seriously looking forward to break next week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-lDFJH_IHc this is a video about a new game and the people who made it. enjoy

three's a party

The only thing more annoying that people is needing a lot of them and not having them. Lucky the smart people in the film industry has created a way to get around that with the use of the almighty perspective. The is a technique a lot of Hollywood uses to make large crowds to avoid have to organize a lot of people. The first thing you do is shot everyone as close together as possible to make the shot look populated. Second, shoot with a lone lens it helps sell the idea of a tightly packed place and can focus attention on the main character if he/she is in the shot. A another nice thing you could do is place your extras on a different plane than you character. Have them walk in front of and behind the camera. If your feeling brave you could try to get closeup shots of the back of the extras head and use them over and over if you can figure to the blocking (witch I can't) and you can make a lot of really cool shots.
The article was structured and written in an entertaining way and made a lot of points that I hadn't consisted and the advise was really good. One thing i'm thinking of using the advise for is a army like in the lord of the rings only with more horns on the helmets. Needless to say the article was more than useful and it was a great choice for this weeks article.

maleficent and a bunny

The Superbowl is a great time were we as a society come together and hate on the patriots and as we have grown as a culture to even value the adds as part of the game day tradition and this year they pulled out all the stops, with everything from Leaum Neason to breaking they even got Oscar award winning director Robert Stromberg to make a car commercial incorporating both 3D animation and live action and its impressive to say the least. He not only had to contend with all of the problems that come with filming outside but also the also had to deal with the problems that come with making a 3D animated film. You through in the need to make many characters as expressive as possible with the fact that they are only going to appear for a few seconds in a minute long commercial you have quite a bit of work ahead of you, and Stromberg took it on like a boss.  The rest of the article is just more about the car company and about the Superbowl in general nothing special.
The unfortunate part of this article is that it never goes into any specifics of the changes they faced wile filming. Sure they mentioned having to create characters and have them go through the stages of production but its nothing new. The rest of the article is basically an ad meant to mention the Superbowl and the car. The only other thing of note is the remarks that Robert made about the creative process but it was mostly its just stuff other people have said in different ways.