Advanced Students Summer Assignment
Over the Summer I would like you to take some time out of your busy schedules to create an ACTION Film. I want you to start thinking about what type of mood or expression you are trying to send to your viewer. In this film I would like you to try to give a sense of suspicion
1. Choose an Action Subject Film you would like to create.
-fill the viewer with an identical mixture of exhilaration and dread. You holler at Indiana Jones' fistfight on the flying wing, then scream when the Ark starts blowing up Nazis. You cackle with glee when Arnold Schwarzenegger blows away the T-1000. The perfect summer movie hits you on a gut level, or maybe several gut levels, and takes you on an emotional roller coaster. Actually, the roller coaster -- that other beloved purveyor of summer entertainment -- represents the ideal metaphor for the perfect summer movie: excitement and terror that's safe for the whole family.
2. Choose a Scene that fits the Best place for your movie to take place.
-You may end up having multiple locations for your film. But map it out and decide where you want to film and what scenes you will film there. Think about background noise as you are working.
3. Choose who you want to be in your film and what exactly there characters will be.
-Write a script for your characters so they fully understand what is expected of them.
4. Think about your Camera Angles
-Try to use more then one camera if possible and shoot some scenes closer up and some further back.
Re-look at this video on Camera shots- try to focus on doing some new ones to you and your group.
5. HAVE FUN with it.
-This should be fun and hopefully get you more excited about things we will do next year as you will now be stuck with me all year:)-I'm really looking forward to having an Advanced class with all of you and can't wait to see what you will come up with next year and over the summer. Feel free to email me with questions @ cnofel@kent.edu. I always check it and will get back to you when I can.
6. Lastly-I would like you to learn a bit about After Effects
-by watching some video's to get you started. It can get difficult, as I don't know much myself (but hope I will learn over the summer) so watch video's and try to do those things you learn with parts of your films.
