It was an entire day of Filmmaking 1 taught by Andrew (the Prof from Genres class). We started out going over the syllabus and he said that next friday we were going to be pitching ideas for our F1s (First film, F1 is short for Filmmaking 1). The fact that he said "F1s" and "next week" in the same sentence set me off in a dizzy whirl. NEXT WEEK!?! I don't even know what I want to do yet! ahhhhh! the pressure!!! so I spaced out for the rest of the time thinking about ideas for my F1. Thankfully everything else on the syllabus were things that other teachers had mentioned before so it wasn't new news. But then we were divided into groups (30 kids into 6 groups= 5 ppl per group) and we were sent to get cameras. You see, in Filmmaking 1 we learn things in class and then on the weekends we take high end digital cameras and film an 'exercise' showing what we've learned this past week. So we get to check out these cameras for 6 weeks (the class only lasts 6 wks), one camera per group. I only really knew one person in my group the other three I had met but had never talked too- but thankfully we get along great! I'm in group four which consists of me a girl named Cameron, Jesse, Idan, and Aaron- so the girls outnumber the guys but thats okay.
After checking out cameras Andrew taught us how to use it by manipulating the focus, iris and the zoom. I just kept thinking that over the summer when I worked at camp I made a point to always have it on Auto because trying to do it manual was too hard for running after campers and I was like "dang I should have been practicing manual all summer!"
But anyways, we had lunch and I ate my ham and cheese sandwich which i brought from home in my disney princess lunchbox and it just reminded me how much I hated sandwiches from home when I was in HS.
After lunch we still had a while until class started at 2 so Myranda and I went up to the resource center (basically a library but if they call it a library then anybody can use it). They have books and scripts and movies, all available for us to check out!! So I was scanning the scripts and found a script called "the wonderful world of the brothers grimm" written in 1961. I love the brothers grimm so I went up to Richard (the most awesome resource center/librarian ever) and asked if I could also rent the movie. Apparently I have the worst luck because that movie was filmed in cinerama which was when they shot three strips of film and then projected them side by side so you had a widescreen effect. Guess how many feature movies were made this way? only 2. I would pick the script that was shot in a special way which means that they dont have it in the center. doh! But Richard said that TCM showed it earlier this year and he recorded it and he said i could borrow it. :D so apparently I have some good luck after all. :D
Afternoon class started at 2 and Andrew focused on the concepts of the frame. For example how to give the illusion of depth of field in a 2d setting and how to frame things out within the frame to draw the audience's eye. Most of this was new news to me and so I struggled with these ideas simply because I had never noticed before. I never thought that those sorts of things were planned out but rather they were the result of clever planning and coincidence. We did exercises to practice this concept and our group took our camera and tried to communicate depth of field in one take and then framing in the other. I struggled with the depth of field shot but my group almost chose my framing shot to show to the class which I was happy about because it meant I was doing something right!
Class ended at 6 and I decided to go to the church cookout that was free. I go to wesley and we normally have wednesday night dinners- but as the first wed of the semester it is free and its a bbq. It was alot of fun and I got to hang out with some of my friends from church- mind you I was drained so I didn't talk much. I ran into my friend Charles who is 22 and in law school and we talked a bit. He's a fun guy to hang around but he's a little goofy and nerdy. He talked alot about how he was sad not to be in a relationship for the past 2 years and i just said "try 19 years and see how you like that." Its true I've never been in a relationship- its a blessing and a curse in that I'm left out but I also get to learn from others mistakes and I provide the best advice simply because I observe. Thankfully Charles didn't ask me out (he reminds me a bit too much of my sisters ex- also by the name Charles) he basically said "I know you don't like me and I know that you know and you know that I know so its okay." Roundabout logic but I'll take it.
I got home about 830 and Kathryn was stressed and crying so Ashley was going to take Oliver on a walk but then it started to rain- I wanted to go and run in the rain with Oliver but I was just so beat I fell asleep around 11 after watching two episodes of 'Beauty and the Beast' that was filmed in 1987- I'm about to go finish the 4th episode.... Class isn't until 7pm today so I have all day to relax.
whew!
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