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READING & WRITING:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DSC_4475\"Chapter Seven \u2013 <\/strong>Lighting<\/em>: This chapter\u00a0covered the basics of light setup for filming in multiple conditions. As a photographer, light can be a huge struggle depending on location and elements. For example, I shot an event in the middle of a golf course last week which\u00a0took place directly in the mid-day sun. I took a fill-flash with me, but under the circumstances, there wasn\u2019t much to be done for the sun-produced shadows that lined peoples faces. This is all much easier to accomplish when you can\u00a0control your environment through lighting and reflectors. Between taking professional headshots and creating more artistic headshots (as demonstrated to the left) I feel pretty confident in how I can manipulate light in most situations.<\/p>\n

Chapter Nine<\/strong> \u2013 Doing It:\u00a0<\/em>It was amusing and coincidental to have this chapter discuss\u00a0using a slate (and\/or shot log) early on because I learned my lesson regarding this two weeks ago. I recorded a LOAD of footage from an outdoor arts festival that I co-produced and wanted to get some video that could later be edited to use in fundraising efforts next year. Excited to have spent the day bouncing around the city, trying to capture as much as I could from all the acts and venues, I didn\u2019t think about the moment when I\u2019d have to dump all of that footage into a folder and actually deal with it. Certain shots that I was excited to see on the screen were difficult to locate and in fact, I still haven\u2019t had the time or energy to figure out whats-what.<\/p>\n

This chapter also discussed\u00a0how to shoot a series of shots that bookend by shooting out of sequence. By filming\u00a0the opening and closing shots at the same time, you same time and energy\u00a0moving everything back into place as you would if you shot it sequentially. \u00a0I guess this is kind of obvious, but wished I had been reminded of this in certain recent filming situations. It has certainly been put on a checklist I\u2019ve got going for the final project of things to remember\u00a0while I\u2019m\u00a0\u201cin the moment\u201d and perhaps, not thinking clearly.<\/p>\n

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RESEARCH TO INFORM:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got really into these \u201960 Second Docs\u2019 while trying to find inspiration for this project. I particularly like how the video matches the narration beat-for-beat while describing the activity of chase tag.<\/p>\n