What's funny is, I ran into this project blindly after I was asked to join it. I was so happy to finally be working on my capstone that I didn't sit down and go over the finer points of film making so that, in the end, we would have something awesome. Now we seem to be playing catch up, or at least I do.
We have over 64 gigs of B-Roll and one interview. We need at least 3 more interviews from brewery owners and some from brew masters. Once those interviews are done I will be less stressed for sure.
Then we have the script. Will we have one? Do we need to write one now? Or should we wait until we are editing the doc? Thinking about these issues makes me tired. I'm ready to be done. I have 12 credit hours left to complete my degree and graduate. I'm ready to be done, seriously.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Mentor Profile
My capstone is to create and composed the score to a documentary about Indiana microbreweries.
I would be looking for a mentor who 1. has made documentaries before 2. has a great deal of experience in conducting interviews 3. has knowledge of camera gear 3. can assist us in keeping to a timeline 4. and has experience with stop action animation.
Our 1st choice for mentor was Susan Tennant. She makes documentaries for a living. My second would be Thomas Lewis as he has worked on major Hollywood film productions and has also made movies. My third would have to be Ricardo Laranje because he has made music videos before.
I am still working on getting some emails back from potential second mentors. Basically waiting for an answer.
I would be looking for a mentor who 1. has made documentaries before 2. has a great deal of experience in conducting interviews 3. has knowledge of camera gear 3. can assist us in keeping to a timeline 4. and has experience with stop action animation.
Our 1st choice for mentor was Susan Tennant. She makes documentaries for a living. My second would be Thomas Lewis as he has worked on major Hollywood film productions and has also made movies. My third would have to be Ricardo Laranje because he has made music videos before.
I am still working on getting some emails back from potential second mentors. Basically waiting for an answer.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Secondary mentor
Joe and I have already used Thomas Lewis to bounce ideas off of so I think he would be a strong secondary mentor. His advice has already caused us to scale back the size of our project. For that I am thankful. Another mentor we could use would be Mark Pfaff or eve Ricardo Laranje. Both have experience in composing for video and video games.
Peer Capstone Support
My capstone fits into the video category.
I think Samantha's capstone is similar to mine also Garin and possibly Jacob because we will be using some animation or stop-action animation in the documentary.
I think Samantha's capstone is similar to mine also Garin and possibly Jacob because we will be using some animation or stop-action animation in the documentary.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Class discussion
Through the class discussion I found that having a timeline is very helpful in completing your capstone. However, waiting around for people to email you back about interviews and shooting schedules can throw off the best laid plans.
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