Tis the Season everyone!

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Watch, Read, Listen, & Respond For Blog Post #1

Ugandan Prime Minister's Response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PtGrAFx7-ok#!

Al Jazeera English: Local Ugandan Response:
Kony screening provokes anger in Uganda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rU_1jnrj5VI

On the Media Report:
http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/mar/16/what-make-kony-2012/

Kony 2012: Don't Wag the Dog:
http://emergingcritic.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/kony-2012-dont-wag-the-dog/

Charity Navigation:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12429

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/science-technology/Kony-2012-Becomes-Most-Viral-Video-in-History-143119806.html

KONY 2012 Essay 100 pts.

Watch the following 30 min. video on Youtube use link below).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

DO NOT DO ANY FURTHER RESEARCH OR EXPLORING OF THIS TOPIC YET.
Each student should write an essay on their blog in response to the following questions:
1.Analyze the film from a technical perspective (shots, sequences, narrative, editing), describe the effect those the techniques have on you emotionally.
2.What are the implications of posting a video like this one on youtube?
3.What happens when something like this “goes viral?”

After Effects Tutorials on Lynda & Youtube

The first thing you need to learn to do is to navigate After Effects which can be challenging.
Watch tutorials:
Getting Started
Project Workflow
Essential Training

http://www.lynda.com/After-Effects-training-tutorials/150-0.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvJeQaTRT5E

You can also do a Youtube search for tutorials you want to learn basic navigation & work flow before you decide what effects you want to try. Then try following a tutorial that you can follow while you have a project open.

Cinematic Look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x16-QgaEopQ

Film Wash Effect (close to what Ani was looking for)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxk4RaPCu0

Other "Film Washed" "Vintage" "Retro" and "Aged" look tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vintage+film+effect+after+effects+tutorial&oq=Vintage+film+e&aq=3&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=26952l32670l0l35489l16l16l2l3l3l0l235l1281l2.7.1l10l0

Fantastic Reference for Composite Photography

http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/composite-photography-picture-is-worth_b322

Mocumentary, How-To, OR Experimental Documentary

Your video should be between:
3-5 min.

Create a short video using what you have learned this quarter about the documentary genre ~ Add a twist:

Mocumentary:

Shooting & editing in the style of an Expository, Participatory, or Observational documentary ~ create a short that feels like a documentary but is staged, manipulated, and or scripted. Following in the footsteps of Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap, or Christopher Guest’s Best in Show, or in the style of popular television shows & Reality TV such as The Office.

How – To:

Create a short instructional video on a topic of your choice. Use a fun, playful, serious, or dry tone. Your choice.

Experimental Documentary:

Take documentary a step further by creating an Experimental Documentary --- do something different if HOW you shoot or WHAT you shoot. In the style of Koyaanisqatsi, or another experimental documentary that broke the standard conventions of documentary style filmmaking.