Today, we have done a few pickups for our film Blair's Beard. We used a lot of green-screen today.
Sometimes when you don't have a set around that you can use, or you need a different kind of set you can't find in real life, the actors stand in front of a green-screen and later the green is taken away and the background is put in its place.
We used the green screen because we needed an area in which we could put Ryan's head floating around Rebecca's head for a dream sequence. In it, Ryan is talking about how he's going to put a hex on her to give her a beard from the power of Chewbacca.
Today Kyle and Ryan were flabbergasted by Rebecca's beard.
A scene where Ryan will have his head floating around and changing color.
Madison has been doing a perspicacious job editing the film from the start, she's making it look great! :D
Today we were finally able to finish our script. It was a good feeling that it took less time compared to other scripts that I have worked on. Our script is about a girl who learns a lesson after she wakes up with a beard.
Once we completed the script those who knew about the cameras taught those who didn't while the actors read over the script.
In conclusion, today was a very successful day and I am sure tomorrow will be as well.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Today was the first day of Children's Media Project's Reel Expressions Filmmaking Intensive! Six dedicated youth producers are collaborating to create a professional-quality production that will hopefully make it into CMP's Reel Expressions youth film festivals.
Youth producer Zoe, who created the animated short "A Problem" in the summer 2014 DROP TV youth employment program, was among the intensive filmmakers present.
We kicked things off with some improv acting exercises:
Next, the class learned about the Hero's Journey and began brainstorming their own story ideas. Concentrating on character psychology and motivation, the class is making great progress towards beginning their script tomorrow and be filming by the end of the week.
Stay tuned for more updates from our Reel Expressions All Stars!
Our annual fundraising drive begins today in support of the official launch of CMP's Production House Apprenticeship Program.
The Production House, re-branded under Forge Media, is an Apprenticeship Program, and provides advanced CMP youth (youth who have "leveled up" through our programs) with the opportunity to continue their education and launch their career in the media industry.
Forge employs these apprentices to shoot professional commercial productions for local businesses and organizations.
This not only provides our apprentices with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience, but allows us to provide area organizations and businesses with high-quality, but low-cost productions.
This is a huge undertaking, and we need your support to reach our goal of $20,000, so please donate by going to forgemedia.org, and clicking on any of the donation levels! No amount is too great or small, and every bit helps, so give today! Support the local community and make an investment in the young people that can brighten its future!
In the following photos the the students are in the second stage of production. We are filming a super hero trailer featuring Bang and Electro. This trailer includes how the hero Bang gains the ability to teleport. During the production sequence we brain stormed then came up with a bare bone script. Then the script gets edited. After that we went into the part shown below (filming).
The scene of Bang getting his mask is being slated
Student is using the boom pole for audio
Shot of Bangs expression when his Mother tells him of responsibility to come
Media Magic has been learning about banned books, and why we think books shouldn't be banned. A book can teach us life lessons, help us improve our reading, or even inspire us to write our own books.
We made these Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to show what we have learned about the issue of banned books. To make the PSAs, we broke up into small groups and came up with original ways to share information with the public about this issue.
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