Friday, June 29, 2007
DAY 9 - June 28, 2007
A rather low-key day for the students as compared to the past week. Today we had a complete Final Cut Express overview...and then the students assisted in picking sound bites from the interviews we have done over the past week. They all took turns manipulating the video in Final Cut, and took time to fool around with the basic controls of how to edit in this program.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
DAY 8 - June 27, 2007
Today was an interesting day...and it had some educational points for the students.
We went to shoot the Northshire Performing arts interview and b-roll in Dorset today. Both of the women we met had a great interview, but when it came time to shoot b-roll they were very controlling over what we could and couldn't shoot. I had asked them if there was any possibility of attending their upcoming concert on July 17th for the first 5 minutes of the performance to tape and got a very quick and stern NO. I am a little concerned that the video we have for b-roll (office shots, posters) isn't a good representation of who they are and what they offer to the community. I had previously asked if I could use some of the video featured on their website and was told NO for that as well. It's my hope to email Jane Gilbert, the head of that organization and see if she would be willing to either let me shoot 5 minutes of the concert or use the video on the website so that they can match the type of energy put forth by the other participants of this project. The resistance and attitude given to myself and the students today wasn't what I was expecting nor was it really what I was hoping for from an organization that brings such high quality artists to this community. If I don't get anywhere with Jane I will cut things as they are...but there is a chance that they will have a weaker representation in the video. If what I have really doesn't mesh well with what the other organizations have put forth and they continue to give me a NO to everything I ask, I may have to eliminate them entirely from the project.
We went to shoot the Northshire Performing arts interview and b-roll in Dorset today. Both of the women we met had a great interview, but when it came time to shoot b-roll they were very controlling over what we could and couldn't shoot. I had asked them if there was any possibility of attending their upcoming concert on July 17th for the first 5 minutes of the performance to tape and got a very quick and stern NO. I am a little concerned that the video we have for b-roll (office shots, posters) isn't a good representation of who they are and what they offer to the community. I had previously asked if I could use some of the video featured on their website and was told NO for that as well. It's my hope to email Jane Gilbert, the head of that organization and see if she would be willing to either let me shoot 5 minutes of the concert or use the video on the website so that they can match the type of energy put forth by the other participants of this project. The resistance and attitude given to myself and the students today wasn't what I was expecting nor was it really what I was hoping for from an organization that brings such high quality artists to this community. If I don't get anywhere with Jane I will cut things as they are...but there is a chance that they will have a weaker representation in the video. If what I have really doesn't mesh well with what the other organizations have put forth and they continue to give me a NO to everything I ask, I may have to eliminate them entirely from the project.
DAY 7 - June 26, 2007
Today was a relatively easy day shooting wise. We first went to Janno Gay (the potter) in Dorset and completed an interview with her. We then went to Manchester to shoot an interview and shoot some b-roll of the Manchester Music Festival. I have footage provided by GNAT-TV of a concert they put on over the winter, but have been invited to attend a rehearsal next week which I hope to make so that I can get more current footage. Each of the students was also given a free ticket to one of their concerts which was an incredibly nice gesture. We then went back to Hildene to grab a little b-roll on the construction going on there for b-roll purposes. We then went back to the station and critiqued the work of the day.
Monday, June 25, 2007
DAY 6 - June 25, 2007
Today we had a pretty broken up day. I started off by giving a brief editing overview (i.e. the different parts of the tape, why sync is important, etc)...and then showed the students how to ingest their footage into Final Cut Express HD. We got about an hours worth of footage onto the machine and then went to do our two interviews of the day. We first met with Chris Morrow of the Northshire Bookstore and did an interview with him. We also shot some extra footage of the outside of the bookstore, so that we have enough to go around in the piece. And then we went to talk to Jay Hathaway, head of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. We did an interview with Jay and then went back to the station to critique the work shot for the day.
DAY 5 - June 22, 2007
We spent the bulk of the day at Hildene, the Lincoln family home on a shoot and interview. This organization wasn't very organized, so it was a good thing that this was the only shoot of the day being that it took nearly 2 hours to get everything completed. Here are a few shots of the kids working on the project:
Sydney:
Daniel:
Gina:
Sydney:
Daniel:
Gina:
Thursday, June 21, 2007
DAY 4 - June 21, 2007
Today we had 2 shoots, and one of Garrett's younger film makers came with us to show the students some tricks to shooting objects.
We shot at the American Museum of Fly Fishing from 9:30-10:30 and then headed off to the Southern Vermont Arts Center where we shot from 10:45-11:45. We had interviews in both spots and the students shot all of the footage to accompany them. This evening we have a shoot at the Northshire Bookstore which will last about 45 minutes. We are shooting b-roll of the author event going on there this evening that we will use to cover the interview with Christopher Morrow that we will be shooting on Monday.
We shot at the American Museum of Fly Fishing from 9:30-10:30 and then headed off to the Southern Vermont Arts Center where we shot from 10:45-11:45. We had interviews in both spots and the students shot all of the footage to accompany them. This evening we have a shoot at the Northshire Bookstore which will last about 45 minutes. We are shooting b-roll of the author event going on there this evening that we will use to cover the interview with Christopher Morrow that we will be shooting on Monday.
DAY 3 - June 20, 2007
Tonight I gathered the students for an evening shoot of the "Life After Dark" event being held in downtown Manchester. We also went up to Dorset to shoot b-roll of Janno Grey, the potter. She has an interview with us next week, but because of the short turn around between her interview (10am on Tuesday of next week) and the shoot following it, we decided to shoot footage of her prior to the interview. So we shot about 15 minutes of footage there with some GREAT sequences of her throwing pots, etc, and then we headed back into Manchester for the Life After Dark event. There we shot a sculpture, and a comedy/music event and spoke to the head of the Greater Manchester Arts Council, who was the organizer of the Life After Dark event.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Follow Up...
I am meeting the students this evening for the Life After Dark event...but here are the things I've accomplished today...
I've made follow up calls to confirm times with: American Museum of Fly Fishing, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Hildene, The Northshire Bookstore, and Jay Hathaway.
I also spent an hour today with Elliot, one of the GNAT-TV employees going over Final Cut so that I could get "unrusty"...and all seems good in that department.
I have also started to work on the website that I'm putting together on the project, and am on the final stages of my Change Plan.
I've made follow up calls to confirm times with: American Museum of Fly Fishing, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Hildene, The Northshire Bookstore, and Jay Hathaway.
I also spent an hour today with Elliot, one of the GNAT-TV employees going over Final Cut so that I could get "unrusty"...and all seems good in that department.
I have also started to work on the website that I'm putting together on the project, and am on the final stages of my Change Plan.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
DAY 2 - June 19, 2007
Because we covered so much yesterday I changed my plans a bit for today...
First we went over the "7 Deadly Camera Sins" (can be found at this site)
The we went up to Historic Main Street, and each student had to shoot 10 shots of the street, keeping in mind all of the things that they were going to work on for the day (based on the conversation we had Monday). We alternated photographer (5 shots each, then switch) and covered buildings, signs, and the road itself.
We then went back to the station and I showed them how to use the in-house camera gear because they then became the camera operators for the "live to tape" Kitchen show with a live chef for a segment that GNAT-TV does called Kaleidoscope. They got to experience what it's like to be doing a live show with a director (Garrett) calling shots from the production room. They were the operators for 2 shows - and they did a great job. Here are a few pictures of the action. :o)
Daniel running Camera 2:
Sydney running Camera 3:
Gina running Camera 1:
First we went over the "7 Deadly Camera Sins" (can be found at this site)
The we went up to Historic Main Street, and each student had to shoot 10 shots of the street, keeping in mind all of the things that they were going to work on for the day (based on the conversation we had Monday). We alternated photographer (5 shots each, then switch) and covered buildings, signs, and the road itself.
We then went back to the station and I showed them how to use the in-house camera gear because they then became the camera operators for the "live to tape" Kitchen show with a live chef for a segment that GNAT-TV does called Kaleidoscope. They got to experience what it's like to be doing a live show with a director (Garrett) calling shots from the production room. They were the operators for 2 shows - and they did a great job. Here are a few pictures of the action. :o)
Daniel running Camera 2:
Sydney running Camera 3:
Gina running Camera 1:
DAY 1 - June 18, 2007
So we have 3 wonderful students participating in the BBA Summer Service Learning project...and what's wonderful about them is that they are all going to be freshmen this coming year, and they are all coming from different schools...so they are getting to know each other AND getting a head start on their service requirements for Burr and Burton.
Here are the things we covered today...(which was actually a lot more than I expected to cover, but it worked out well)
1. Tour of the GNAT-TV Studio
2. Overview of the project (who's taking part, what types of things we're looking for, etc)
3. Composition (Rule of Thirds, Angles, Perspective, etc - used Izzy Video and some of my previous work)
4. After the composition piece I had each student choose a prop from the kitchen set and draw out a 3 shot sequence, that showed the object in 3 different views.
4. Camera Overview
5. I divided up the list of "subjects" and gave each student 3 to come up with interview questions for.
6. After the camera overview and composition segments we went outside and I had each student shoot a subject (ie. a flower, a house, a car) in 5 shots. I wanted them to use different angles, variety of perspectives, etc...and encouraged them to not be afraid of moving around and changing the tripod height, etc. I also had all three of them set up an interview shot with one of their peers so that they could get a feel for how to frame an interview.
7. Once they had all shot some video we brought it back to the studio and we all critiqued the work as a team...talking about what worked in the shots and what would have made the shot stronger.
8. We then talked about what things we were going to work on for the following day, and decided that we would work on improving their focusing, making sure they move around more, work on the different angles of shots, and try and change the perspective of things.
Here are the things we covered today...(which was actually a lot more than I expected to cover, but it worked out well)
1. Tour of the GNAT-TV Studio
2. Overview of the project (who's taking part, what types of things we're looking for, etc)
3. Composition (Rule of Thirds, Angles, Perspective, etc - used Izzy Video and some of my previous work)
4. After the composition piece I had each student choose a prop from the kitchen set and draw out a 3 shot sequence, that showed the object in 3 different views.
4. Camera Overview
5. I divided up the list of "subjects" and gave each student 3 to come up with interview questions for.
6. After the camera overview and composition segments we went outside and I had each student shoot a subject (ie. a flower, a house, a car) in 5 shots. I wanted them to use different angles, variety of perspectives, etc...and encouraged them to not be afraid of moving around and changing the tripod height, etc. I also had all three of them set up an interview shot with one of their peers so that they could get a feel for how to frame an interview.
7. Once they had all shot some video we brought it back to the studio and we all critiqued the work as a team...talking about what worked in the shots and what would have made the shot stronger.
8. We then talked about what things we were going to work on for the following day, and decided that we would work on improving their focusing, making sure they move around more, work on the different angles of shots, and try and change the perspective of things.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Appointments Scheduled:
WEDNESDAY JUNE 20th:
5pm: Life After Dark - Contact: Beth Meachem
THURSDAY JUNE 21st:
9:30am: American Museum of Fly Fishing - Contact: Bill Bullock
10:45am: Southern Vermont Arts Center - Contact: Chris Madkour
6:30pm: Northshire Bookstore; Author Event (B-Roll) - Contact: Marie Lahey
FRIDAY JUNE 22nd:
9:30am: Hildene - Contact: Laine Akiyama
10:45am: OPEN
MONDAY JUNE 25th:
9:30am: OPEN
10:45am: Northshire Bookstore; Interview with Chris Morrow - Contact Marie Lahey
11:15am: Chamber of Commerce; Interview with Jay Hathaway - Contact Jay Hathaway
TUESDAY JUNE 26th:
10am: Flower Brook Pottery - Contact: Janno Grey (Possible Interview only if we can shoot b-roll Wed. 20th)
10:45am: Manchester Music Festival - Contact: Arial Rudiakov
WEDNESDAY JUNE 27th:
9:30am: Northshire Performing Arts - Contact: Sheila Weiss (NOTE: I'm going to call Jane Gilbert, President on Monday morning to see if I can get her to do an interview with me on Monday morning at 9:30am so that we don't bleed this far into the week)
5pm: Life After Dark - Contact: Beth Meachem
THURSDAY JUNE 21st:
9:30am: American Museum of Fly Fishing - Contact: Bill Bullock
10:45am: Southern Vermont Arts Center - Contact: Chris Madkour
6:30pm: Northshire Bookstore; Author Event (B-Roll) - Contact: Marie Lahey
FRIDAY JUNE 22nd:
9:30am: Hildene - Contact: Laine Akiyama
10:45am: OPEN
MONDAY JUNE 25th:
9:30am: OPEN
10:45am: Northshire Bookstore; Interview with Chris Morrow - Contact Marie Lahey
11:15am: Chamber of Commerce; Interview with Jay Hathaway - Contact Jay Hathaway
TUESDAY JUNE 26th:
10am: Flower Brook Pottery - Contact: Janno Grey (Possible Interview only if we can shoot b-roll Wed. 20th)
10:45am: Manchester Music Festival - Contact: Arial Rudiakov
WEDNESDAY JUNE 27th:
9:30am: Northshire Performing Arts - Contact: Sheila Weiss (NOTE: I'm going to call Jane Gilbert, President on Monday morning to see if I can get her to do an interview with me on Monday morning at 9:30am so that we don't bleed this far into the week)
Meeting with Garrett 6/13/07
Had a meeting with Garrett today to make sure we were both on the same page for session kickoff on June 18th... Here were the topics covered...
1. Tuesday the 19th Garrett is having a Final Cut Express workshop with one of the folks that works for him from 6:30pm-8:30pm. He invited me to come so that I can brush up on what I know...I am taking him up on that offer.
2. Lighting Kit: There is a lighting kit available through GNAT-TV...Garrett will disassemble it so that it's available for use starting Wednesday the 2oth.
3. Garrett Suggestion: Give the kids some assignments based on topics talked about in seminar for the day... Example: After talking about composition and the 7 deadly camera sins, have the kids write up a 3 shot sequence on one object that would describe the object completely.
4. On the 19th there is a live shoot at GNAT-TV in the studio, so I will need to move all lesson stuff to a different room in the building (ie editing room, maybe even outside if the weather is nice).
5. Call Kevin O'Toole of the Dorset Players (he gave me number), and see if he wants to take part. Being that I haven't heard back from anyone from that group I will give him a call. If he's able to take part call Mary Murphy and get some footage of the Dorset Players plays that have occurred recently.
Garrett gave me some write ups that he had on the cameras that we are going to be using. I modified his text and fit the up with photographs that I had taken so that the kids have a camera handout.
1. Tuesday the 19th Garrett is having a Final Cut Express workshop with one of the folks that works for him from 6:30pm-8:30pm. He invited me to come so that I can brush up on what I know...I am taking him up on that offer.
2. Lighting Kit: There is a lighting kit available through GNAT-TV...Garrett will disassemble it so that it's available for use starting Wednesday the 2oth.
3. Garrett Suggestion: Give the kids some assignments based on topics talked about in seminar for the day... Example: After talking about composition and the 7 deadly camera sins, have the kids write up a 3 shot sequence on one object that would describe the object completely.
4. On the 19th there is a live shoot at GNAT-TV in the studio, so I will need to move all lesson stuff to a different room in the building (ie editing room, maybe even outside if the weather is nice).
5. Call Kevin O'Toole of the Dorset Players (he gave me number), and see if he wants to take part. Being that I haven't heard back from anyone from that group I will give him a call. If he's able to take part call Mary Murphy and get some footage of the Dorset Players plays that have occurred recently.
Garrett gave me some write ups that he had on the cameras that we are going to be using. I modified his text and fit the up with photographs that I had taken so that the kids have a camera handout.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Update 6/7/07
Update on the project and its participants to this point...
YES's:
- Janno Grey - Potter
- Hildene - Lincoln Family Home
- Southern Vermont Arts Center
- American Museum of Fly Fishing
- Northshire Bookstore
- Greater Manchester Arts Council
- Jay Hathaway - Chamber of Commerce
- Northshire Performing Arts
NO's:
- Ballet Manchester - Their season doesn't start until mid-July and they just don't feel as though they have anything to show for themselves at this point. I offered up just doing an interview and possibly highlighting photographs taken in past years but was told that there was a lot of hoop jumping to be done to use photographs in the manner in which we would be using them (getting permission from the artists, etc).
HAVEN'T HEARD: (And will be making phone calls Monday if this is still the case)
- Manchester Music Festival
- Dorset Theatre Festival
Some other news... My contact at the American Museum of Fly Fishing has offered for the the students to come and view an HD Film crew that will be taping at their facility on the 27th and 28th...I think it would be great for the students to see this kind of thing in action...and have asked him when it would be best to come over for no more than 45 minutes to watch.
YES's:
- Janno Grey - Potter
- Hildene - Lincoln Family Home
- Southern Vermont Arts Center
- American Museum of Fly Fishing
- Northshire Bookstore
- Greater Manchester Arts Council
- Jay Hathaway - Chamber of Commerce
- Northshire Performing Arts
NO's:
- Ballet Manchester - Their season doesn't start until mid-July and they just don't feel as though they have anything to show for themselves at this point. I offered up just doing an interview and possibly highlighting photographs taken in past years but was told that there was a lot of hoop jumping to be done to use photographs in the manner in which we would be using them (getting permission from the artists, etc).
HAVEN'T HEARD: (And will be making phone calls Monday if this is still the case)
- Manchester Music Festival
- Dorset Theatre Festival
Some other news... My contact at the American Museum of Fly Fishing has offered for the the students to come and view an HD Film crew that will be taping at their facility on the 27th and 28th...I think it would be great for the students to see this kind of thing in action...and have asked him when it would be best to come over for no more than 45 minutes to watch.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
"Yes's"
So far this morning (June 5th) I have received a "YES" for participation from the following:
-Hildene
-Southern Vermont Arts Center
-Janno - Flower Brook Pottery
-Northshire Bookstore
-American Museum of Fly Fishing
A good start!!
-Hildene
-Southern Vermont Arts Center
-Janno - Flower Brook Pottery
-Northshire Bookstore
-American Museum of Fly Fishing
A good start!!
Monday, June 4, 2007
Where I'm at...
OK...so emails have been sent to the following individuals...and they will be followed up by postal letters.
1. Laine Akyama - Hildene
2. Marie Lahey - Northshire Bookstore
3. Chris Madkour - Southern Vermont Arts Center
4. Bill Bullock - American Museum of Fly Fishing
5. Ariel Rudakov - Manchester Music Festival
6. Linda Lacroix - Ballet Manchester
7. Jane Gilbert - Northshire Performing Arts
8. Jay Hathaway - Manchester Chamber
9. Jano Grey - Flowerbrook Pottery - Potter
I verbally have spoken to my mom, Beth Meachem, about the "Life After Dark" component. She will be available Wednesday June 20th for an interview as that initiative kicks off.
Also, I am holding off on sending anything to Manchester Glass until I hear back from the above groupings of people as I don't want to have too many subjects to shoot and not enough time. I've also heard from several sources that that particular group can be tough to get in contact with and they are very poor at following through.
1. Laine Akyama - Hildene
2. Marie Lahey - Northshire Bookstore
3. Chris Madkour - Southern Vermont Arts Center
4. Bill Bullock - American Museum of Fly Fishing
5. Ariel Rudakov - Manchester Music Festival
6. Linda Lacroix - Ballet Manchester
7. Jane Gilbert - Northshire Performing Arts
8. Jay Hathaway - Manchester Chamber
9. Jano Grey - Flowerbrook Pottery - Potter
I verbally have spoken to my mom, Beth Meachem, about the "Life After Dark" component. She will be available Wednesday June 20th for an interview as that initiative kicks off.
Also, I am holding off on sending anything to Manchester Glass until I hear back from the above groupings of people as I don't want to have too many subjects to shoot and not enough time. I've also heard from several sources that that particular group can be tough to get in contact with and they are very poor at following through.
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