Video Practices:Assignment-2

From sound to image: Conjuring from music

Pick one song from the songs played.

Create a 3 to 4 minute video for the song that you choose.

a. create a storyboard (transitions-physical or FCP)

b. shot video footage

c. focus on lighting and camera distortion

Things to think about!! What or how is the viewer suppose to feel? Is this film narrative, abstract or conceptual.

The class' top picks!!
Diva Helmy

"Fix Up Look Sharp" Dizzee Rascal

                                                       
Jake Divine "Bernie Days"

"Any Dub You Like" Easy Star All-Stars

"In the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

This is an interesting RadioLab interview with Errol Morris, "legendary fact hunting documentary sleuth."  Errol has investigated tirelessly at an attempt to uncover the truth about this famous Roger Fenton photograph.  In the end, does the truth matter?

Imagining a picture and its contents as a single point, Heath uses multiples to create an environment where we can see a single point grow. In this stop motion video, the images develop and build, all while the commentary keeps us grounded in our places.  We have to allow our minds to travel out on to the playa, but as we listen, introspection of what we are in this world, where we are in this world, and why we are in this world is brought into question.  These are our choices, this is Overlook.

Nicaragua/Alaska

Student Nick Cahill has shot and edited a couple travel videos worth sharing. Together, they make for a nice contrast in climates – the top video was shot in Nicaragua, the bottom in Alaska.



Nick has a video production company with fellow SNC student Trevor Jackson – MHMM Productions. Click the link to see more of their work.

Project Overlook Interview

Savannah Hoover of the Eagle's Eye posted an audio interview/slideshow with Russell Dudley and Logan Lape about their Overlook Project at Burning Man. It's very well put together, and can be found here:

http://snceagleseye.com/project-overlook-interview/

Tahoe gallery: Katie Lewis

Here's a short interview with Katie Lewis – her artist's talk is tomorrow night (9/6) at the Tahoe Gallery. Come by to see the finished work – the reception is 5-7.

Babs talks RAW: reno

This was posted on our facebook feed, but I didn't want the blog to miss out – a short interview with Alumni Babs Laukat about her work in a recent show in Reno, through RAW: Reno:



I was glad to hear her talk up the Prelinger Archive, a great resource for public domain footage, which I've used in tandem with a number of video and animation class projects.

A little promotion

Last semester, I ran a class that worked with students to create promotional materials for the art department - among them were some videos explaining what we do. Here's one, and I'll roll out more in the weeks to come. If you know any students who would make a good fit for the SNC art department, pass this along. I think it shows a good cross-section of the impressive work our students have been producing.

48 hrs to go for Logan and Russell's Burning Man Kickstarter Project

Just two days (and as of this writing, about 50 bucks) to go for the Overlook Burning Man Project to reach its kickstarter goal. Here's some info on the project: Kickstarter link here: http://kck.st/LkED8y From the Kickstarter page: Conceptually the piece revolves around a simple idea. If you raise your feet at or past your original eye level then look into a periscope that is oriented down such that your view is identical to its original, you have dematerialized your body. Thus you have become a point. Once you have realized this perspective, your view is then activated with the sense that you could simultaneously be in the landscape you are viewing. (This makes a little more sense once you've watched the embedded video).

A New Inhabitant of the Parking Lot

A 1958 Streamline trailer has made its home behind the art building recently. A joint purchase between the department, Tahoe Gallery and Student Gallery Club, the trailer is destined to become a mobile gallery. Work has already begun on the project and if you are in the area this summer and interested in lending a hand you can find us on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons out in the parking lot. The interior had previously been gutted, but there is a bit of cleaning to be done on the interior walls, buffing and polishing on the exterior, flooring to be laid and other little fun projects.

No new project is complete without a fiasco though, right? Luckily we got that one checked off the list early on. In transporting the trailer up from Reno, we had a small issue with some door hinges that sent a decently sized hunk of aluminum (yes, the door) flying through the air alongside Hwy 395. We were able to toss it into my car and to the amazement of all there was nearly no damage at all. Above is a nice shot of the doorless trailer parked in the meadows alongside Mt. Rose. Classy huh?