class notes 10/8/10

Pick out a Shakespeare play for next class, have your sound experiment ready, and blogs/tweets up to date.

Goals: Create the research and presentation for a short, video clip with visuals from
specified sources, typography and original audio track, evoking one of
Shakespeare’s plays.

Assignment Two
Shakespeare in 4-7 seconds

Software
FinalCut, SoundStudio or Audacity, Photoshop


Procedure
- Goal is to create a 4-7 second video “animatic” evoking one of Shakespeare’s plays.

- Use research on the web to select a play by Shakespeare.

- In your blog, post three or more essential themes in the play.

- From those you follow on Twitter, select one tweet that seems to fit with one of these themes.

- Select visuals that will comprise the raw material for the video portion of your project from these sources:
-One still images from the web that helps evoke the chosen play (do not use images from a production of the play). One image posted on any of your FB friends’ pages.
(When selecting the images note that close-ups and details work best.)
-One short video sequence from any source on youtube NOT from a well-known source like a professional movie, music video, commercial, etc. (Download the video at home using online apps or at school by shooting the video directly off the screen with a Flip video cam available from the lab aid.)

- In Photoshop, “stylize”” the web and FB images as needed to best evoke the play. Do the same for the video in Final Cut.

- Crop all images and set up your video file to 720x480 px, 72 dpi.

- For the sound, create one sound with your own voice and alter as appropriate in Sound Studio or Audacity. Combine with one-piece of unknown) instrumental music.

- Combine the still images and video with the mixed sound and a short excerpt (one to three words) from the Tweet text in Final Cut to evoke the selected play.

- Post the completed video to youtube and link from your blog.




Look @ facebook for a photo!! Find a youtube video (segment) that would correlate with the symbols of the play....leaves in the wind... Also find a web image...that goes along with the theme.

Much ado about nothing