Reminders
Starting next week (Monday April 23 and Wednesday April 25), classes will be devoted to editing/production, so bring in whatever footage you have so you can get started on your rough cuts.
Your rough cuts will be due by class time on April 30. Class that day is not optional. We’ll be screening the rough cuts together and giving everyone feedback.
Your final cuts will be due along with your published portfolio websites on May 14, the last day of class.
I’ve only received breaking news stories from a small handful of you, so if you have not yet done yours, please check in with me ASAP with your plan for that assignment.
Discussion: Moving toward longer-form filmmaking
Benefits/costs of working alone vs. with a team?
DP (director of photography), B camera, lighting, producers, etc.
Feature-length documentary shot by one woman: First to Fall
Interview with filmmaker Rachel Beth Anderson
A documentary funded by Kickstarter: Luchadora
Example of verite short documentary: Extremis
An interview with the director
Exploring the limits and conventions of the art form:
The future of 360 Video and VR
Why you’re going to want a 360 camera
10 things I wish I knew before shooting 360 video
The New York Times made waves with its award-winning VR short doc series “The Displaced.” Now Huffington Post, The Guardian, TIME and CNN all have their own VR production teams.
Using 360 video as part of a big video feature story:
https://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000005005806/the-displaced.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/the-displaced-introduction.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000004980989/we-who-remain.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/14/magazine/fight-for-falluja-vr.html
VR at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival:
https://www.tribecafilm.com/immersive
What are the challenges of storytelling in 360? What are the benefits? In what ways are these videos really utilizing the potential of the format? Are they missing any opportunities? What kinds of assignments would 360 work best for, and where would it be ineffective?
Another big trend in online video these days: live video
Using live video and Instagram stories to promote a story/give a behind the scenes look into what went into making it.
And combining the two, naturally, now there’s Live 360 video: https://facebook360.fb.com/live360/