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Dean Romero has requested a couple of volunteer videographers:
“On March 7th, we will doing the Art–A–Thon, a day-long of artistic activities throughout the campus. One of those activities will be a flashmob at noon. I will be conducting a group of musicians, singers, and dancers who will be interpreting a piece written by my father. We will be videotaping that particular event but in order to make a good quality video we will need at least two other cameras videotaping it so Stevie can do a meaningful editing. What I am asking from you is if you can get two or more students who could videotape the event from different angles from our own videographer like, for example, shots of people showing surprise, etc. The whole piece is no more than four minutes long.”
Edit videos and upload to your Vimeo accounts
Assignment
Pitches for your visual poem are due next week (Wednesday, since we don’t have class on Monday). No interviews required, but think in terms of ambient sound, snatches of conversation, natural sounds, music heard on the street, or even original music. The main elements we’re looking for here are strong composition, good command of camera settings, creativity and clarity of storytelling, editing for pacing and rhythm. This isn’t a hard news feature, but it isn’t fiction either. Journalistic ethics and guidelines still apply.
Pitch requirements: Post your pitch on the class blog. Show me that you not only have an interesting, strongly visual idea, but that you have the access and ability to execute it. Be able to articulate a vision for the video, which will be 2-3 minutes long. We will workshop the pitch ideas as a class on Wednesday.