Video composition

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Part 1 video composition

Rule of thirds- while everyone know this rule by heart, it's always good to go back and revisit this one rule every once in a while. This rule basically ask to visualize a grid in your viewfinder and shoot subjects on the lines of the grid. This rule helps create a composition that is attractive the the eye. And this rule of thirds also helps shoots where you are shooting a conversation. 

I know tonight's blog is short and simple though I am still doing some research for what I really want to talk about. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have all my research ready and have some interesting things to talk about. Later 

To change the world you must first share your story

time to get back to work

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Getting back to work

This week I am going back to the basics. I am going to study Motion and trying to work on some composition.

Composition

So what is composition? Wikipedia defines it as "the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work." 
This is a very important part of creativity in videography. Composition, if done correctly, will take your video from looking average to awesome. The average human attention span is only about three seconds. After that your mind sends off an alarm telling you that you need to move. This is a big reason why movies these days are somewhat ADHD. Composition plays a big role in keeping your mind trick into thinking that something is going on the whole entire time.

This week
I will try to post something once a night about something that deals with composition.

Picture of the day
Since my theme is composition the picture of the day comes from a project back in April. During parts of my video I would show pictures of the teacher, students and the school. While these pictures where showing I put a moving background. This composition helps keep the illusion of movement. Also just to note, green and white are the school colors. This isn't the best picture but it does give you an example of what I have been posting about. Maybe if I get more time I will create a small clip so you could get the full feel of what I am talking about.

"To change the world you must first share your story."

Giving credit where credit is due

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Is this the return?

I have to admit I have been gone for a while. Really hard times has fallen on this writer and I admit went into a deep, deep, depression. I have to be honest I went into a "off" mode. I just didn't care what happen in the world and if I crawled into a hole and vanished, I would have been fine. About a week ago I came back to my senses and restarted my thinking process. I guess you can call it a reboot. I learned some hard lessons in the past two months. But thankfully the story I give you tonight was one I learned a very long time ago.

Giving Credit where Credit is due

I am very judgmental when it comes to my work. I always want it to be the best. So when I show my work to someone I take pride, even if it was bad, in my work. Because of this I also give credit where it is due. No need to steal anyone else's thunder. Because its all the much better when you finally achieved your goal.
When I came to my father about making a steadicam I showed him a video. This video shows a simple and easy way to make a steadicam. Now I could have made it myself but getting together with him just made it special. After the video my dad was real excited and said he was going to build it. And within 24 hours it was built. He then went out and sprayed painted it and gave it to me. As long as I have had that steadicam I always gave my father the credit.
Tonight I went to his house and at dinner he mention about reading my blogs. In a serious tone he called me out about me taking credit for building the steadicam. He explained that in one of my blogs I had taken credit for building the it. I was in shock and hurt, not because I was accused but that he thought I would take claim in building it. So I went back to the very article he was talking about and read the whole thing. I came to find out that my father had read the article in a hurry and just assumed that I wrote that. I have never seen my father so happy to be wrong. So dad, not only did you make the steadicam, you made a son proud to use it. And I can't wait until we make the next one, that one will be even better.

Photo of the day
Wow I didn't think I was going to write tonight but I found a picture I wanted to share
This photo comes from the mrs. So enjoy and I will catch you later.

"To change the world you must first share your story."