Final Project Update 2

My project is... going. There's going to be a lot of work here at the end, but such is life. I was disappointed with the video I shot last Thursday, but I had to leave to attend a rehearsal of my own so I worked with what I had. This Thursday I'm singing in a concert and next Thursday is Thanksgiving, so I can't shoot anything else until the Thursday after that. Luckily, the group is doing a performance that night. So I get to go with a video camera, a photography camera and probably an audio recorder as well. That weekend is going to be busy. I believe we're presenting projects that next Monday and Wednesday in class, and then I can go shoot more that Thursday, which will probably be necessary, before turning in my project Monday morning. I've had a lot of scheduling conflicts, and while I have met with members of the group for outside interviews, there's only so much I can do without the whole group together. I seem to work best under pressure though, so fingers are crossed it will all come together here at the end.

Final Project Update

I'm going on Thursday to shoot some video for my final project that will also work for the video assignment. I haven't had a lot of big issues, the women I've spoken with have been very willing to talk to me, and often talk for much longer than I actually needed. That's ok though, I'd rather have too much than too little. I haven't had the opportunity to shoot many photos. The fact that the group only meets once a week and has cancelled a couple rehearsals since I've been following them has made things difficult. I'll be able to go for a few minutes next week and intend to get some then, but after that I won't be able to go again until after Thanksgiving. I need to get some more audio as well, I've got a really great interview that I'm planning on putting at least part of to a slideshow, and I have lots of audio of the group singing. I may try to get one more audio interview, or I may just use different parts of the same interview for a second slideshow. I'd also like to have a slideshow with just the group singing in the background, no interview. I'll do a video interview tonight and get some B roll, and plan the week after Thanksgiving to go back with more or less any and all equipment I can check out and get as much as possible. I don't want hours of footage to sort through, but I'd hate to feel like I need more when I don't have time for it.

Multimedia Critique: Photographer's Site

For this critique I used the Bottle Bell Photography site. When I first opened it it started with an intro and had a "Skip Intro" button at bottom. Naturally, I clicked it. The home page gave me the option to look at "Portraiture", "Forgotten" or "Moodscapes" galleries. I clicked on the Portraiture button and started the slideshow for it. I could have clicked through them individually or just played the slideshow. I went ahead and let the show play out, I thought it would give me a better idea of the site. While I understand there's a fine line between having a picture on the screen for too long and not having it long enough, I felt like these were much too short. Each photograph had a title, so by the time I'd read the title and actually looked at the photograph, it was starting to change. Especially the pages that had two photographs side by side, I really felt like I was rushed to take it all in, and I'm sure I missed details in the photographs because of it. I did like the layout and color scheme, they fit the mood the photographer was wanting to create quite well, and there were some creative pictures.

http://www.bottlebellphotography.com/gallery.aspx