Media 160 Final Project

https://youtu.be/VqKq51v8GUo

Hi,

Here is the link to Michelle and I's final project. We hope you love it as much as we do!

Updated Artist Statement

At the beginning of this semester, i wrote my Artist Statement as a student who had no clue what kind of artist they are. I hoped that I would discover it this semester and I can proudly say that I have. From the first assignment of defining a space until our final project i think and know I have definitely honed in on my artistic style and ability. During the first project I got a feel for filming and the camera and also got a feel for the technical details that go into shooting. I loved filming different spaces that all made sense cohesively once edited. I loved the interview project because we got to learn about one of our classmates lives and passions, which I probably never would've known if it weren't for this project. I loved the editing aspect as well, cutting different parts and making it sound so seamless. For my final project, we are doing a documentary on my friend Kimi, who is a dance student at Hunter. To film her dancing and also hear how and why she loves dancing was so incredible. Her awesome story and passion makes me excited to edit and create an amazing documentary. I feel like my skills are much more precise and my style of filming includes lots of different angle with varied lighting and visuals. I definitely loved taking this class and it has truly opened my eyes and helped me experience what it's like to film and edit, as well as many other technical aspects. I can't wait to take more production classes and develop my skills even more as a filmmaker. 

MoMI Reflections

One of the many interesting demos at the MoMI was the sound effects demo showing the scene from titanic and the building and layering of sounds used to create the sense of what's going on, the mood, and the background noises like the crashing ship, people running, water splashing, etc. each of these noises are recorded separately by foley artists and then put together by the sound editor. I already knew that the dialogue was recorded separately, but I didn't know that every single thing you hear in the movie is also recorded separately. It was interesting to learn how the foley artists create all the different sounds used in movies. Like how something so small like a sound of a can crushing can be used for a massive part of the ship crashing. All of this sound effect technology has helped expanded the creative boundaries that filmmakers have because they can literally Create any scenario they can think of and make it come to life in their movie. 

Final Project Shot List

Jacqueline Tawil and Michelle Cohen

Shot List for Final Project

We will be doing a documentary of Kim Hamadani, a Hunter student who is majoring in Psychology and minoring in dance. We will interview her to see what it's like to fuse her two passions.

Shot 1: Pan of the studio showing us around


Shot 2: Shoot the dance studio empty, maybe from a floor angle


Shot 3: Shoot her dancing but start with tight shots, starting from the feet up then expand the shots to eventually show her whole body dancing.


Shot 4: Ask her about how she started dancing


Shot 5: Why she loves dancing & how it makes her feel


Shot 6: Talk about her recital


Shot 7: What she wants to do with psych and dance

Blog Post #3: Relationship Between Shots

Media blog post #3: Relationships Between Shots 

http://youtu.be/2TVyJ-51jzc

This is clip of the film, "French Connection" during a "chasing the train" scene. The clip shows a man holding a gun to a train operators head, while below the train tracks, there is a man driving speedy, dangerous and recklessly, in order to keep up with the train. Most of the shot sequence is constantly switching between two shots. It is either of the view of the driver, of what's in front of him, or it's a closeup of his face. When the camera is showing the drivers view, it conveys a feeling of realness. It makes the viewer feel like they are in the car with the driver and the intense, high speed chase is palpitating. These emotions are definitely conveyed through the driver shot. The close up shots of the drivers face show how the man behind the crazy driving and the closeup intensifies the anxious feelings even more during the chase. When the camera shot switches to opposite the car, so you see the front of the car head on, and witness it crash, it is giving you the angle of a pedestrian. All of these different shots help not only convey the emotion and feelings in the scene clearly, but they also help and benefit each other by showing various angles of one scene, while still maintaining the screen direction.

Josiah's Interview

https://soundcloud.com/jacqueline-tawil/interview-project

Here is the link to my interview of Josiah

Blog Assignment #2: "What I Hear"

Soundwalk By Jacqueline Tawil

I spent an hour walking up and down a busy street in my neighborhood of Gravesend, Brooklyn. On Ave U, there is a store for anything and everything you might need to go about your day. There are multiple grocery stores, butchers, fruit store, salons, a post office, a bank, a bus and train stop, etc. These are all within about 10 blocks. There are typical background sounds on the street such as multiple cars honking for no apparent reason, car engines and city buses zooming by. Being that I am Jewish and live in a predominantly Jewish community of Syrian Jews, Ave U is a melting pot of what we call “old and new Syrians.” There are some people whose families immigrated generations ago and have integrated English and its American culture into their lives. And then there are some people who much recently immigrated and do not know a word of English, only Arabic. Majority of the stores are owned by Syrian Jews and it is likely that you hear someone speaking in Arabic while you will also hear someone speaking in their thick Brooklyn accent. Most of the time, its the same person. You hear a mother hopping from store to store picking up her groceries for dinner while speaking to her friend across the street in the middle of all the hustle and bustle. Sometimes i’ll really feel like i am in “Little Syria”, before the meltdown which it is now. Ave U is almost like a place locked in time. It resembles the Syria that our grandparents knew and loved and told us about. It was a thriving country and Ave U symbolizes a piece of our heritage that still exists, but in Brooklyn. The biggest soundmark in my neighborhood is the main synagogue of the community, which is down the block from my house. On a typical Friday night after services are over, there are hundreds of well dressed men pouring out and you hear tons of chatter, laughter and kids playing.