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Newscast Final

Quick Takes

Midterm Challenge

For midterm, we were given the challenge to create a video to commemorate the completion of the pedestrian bridge here at SC State. The bridge is located over Chestnut street and is a great way for students staying in University Village and Campus Corner. Professor Harwood provided us with clips of the construction and ending ceremony to create a 30 second "Congratulations SC State" video.

Sequence Shots

This video is focused on capturing the action sequence shots. You typically see these shots in a lot of movies and as b- roll in television. We had to record shots of our classmates walking out of the Communications building. In this vide, we have Iris Gadsden as my star.

"I'm Ready For My Close Up."

In production, the right lighting is always important. In my Advanced TV Production class we worked with lighting and the different aspects of lighting in video. The subject used for my examples is my classmate Iris Gadsden.

Key Light 

This type of light is the primary light during an interview.

Positioned behind the interviewer's shoulder, it is placed 

opposite to the camera. The job for this light is to 

illuminate the subject's face.

Back/Hair Light

This type of light illuminates the space behind the subject's 

head so that the subject stands out of the background. Bring 

extra attention to the subject and puts spotlight on them.

Side/Fill Light

The side/fill light is to fill in the shadows created by the key 

light. Its purpose is to make sure that the light is even across 

the subject's face.

DIY Video Final Project

For the final project in my Advanced TV and Editing class, I chose to do a DIY video. My DIY video is on how to dye your hair. I was correcting my blue black dye from a week or so prior because I had two Wiz Khalifa patches in the front. It is mostly a visual video because the dye I used a dye that had different directions for different results. But basically start with clean dry hair then mix the color with volume 10 developer (2 parts color to 1 part bleach). Mix then apply and wait designated time before washing out. Simple and easy by my account. I mean I have dyed my hair 2 times prior.

Lights! Camera! Pose!

In Advanced TV Production and Editing class, there are ways to achieve the perfect lighting for the desired scene. There are four classiclighting techniques that are used to execute some excellent filming. Here are some examples of the lighting techniques. We took pictures of fellow students in Professor Harwood's class to demonstrate.

The classmate of whom I worked with was Iris Gadsden. These are the four classic lighting techniques:

Rembrant

This lighting is used when the key light light is set at a downward angle at a 45 degree angle in front of the subject, the fill light is set opposite to the key light, even to the subject's face, and the back light is set high at a 45 degree angle, like the key light.

Split/ 90 Degree

The Split (or 90 Degree) lighting is made when the key light is placed at the eye level of the subject, and 90 degrees to the side of the subject's face.

Broad

Similar but not the same as Rembrandt, this technique is set up exactly the same, but the subject's face is turned off-center. This results in the broader side, the side turned towards the camera, is in the light.

Butterfly

This lighting is named for the butterfly shaped shadow that is created under the nose by placing the main light either directly above or below the camera. Shooting will have to take place under the light source in order to capture this look. This type of lighting is mostly used in glamour shots to create shadows under the cheeks and chin of the subject.

Scary Face Lighting

We were able to hsve fun with this photo. Unfortunately, my model was not available so I had to do a self portrait.

I really did enjoy this project and learned a lot from it.

Taking Time To Reflect

This is a picture of classmate Christian Manning shot in harsh glare with the sun directly behind him.

 The picture is hard to see because the glare is making him look darker than he appears.

Picture of Christian in the same position, directly behind the sun, but with the Individual Outside Portable Light Reflector bouncing the sunlight onto his face. This improves the overall lighting and quality of the picture.

This picture shows fellow classmates Christian and Larell demonstrating the use of the reflector as it redirects the sunlight upon the subject.

This lighting is used widely when taking shots outside. Here's a link to how to use the light reflector and where you can purchase them.