Final Course Deliverables & Deadlines

1. Your written exam is due by May 1 at noon. 

Please drop off at 116 RPH. If I am not here, please slide it under my door.

2. Reel and Artist Statement is due May 1 by 5 PM

Embed your reel (45 sec to 1 min) edited "sizzle" highlights of all your best work. This footage can be anything that you have filmed. Also include a 350 to 500 word artist statement with our reel. Detailed instructions are in the post below.

3. Peer Feedback of Reels due by Monday, May 4 at noon.

Watch reels posted by classmates after Friday, May 1 at 12 pm. Comment on each reel to show support and that you have watched their work.

4. Final Blog post due on May 4 at noon.

Please think about what you knew about visual storytelling and videography, and what technical skills you had at the start of this course in January, and where you are now. What have you learned about storytelling? What have you learned about being a cinematographer? What have you learned about yourself (what you are good at and what you don't enjoy)? What skills have you developed through learning in this course? This final course reflection should be 350 to 500 words, posted on your blog.

5. If you are up for it - please do a course evaluation available in Student Tab of MyBama.

GRADES ARE DUE MAY 5.

Any blog posts completed by NOON on Monday, May 4 will receive credit. Any blog posts missing will be deducted from  your grade. No late assignments past this deadline will be accepted.

Reel and Artist Statement

For our final assignment you must edit a 45 sec to 1 minute reel of your work as a videographer - this means all the footage you have shot (in any classes or projects) is allowable. If you are low on content you may create a Director/DP reel but you must specify what you filmed and what you directed.

FOR  YOUR REEL: Keep in mind lots of folks have many different reels for different kinds of jobs they pitch for but for this assignment, choose your favorite shots (for their look/aesthetics) and put them together in a way that represents your style and technical skills.

Annelise Moreau Reel from Annelise Moreau on Vimeo.

DP Reel Fall 2010 from Henry Busby on Vimeo.

Director of Photography Reel from Greg Kubik on Vimeo.

You are also encouraged to browse old 312 sites and see what your peers have put together. 


Visit the right sidebar, scroll down for pasts 312 reels: http://thedocisfeelinginspired.blogspot.com

Additionally post a short ARTIST STATEMENT (350-500 words) with your embedded video clip, see below for some examples of reels and artist statements.

Browse blogs of previous 312 students to read their artist statements. For example: Ellen, Lauren, Mary Katherine, Austin, Tanner and Danny. Scroll down the sidebar and read more --- there are tons!

TIPS FOR WRITING AN ARTIST STATEMENT:

Here are some more tips: http://artistemerging.blogspot.com/2006/08/writing-artists-statement.html

Here are some examples:

http://www.jamiecsapp.com/artist-statement/

http://www.panix.com/~hamiltro/biography/statement.shtml

http://trakovskyfilm.com/film/statement.html

http://www.bpfilms.net/#!artists_statement/c22bp

http://www.elizabethbaronmovie.com/index.php/about/9