Sunday, November 19, 2017

Group Project - Adoption PSA

My group (myself, Brian Karas, and Regan McDannold) decided to do an adoption PSA for our collaborative project. Animals are really important to each of us, so this idea was the perfect one for us to work with. Below is a link to the video we created.

The images we used came from free image use websites, and the information that was shared had links to the websites they come from at the end. I was the director/producer and also offered my help with finding photographs and offered my opinion on the script, Brian was the audio guy and also found some photographs, and Regan was the script writer/editor, and he narrated the video. Brian and Regan, thank you guys so much for the hard work you put into this video! I think we worked really well together and were able to accomplish getting a great video done and submitted on time!

Friday, November 17, 2017

Final Shooting Script

Here is the link to my final shooting script, which I really tried to put into a more "professional" format, though it still doesn't really look like the one that was linked in the discussion forum. I originally had this in a word document, but couldn't figure out how to put the document in my blog, so I just ended up copy and pasting it over.





 My Journey to Being a Photographer

Written by

Brooke C. McGarr








2017                                                                                                          mcgarrbrooke13@gmail.com

My Journey to Being a Photographer



Scene 1 – Brooke (myself) standing in the yard looking out over the trees. Shot is in black and white. Voiceover starts: "When I was younger I always knew that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist. I just hadn't found my artistic calling yet". 

Scene 2 – Video scrolls through each artistic phase. Shot now switches to color.
Voiceover Starts: "I went through phases with drawing...painting...crafting...pottery". 

Scene 3 – Shows myself bending to pick up camera.
Voiceover starts: "Then one day, I picked up a camera and started experimenting with photography".

Scene 4 – Video shows some of the photographs I have taken.
Voiceover starts: "I ended up really loving photography and deciding to refocus my education on getting my Bachelor's in the Arts with a focus on photography. My favorite form is landscape photography and creative shoots where I can really let my imagination shine through." 

Scene 5 – Again shows me standing in the yard, now with a camera in my hands.
Voiceover starts: "Now that I have realized my passion, I am working to make it my career. I have always believed in following my dreams, and am incredibly happy that I am able to do that with my photography". I turn to face the filming camera with the prop camera up to my eye – scene cuts to black and video fades out.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Thoughts on Contracts

I think that it is incredibly important to have a contract in a lot of situations. If you are buying something expensive (a car, house, etc.) or if you are entering into a new business with someone else, you definitely want to have a contract so that you essentially don't get screwed over on anything. It is also important to have a contract when you are collaborating on something like a film or TV show, just so that everyone knows what their duty is and how they will be reimbursed for their work. However, I think with a project like the one we are working on in class, a contract is not needed as long as everyone is pulling their weight with the project. If someone is not, then a contract should be formed in order to hold them to their word, and if that fails then that person would not receive credit for their part of the project. With my group, I think we are working quite well together and have been in constant communication. I believe that we are all pulling our weight fairly equally and that we are each willing to help each other if need be. I don't think the work that we are using necessarily requires a contract, we are using photographs that are not our own but they are from free image sites. We also are using information from adoption sites, but we are citing that information. Brian and Regan, if you guys feel that we need a contract, like I mentioned - I will find one for us to sign, but I honestly don't think we really need one.