High1ander
2005-10-28, 11:00
Hade ett helt sanslöst sjukt prov i Cinematography (Filmfotografi), som fick mig att verkligen gråta (nej, jag överdriver inte, tårar rann ner för mina kinder) av skratt. Jag satt och garva så hysteriskt, och det blev bara värre då jag försökte sluta och skärpa mig för att inte störa resten av klassen...
Här är frågorna (min lärare heter Curtis):
The know-it-all geek sitting next to you right now in class bragging earlier about shooting in MiniDV because "Hey, it is 'uncompressed' format - you can't get better." You:
- Wish you were smart as the know-it-all geek, and promise to start listening to Curtis' lectures from now on.
- Smiles smugly, knowing that Digital 8, MiniDV and even Digital BetaCam are all compressed format - some information is lost.
- Are glad you're not a geek, but promises to stop sleeping in Curtis' lectures anyhow..
Your cousin Lenny wants to sell you his MiniDV camera for $200 because he's "only used it twice since he bought it in 1990." You:
- Hurry and buy it before he realizes what a fool he is for letting it go for so cheap.
- Feel badly about taking advantage of kin, so you offer him $300 - still $50 cheaper than any new MiniDV you can buy.
- Realize the stories of him being dropped on his head as a child are true - MiniDV wasn't sold until 1995.
The first electronic television was invented:
- By my Uncle Marvin in his garage in Toledo, Ohio, but never got credit.
- In 1929 by Vladimir Zworykin in the United States.
- In 1949 by the Soviets in an early experiment in mind control.
Color Television was first seen:
- By some hippies dropping acid in Haight Ashbury in 1964.
- In the United States 1954.
- By the original Apollo astrounats during their lunar mission at NASA in 1963.
In the year 2006:
- You'll be rich, and I'll still be teaching this dumb class.
- All analog television signals are to be turned off - it is digital baby, yeah!
- The FCC will ban all reality-based programming as "more lethal" than anthrax.
One night over beers your roomates are arguing over which has the better picture resolution and light sensitivity, film or video. They ask you to settle the argument. You:
- Tell them to shut up and take it outside, 'cuz you're watching Jackass reruns on the tube.
- Tell them, "Duh, video is better."
- Tell them, "Duh, film is better."
One night over drinks your roomates are arguing over which is cheaper to shoot on, film or video. They ask you to settle the argument. You:
- Tell them to shut up and take it outside, 'cuz you're watching Blind Date on the tube.
- Tell them, "Duh, video is better."
- Tell them, "Duh, film is better."
One night over shooting heroin you roommates are arguing over which video format is better to shoot on, DV CAM or DVC PRO. They ask you to settle the argument. You.
- Get new roommates. (enda svarsalternativet)
You Uncle Reg visiting from England brings along his PAL videotape of the ferret-legging contest he won [look it up: http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/5361.html] and pops it into your VCR. You.
- Pour him a Guiness and sit down to watch.
- Pour him a Bud Light and sit down to watch.
- Pour him two Guinness' while you go to get the tape converted to NTSC so you can watch it.
Regardless of what techniques you use when compising your shot, you should always ask:
- What are you getting paid for this shoot, and is it enough?
- What best tells the story? What best support the story?
- How would Curtis shoot this?
When framing a shot, what will create a more dynamic frame with and increased sense of depth?
- A group of Chippendale dancers in front of a screaming mob of women.
- Diagonal lines, and lines that converge.
- Straigt and parallel lines.
Your director says he just read about the rule of thirds, but didn't do well with fractions in school:
- You ask how he did with percentages.
- You explain it's the only true way to properly compose a frame - centering the subject in the frame.
- You explain it's about breaking the frame into thirds and placing the subject on one of those divisions, and, you explain it's not a true rule, but only a guidline.
Impressed by your vast knowledge of all things production, your new intern ask the difference between scenes, setups, and shots. You patiently answer:
- If you get me coffe and Krispee Kreme, I'll fill you in.
- You only get on "shot" to make it in this "scene", baby, so you better hurry and get "setup".
- Setups are every time you move the camera to a new place to shoot the shot[s] that will make up a scene. Now get back to work, and quit bothering me.
Which of the following is the best way to cross the line?
- Forget your girlfriend's birthday just one more time.
- Have your subject change direction within the frame, or shoot your subject moving in a neutral direction.
- Move your camera at least 45 degrees.
Kanske inte är hysteriskt för er, men tänk nu att det är ett prov du går in för och tror när du ska göra det att det är helt jätteseriöst, för det är ändå college-nivå...
Här är frågorna (min lärare heter Curtis):
The know-it-all geek sitting next to you right now in class bragging earlier about shooting in MiniDV because "Hey, it is 'uncompressed' format - you can't get better." You:
- Wish you were smart as the know-it-all geek, and promise to start listening to Curtis' lectures from now on.
- Smiles smugly, knowing that Digital 8, MiniDV and even Digital BetaCam are all compressed format - some information is lost.
- Are glad you're not a geek, but promises to stop sleeping in Curtis' lectures anyhow..
Your cousin Lenny wants to sell you his MiniDV camera for $200 because he's "only used it twice since he bought it in 1990." You:
- Hurry and buy it before he realizes what a fool he is for letting it go for so cheap.
- Feel badly about taking advantage of kin, so you offer him $300 - still $50 cheaper than any new MiniDV you can buy.
- Realize the stories of him being dropped on his head as a child are true - MiniDV wasn't sold until 1995.
The first electronic television was invented:
- By my Uncle Marvin in his garage in Toledo, Ohio, but never got credit.
- In 1929 by Vladimir Zworykin in the United States.
- In 1949 by the Soviets in an early experiment in mind control.
Color Television was first seen:
- By some hippies dropping acid in Haight Ashbury in 1964.
- In the United States 1954.
- By the original Apollo astrounats during their lunar mission at NASA in 1963.
In the year 2006:
- You'll be rich, and I'll still be teaching this dumb class.
- All analog television signals are to be turned off - it is digital baby, yeah!
- The FCC will ban all reality-based programming as "more lethal" than anthrax.
One night over beers your roomates are arguing over which has the better picture resolution and light sensitivity, film or video. They ask you to settle the argument. You:
- Tell them to shut up and take it outside, 'cuz you're watching Jackass reruns on the tube.
- Tell them, "Duh, video is better."
- Tell them, "Duh, film is better."
One night over drinks your roomates are arguing over which is cheaper to shoot on, film or video. They ask you to settle the argument. You:
- Tell them to shut up and take it outside, 'cuz you're watching Blind Date on the tube.
- Tell them, "Duh, video is better."
- Tell them, "Duh, film is better."
One night over shooting heroin you roommates are arguing over which video format is better to shoot on, DV CAM or DVC PRO. They ask you to settle the argument. You.
- Get new roommates. (enda svarsalternativet)
You Uncle Reg visiting from England brings along his PAL videotape of the ferret-legging contest he won [look it up: http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/5361.html] and pops it into your VCR. You.
- Pour him a Guiness and sit down to watch.
- Pour him a Bud Light and sit down to watch.
- Pour him two Guinness' while you go to get the tape converted to NTSC so you can watch it.
Regardless of what techniques you use when compising your shot, you should always ask:
- What are you getting paid for this shoot, and is it enough?
- What best tells the story? What best support the story?
- How would Curtis shoot this?
When framing a shot, what will create a more dynamic frame with and increased sense of depth?
- A group of Chippendale dancers in front of a screaming mob of women.
- Diagonal lines, and lines that converge.
- Straigt and parallel lines.
Your director says he just read about the rule of thirds, but didn't do well with fractions in school:
- You ask how he did with percentages.
- You explain it's the only true way to properly compose a frame - centering the subject in the frame.
- You explain it's about breaking the frame into thirds and placing the subject on one of those divisions, and, you explain it's not a true rule, but only a guidline.
Impressed by your vast knowledge of all things production, your new intern ask the difference between scenes, setups, and shots. You patiently answer:
- If you get me coffe and Krispee Kreme, I'll fill you in.
- You only get on "shot" to make it in this "scene", baby, so you better hurry and get "setup".
- Setups are every time you move the camera to a new place to shoot the shot[s] that will make up a scene. Now get back to work, and quit bothering me.
Which of the following is the best way to cross the line?
- Forget your girlfriend's birthday just one more time.
- Have your subject change direction within the frame, or shoot your subject moving in a neutral direction.
- Move your camera at least 45 degrees.
Kanske inte är hysteriskt för er, men tänk nu att det är ett prov du går in för och tror när du ska göra det att det är helt jätteseriöst, för det är ändå college-nivå...