Rich FilmP160

It was a pleasure and nice surprise to experience Kirsten's lecture. She really engaged with students and got up close and personal, like her films. It was a nice representation of what camera angles can do for character development and audience engagement. As she walked around the aisles, some students were interested and others were nervous and wondered if they would be called on. She seemed to want to get to know people and understand their experiences as much as she could, kind of like an empath. The short film that she showed us really piqued my interest because I am so interested in politics and social justice journalism. The shots that she got into that film were incredible, especially the view looking at the sky behind the kids heads. I nodded as she was speaking about it and she saw that and sat down next to me. I was pretty nervous but she had already sat down next to several students so I knew what to expect. I told her that I recognized Bill Binney's name and that e...

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I chose a powerful scene from one of my favorite shows, Avatar The Last Airbender. The scene involves a fight between two people who can control water in all its forms. The old woman, Hama, is a master at "blood bending" as there is water in blood, she can control limbs. The scene starts off some extreme closeups to demonstrate the evil in the old woman's face against the moon in the background that they draw power from. The younger girl, Katara is forced to kneel via the power of Hama's blood bending and there is eye matching because we see the Hama's face from Katara's point of view while she's being forced to kneel. The scene then shows an extreme closeup of Katara crying and gaining energy from her emotions which contrasts Hama's closeup that showed her evil face. Katara's closeup was that of a heroine and Hama's was that of a villain. Katara deflects an attack from Hama and the camera replays the deflection to add a wow factor. After t...

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The "Mike Wallace is Here" documentary was very inspiring, especially as an aspiring investigative journalist myself. I worry sometimes that newsrooms wouldn't hire me if I dared to actually ask tough questions. I would feel like a sellout if I did fluff interviews all the time in order to maintain access. That isn't what journalism is about. I loved the use of the split screen in the film and the director explained that at that time there were always two cameras recording the interviews. It gave us a chance to see the reactions and emotions of both parties at once. I also spoke with Bob Anderson who was on the panel. He was a producer at 60 Minutes and worked closely with Wallace. I asked Bob Anderson about the interview he produced with Mike Wallace and Putin, he recounted a part of the interview where time was running out and Putin's aides were pressuring Wallace to wrap up the interview. After passing a note to Wallace about the pressure of the aides, Wallace ...

Today I walked home from the train station because my bus was thirty minutes away and the walk is about twenty minutes. I decided to take that opportunity to listen for my soundwalk exercise. As I was leaving the train station I heard people chatting and wondering when the next bus would come. There is a new Chinese buffet restaurant that just opened up by the train, and by the sound of it, it has been a success. I heard faint music and people speaking and laughing loudly. I continued to walk until I passed the high school that is by the train. During the day this area is extremely loud because of the students and also because of the high levels of police presence. Tonight it was quiet and I could hear the crickets in the trees outlining the large empty football field. As I continued to walk I heard cars passing by but no conversation as this area was a little more remote. Eventually I passed a cemetery and enjoyed the quiet for a while before continuing along my route. At this point I...