Evidence of Editing: The Black Panther (2018) – Car Chase Scene Busan

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  • What about editing language understanding did you notice?
    • There were quite a few standard cuts, but they were used well.
    • There was a jump cut when the two warrior women got into the car and drove.
    • There was a cutaway shot when T’Challa called for Suri to activate the car.  It made the scene so much better than the car simply appearing.  These are probably my favorite shots.
    • There were long L cuts when T’challa was on the car.  Not only the music, but also the sound effects constantly continued across visual clips.
  • What did you like about the film clip?
    • I liked how they maintained the momentum of the clip.  The quick cuts and transitions showed constant action, with running, shouting, and jumping.
    • When they did use longer shots, it was typically to show acceleration, or similar.
    • I also enjoyed the musical score.  It was implemented amazingly, like how when T’Challa explodes the car underneath him, the score switches from the radio music to his theme.
  • What question do you have from what you saw?
    • How long did this take?
  • What I learned from this week’s exercise is how much effort goes into planning these things today.

Film Analysis: Clone Wars

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Summary

  • I chose Star Wars The Clone Wars for this project.  I chose the series instead of the movie since it’s much better.

Film Analysis

Film Title
 Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 1
Year 2008
Director
 Dave Filoni (God)
Country
 America
Genre Action-Adventure
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why? I would call Dave Filoni and ask him about his biggest regrets about the show.  Also would have changed Ahsoka’s ending a bit.  Would’ve used Tarkin more.

Film information can be found at imdb.com

As you view films, consider how the cuts, camera angles, shots, and movement work to create particular meanings. Think about how they establish space, privilege certain characters, suggest relationships, and emphasize themes. In addition to shot distances, angles, editing, and camera movement, note details of the narrative, setting, characters, lighting, props, costume, tone, and sound.

Ask yourself the following questions:

TOPIC YOUR NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist? Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, other characters sometimes, occasionally Sith as well.
2. Who is the antagonist? Mostly sith and separatists, like Darth Tyranus, General Grievous, Poggle the lesser, and to some extent, Emperor Chancellor Palpatine.
3. What is the conflict? The Clone Wars.
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words) Choices are not always black and white.
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals) Mostly linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)? Anakin turns to the dark side, the clone wars draw to an end.
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing,
characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such
reactions?		 The film particularly uses the soundtrack to influence the viewer’s thoughts, as the clone wars series is much more serious than most people think.
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions? The setting is stylized.  The atmosphere suggested is that the clone wars are considered a normal way of life.
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character? The clothing of characters is interesting as there are many different races and species portrayed in star wars
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood? The lighting typically emphasized the feel of the characters.  Bright light meant all is well or deceit is at hand.  Bad light meant danger.
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00.

Explain why you chose this scene.

 I really can’t do that.  It’s a 66 hour long tv show.  The best scene to describe it could be the one linked below.

I think this scene best shows Anakin unconsciously reaching for the dark side and finding it works better than what he’s been taught.  He forms attachments with Ahsoka, Obi-wan, and Padme, which also accelerates him to the dark side.
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting: Intriguing writing, excellent character development.
b. Sound Design: The sound design is done quite well, with every sound feeling as if it belongs.  There is one thing that is always consistent throughout the series, best described by the meme below.
c. Camera Movements/Angles: The angles often are used to emphasize what they want us to see and feel.  To show us their feelings, often the camera shows a close up of their face, whereas to show us the might of the clone army, they show us a pan of the soldiers marching.
d. Light Setup: It’s animated, so they control the lighting at all stages.
e. Soundtrack/Score: IMPERIAL MARCH BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Also, the music is very expressive, and clearly communicates the feel of the scene.
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film? It does a good job talking about racism, fascism, democracy, and lying to the masses.

This worksheet was developed with ideas from many IB Film teachers, thus should remain in the Creative Commons

Mr. Le Duc’s Film Analysis Resources

Time Tools and Rooms

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CreativeCommons image Tool Stash by Meena Kadri at Flickr.com

SUMMARY

This week went ok.  Spent a lot of time reflecting about the choices I’ve made, and how much I regret them.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Xsplit Video Editor

This tutorial goes in depth about the different ways to use Xsplit, and has already taught me a few things I did not know about the program.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/
Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/

I spent a lot of time on catching up on videos for all classes, and also taught Mr. Mcnabb a new way to do math that’s faster.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Today was like a Hercules task.  Constant labor, for the goal of free time later in the evening.  My nemesises are the seemingly endless tasks that surround me.  My arc is the effort I put in, and music saving me from giving up.

Film – Week 13 – Changes

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“The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.”

― Peter Jackson,  Link

SUMMARY

This week I watched the videos listed on the websites and tutorials.  I also focused on how to market things on a minimal budget, and began setting up a possible trailer for another project of mine.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

I thought a lot about what love truly is, and the different types of it.  I don’t want to share more than that.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned that a good title is at least as important as the accompanying image.

I solved the problem of textures v-fighting on imported custom textures.

Story of Film – Episode 2 – The Hollywood Dream

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“River of Dreams” by mripp is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Notes:

  1. Take notes as you watch the episode
  2. Access Episode 2 and begin watching

1918-1928: The Triumph of American Film…

…And the First of its Rebels

Story of Film – Episode 1 – Birth of Cinema

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“cinema seats” by mark lorch is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Notes:

Introduction

The shaking camera and water shots create a feel of the audience being there, struggling through the water.

Too fast paced, not classical

Nice slow shots, giving the audience a pleasant break from the movie.  Also, use of squares in a nearly square frame.

Uses bubbles to reflect the characters stressors

Borrows from the above

Borrows from both the above

1895-1918: The World Discovers a New Art Form or Birth of the Cinema

Something people could relate to

Scared the audience, might think it’s laughable today, but if you’ve ever tried VR, you duck when something is thrown at you.

Astounded viewers, unimaginable to most people, unfortunately almost solely worked on in France without other countries.

The effects were as if the character was moving directly through the cosmos itself, undoubtedly amazing the audience with it’s unbeforeseen visions.

First close up shot, showing a kitten being fed medicine.  It would be copied all over.

Sense of movement given by a woman’s hand slipping off the bridge.

Close up shot shows the revelation of finding out who the murderer he was searching for his whole life.

First use of wide screen cinema

1903-1918: The Thrill Becomes Story or The Hollywood Dream

First true cuts, showing many different angles.

Used double exposure for effects, portrayed himself in many other movies using it.

Parallel editing

Very famous actor, europe had less censorship

Introduced the concept of costumes more

Multiple lighting sources, director himself played the devil.

Multilayered film, with cuts, blue light, and stories

Filmed in Australia, first feature film.

Highlighted the importance of the 180 degree line, which you must always keep to the same side of.

STAR WARS!!! YEAH BOIII

Good use of the directional shots, which show the connection between characters and place.

One of the first arc films, directed by a woman director, one of the first directors overall.

Chase scene using a car mirror, with a three way display of the intruder, the wife, and the husband

Short film using wind and sand to uncover a body

Introduced the moving trees.

Racist as all hell (bad)

Beautiful cinematography (good)

Led to rebirth of the Klan (bad)

  • Rebirth of a Nation (2007) dir. DJ Spooky

skribbled on the racist stuff

Impressed Griffith with it’s moving dolly shots and the scal

3 hour film about the struggle of love, used edits to compare

Intertwining storylines

Film – Week 10 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 2

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Summary

I started getting into some logo creating and adobe illustrator.  Worked on some lua and skript, probably going to focus more on lua.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

I think that these techniques are quite helpful.  I appreciate that people realize that stress is a big factor in our lives.

I think that the psychology behind focusing on creating these GTD hacks is very interesting.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I relearned how to use Trello, and I fixed some management issues with a server.

Film – Week 8 – ScreenWriting

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Film – Week 8 – Screenwriting

Screenwriting

“Screenwriting” by pietroizzo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.” – Howard Hawks

SUMMARY

My week went well, as I worked on watching videos and other things similar to that.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I watched some training videos to catch up.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Politics is very depressing, but a needed part for the world to go round.  The uneducated and weak-minded will be selfish and go with whoever promises things in line with what they want, regardless of the actual effects or side effects, and others need to combat that stupidity and hate with rationality and science.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Cat outwits owner to access the treats on the shelf.

Politicians secrets are spilled, and they are forced to hold a live press conference in front of a very angry audience.

Aged superheroes combat aged supervillains.

Videogames combine, spilling characters, plots, and worlds into one massive game.

STUDIO (FILMING)

It was pretty fun.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I solved quite a few problems related to fixing technical issues.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Developing Quality

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Work•flow /ˈwərkflō/

“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com

What is a quality workflow?  How do we develop it?  Below are elements of the production cycle that most creative people move through as they create something.  First, we must identify the stages of project production. What is each stage and what are the quality checks for each stage.  Read on and find out!

Stages of Creation Development

Inspiration

How do we find ideas to develop?

We find ideas through the environment around us, and our experiences.

We either use them for the things we’ve seen and heard of, or for the opposite reason, to create something so abstract it’s new.

I measure the quality of ideas as their use, uniqueness, application, and a variety of other factors depending on the situation in which the idea can be applied.

I believe those who use the products of the ideas measure the quality of the idea the best.

Intention

How do we clarify our specific goal(s) for a project?

I think we show our intention through examples and storyboards.

We should clarify our intention by showing the class the examples mentioned above.

I measure quality of intention by examining how it helps or hurts others.

I believe that intention is measured by everyone.

Pre-production

How can we brainwrite, brainstorm, storyboard, and plan our ideas at this phase?

We should use tools like google drawing, storyboard that, and a variety of others for preproduction.

We should use collaboration and individual thinking in harmony, so that we develop ideas alone, and run them by others once we have a basis.

I measure quality of storyboards by how well they portray the final image in my mind.

I think anyone wanting to use an idea would measure quality.

Production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our plan for this phase? This is where we actually make the project.

We should use texting, trello, or another form of online communication.  Discord would be ideal.

We should log our work each time we contribute.

I measure quality of production with how much work is done.

Anyone who oversees or helps work measures quality.

Post-production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our final stages of the project for this phase? This is where we publish the project.

We should use tools like adobe and others to add final touches or cuts to the project, and rigorously check the final product.

We should create a checklist to compare with the final product.

I measure quality by testing and improving the final product until it is as good as can be.

The design team measures the quality.

Presentation/Performance

How do we share our project with our learning community, advisory members, and the world?

Youtube, Social Media, Twitch Reveal?

We should have a premiere time, and then access for however long we want to keep it up.

I measure quality of performance by how much it get’s viewed and the reaction to it.

The audience, and producers.

Feedback

How do we conduct a feedback session at the end of the project development cycle?

Google forms, surveys

Create a thorough list of possible improvements, and have the team vote on them.

I measure quality of feedback by how much input and advice it has.

Everyone who played a part has a right to present feedback.

Week 11

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Summary:

As I just posted about my GTD implementation, I started thinking about what appeals to me most about GTD. Of course, there is its total organization and complete capture of everything in your life. There is the clean desk and inbox acheived by this system. I love all that.

But what really appeals to me is the idea of attaining a “Mind Like Water” state. I have to admit, I haven’t completely achieved this yet, as many GTDers have not. But GTD does bring me much closer to this ideal, and as I get better at the GTD habits, and trust my system more, I get closer each day.

It reminds me of a quote from Bruce Lee:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.

I think the appeal is the calmness and peace that you are trying to achieve. Have everything in its place, and empty your mind of busy-ness and junk. Then your are ready for anything that comes your way. Sometimes when I don’t feel this way, I look at others around me, and realize that I have come a long way towards Mind Like Water.

It will be an ongoing quest. Wish me luck.

I will measure my progress and success by building a schedule around the course online: https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-python-and-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/

and

https://www.udemy.com/course/python-the-complete-python-developer-course/learn/lecture/17021310?start=60#overview

I am currently working to achieve the goal.  I have the skills, and my motivation is that this is what I want to do later in life.

I am setting this goal because it deals with code, is relevant to my life and career, and future in general.

The deadline is the end of the school year.  It is my intent to learn as much about this as I can, and if needed I will continue this project after the year ends.  I think it is realistic to at the very least get close to finishing this project by the end of the year.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers alive, now runs security firm Mitnick Security Counseling, LLC.

His skills not only include C++ and python hacking tools, but also phishing experience and social engineering mastery.

Primary Source:

https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/about/kevin-mitnick-worlds-most-famous-hacker-biography

Secondary Sources:

http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/05/t-hacker-mitnick-on-nsa.cnnmoney/

http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/ex-hacker-reveals-tricks-trade

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/hacker-for-the-hell-of-it-the-adventures-of-kevin-mitnick

Training Source(s)

https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-python-and-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/

This course is going to teach me many things, like how to change my mac address, scan networks, write a code injector, and much more related to hacking and cybersecurity.

https://www.udemy.com/course/python-the-complete-python-developer-course/learn/lecture/17021310?start=60#overview

This course is not hacking related, but will teach me python from beginning to semi-mastery.

Project Timeline: Based on these titles

Total video time: 23:34:50

Introduction
9 lectures 01:13:27
Writing a MAC Address Changer – Python Basics
13 lectures 01:43:09
MAC Changer – Algorithm Design
6 lectures 41:42
Programming a Network Scanner
14 lectures 01:48:31
Writing an ARP Spoofer
11 lectures 01:17:39
Writing a Packet Sniffer
7 lectures 58:18
Writing a DNS Spoofer
7 lectures 57:45
Writing a File Interceptor
6 lectures 50:13
Writing a Code Injector
13 lectures 01:36:30
Bypassing HTTPS
4 lectures 38:24
Writing an ARP Spoof Detector
3 lectures 24:17
Writing Malware
10 lectures 01:28:01
Writing Malware – Keylogger
8 lectures 01:14:55
Writing Malware – Backdoors
21 lectures 02:51:27
Writing Malware – Packaging
15 lectures 02:01:30
Website / Web Application Hacking
3 lectures 16:26
Website Hacking – Writing a Crawler
8 lectures 01:09:40
Writing a Program To Guess Login Information
2 lectures 21:04
Writing a Vulnerability Scanner
15 lectures 01:59:57
Bonus Section
1 lecture 02:12