First Blog Post: Inauguration and Video Ideas

One thing that I can not deny about the Inauguration of President Obama its standing as a momentous occasion. It is held in high spirits by many people for many different reasons. Some find it exciting for its racial merits. Others are excited for the sole fact that Bush is out of office. Many more are excited for different reasons that I could not fathom.

*as a mental note, why not film people who are not actors on the excitement they feel about the day? Are we limited only to 3 second shots of people cheering, taking photos, crying and whatnot?*

Personally, I was and still am enjoying the entire ceremony as i watch it now. For me, I am happy that I am old enough to fully understand how much something like the inauguration of a president effects everyone. There is the potential for the way America is run to radically change to the extent that our way of life can shift between prosperity and social oneness to misery and solitude. I was shocked at how many people were outside listening to his speech earlier today during his inauguration. In the far distance you could see people waving flags in salute to the new Commander in Cheif. It was one of those moments where, as cheesy as it may sound, you felt that you were definitely part of a larger society, one that cares deeply about its salvation.

Not to be funny, but you can tell an event of this magnitude is special when absolutely no one gets arrested or acts upon any negative impulses.

The last time an inauguration took place, I was in middle school. Now that I am older I can appreciate these events for what they really are.

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For the record, I know absolutely nothing about film making going into this class. I choose to take the class expecting to learn a whole lot about digital video production.

Here is a list, in no specific order, of things I have been thinking about or want to expand my knowledge of.

• 3-point lighting and other lighting techniques.
• the rule of thirds and how it pertains specifically to film making.
• basic dos and don'ts pertaining to video production and common mistakes novices make. ....This is probably something I'll learn the more I work on my techniques and ideas.
• My filming ideas are not fully developed yet, but sometime during the semester I would like to film a sequence in the first person perspective of a individual object. Although i cannot find a video that shows what exactly I am speaking of, for expieremental purposes, I think it would be interesting to film the world from the "perspective" of inanimate objects, and their interaction with the world around them.