Ideas for our Final Project

The first idea that Thu Huynh and I had was to film in VanCortlandt Park. We wanted to tell a story of a couple and their proposal. We were not settled on who was going to propose to whom, although we knew we didn’t want it to be a traditional love story. The lake and the horse stables are very beautiful at that park, so we thought there should be a lot of wide shots to show off the scenery and of course close up shots since it should feel personal.

The second idea we had was to film the 1 trains going in and out the train yard a block from my house. (not as interesting as telling a love story)      this would probably look the best with mostly wide shots.

The Museum of The Moving Image Trip 4/12/2011

                                   Game televised on June 20, 2010           
                                    Bill Webb in the Control Room

The exhibit that I found to be most interesting was The Art of Televised Baseball


From a distance I thought the exhibit was just a simple baseball game.
As I got closer, I realized the many small T.V. screens and one larger screen all on one wall.  The baseball game on the screens showed the many cameras views of the stadium taping a New York Mets vs. San Diego Padres game. The large screen shows what is actually aired. One of the other screens shows the director, (above) Bill Web sitting in a control game room watching the game and calling out screen numbers. He was directing the Technical Director through his headset. The Technical Director controls switches and the Camera Operators, Graphics Director and Audio Techs, and Video Replay crew work together to orchestrate the whole show. 
To me this was amazing! Here I was thinking that computers click back and forth and I never imagined that so many people were involved in the production.

I watched for a while. Bill Web said: “pan, ready 2, take 2 (cut to 2), roll it, play an instant replay.” The screen switched around to the different numbered screens and immediately the large screen showed what Bill said to show. It was like he was playing God to the viewer. I’ve never seen anything like it. My Dad was with me and he said, ”I didn’t realize the intricacy of the system.” Neither did I Dad, neither did I.