Author Archives: coldkyle1

Please be sure to watch the final production in the VIDEO tab above once released; in the meantime here is some behind the scenes footage:

I am currently in the process of learning green screen technology based on the following thesis: Green screen technology usage will increase my skit comedyvideos’ production value by enabling exotic images and absurdcartoonish drawings to take the place of elaborate sets andbackground scenery. I picked up a fairly inexpensive setup from Amazon and have includedContinue reading “Green Screen”

After receiving feedback from my instructor for the assignment, Principles & Elements of Design- which can be viewed in the previous blog post, here are the new final portfolio choices:

(final thoughts at end- please scroll to read) Learning Outcome: What I learned from this assignment is that a strong figure to ground relationship of subject versus background can be created through many more means than just value or shallow depth of field- that ALL of the principles and elements play a role in makingContinue reading “Principles & Elements of Design”

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I added the “Boy Who Got No Dinner” as a slideshow on my homepage. It’s right below the main image, so just scroll down. Then, I moved the old slideshow to the “tutorials” page. I want to continue in this comedy AND tutorial direction a while still. The technical tutorial assignments are how I planContinue reading “A personal comment about my website:”

Reflections:This was a really fun assignment for me. Shooting videos is why I’m in the digital media production program, but I’ve always wanted to be able to take good action photos, mostly for family. After watching all the videos for the assignment, I then downloaded and watched some videos specific to the camera (the CanonContinue reading “Action Photo Assignment”

I ended up keeping the rode nt-3 microphone like I said in the last blog. BUT, I returned the camera- the Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark III. Don’t get me wrong, it is an amazing camera. It just turns out that most of my work is indoor dialogue and the micro-four thirds sensor size doesn’t giveContinue reading “Update on Equipment:”

Here is a video I produced in order to test the sound of the Rode Nt-3 microphone as a boom mic and an on-camera mic. Its on-camera prowess is specifically compared to the RODE VideoMic Pro in the video. The following conversation is in regards the video posted above and took place between myself andContinue reading “Rode Nt-3 Microphone Test”

So, after a long summer being broke, Fall quarter at school finally arrived along with my much anticipated financial aid. Being that I’m a Digital Media Production major, I decided to invent in some gear.      My focus is primarily video, but I still (pun intended) want to be able to take quality stills. ToContinue reading “New Equipment!”