Shutter and Aperture

This assignment was to explore shutter and aperture (through the AV -- aperture variable and TV -- time variable settings) and how they effect the outcome of the pictures.

Below are eight pictures that help to capture this idea:

Shutter

Picture #1 -- Shutter speed of 1/60. The bike tire is blurry as the motion is much faster than can be captured by the relatively slow shutter.

Picture #2 -- Shutter speed of 1/125. When the shutter speed is doubled the bike tire is still blurry but noticeably less so.

Picture #3 -- Shutter speed of 1/500. The tire is now fairly clear, although some blurring is still seen in the spokes.

Picture #4 -- Shutter speed of 1/2000. The tire and spokes are now perfectly clear as the motion of the bike is frozen in 1/2000ths of a second.

Aperture

Photo # 5 -- f2.8. The background (our focus) is crystal clear while the foreground (with the tree branch) is blurry. This is due to the small f-stop creating a shallow depth of field, only having our focus be in focus.

Photo #6 -- f4.0. The background is still clear but the foreground is still rather blurry.

Photo #7 -- f5.6. The background is still clear and the foreground is starting to become clear.

Photo #8 -- f8.0. The background remains in focus but now the foreground is as well. The larger f-stop allows for a greater depth of field which puts our whole frame into focus.

From this assignment I learned how both shutter and aperture affect the way in which pictures turn out. I leaned that if I am capturing motion I need to adjust the speed of my shutter (higher = stop frame, lower = blurry). I also learned that to achieve different depths of field I need to use different apertures (lower = shallow depth of field – not much in focus, higher = large depth of field – more is in focus.)

Super Hero FIGHT!!

This project was our second foray into Apple's Motion Program. We created a minute-ish video using traditional video, motion graphics and sound effects. Our video tells the story of a geeky superhero and the antagonist, Andy, who makes a near fatal mistake. Their super battle takes them around and through the park in an epic battle to end all battles.

Motion Me Project!

This project is entitled "Motion Me". It was our first venture into Apple's program Motion, which is used to create motion graphics (oddly enough).

We had to incorporate our names, along with description words that we thought represented us well. We were also supposed to have a soundtrack and sound effects that would serve to enhance our message.

I think I've learned more about the actual process of creating motion throughout the process, which is unfortunate because as I learned more I wanted to go back and fix what I did previously and make it better. However, I still think it's fairly decent for my first attempt.

Motion Me from eric on Vimeo.

Rah rah rah

This is a new, updated version of the 30 second spot video, now hosted on Vimeo!

30 Second Spot from eric on Vimeo.

Video Test

This is a test!
This video was made for a Video Production II class as our intro back into the world of digital video.
The video could only use CUs (closeups) and XCUs (eXtreme closeups) in its composition, and had to tell a story based around the 30-second clip of audio given to us. Our video is..interesting, purposefully sarcastic and hopefully not completely terrible!



--Eric

Heyo!

Yo.

It's me! My name is Eric, and this is a blog for my Video Production II class. Here I will showcase some of my..wonderful videos to the world for all to say. Yay?

--Eric