As already mentioned, yesterday the whole Movie Group met with Jane at the Digital Media Center to discuss and plan out our movie/documentary project. We decided on the themes we wanted covered in the documentary: Dowling and the Battle, The Commissioning and Dedication of the Statue, The Movements of the Statue, and The Rededication. I chose to work on the Commissioning and Dedication of the Statue. This will entail writing my “2 minute” segment for the video, which will then be reviewed and cut down by my group mates. As I am writing, I will collect the stills and video I want to use in the video and deposit them in a dropbox folder that will be shared with the group so that we do not collect redundant material. After my piece is edited and possibly while I am writing, I will begin deciding where in my segment I want the stills/video to fit so that we can create a storyboard to aid in the movie creation process. Finally, we also agreed to share/get gmail accounts so that we can use google docs for the editing process when needed.
So far, I have done a bit of research on the commissioning and dedication of the statue, but I am still in the early stages. My completed script is due April 8th, and I do not foresee this deadline becoming a problem. I have also created a dropbox account and installed dropbox on my computer. With dropbox, I have created a “Movie Group” folder which I have begun sharing with my group mates as they install and send me their dropbox accounts. In this folder I have placed a few “tester” items related to Dowling just to see how everything works and check to make sure everyone can access/edit. I already had a gmail account and look forward to moving Gaby into the 21st century.
I had the opportunity to chat with some of my music major friends yesterday about the possibility of them preparing some music for the background of our movie and they were very receptive to the idea. To work with the two of them (both violinists) they have told us to get moving on our work and sort of get an idea of where the rising and falling actions will be, then they will consult with us on how many and which pieces they would be willing to perform (one of them has Irish heritage and had a good time imagining the possible jigs she might put together…). Obviously, it might take them a while so the sooner we can consult with them the better, however, they will not be heartbroken if it does not work out this semester.
I am looking forward to a productive weekend/next week on this project and think we are in a great place right now!
Kat, I thought the Dropbox was a great idea, so thanks for suggesting that. I am excited to hear some of the original music made by some of your musi friends. Good luck with your research and we all need to get working on our scripts!
Kat–Thank you so much for really taking the lead on Dropbox and on talking to Musi friends to get music for us (without our having to worry about major copyright issues). I will make sure to accept the dropbox invitation after I’m done making these comments. Overall, I think we’re in a great place and I am so appreciative of you really being a leader in this project!
Hey,
Thanks for setting up the Dropbox folder. I accepted and was able to look at the documents that you uploaded. Like Adam, I am excited to hear the music that your friends have agreed to contribute to our project! Good luck on your research and I look forward to reading your script.