This week was a week of weekage. December started and we got the specs for our Documentary Project. I want to learn how to make dem explosions bruh. The best part of this week was finishing those damn tutorials. How I hate them. What sucks is that I am far behind on the magic word project quote thingy. Here is a podcast about why TV sucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsrxS_c9mkA
Transitions are the most critical part of switching between different pieces of footage. The keys to transitions is to match the pacing, but if you get overzealous it can take you right out of it. The most common transition in the business is no transition! Are you gonna do that? Are you a square!? Probably, but I'll help you anyway.You can use transitions to increase the engagement felt by the audience or increase to the atmosphere of the sequence. The golden film used for the example is a racist turd nugget that depicts the entire country of Italy as a dinky little playground! Playground Italy, uses a variety of transitions and fast camera movement to add to the to the feeling of the film. Transitions between similar pieces of footage is easy! Transitions between juxtaposing footage is very hard, but much more enjoying for the audience when pulled off. The subjects of the footage should be in similar, placement, etc. as well as maintaining continuity, because that is the fastest way break engagement. Sound is as it always is, the most important part. It can helping tricking clips flow easier, but if you mess up the audio your done, son. . Transitions need to be respected, because if you don't have a particular transition in mind, just use a cut, otherwise you look SLOPPY! Ultimately this is useful advice. It is more pro trasition that most the other material we've received, but it doesn't have much else to analyze.
Myths are one of the earliest forms of fiction. Myths are all about themes, so when wanting to create iconic characters, memorable stories, and interesting scenarios, myths are great place to start your structure. A useful tool in myths is repetition, they are a subtle way to build mood, tone, atmosphere, and the theme. Use the setting to emphasize the strengths and weaknesses in your hero. Myths don't have exposition dumps so you'll need not only to move the plot at a brisk pace, but also make sure the audience is engaged and not ever confused. Your character should be flawed in several ways that way their adventure can allow them to better themselves. Alternatively your hero could start off perfect and be worsened by their journey. Have a character start and end the same person can work, but unless you know what your doing have characters go through an arc. But the most important thing in your story is the theme. It is the meat and potatoes of myths so it's a great way get it right. This was a very useful article. I always am looking for ways to improve my story writing, and having the myth formula be the framework of the story.
