Posting an alternate link just in case Youtube acts up:
http://vimeo.com/40930597
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Okay. So Katie will read the quote, then we'll play the intro, then we'll stop it before the remainder of the video to read the introduction? Sounds good.
I'm so sorry for not showing up to the meeting. I took a nap, then did some work on the video and stupidly didn't check my phone the entire time. Let me update everyone by saying things are going well; I'm currently organizing the remainder of the video. I'm roughly going by Leilani's outline (seen in this post http://studyingsherlock.blogspot.com/2012/04/sooooo-i-forgot-to-post-this-last-night.html)--that sound all right to everyone?
Again, I apologize for missing the meeting, and I just wanted to let everyone know I didn't no-show it on purpose. How is the "paperwork" going? I can try to help with that if we decide we want to turn it in Thursday.
Thanks everyone. I'll be there at 9:15 tomorrow (or earlier).
I'm so sorry for not showing up to the meeting. I took a nap, then did some work on the video and stupidly didn't check my phone the entire time. Let me update everyone by saying things are going well; I'm currently organizing the remainder of the video. I'm roughly going by Leilani's outline (seen in this post http://studyingsherlock.blogspot.com/2012/04/sooooo-i-forgot-to-post-this-last-night.html)--that sound all right to everyone?
Again, I apologize for missing the meeting, and I just wanted to let everyone know I didn't no-show it on purpose. How is the "paperwork" going? I can try to help with that if we decide we want to turn it in Thursday.
Thanks everyone. I'll be there at 9:15 tomorrow (or earlier).
Hey y'all!
Meet in Hill House about 9:15 Tuesday morning to just go over things one last time before we present. Also, please wear business casual attire for our presentation! :)
Allie- Don't forget I'm saying the quote and then the first portion of interviews are being shown. From there, I will read the introduction before we show the remainder of the video.
Have a good night everyone!!
Meet in Hill House about 9:15 Tuesday morning to just go over things one last time before we present. Also, please wear business casual attire for our presentation! :)
Allie- Don't forget I'm saying the quote and then the first portion of interviews are being shown. From there, I will read the introduction before we show the remainder of the video.
Have a good night everyone!!
Hey everyone, thanks for the feedback! I'm glad the intro looks okay. I might cut it down some if the video ends up going over the limit, but we'll see how that goes.
If Leilani is correct about the video needing to be presented Tuesday (and I think she is), I'll finish it today.
I have a super-rough version of the video exported, so I guess I could just put that onto a flash drive right now. I saved it for safety purposes, but it's not what I have done so far; it's pretty much just the introduction + some talks + scenes without any transitions or voiceovers done yet. I'll just go ahead and put that on a flash drive.
I don't know if we're having a meeting today or not, but if so, I'm free after 3:15 PM.
If Leilani is correct about the video needing to be presented Tuesday (and I think she is), I'll finish it today.
I have a super-rough version of the video exported, so I guess I could just put that onto a flash drive right now. I saved it for safety purposes, but it's not what I have done so far; it's pretty much just the introduction + some talks + scenes without any transitions or voiceovers done yet. I'll just go ahead and put that on a flash drive.
I don't know if we're having a meeting today or not, but if so, I'm free after 3:15 PM.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Alright, so I've been trying to come up with a way to help edit the abstract/paper we have to write.
And what I've learned is that I can't edit things.
So I kind of wrote my own. I definitely don't want to trample over what Katie and Kayela wrote, and in addition, what I wrote is definitely too long. Way too long. But maybe we can combine the two and hit a happy medium. I'm going to go ahead and post this verbose monstrosity, so that we can scavenge any parts we might like from it, and hack at it as the need presents itself.
And what I've learned is that I can't edit things.
So I kind of wrote my own. I definitely don't want to trample over what Katie and Kayela wrote, and in addition, what I wrote is definitely too long. Way too long. But maybe we can combine the two and hit a happy medium. I'm going to go ahead and post this verbose monstrosity, so that we can scavenge any parts we might like from it, and hack at it as the need presents itself.
"[(CNN)--The
cardinal rule of a criminal detection was carved in stone more than a century
ago.] It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence,..It
biases the judgement." -Sherlock Holmes
In
Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet, Doctor John Watson has just
returned invalided from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. In BBC’s Sherlock, a
show which modernizes the Sherlock Holmes stories, Doctor John Watson has just
returned invalided from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. As they say, the more
things change the more they stay the same. The differences—and similarities--between
Victorian and modern times prompted Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, writers for
the popular British show Doctor Who, to try their hands at adapting Sherlock
Holmes to a modern setting. In our review we examine the pilot episode, “A
Study in Pink,” written by Moffat and directed by Paul McGuigan. The episode
stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson, who
recreate the characters faithfully, but manage to bring their own light to the
roles.
Maybe
that is the best way to sum up BBC’s Sherlock simply. The writers, as fans of
the original stories, wanted the opportunity to forgo the trappings that come
along with the mental image of Sherlock Holmes. They found that taking away gas
lights and hansom cabs also helped strip away memories of a deerstalker clad
Sherlock Holmes followed doggedly by a bumbling and rotund Doctor Watson.
Modernizing the story also allowed the show to discuss themes that Sherlockians
have been writing about for years. As an example, entire books have been
written studying Holmes and Watson’s sexualities, but only in the BBC show can
viewers find Sherlock and John awkwardly feeling out this territory over
dinner. Put simply, the show uses the modern setting to discuss new themes and
ideas, while simultaneously taking the characters back to their roots, and
reminding us that the common misconceptions about Sherlock Holmes are just that—misconceptions.
On
this account, we feel that the show succeeds in spades. Hearing that someone
has decided to modernize the greatest detective of all time, the natural
response from most people is skepticism. However, the show succeeds so well at
what it does that people tend to forget their worries within the first few
minutes. We find that the show more than lives up to its intentions, creating
an expanded and in many ways purified world for the modern Sherlockian, and
presenting characters and events that the audience finds more relatable than
those in Victorian adaptations. The show is almost unexpectedly clever and
engaging, well thought out and entertaining, and we think that modern audiences
will love it.
The
more things change, the more they stay the same, indeed. Although most people
balked at the idea of a modernized Sherlock Holmes, the franchise has proved
hugely successful and entertaining, bringing in newcomers and experienced
Sherlockians alike. The show attempts to find a perfect balance between the new
and the old, and succeeds beautifully. This just proves that, as Sherlock would
have said over a hundred years ago, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before
you have all the evidence,..It biases the judgement."
Hey again.
I'm still working on the video right now; currently trying to figure out how to overlay audio and video (as in, making it so that, while someone is talking, it can cut to a scene from the show with the audio from the interview still playing over it).
I'm a little worried, though, because...well, I'm not sure how to put this...but it's late afternoon right now, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to work out all of the kinks before Monday. (That's when we had planned to have it completely finished, right?) I don't mind it--it's actually enjoyable, and I'm learning a lot along the way--but I'm concerned it won't be as good as it could be if it has to be finished by tomorrow.
So, is there any way I could finish it by Tuesday rather than Monday?
Also, just posting this again--here's what I have for the introduction right now. I might cut some of the interviews down depending on how long the finished product is, since the intro alone is 2 minutes and 39 seconds long. Here's the link again:
http://tinypic.com/r/4sxxly/5
Thanks!
I'm still working on the video right now; currently trying to figure out how to overlay audio and video (as in, making it so that, while someone is talking, it can cut to a scene from the show with the audio from the interview still playing over it).
I'm a little worried, though, because...well, I'm not sure how to put this...but it's late afternoon right now, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to work out all of the kinks before Monday. (That's when we had planned to have it completely finished, right?) I don't mind it--it's actually enjoyable, and I'm learning a lot along the way--but I'm concerned it won't be as good as it could be if it has to be finished by tomorrow.
So, is there any way I could finish it by Tuesday rather than Monday?
Also, just posting this again--here's what I have for the introduction right now. I might cut some of the interviews down depending on how long the finished product is, since the intro alone is 2 minutes and 39 seconds long. Here's the link again:
http://tinypic.com/r/4sxxly/5
Thanks!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Hey everyone!
I'm working on the Sherlock video right now, specifically the beginning where it shows pictures of "cliche" or typical portrayals of Holmes, then transitions to the BBC Sherlock logo/information as the theme fades in. I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how the text after the pictures should be worded. You know how we discussed having the cliche pictures followed by something like "This is not what you think it is"? How should I word that part? "This is not like previous portrayals"?
I currently have the text set as "This may not be what you expected," but I can easily change it if anyone has a better way to word it.
Also: remember when Dr. Battista suggested we put music over some of the speaking parts? I decided to try that with the introduction (where everyone is explaining how they imagine Sherlock Holmes). I put a track from the classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes music in the background on a very low level. This is the track I put in the background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZHLr5pxA8
I've uploaded just the introduction to tinypic, so if you have the time, please watch it and let me know if you want anything changed/edited/added/etc. Here is the link to the video (hopefully it works):
http://tinypic.com/r/4sxxly/5
Again, any comments on it would be appreciated, since I'm a beginner with things like this. I wanted to show it to everyone in case there's any disagreement on certain parts.
Thanks!
I'm working on the Sherlock video right now, specifically the beginning where it shows pictures of "cliche" or typical portrayals of Holmes, then transitions to the BBC Sherlock logo/information as the theme fades in. I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how the text after the pictures should be worded. You know how we discussed having the cliche pictures followed by something like "This is not what you think it is"? How should I word that part? "This is not like previous portrayals"?
I currently have the text set as "This may not be what you expected," but I can easily change it if anyone has a better way to word it.
Also: remember when Dr. Battista suggested we put music over some of the speaking parts? I decided to try that with the introduction (where everyone is explaining how they imagine Sherlock Holmes). I put a track from the classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes music in the background on a very low level. This is the track I put in the background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZHLr5pxA8
I've uploaded just the introduction to tinypic, so if you have the time, please watch it and let me know if you want anything changed/edited/added/etc. Here is the link to the video (hopefully it works):
http://tinypic.com/r/4sxxly/5
Again, any comments on it would be appreciated, since I'm a beginner with things like this. I wanted to show it to everyone in case there's any disagreement on certain parts.
Thanks!
So how is this?
"[(CNN)--The cardinal rule of a criminal detection was carved in stone more than a century ago.] It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence,..It biases the judgement." -Sherlock Holmes
In the BBC Television series "Sherlock," Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Sherlock Holmes while Martin Freeman plays Dr. John Watson, an Afghanistan war veteran. Throughout the pilot episode, "A Study in Pink," director Paul McGuigan gives a modern twist to a classic novel, A Study in Scarlett, originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. By modernizing the novel into a television series,screen writer Steven Moff creates a drama that introduces new themes and characters who the audience sees as easier to relate to the show back to the original "Sherlock."
It is our belief that this particular episode fully exemplifies the cultural ideas normally unable to be communicated in a Victorian London time period. In Sherlock, not only are people of all backgrounds able to relate in one way or another, but also with this acception of cultural change, comes a greater understanding of the characters thus allowing the viewers a better insight of the "Sherlock world."
***The underline bolded sounds awkward to me so any ideas? Feel free to throw in ideas about any of it.
"[(CNN)--The cardinal rule of a criminal detection was carved in stone more than a century ago.] It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence,..It biases the judgement." -Sherlock Holmes
In the BBC Television series "Sherlock," Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Sherlock Holmes while Martin Freeman plays Dr. John Watson, an Afghanistan war veteran. Throughout the pilot episode, "A Study in Pink," director Paul McGuigan gives a modern twist to a classic novel, A Study in Scarlett, originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. By modernizing the novel into a television series,screen writer Steven Moff creates a drama that introduces new themes and characters who the audience sees as easier to relate to the show back to the original "Sherlock."
It is our belief that this particular episode fully exemplifies the cultural ideas normally unable to be communicated in a Victorian London time period. In Sherlock, not only are people of all backgrounds able to relate in one way or another, but also with this acception of cultural change, comes a greater understanding of the characters thus allowing the viewers a better insight of the "Sherlock world."
***The underline bolded sounds awkward to me so any ideas? Feel free to throw in ideas about any of it.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Sooooo I forgot to post this last night. But.
Outline.
Outline.
- Quote
- What do you think of when you think of Sherlock Holmes?
- Response
- Intro - "Vital stats" about BBC series
- Introduction of premise and theses
- Responses
- Brief analysis of direction/design/performance
- Comparison as an adaptation
- How do you modernize A Study in Scarlet?
- Further analysis of elements
- Texting
- Modern technology
- Crime scene analysis
- On-screen text
- Restaurant
- Modern themes
- Chase
- Comparison with Robert Downey Junior Film
- Wrap-up
- Sum-up show and review
- Reiterate what is done well and what needs work
- Conclusive statement
- Outtro
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Hey y'all :)
So, I really like the idea of putting music in the video. If anyone has ideas, please bring it to our meeting on Thursday at 9:30am in the Library. Like I said after our meeting today, if we can finish the majority of editing and everything by Thursday, then we can do a last, final touch up on Monday.
We also talked about adding in more discussion about the characters themselves. Perhaps before we do this, we should review the clips and pieces we already have, just so we don't have to worry to much about editing out and having to worry about what to cut and what to keep.
Leilani and Allie- if y'all need help with the editing please let me know and I will try my best to help out.
Kayela- if we can get the introduction written/typed on Tuesday, that will be great. Please bring any thoughts to the meeting.
Have a good night girls!
So, I really like the idea of putting music in the video. If anyone has ideas, please bring it to our meeting on Thursday at 9:30am in the Library. Like I said after our meeting today, if we can finish the majority of editing and everything by Thursday, then we can do a last, final touch up on Monday.
We also talked about adding in more discussion about the characters themselves. Perhaps before we do this, we should review the clips and pieces we already have, just so we don't have to worry to much about editing out and having to worry about what to cut and what to keep.
Leilani and Allie- if y'all need help with the editing please let me know and I will try my best to help out.
Kayela- if we can get the introduction written/typed on Tuesday, that will be great. Please bring any thoughts to the meeting.
Have a good night girls!
Monday, April 16, 2012
It is me that has the camera, and if it would be easier I can let you borrow the camera so that you can go ahead and do your thing with all the clips and everything. Or you can just let me know and i will try and download it all onto the computer and sent it to you via emai, just let me know what works best for you.
I think the music is a good idea especially since it sounded so good in our audio tweets, especially if we use it as an undertone type thing during our blurbs.
But I really think we should get together a couple times this week because I really want to ahead and get this finished and not have to stress about it last minute. Plus, if we do get this finished early we can have more time to tweak it and make it awesome! Because I don't know bout y'all but I could really use a really good grade on this to boost my grade up!
See you tomorrow!
I think the music is a good idea especially since it sounded so good in our audio tweets, especially if we use it as an undertone type thing during our blurbs.
But I really think we should get together a couple times this week because I really want to ahead and get this finished and not have to stress about it last minute. Plus, if we do get this finished early we can have more time to tweak it and make it awesome! Because I don't know bout y'all but I could really use a really good grade on this to boost my grade up!
See you tomorrow!
Hey everyone.
I have written down that we have a meeting with Dr. Rozelle tomorrow at 9:50 AM. I'll see you all there!
A little update: I have all the clips (cell phone scene, analysis of the woman, restaurant conversation, chase scene) cut into separate .avi files (here's a screenshot of what I mean). I still have the original episode on file if any other scenes need to be taken out, and I can further cut down the scenes I have if needed.
I can't remember if it was Kayela or Katie who owned the camera--but, is there any way you could send me all the video files you have on that camera? You could transfer the files to your computer then send them to me via email or something, or you could put them all on a flash drive and give them to me. Either way, once I get those files I can edit them in whatever way you want me to edit them (i.e. cutting out the laughing parts). Then I can maybe tinker around with the placement of them once we have the introduction, ending, voiceovers, etc.
Also, what Dr. Battista said at the meeting about using music...that might not be a bad idea. I found the music that plays during the taxi chase scene (though I'm sure Leilani already has it)...maybe we could put that in the background turned down or something? I've got the .mp3 of it, so maybe we could utilize it somehow. I found the theme music too, so we could possibly play that in the beginning or something. I'm being really vague about this, I know, but...just throwing some ideas out, haha.
I think that's about it. See you all tomorrow!
I have written down that we have a meeting with Dr. Rozelle tomorrow at 9:50 AM. I'll see you all there!
A little update: I have all the clips (cell phone scene, analysis of the woman, restaurant conversation, chase scene) cut into separate .avi files (here's a screenshot of what I mean). I still have the original episode on file if any other scenes need to be taken out, and I can further cut down the scenes I have if needed.
I can't remember if it was Kayela or Katie who owned the camera--but, is there any way you could send me all the video files you have on that camera? You could transfer the files to your computer then send them to me via email or something, or you could put them all on a flash drive and give them to me. Either way, once I get those files I can edit them in whatever way you want me to edit them (i.e. cutting out the laughing parts). Then I can maybe tinker around with the placement of them once we have the introduction, ending, voiceovers, etc.
Also, what Dr. Battista said at the meeting about using music...that might not be a bad idea. I found the music that plays during the taxi chase scene (though I'm sure Leilani already has it)...maybe we could put that in the background turned down or something? I've got the .mp3 of it, so maybe we could utilize it somehow. I found the theme music too, so we could possibly play that in the beginning or something. I'm being really vague about this, I know, but...just throwing some ideas out, haha.
I think that's about it. See you all tomorrow!
Hi guys! Remember our meeting is coming up!
Also, I am on running crew for Heartbreak House, so my nights are pretty much swamped this week. I can still definitely meet with people, but it will have to be during the day. I'd still like to help out with the editing process in any way needed/possible, but I am really only available during the day for a while.
We still need to film the voice over stuff, and we may have a couple of odds and ends we need to fill in. I'm not totally sure we've talked about the performance enough, so we may need to look at our "reaction shots" again. Just a thought, though.
Also, I am on running crew for Heartbreak House, so my nights are pretty much swamped this week. I can still definitely meet with people, but it will have to be during the day. I'd still like to help out with the editing process in any way needed/possible, but I am really only available during the day for a while.
We still need to film the voice over stuff, and we may have a couple of odds and ends we need to fill in. I'm not totally sure we've talked about the performance enough, so we may need to look at our "reaction shots" again. Just a thought, though.
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