My All American

Opening Image

Texas Longhorns football coach tells a reporter that the best player he has ever coached was Freddie Steinmark, he then launches into the story of Freddie. 

Theme Stated

The theme is stated when Freddie gets offered a football scholarship from Texas and he breaks down crying saying that even though he pushes himself to the be the best,he never thought he would actually make it because his whole life he was an underdog.

Set Up

From the first time we meet Freddie Steinmark as a character, he is always pushing himself to be the best person and athlete he can be. Always practicing, going to church, and helping other people. He has to work harder than all of the other football players because of his size but he is a fighter. 

Catalyst 

Bobby Mitchel moves to town when Freddie is in High school. Bobby is an amazing football player which makes Freddie have to work harder. Because of Bobby, Freddie got a chance to go to Texas. 

Debate

Freddie and his father are calling around trying to get Freddie to be noticed by football scouts. He gets denied all the places they call and Freddie and his Dad have an argument about what the point is if no one ever even notices him.

Break into 2

Freddie graduates high school and moves to Texas to start playing football. 

B Story 

Freddie falls in love with Linda Wheeler from his high school. They stay together throughout the whole movie. 

Fun and Games

When Freddie gets the chance to play as a sophomore and a junior and they win a lot of games. They are having fun and Freddie is getting to play a lot. 

Midpoint

Freddie gets a leg injury. He plays through he pain and never goes to see a doctor about it because the pain isn't bad enough for him to stop playing. 

Bad Guy closes in

Freddie finally has to be pulled out of the game because his leg injury is too bad that it is making him slow and weak. Freddie then has to go to the doctor where they diagnose him with cancer in his leg. 

All is lost

Freddie must have his leg amputated to stop the tumor from spreading more than it already has. This means he cannot play in the cotton bowl against Notre Dame which had been his dream since high school to play them and show them what they missed out on.

Dark knight of the soul

With he help of Bobby, Freddie teaches himself how to walk using crutches so he will be able to attend the game.

Break into three

We learn that attending this game is Freddie's last wish when the doctor informs him that no one with his type of cancer lives another year.

Finale

Freddie so heroically limps out of the tunnel and onto the field the day of the Texas-Notre Dame game. He walks out by himself and the whole crowd cheers for him. He stands along the sideline and as the players run by him, every single one of them touch him for good luck. 

Final Image

It then goes back to present time when the coach tells the reporter that Freddie died a year and a half later surrounded by his family and Linda. It then goes to show the current Texas Longhorns team as they take the field all of them touch memorial to Freddie Steinmark as they run out of the tunnel and onto the field. 

Elements of a good story

Elements of a good story

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/03/4-elements-good-story

Conflict

It gets the audiences attention. It's entertaining. People can relate to it because life is full of struggles and conflicts. Without conflicts characters don't grow or change and that would just be incredibly boring. 

Stakes

Conflict is nothing if there is nothing at stake. There needs to be something at risk. When the stakes are high it is much more interesting, there is more suspense and tension. The stakes don't need to be global scale but they need to be big enough for people to care. 

Sympathetic Characters

People need to like the characters or at least be intrigued or feel some sort of emotions toward them. The main character doesn't need to be a "great person" but they do need to have some sort of redeeming qualities that people can relate to.

Transformation

The person that starts the journey needs to be different or changed by the time the story ends. Sometimes the main character isn't the one that changes but another supporting character changes in order to help or better the main character. For example, in The Little Mermaid Ariel doesn't change but her Dad does in order to make his daughter happy. 

Notes of film making

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/03/stanley-kubricks-notes-film-give-insight-mind-master

Notes of film making

Don't go in with preconceived notions

No matter the time or setting of the film you have to figure out the most interesting way to play it out. You have to consider all the possibilities for a shot in order to find the mosesting one. 

The best plot is "no plot"

Sometimes the best plot is one that isn't apparent at all. You have to make the audience care about the story before they will want to care about the plot. Using a slow start gets under the audiences skin and makes them want to care.

 

Cast and Crew

You have to get used to the people you are working with. Be able to know there habits and be able to understand what they do and why they do it at all times.

5 most used tools to help move cameras more cinematically

5- Lineman

A cable cam can get you into places that a drone can't. Like above crowds following them, flying through the forest, or even repeatable moves for visual effects. 

4- Came tv crane

A crane is better than a drone and has much better visual effects but is difficult to figure out sometimes to get the shot you want. Canes are more effective and can be used in move places than a drone can.

3-Rhino Slider

Motion controlled dolly is very useful when there aren't many people on set or other things need to be done. Good to use for time lapses. 

2-Ultradolly

Its made well, cheap, and simple. Uses PVC pipe as the dolly track. Limited to linear dolly shots. Not as mobile as some other options. Most used for cinematic camera use.

1-DJI inspire 

The drone is the most versatile object to use. Can reach in high places and is extremely mobile. 

DIY-Hamburger

The scope of this project was to create a DIY video that other people could follow to perform a certain task. I made my video over how to make a hamburger.

My dad was making burgers for dinner so I just filmed him while he prepared the meat.

Making burgers is a fairly simple task to perform, it just depends on how you like your meat cooked as well as the kind of seasoning and actual meat for the burgers.

This is a very quick tutorial but it is packed with all the basic skills and necessary items to make a good hamburger. This is a skill I believe everyone should have.

How to not lose clients

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/02/7-things-to-avoid-doing-if-you-want-keep-your-videography-clients

It is very important to keep clients and to do that the client needs to be happy with you and you work. The client hired you because they believe that you are going to do a good job.

1) In order to keep clients you need to understand what they want or what they would like to have. In order to do this it is a good idea to put together a mood board of some sort in order to find out their likes and dislikes.

2) Find out their likes and dislikes in order to fit your work to their needs and wants. Give them back what they want based on what they already like. Make it about them not you.

3) When things don't go as planned just embrace it and start looking outward to find a way to fix it. Stay positive.

4) Give them what they want but also give them something else that they wouldn't expect to like. Try different things because taking chances may help you keep the client.

5) Post your stuff to social media. Get the client and the clients friends excited about the work you did for them.

6) Be the first one to reach back to clients. Impress them with how fast you can get their stuff done.

7) Reach out to them even after the job is done. Send them a thank you card or gift. Make home remember you, don't let them forget you.

20 steps

20 Steps

The scope of this project was to film 20 steps with different shots and such.

For my project we decided that wasn't good enough so instead we filmed the steps of life. This video is the journey of several different people from the time they are young to the time they fall in love and graduate and start their careers. 

I used some of my brothers friends and some of my friends to show getting your first car and falling in love. I also used the kids I babysit to be the young kids growing up. 

This project took a very different turn in our view of how it should be done than the project originally called for. But in the end it turned out to be a pretty good story.