Reflecting upon the production of my capstone project, I haven’t ran into any serious issues so far. I just finished one of the first steps of tediously linking everything together on my capstone website… so far so good. I am excited to continue to build that site and ultimately create my mini-doc to go with it. Back before the days of wanting to be a teacher, my major as an undergrad was actually media studies and film production, so (hopefully without getting anyone's expectations too high) I do feel comfortable with the prospect of creating a short film.
As I compare the professionally made documentary film, “Kenny Stills - Why I kneel,” to some of the older capstone videos made for this Master's program, some differences in style are very apparent. For one, the professionally made documentary uses a wide variety of footage -- a combination of found footage from his playing career, historical found footage from the civil rights era to contemporary media coverage, B roll filmed for the purpose of the documentary, as well as A roll in the form of interview footage. The older capstone videos I explored showed the interviewee within the same shot with very little variance the majority of the time they were shown on camera. I hope my mini documentary will be a useful product for PE teachers who are looking for innovative lessons and considering a productive use of technology in class for their students. I plan to alternate between many different shots and types of footage, from B roll, footage of smartphone running applications being utilized, to even found footage featuring professional athletes or relevant memes -- anything which will keep my audience entertained -- all while minimizing my time on screen.
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Lynda Bergner
3/1/2021 08:25:44 pm
I am seriously jealous of your process so far! I can barely utter the word documentary without scaring the pants off myself. I need to be able to see it, I'm just not there right now.
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Erica Reeves
3/4/2021 06:08:41 am
Dustin that fact that you know and use the terms A roll and B roll, I am definitely intimidated that I know nothing about film production. Although, watching the examples of other capstone projects and even the professional documentaries makes me inspired. That is what we have to go with, inspiration, and hopefully the new tech of slicing and splicing video is so user-friendly that beginners to novices can easily put together a decent capstone project. Good luck!
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