From your experience with your sound exercises, you now know more about what it takes to get good audio from a piece of film. Your final films will have dialogue in them, so you'll be needing to get great quality audio from what you film. I would like for you to comment on the following questions...

1. What are some of the challenges to getting consistently great sound from a camcorders?
2. Do you think it's going to be tough to get good audio for a narrative film? What makes you think that?
3. If you were going to give advice to someone just picking up a camcorder for the first time, what would you say to them about where and how to film?

Now that you've learned a bit about the Oscars, I want to know what you think of this year's awards. What do you think of the people who won? What do you think of the way the Oscars are chosen? Do you think it's fair?

As budding filmmakers, you need to form an opinion about how Hollywood recognizes films. Would you ever want to win an Oscar?

Welcome, film students, to your home away from class! This will be the place where we can continue some of the discussions that we have. You'll need to comment every two weeks or so on a new topic. The dates that the blog will be due are listed on your syllabus.

For your first posting, I'd like to hear what genre of film you appreciate the most. What is it about these films that you like? What is your favorite film?

When you follow the comment link below, the next page will have a box for your comments. Underneath it, be sure that the "other" button is clicked and you add your name before you submit your thoughts. Your comments won't appear right away because they are moderated.

Looking forward to hearing what you have to say,

Ms. C