Friday, February 3, 2012

How To Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck

"How To Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck" is the name of the book that Mr. Dilworth gave to me. He is the main member from my panel that will be helping me with my video since he lives at school and is easy to reach him. Our ideas tend to agree with each other so I think it's great that I have someone like him helping me out. The book that he gave me has made video making a lot easier with tips. Steve Stockman, the author of the book, made the book real easy to understand. I'm obviously not going to read all of it because of lack of time that I have to finish the documentary but I'm getting a good overall view of how to make my video.

I was a bit worried because I didn't know the direction that my video was going into but Mr. Dilworth has helped me a lot with setting the theme and and other ideas I could include. The Documentary is coming along and I'm preparing on revealing it Mid-March!

My Panel Members

My panel will have four members. I only have three so far but I'm in search for the last one. Each member has their own role so far and I feel like they're all a great group of friends that want to help me. The first is a faculty member from my school who has experience with video, he teaches a video class, and has helped me before in other videos that I have made. His name is Dale Dilworth. The second, Bruce Longaker, is my mentor. He has helped me a lot with personal problems that I've had in the past 2 years and I know he would love to help me with my project. He knows a lot of people and I know he will be good help when I'm trying to reach out to people in Houston. The third panel member is an expert in the field. His name is Jeffrey Mills and is the President of his company Documentary Alliance. He's done several documentaries for Chinquapin and is willing to help me on weekends. Now, I'm just in search for my fourth and final panel member. He or she has to be a board member from my school and is related in funding or video-making. I've talked with Bridget Anderson, the Director of Development at my school and she told me that she's in search of finding my last panel member.
So far I like all my panel members. I get a long well with all of them and I know we'll be able to put together a great video.