Comm 2660 final

Since I was involved in making the documentary fil Erik I will answer the second question. Since this class was one of the last film classes i needed in the program, I already knew a lot about the different ways to produce film and everything, so my whole overall experience in the Dixie film program has changed the way i watch and even think about film. Everytime i watch a movie now i am thinking about how they got that shot. Since being in the film program i have learned about all of the different equipment that is used to pull off certain shots, and I am so intrigued by the way that equipment is used. The one thing nice about being a welder/fabricator is that I can see these ideas and all of this different equipment, and i can look at it and replicate it and make my own. especially after NAB now i have all these different ideas on how to make a really nice jib and a remote control slider for doing timelapse photography and things like that. I'm really excited about one project im going to start working on as soon as i get back to alaska and start working in the shop again. Im going to make a big Jib that mounts in the back of my truck. I'm also going to make a steadicam arm to go on the top of the jib so that way somebody can drive my truck, and i can be standing in the bed operating the jib and i can still get really smooth shots. So it has been more of a combination of all of the film classes that i have had at dixie that has turned me into the critic and the thinker that i have turned into. Ben Braten and Luke Draper have been a huge help as far as an editing and a production standpoint goes. Being able to work with professional DP's and editors has been a huge learning experience. Now I am headed back to alaska where I'm going to take this fall semester off to do all kinds of hunting trips where I can work on my senior capstone film and hopefully establish myself as an alaskan outdoor film maker.