Breaking Benjamin, I Will not Bow: music video

this is a music video that me and two other students made for the song "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin

Inspiration: Iron Man Behind the Scenes

I came across this this behind the scenes video for the movie Iron Man on youtube today. it is just talking about the production of the movie and how it was done and what it was like to do. Something I really enjoyed about it was getting to see how everything is done like the special features, like the flying and the suit, and how they made the suit. and also seeing them practicing the flying scenes with Robert Downy Jr, before he was actually being filmed doing it, also seeing how stressful it was for everyone to have to do all the tasks involved in making the movie. I've put the video below it is about 35 minutes long and in for parts since it is off youtube, i highly recommend watching it if you are into the movie business.

Watch them in order from top to bottom

Tutorial: DIY $20 ring light

Today I came across this video on youtube about how to make a ring light for your camera. i did some research to see the prices of ring lights and they can be anywhere from $30-$1000. This video tutorial uses a circular camping light for $9.20 on amazon, and a $2 battery pack from radio shack, and some electrical tape. 

Tutorial: DIY Slit Throat Effect

This is an effect tutorial that i found on youtube, i thought it was very cool and well done. the person that made it is a professional that has done this many times and knows how to do many other effects. this effect took a lot of preparation, and a lot of work to create the device. it costs about $50-$60 to make is very good for that amateur video maker that cant spend hundreds of dollars on special effects. see other videos of his here.

Tutorial: DIY Softbox

This is a video i found that I thought had some clever ways of making your own video lights, that work just as well as ones that you would buy and the store for a ridiculously larger price. If you are an amateur video maker with little money to buy lights, here is a good tutorial that shows you how to make a diffusion screen and a soft box from cheap materials you can find at local stores.

Poster Draft

We were asked to design a poster for a music video we are making in class, and i am having trouble deciding what else it needs. the poster is supposed to convey the message and the mood of the song. if there are any suggestion that anybody has as to how to improve it. i would gladly appreciate if you left any suggestions you have at all in the comments. below is my poste so far and a link the song the music video is on. The message i receive from the song is to never give up and to keep pushing forward no matter what gets in your way, which is why i have the person holding a boulder up a hill, showing that this person is  not giving up. and the I Will Not Bow in the background is representing the fact that he/she is not going to give in, and the reason for it being in the background is to show that it is set in stone and he/she is not going to change their mind.

Listen to the song here

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Chair Design The Paradiddle

Our last project was to design a chair, and then make it out of foam core. we first spent a class look at other chair designs online, and we each picked our favourite designer. we then had to do a presentation on some of our favourite furniture designers work. we spent a couple of classes brainstorming ideas as to what we wanted our chair to look like. once we got the design we wanted, we did orthographical drawings of them them from those drawings created our chairs out of foam core.

The purpose of my chair was to have a chair that you could sit comfortably on in multiple positions. On my chair you can sit on it straight like you normally would sit on a chair, if you sit on it on and angle you are reclined a bit, and if you sit on in sideways, you are laying down. the shape is based off the shape of a base drum since I play the drums, and the chair had to reflect our personality. The reason for being able to sit in it in all different ways, is that i like to  be comfortable and I can never stay in the same position for a long time, this allows me to be able to change positions and still be comfortable. I named my chair the Paradiddle, Paradiddle is a rhythm, you would hear a lot of drummers, play.