Research for Videos, Websites on Movies and Special FX Careers.

Assignment 2:

Search for videos (youtube etc.), audio (podcasts etc.) and websites. These are going to provide you with useful phrases in the fields we listed in class.

Start with the following keywords brainstormed in class, document your search and extend it at will..

First Question : How To Become a film director ?
Articles about the subject :
http://www.ehow.com/how_138361_become-movie-director.html
More Information on education-portal.com

Some Informations :
- Think small at First. Directing music videos, education films or commercials is a good way to get experience
-Raise money to make an independant film
-Become a stage director
-Take any opportunity to work on a film and gain experience
-Build your network and your reputation
-Some degrees may provide the technical and artistic background needed to begin working in this field.


I found an interesting website with several vidéos on the subject, especially on Special FX jobs

1st Video : Special Effects Professions [ Link ]

Important Informations and Keywords :

- A career in special and visual effects can lead to positions in the video game, movie, animation or Web industries.

- To work in this field, you must have the technical skills to use the computer programs. You need these skills to create and produce special effects.

- Have a degree or a certificate to complete your knowledge in fine arts, media or graphic design. Training in design, animation and computer graphics is essential.

- To be familiar with 3D animation techniques and computer graphic technologies

- Abilities : Creative, artistic, communicative (to be able to communicate ideas effectively) and to have an eye for detail.

- What kind of career opportunities can you find ?
In television or movies industries, maybe a part-time hours job. You can work in advertising companies, web agency and video game firms.

2nd Video : Movie Directing and Cinematography Professions [ Link ]

Important Informations and Keywords :

- Need to be familiar with camera terminology and photography equipment.

- To understand shutter angle and other aspects of photography.

- Abilities : Communicative, a sense of coordination, creative

- In this field, the competition is very hard and all cinematographers must have experience and a formal training.

- Many directors begin their careers as an actor, a cameraman-operator or a broadcast journalist.

- These kinds of jobs require a lot of travels and imply stress and unemployement periods. In addition, a film director may work during the night. He might be relocated, depending on the projects which he is working on.

Transcription

That's the transcription we have seen in classroom.


"Hello, this is Steeve Kaufmann here. Talk about something little different today, altough it's related to the language. We're here at thelinguist.blogs.com.

Today I went for a haircut. My barber talks a lot.
Sometimes he even stops cutting just to talk, which I find mildly annoying. On the other hand I am always entertained for thirty minutes while he cuts my hair. He does a good job and charges me eighteen dollars which is not the cheapest, but not the most expensive haircut in Vancouver. He told me that he came to Canada as a 16 year old, 20 years ago.

He went to hair dressing school and then worked for a chain of hair salons for 5 years, in different locations in the city. He got to know the personalities of different kinds of clients. He didn't like working in the heavily chinese district of Richmond because, in his words, the customers would arrive late and expect to be served right away. If they were not served immediately, they assumed that the customer who was being served in their place had paid extra. He did not like the pressure of that situation.

He eventually opened his own shop in North Vancouver. He said that he made sure to learn all about the subjects that his clients were interested to them, from fly fishing to the stock market. He knew that if customers liked him, they would come back. After twenty years in Canada, dealing with English speaking Canadian clients, his english is just terrible. His pronunciation and use of words, structure, you name it, are all quite poor.

When he talked about a leading politician and his wife, "he" and "she" were regularly used wrong. I had trouble understanding whom he was talking about. People who are not used to Chinese accents must have trouble understanding him. His english is poor even by the standards of his native Hong Kong.

So what is the conclusion ? He doesn't represent everyone but just being immersed in the language and talking the language will not necessarily improve you.

You need to want to improve. You need to have a deliberate program of improvement. And you need to listen. On the other hand, my barber has been successful at building up a customer base, and he did not seem to feel inhibited in any way by his poor english. He was a communicator, although a better talker than a listener.

I have not suggested to him that he join "The Linguist"."

First Presentation In English

Assignement : record yourself introducing yourself, 1 or 2 minutes. Talk about: name, e-mail, date/place of birth, raised, studies, what you’ve done, what you’re doing now, what you enjoy, what you would like to do. (this can and will be done in class for some of you, so just prepare your text and start practicing…)