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Jose Rodriguez's Kirsten Johnson - Cameraperson Extra credit

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On the film Cameraperson you can tell, how much people trust Kirsten Johnson. For example, there is a clip of a girl telling Johnson what it means to be a single mother, how difficult it is, how she been going through this for 19 months. She talks about how having another child would stop her from doing what she wants to do in life, the girl being interview even spoke about what she wants to do for a career tin her future. I consider the fact that was willing to speak about all these personal subjects with Johnson to be an example of how much they trust each other. When the girl started crying you can hear Ms. Johnson comforting her from behind the camera. To the women being interview Johnson was more than just a person with a camera, she was a friend. Another example was an interview that she did on Sarajevo, Bosnia to a Muslim woman who was a former resident of Foca, Bosnia. In this interview the women spoke about what she went through while living at Partizan, in Foca. The Muslim wo...
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Jose Rodriguez's Blog 4

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The lecture with Kirsten Johnson was a very interesting lecture, it was very different from what I was expecting. Even though she puts me and other students in the spot, I still liked her presentation, she went around asking student individual questions, something which I believed help keep students engaged and curious to who she will got next. I liked when she talked about her film making process, how she mentions that she got down on the floor just to get a shot of some carrots, and there were even some children who were laughing at her. I liked this part because it shows how far she was willing to go to get the shot that she wanted. This shows how a filmmaker is always trying different positions to find the perfect angle for the shots. I also liked when she mention that every filmmaker has their own way of filming, like when she used the example of a friends of her who is very short yet is an amazing filmmaker because she is able to film in her own unique way thanks to her short hei...
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Jose Rodriguez's Project 3

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https://vimeo.com/377470593 This is the link to my project 3, In this film I tried to show the struggle that I had while searching for a job.
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Jose Rodriguez: Samuel Moaz, Mater Class, Extra Credit

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Attending Samuel Moaz master was an experience that helped me better understand what makes a good director. What interested me the most about this master class was learning about the life of a director. I consider him to have a very interesting and inspirational life, being raise in a not so wealthy family who were holocaust survivor, yet he never let anything stop him from pursuing his love for film. Ever since he was a kid, he always loves film and he constantly practice filming with his father, something which shows me that he really loves what he was doing, and he had a lot of passion for filming. This make me realized that passion is one of the most important qualities needed to succeed in a filming career. I also learned many tips on making a good film. For example, I learned that the best way to show emotion is through the expression of the actors rather what they are saying, also it is important to use narrow point of views it you want to focus better on the character and no...
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Jose Rodriguez's Blog #3 Editing Analysis

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1yHLp9bWA The scene begins with a close up of someone face, the background looks blurry only his angry and serious face is on focus. Next, the camera moves around and then stop on a man standing by himself, which is shown using a medium shot showing just the upper half of his body, something that show he is the leader. The camera moves around the leader and then it cuts to a close shot of his face. Next, it cuts to another character which is shown with a medium close ups and low angle. As the camera moves down to his waist, it cut to his back with a close up to his waist as he is taking off his belt. Then there are multiple cuts to different characters which are shown in different angles, something which shows that there is a lot of tension in the room. Later it shows two character who seems to be the leaders, their eyes seem to be pointing straight to the center of the room. The scene later cuts to two close ups of people hands, one taking up...
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Assignment #2 Audio Portrait

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This is the link to my project number 2: Audio  Portrait  https://soundcloud.com/user-joserodriguez/jose-rodriguezs-audio-portrait
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Jose Rodriguez Blog#2 Soundwalk

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In the Train I Sit and Listen As I sit in the train, I can hear people talking, the sound of the train moving and a crying baby. The sound of the train moving keeps getting higher and higher as the trains peed up. There is also the sound of the crying baby, a sound that have lasted for more than two minutes and is beginning to irritate me. I can hear more people talking far away from were I am sitting, but I can't make up what they are saying, they are creating a strange sound. I hear the train door open, I hear the sound of people foot steps as more people come in and leave. "get ready for closing doors" 8th time I heard this sound since I got in the train. I hear the train start to move again, as the train sped up the sound from the moving train keeps getting higher and highers, as the train slows down, the sound keeps getting lower and lower, very strange sound, there is nothing else I can compare it to, this sound is unique to the moving train. I hear how the tra...
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