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Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 24th, 2010
2010.02.24_FLM108Project1_36, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
FLM108 students Leah Steber, Eric Gerhart (hidden by camera) and Jose Sarmiento roll out their film reel after finishing their last single-shot movie today.
Next stop – the montage films, inspired by the work of Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s, such as Sergei Eisenstein. We’ll watch his 1925 masterpiece [...]
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 24th, 2010
2010.02.24_FLM108Project1_07, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Although we won’t know until next week whether or not they exposed their first film projects properly, the FLM108 students completed their Project 1 film shoots today. Thanks to the blizzard, this was one week later than originally planned. Still, all was good (we hope . . [...]
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 22nd, 2010
2010.02.22_FLM108Project1_11, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Film students Collin Diesenberg and Justin Henry discuss how to shoot in the middle of all the snow!
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 22nd, 2010
2010.02.22_FLM108Project1_10, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Film students Lucas Cullen, Katie Shelton, and K.C. White prepare to shoot their first movie. Looks like Lucas is impervious to the cold. K.C. has a scarf, at least. 5 minutes later, the rain started.
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 19th, 2010
2010.02.179_SarahEikmeierStoryboard_01, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Senior Film/Video major Sarah Eikmeier shows me her awesome storyboards, in the video lab, for her upcoming Senior Project, “Lost & Found.”
Despite some recent snow delays, it is moving along nicely, and should be as terrific as the script promises it to be!
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 19th, 2010
2010.02.179_LiZhuStoryboard_03, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Senior Film/Video major Li Zhu shows me her amazing storyboards, in my office, for her upcoming Senior Project, “Spectacles.”
It promises to be a wonderful film, and I look forward to seeing it when it is done!
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 17th, 2010
2010.02.17_FLM108Practice_21, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
Today was the last day of practice before we shoot our first films, on film, next week.
Student Jolie East-Miji holds the camera door up to the light so she can focus the diopter ring to her eye.
Students in this class use the classic Arriflex-S 16mm MOS Camera to shoot [...]
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 12th, 2010
Blizzard of 2010, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
This was the view from my apartment window a few days ago, in case anyone wonders why Stevenson was closed all week. We had almost 6 feet of snow in a week!
And since, for Baltimore, that is highly unusual, it takes them a while to clear.
Still [...]
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 2nd, 2010
Come to the Stevenson “Foreigners Film Series,” Thursdays at 3:15pm, in the Dawson Academic Center, Room 10. The series runs from February 4 to March 11.
The series features films that deal with themes of immigration, emigration and uprooting within non-American cultures.
The films, and their presenters, are:
The Italian February 4 Directed by Andrei Kravchuk, 2005
Presented by [...]
Posted in Chris Reed on Feb 1st, 2010
Keystone Belmont K16105, originally uploaded by Christopher Llewellyn Reed.
My apologies for being away for so long.
We are now in our third week of the Spring 2010 Semester.
I am teaching an Intro to Film class, in honor of which I post this photo of a 1950s 16mm film projector I purchased in September, 2009. [...]
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