Alex Weinberg Post #6

Jean the CEO of Operation Hope was there and we got some good interview footage from her. Today we also got footage of a kid playing on the kid's playground. We finally finished up the interviews of Russ and we have all we need from him. We also got good footage of a quilt that the kids made. Russ and Jean also lined us up a success story interview for us to interview soon. We plan to go on Friday to film crafts night we will probably have to film the backs of the people or below their heads. looks like we have all we need to finish up the editing soon.

Nicole Gonzaga Post#6

today, I wasn't able to make it today at Operation Hope but we interviewed Jean, CEO of Operation Hope. She was very comfortable on camera and she gave a lot of information on how Operation Hope started. She brought her grandson to the shelter and we recorded him playing in the playground. We are thinking about using this shot for b-roll. Also, last Friday Blake and I interviewed Russ again just to make sure we have some good answers to use in the video. Overall i think it went well and Russ seems to be loosening up when he answers questions. Russ also invited us on friday to meet at Operation Hope at 7:00PM for crafts night. we then plan to shoot more b-roll of the children and use this in our video.

Megan Nelms #6

Don't think there is a blog due today. But just for an update, we shot b-roll at the warehouse and interviewed Russ's boss and the CEO of Operation Hope. Her name is Jean. She was amazingly natural on camera. I think we got the lighting to look good as well. Because of the spontaneous nature of working with Russ (little time to plan), it's usually a hit or miss. I think overall, today was a great success. We will see as soon as we throw the footage into Final Cut, but I think it went really well.

Julian Giron post 6

Tomorrow we are going to Operation Hope to shoot more B roll. We are going to check out some light kits and hopefully we will be able to light the place up to shoot some nice B rolls. We are also going to try and shoot some time lapse stuff for the video. We are all set with Russ' interview and all we have to do is interview a couple of families to put the video all together. We are on the right track and im excited to help edit the videos when we get all the footage we need. I am also excited to meet the success story families because i heard their stories are really interesting.

Megan Nelms post #5:

This week we reshot Russ's interview. Overall it was MUCH BETTER! Julian did a really great job of interviewing him as not for him to rehearse. We tried to get the lighting close to the same as last time, but it was different because we didn't have the same lighting equipment. His answers were much more heartfelt and overall, he looked much more natural on camera. We are just waiting to hear from him about interviewing a family this Friday. It will be good because it's a family of four girls and a mom. When we do we will definitely change the setting in which we interview.

Blake Schilling Post #5

This week we are meeting back up with Russ at Operation Hope. The group and I are going to re-shoot some of the interview of Russ as well as shooting a lot more B-Roll. Hopefully we will be able to do another interview with either a staffer or maybe even a family of the program if Russ can pull one together for us. Overall we are getting the feel for the shelter and the way it looks on film. We now know the correct lighting and sound requirements and should be coming out of every days shoot with quality footage for the final product. As far as the actual shooting goes I feel like we need to get 3 or 4 more interviews. We also need to get access into some of the bedrooms to shoot them. Overall I feel like Team Hope is on the right track we just need to shoot more footage and begin the long editing process.

Julian Giron Post 5

Tomorrow we are going back to interview Russ for the second time. I am going to make it an obligation to break him out of his shell. He has a lot to say about Operation Hope and i want to make sure we capture it. Megan has also told us that Russ has a family lined up to interview also, i am very excited about that because i really want to hear a success story. Hopefully the family is not nervous and we end up with a good shoot. I will make sure that the questions are not yes or no, and that the questions leave room for stories. We are going there around 10AM tomorrow, and im kind of nervous but i know we can do it.

Alex Weinberg post 5

We are going to go back to the shelter this week to re shoot our interviews. I hope to interview Russ outside by myself with my smaller camcorder so he does not seem so "prepared". I think i will shoot it with my Steadicam so he does not feel so prepared, but i might want to do it with my tripod so the image is perfectly stable. I am not worried about the sound because it is far enough away from any real noises source and I have a wind screen on my camcorder. However the lighting might be an issue out side, but if worse comes to worse I will use my interview techniques to get good "unrehearsed" sounding responses out of him. I will also get shots of the library this week.

Julian Giron Post 4

We did a quick and rough edit to all the footage that Blake, Megan, Nicole and Alex shot at school today. It was hard because there were not that many good takes with Russ' interview, but Blake found one of the good takes he did and he edited it. So far i believe we are making good progress, although im kind of worried about getting certain interviews for the video but i guess its common because i havent done anything like this before. Hopefully through out these coming weeks we will be able to meet and shoot more interviews. I am determined to break Russ out of his shell of memorizing what he is going to say. Wish me luck!

Nicole Gonzaga Post #4

Last week we conducted an interview with Russ and a lady named Faith from the shelter. We captured and did a rough edit of some of the footage and b-roll that we took. I think we have some quality footage but most likely we are going to try to get another interview with Russ. For our next attempt at Russ' interview, we'll try a few different approaches so he can sound more conversational. We were thinking about having Julian ask the questions next time and just have the environment be more relaxed. We're still trying to conduct an interview with Lisa, another person that works at the shelter, so hopefully we can do that at our next visit. I think she'll be a great addition to the video because she knows a lot about Operation Hope and seems very passionate about it. Overall, I think we're right on track. We're working well together and learning a lot from each other. We also learned a lot from our first shoot and we'll definitely take from that and be more prepared the next time around.

Blake's Post #4

This week Team Hope re-visited the footage we shot last week at the shelter. In this footage there was the interview of Russ, as well as a surprise interview with Faith. We captured the footage and decided what we could use and what needed to be scrapped. We also discussed what we wanted to accomplish next time we go to the shelter.Lighting is playing a key role in any shoot we do at the shelter. We need as much as we can get for every shot, so in return the shoots take a bit longer to set up and break down. Overall we are getting the hang of things inside of the shelter and are working pretty well together as a group. Next week we will be doing more interviews and re-shooting certain things that did not come out as well as planned.

Post #4 Megan Nelms

Last week we did footage on sight at Operation Hope. We got to interview a woman named Faith, and Russ Blackwood (who runs the facility). Faith's story was really great. We had a few bumps in the road as far as the shooting went, but overall it was a good turnout. We spent the rest of the week taking turns editing and uploading some footage to the blog. We are still working on what is and is not useable for Russ's interview so that we can figure out how to approach a re-interview. I posted some photos I took while we were setting up the shoot last week to the blog so that you can get a sort of behind-the-scenes feel for what we did. We really just need to get Russ a little more comfortable to do his next interview, but we have some good ideas.

Photos from the Film Shoot 3-2-10

Alex Weinberg Post #4

We got the footage of the shelter as well as interviewed Russ and a client named Faith. We need to re shoot lots of the footage because Gus sounds to rehearsed in most of the footage. We also want to get more people from the shelter interview. We however have trouble finding people since most of them do not want to be interviewed so we will see who else Russ finds. Our project goal is addressing awareness of the shelter in Vista. I think besides the video good placement of the shelter on social outpost would help to raise awareness. I also think that we can raise awareness of the shelter by having articles in the local newspaper about the shelter published.

Blake's Post #3

For this week we met up and filmed two interviews. Everyone in the group minus Julian were there to set up the lighting which turned out helping so much.I felt that Russ' interview went really well. The lighting seemed to be very nice and he was stoked at the footage and quality after the interview was done. The mics seemed to pic up the sound well and all of the equipment ran just fine. We shot a total of two interviews. The first being a women in Operation Hope named Faith. I do not think her audio turned out too well though because of her voice due to the lack of teeth she has making it hard for her to speak clearly. Overall i felt like today was a huge success. Basically our project is going to be showing the public what Operation Hope is doing for the homeless in their community. O.H. is there to help the families and kids find a home and place they belong. I think that our main problem is that we cannot shoot very much footage of the actual residents in Operation Hope. Many of them do not want to be on film or are simply not there most of the day. I think our group has figured out the way around this is plainly going to be more interviews and intimate shots of success stories and current employees within Operation Hope. Overall i feel we are making great progress and are working in the right direction for what our client wants us to produce.

Alex's warehouse overview video

Inside the shelter

Nicole Gonzaga Post #3

Today we met at the shelter so we could start interviewing Russ for the video. We came up with a few questions to ask him and we let him review them while we were setting up. I would say it took about a little more than an hour to set up everything. We also had an unexpected visitor who came by the shelter. Her name is Faith and she is about to be leave the shelter in a couple of days. She just came by the shelter to pick something up and Russ asked her if it was alright that we interview her.  She agreed but you could tell she was pretty nervous and self-conscious. We tried to not make her so nervous by talking to her little and letting her know that she will be helping others by participating in our video. We then asked her a few questions about Operation Hope and how they've helped her get back on her feet. She was very nice and helpful and I'm glad we interviewed her. I think in a month or two we will try to interview her again and see where she is now. On the other hand, I thought Russ' interview went alright. I mean, we got the lighting down well and the video looked great on the camera but Russ' responses sounded too rehearsed, not natural.  He'd mess up a few times while answering and he felt like he had to answer the entire question all over again, which was fine, but I think it would have been better if he didn't try memorizing his answers word for word. Overall I thought we got some quality footage. We definitely have stuff to work with, i think we just need to spend a little bit more time editing. If anything, we can always interview Russ again if we're not satisfied with the footage and while we're there maybe we can conduct an interview with Lisa, another staff member who works at the shelter. 

Julian Giron Post 3

Tomorrow we are going to the Operation Hope shelter to interview Russ Blackwood who is the main person running that shelter. We will interview him using various techniques. Somethings we have learned was to be more prepared with lighting. The lighting at the shelter is horrible and for tomorrow we have checked out 2 light kits so hopefully we will be able to light the place up so we can have a perfect interview. Mainly what Operation Hope wants is to show everyone about what they are all about. The video will be straight forward yet thoughtful and informative. Hopefully we will be able to create something that Russ will be proud of and a video that will help the shelter for everything they need.