About me

Name: Josh Lobel

Location: Vancouver, Canada

School: Currently at Vancouver Film School.

Basic Filmmaking (Pre-production) Course

Official student status:

I am a basic filmmaking student at Wikiversity Film School beginning June 2008

Basic filmmaking student: JoshLobel

JoshLobel has completed the following assignments in the course on Basic filmmaking (pre-production) for narrative motion pictures.

Formatting the Script

Pop Quiz - What is the first shot?

Creating the thumbnail storyboards

Quick Exercise - Over-the-shoulder shot

Creating the 3D storyboards

A simple DVD-Video Editing Workshop

Learning about camera lenses

Record the dialog for the animatic

Intro to narrative filmmaking

Draw the movie poster for "Star Wars"

Understanding dailies

Create a matte painting

Understanding editing

Pop Quiz - Creating the moods (film scoring)

Understanding "L-Cuts"

Create the animatic

Completed assignment - Script formatting

June 11, 2008 -- JoshLobel has formatted the script with Final Draft. You can download it at Media:JoshLobel - Seduced by the Dark Side.pdf. This is a simple version of the scene. Where is the scene number?

Completed assignment - Pop Quiz

June 15, 2008 -- JoshLobel says,

Question #1: My first frame of the movie would be 21 because immediately establishes the setting - we know we have two characters at night, outside of a movie theater.

Question #2: My second frame would be 22 because it creates the contrast of one character being younger and the other older while showing that they are looking at a movie poster.

Completed assignment - Creating an over-the-shoulder shot

June 15, 2008 -- JoshLobel has created a wide angle over-the-shoulder shot and a telephoto over-the-shoulder shot.

Here are the original shots.