http://youtu.be/8GmR5cunSy0

Profile Script

[00:00-00:05] Title text enters

[00:00-00:08] SFX intro of stand-up show, people clapping, fades out

“All right please welcome to the stage, our next comedian, Mr. Nathan Jones.”

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[00:08-00:16] Fade in Jones audio clip

“I’m from Portland, Oregon. I’m 21-years old and I am getting a major in geography and a minor in environmental studies.”

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“I’m actually extremely thankful to be here tonight, because I had a near-death experience a few weeks ago. I got stopped by one of those people on the corner with a clipboard. And for anyone who is in that situation, they feel a lot of panic and don’t know what to do. But, I made eye-contact and I was screwed.”

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“One of my friends who I knew who does stand-up comedy, I asked him if there were any shows that were coming up and he told me he was in a competition in a few weeks in the future and he suggested that I join up. So I went ahead and I signed up, and the first round was just 3-5 minutes and I basically went up there and tried to be funny and got on to the next round. I didn’t make it to the final round but after that I –through the competition- met a bunch of people who are in the U.O. Stand-Up Society, which is a group who meets once a week and share ideas for stand-up comedy and critique it. So I met up with those guys and I’ve been meeting up with them ever since.”

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“It’s tough, and I told her -I’m serious about this- I told her I’ll go home, research it, and I’ll legitimately think about it. But she cut me off she was like, ‘No no no no, it’s okay. Just put you’re information down, this little girl starts school next week and one day, maybe she’ll be able to have her first beer.’ I can send her a six-pack of Bud Light right now.”

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“So yeah it has definitely helped me get over some public speaking fears. Because when I first started I was just mumbling and barely getting my words out. Now I can go up there and say whatever and I’m not nervous anymore.”

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“I’m more of a story-teller of a comedian. I like to tell stories of high school or Boy Scouts or other stuff that wasn’t humorous at the time but is really funny to think about now.”

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“But my horoscope this month told me I need to stop being a little bitch, and look at the bright side of things.”

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“I eventually want to be a fire-fighter but you know, if for some reason I became super famous from comedy I would not mind that.”

[2:49-2:59] SFX fade of crowd clapping; fade out at 2:55 mark

“Give it up for Mr. Nathan Jones everybody!”

[2:49-2:51] Production text enters, leaves

[2:51-2:55] Special Thanks text enters, leaves

[2:55-2:59] Music courtesy text enters, leaves

http://youtu.be/xbpdOYLfAcY

Literary Letter SCRIPT

[00:00-00:05] Enter white text over black background

[00:05] Bring up audio recording

“To Anthony,”

[00:00-2:09] Fade in music, “Two of Us” by The Beatles, LOW throughout piece

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“This is not only to my one and only younger brother, but also to my best friend.”

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“Even though we’re five years apart and currently 2,000 miles away, we don’t skip a beat. We can talk about the goofiest things and laugh together but yet have real intelligent conversations.”

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“You’re my movie date, you’re always down to go to Taco Bell, Chipotle or frozen yogurt and it doesn’t matter if it’s multiple times a week. We can go walk around the mall and do nothing, or go to the pool and lounge around. And it’s the best time of my life.”

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“You have the mouth of the sailor and a laugh that is contagious and leaves me laughing till my sides hurt.”

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“You’re my own personal IT guy, you’re always a text or phone call away.”

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“You’re very smart for only being 19 (turning 20 in May), and I am so proud of what you have been able to achieve. You’re gearing up to completing your first year at Middle Tennessee State University and you have a very bright future ahead of you.”

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“As for me, I have three more weeks until I begin the next big chapter in my life, and the best piece of advice I can give you is to enjoy the rest of your time in college.”

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“No matter where you and I end up in the world, we’re always connected. I am proud to be your older brother.”

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[2:02-2:09] Music credit text enters

My proposal for my J333 Multimedia final project is going to be profiling a student comedian on campus. The Buzz Cafe hosts’ comedy nights that features students of the UO Stand-Up Society that perform comedy routines and do shows weekly throughout the term.

I would find a student comedian to find out their influences and topics they discuss, talk about how they prepare their routines and attend one of the comedy nights that would be great visually as they are on stage and film their set. I would also want to find out if they plan to continue a career in stand-up and/or why they decided to join the UO Stand-Up Society.

Five Major Scenes:

1. Student comedian on stage at the Buzz, get visuals at both the back of the room to get an idea of the size of the audience they are performing for and getting up close next to the stage.

2. Student comedian backstage and preparing to go on stage, if they have any nerves or are used to going on stage.

3. Film reactions of the crowd enjoying the set.

4. Since these are students, film them in their natural life, at home or going to class.

5. Get them after their set and ask how they felt their set went and what they could have done better.

Nicholas Filipas Audio Assignment – Soundcloud

https://blogs.uoregon.edu/j333filipas/files/2014/02/J333-final-14ywoh3.m4a

J333 Audio Piece Script

START

[00:00-00:11] Fade in SFX – Guitar case buckles opening, fade out

[00:11-00:16] Fade in SFX – Guitar pedals clicking, fades out

[00:16-00:21] Fade in SFX – Amp feedback, followed by hands rubbing up and down guitar chords for effect, tuning guitar, fade out

[00:21-00:30] Fade in narration intro, fade out

“Neal Budde is a 21-year old student at the University of Oregon who has been picking at guitar strings since he was ten years old.”

[00:21-1:32] Fade in guitar music clip 1 on low frequency in background, fade out at 1:32 mark

[00:30-00:40] Fade in interview track 1, fade out

“I started playing the guitar when I was ten years old, and took lessons till I was 18 and just kind of picked it up from there.”

[00:40-00:46] Fade in narration track 2, fade out

“Aside from the guitar, Budde has played a variety of musical instruments.”

[00:46-1:06] Fade in interview track 2, fade out

“I dabbled, I never learned anything else specifically. One of the best things I’ve ever done was I had to play bass. I was in a group with people that didn’t need a guitar player they needed someone to play bass and I think that made me more well-rounded as a guitar player because I had to learn to fit in with other people, whereas before that point I would do my own thing. It really gave me good insight into how a whole band plays together. That and I can also play the piano a little bit too. And for me it’s either jazz or something I write, something contemporary rock.”

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“His musical influences include legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.”

[1:28-1:47] Fade in interview track 4, fade out

“Also the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante, one of my favorite guitar players. In terms of composers I’m a big Duke Ellington fan, the jazz composer. And Django Reinhardt is another jazz guitar player I really like but I can’t quite keep up [to his style] so I can’t really say he influenced me, but I do enjoy him.”

[1:39-2:13] Fade in guitar music clip 2 on low frequency in background, fade out at end 2:13 mark

[1:47-1:52] Fade in narration track 4, fade out

“What goes through this musician’s mind as he plays?”

[1:52-2:07] Fade in interview track 5, fade out

“Usually it’s excitement and anticipation. I get really excited when a new idea pops into my head and I like to make things my own as I go along even when I’m playing someone else’s music and so there’s parts that I’m really excited for because I like how they sound together.”

END

Halfway through this term, J333 has been a little like Gateway, except with the ability to be able to choose my own subjects of interest. I haven’t learned that much of what I already was taught in Gateway, J333 has been a “reminder course” to me.

So far we have completed assignments such as an blog analysis, photo essay and a team video on a social issue.

What I would like to learn more in this class for the rest of the term is get re-introduced with Final Cut Pro and working with some video/audio software in class just to get the feeling back. I haven’t touched Final Cut Pro since Gateway ended two years ago.

I would also like to see more examples of work that is expected of us. For the photo essay we only saw two examples, and one example of a group video project, so I would like to see more to get an idea of what is expected of our projects rather than going in with no idea. That can also be said to show us more examples before the assignment is due, not the class afterward.

Covering New Grounds: What the EMX Expansion Means for the Eugene/Springfield Community

Produced by Rachel Baker, Michael Brixey, Jessika Giden and Nicholas Filipas

Video Script:

[00:00-00:17] Background audio of EMX

[00:07-00:17] TITLE appears, no image, white text, no transition filters – Covering New Grounds – What the EMX Expansion Means for the Eugene/Springfield Community

[00:17-00:19] Cut to footage, EMX towards viewer

[00:19-00:24] Cut to interior footage inside EMX

[00:17] AUDIO comes in, then fades slightly into background at :24 mark

[00:24-00:28] Cut to Lisa VanWinkle interview footage

Insert white text left-hand corner of screen: EMX Communications Coordinator

“I think overall this project is going to be very good for our community.”

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[00:28-00:34] Cut to Rob Zanko interview footage

Insert white text left-hand corner of screen: Executive Director at B.E.S.T.

“Back in the 1990’s, LTD was looking into the future and one of the things they saw, two things were going to happen; one is buses were going to go slower, so people riding the busses would get frustrated because [it] takes them longer to get to where they want to go.”

[00:34-00:38] Cut to footage of inside EMX, ZAKO AUDIO CONTINUES TO PLAY OVER

[00:38-00:41] Cut to footage of street at EMX station

[00:41-00:45] Cut to footage of incoming EMX bus

[00:45-00:52] Cut back to Zako interview

“So LTD was saying ‘Oh my goodness, we are going to have worse service and it’s going to cost us more money to provide it, that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense’. ”

[00:52-1:53] Cut footage back to VanWinkle interview AUDIO PLAYS THROUGHOUT

“When we opened our second segment, then the boarding’s on the whole line jumped by another third, on a given day, this route alone represents 25% of LTD’s boarding’s, that’s huge. To then have this fast, frequent service on these major routes, is really I think what draws people to, to want to ride it. There are those who are worried that we’ll make traffic more congested. Our traffic analysis has shown that that will not happen. For businesses where the road is widened and we do come closer into people’s tax lots, the good news is that they do get reimbursed for that, so really the issues that we can’t address are really are the ones of philosophy, whether you believe that an investment in transit is overall good for the community or not, is ultimately up to each individual.”

[00:52-00:57] Cut to footage EMX bus pulling into station

[00:55-1:29] MUSIC FADES IN, PLAYS UNDER VANWINKLE AUDIO, FADES OUT AT 1:29 MARK

[00:57-1:02] Cut to footage of inside EMX bus

[1:02-1:06] Cut to footage of EMX at light motionless

[1:06-1:10] Cut back to people getting inside EMX bus

[1:10-1:12] Cut to VanWinkle interview

“To than have this fast, frequent service on these major routes”

[1:12-1:14] Cut to shot of EMX driving past camera

[1:14-1:19] Switch footage back to inside EMX bus

[1:19-1:24] Cut to footage of EMX bus pulling away from viewer facing behind EMX

[1:24-1:27] Cut to video of EMX coming to stop at station across from viewer

[1:27-1:36] Cut to VanWinkle interview

“For businesses where the road is widened and we do come closer into people’s tax lots, the good news is that they do get reimbursed for that,”

[1:36-1:38] Cut to video of road

[1:38-1:54] Back to VanWinkle interview

“So really the issues that we cant address are really are the ones of philosophy, weather you believe that an investment in transit is overall good for the community or not, is ultimately up to each individual.”

[1:54-2:26] ZANKO AUDIO PLAYS THROUGHOUT TILL 2:26 MARK

[1:54-2:04] Zanko interview footage

“I think that really is a equity, a social equity issue here of making sure that every member of our community has access to expectable or decent transit,”

[2:04-2:08] Cut to camera following rider into EMX bus

[2:06-2:08] MUSIC FADES IN AND OUT QUICKLY, LOW VOLUME

[2:08-2:11] Cut to footage of EMX driving by

“The reality is that our transportation system is pretty much what we got. Busses, rapid transit provides a way of using…”

[2:12-2:21] MUSIC FADES IN, LOW VOLUME

[2:13-2:15] Back to Zanko interview

“Our existing transportation system more efficiently,”

[2:15-2:19] Footage of EMX driving away, long angle

“So in a lot of respects, to actually the of country is taking inspiration from us,”

[2:19-2:26] Cut to footage of EMX bus slowly, close angle

“What we are doing is actually pretty groundbreaking, we are not forcing people out of their cars, but we are not forcing people to buy cars either.”

[2:26-2:42] MUSIC FADES BACK IN, INTERVIEW AUDIO CUTS OUT

[2:26-2:33] PRODUCTION TITLE

[2:33-2:36] MUSIC CREDIT TITLE

[2:36-2:42] SPECIAL THANKS TITLE

END

Production Notes:

For this video project, I went out and shot footage of the EMX passing by and riding inside the buses while collecting natural audio used in the beginning. Along with video I took 35 still photos but we went ahead and chose to stick with the video. I used my Canon handheld point-and-shoot camera for all the stills/audio/video. I also wrote the script, Michael Brixey transcribed the interview pieces and I wrote the rest.