Flame Photo

I'm not very experienced in photography but for capturing the flame in a photo I found this site and video with some helpful information.


http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photography-tips/how-to-photograph-fire.html#b

- Site talks about what to do if you want to use a high shutter speed as well as a low shutter speed.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsCmrzmv8Ik

- Pretty good video on capturing fire and shows different steps that you may take.
- Instead of the liquid we could use a match, propane, candle, paper or another medium.


Also what if instead of taking a photo of a flame, we photoshopped our own flame? Then that way we could possibly make the flame in the shape of our logo and try to make them look closely alike? I know that it is possible to photoshop a flame but it may be difficult to get it in a specific shape, but just an idea.

Flames Intro

is anyone interested in doing a shoot of a flame? I'd like to do some compositing with something simple, but I'm not sure about how to get a single flame = propane, oil? If someone can do some research on that, then we can set up a shoot. It would be an extreme close up of a single frame that we can use in the intro as a layer... maybe something like this...

Videos that I found that inspire me for the title screens.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcps2fJKuAI
I like the parts of this video where they throw in the lyrics, Soilder, victim and etc. They could be used as title screen ideas. Also the "Moment for truth, and lie part in the video as well. It continues this through the whole video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bInIGgs48E&feature=fvwrel
The very start of this, what if we took all those squares and they were all the images of the holocaust we have and found a placement for the text in there saying "Pre-War" or "The Ghettos."

Final Identity Logo/Design

The above image is the final, selected identity logo/design that will be used for Bearing Witness. The image on top will be predominately used for the video elements while the image on bottom may be used for the packaging.

The logo was created by keeping the ideas of strength, history, and bearing witness itself in mind. The typography used for "BEARING WITNESS" was selected because of its boldness and resemblance to Hebrew lettering, which would represent the history. The flame represents the eternal flame in the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington DC that burns continuously as a memory of those lost during the Holocaust. The flame is made up of six pieces to represent the 6 survivors telling their story in the film.

This design will also play a major part when designing the name plates and the title screens for the different sections, as many of the same elements will be used.

New info: Maps / photos

I attended the Yad Vashem "Echos and Reflections" workshop today, and got some great images! I was thrilled to see that many of the images I had selected as the most compelling historic photos were also used by their experts for teaching purposes, so we must be on the right track!

Anyway, I am going to upload some maps with the locations already pinpointed to the HOMEWORK server. They are PDFs so I can't upload them here.

Look there. Also, check out this website on photos from Auschwitz:

The Auschwitz Album

Below are some images to help address the look of the map so that it feels like it is from the 1940, during the Holocaust.

Below are a few blueprints to show the type of paper and line quality.

The flame

Holocaust Memorial Center (in Farmington Hills, Michigan)'s flame: I've filmed this before, but it's a challenge because of the safety glass.

USHMM flame in DC.

Lets see some comments, What one do you feel is the strongest and why, and which one do you think is a close second and why? Also, what can I do to each of those to make them a stronger piece?

Map Comp

New Direction Ideas

Flame Symbol

Notes

These are some notes I collected from 2 videos from our documentary. The first group of notes is from the video labeled "The Message."

MESSAGE

- This film records the oral histories of six survivors of the holocaust who today make toledo their home. It records their memories through a process of collaborative dialogue with youth of the Yad B'yad religious school of toledo. The stories of our survivors echo those of survivors across the globe. Yet, this project brings the larger themes and events of the holocaust to a local and individual level of engagement. 

- The film fosters dialogue between the survivors and today's younger generation in order to create personal awareness. Viewers are asked to bear witness to the survivors and, through this human connection, the project provides the canvas for this interaction and witnessing to continue for years after both the survivors and the original witnesses are gone. 

How did you maintain hope during the holocaust, to what or who do you attribute your survival?

- Strong instinct, do everything you can for survival, never alone, fight, make friends, not alone, help to someone else, one more day is worth everything, live day by day, will to survive, luck, people who took risk to take in, 

What message do you wish to leave us about the holocaust?

- what can happen to people, that are picked on, looked at for being funny, and respect others, stand up and let people know that your jewish, people become aware if you lay low and look the other way

- don't be afraid to tell your friends that there wrong,

- learn about it and teach this to others, be kind, don't follow the crowd, crowd moves in 

- believe in yourself, look forward and don't let the past influence your thoughts, what can you do to better your life

- love, and knowledge can save you

- those who forget repeat the past 

- Remember this, never forget.

The second set of notes is from the video about the camps. 

CAMPS

Describe your transport experiences, what would your true destination and what happened when you arrived?

- Horrible, 7 or so days in a train, cramped, 

- Kettle cars, distance 400 miles, took 5 to 6 days 

- train was bad, lots of people died just on the train

- we didn't know our destination, had to poop, pee in the train.

- Auschwitz (wrong spelling, but popular camp)

- shouting for no reason

- almost unreal experience

- treated like animals

- given striped jacket and pants

- walked into camp and got their stamps

Some More Comps

Here are a few of my comps. The ideas are pretty similar to the ones below, but my own twist on them. Like? Dislike?

Start of my comps

These are the start of my comps for the identity. What are some thoughts?