Brian Webster BFA

About Brian Webster is a BFA Graduate working towards his Master’s Degree. He will Post regular updates as to his progress as well as any inspirational quotes or images he finds on the net to assist any fellow travelers of the information superhighway to make it to their ultimate goals. Brian can also be found on these other social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.webster.777 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sugarfreegainz

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Final thoughts on my Masters Degree.

Hey guys,

I did a quick vid over on You Tube where I talk about my experiences attaining my Master’s degree at Full Sail University. Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhQ3rfOP_U

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I am a Writer! That’s my bachelor’s degree in the background, waiting for his brother, Master’s in a month! I’m so excited.

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Here is my final version.

https://youtu.be/1-pvrvUPlZw

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Here is the final version of my short film.

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Final Thoughts

Here are my final thoughts on the final week of my AVS class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2WF2GNOUrA

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my first movie

here is the first revision of my short script movie.

https://youtu.be/IUwE_RxfBf0

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Advanced Visual Story Telling Week 3

Here is my week three thoughts on Advanced Visual Storytelling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lPPN_dT0NY

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Master Blog Entry AVS-O

Here are my warbled thoughts on this week’s assignment in Advanced Visual Story Telling. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_LEPxO2Ttw

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Final Revision of Director’s Vision

Here is my final revision for the shooting schedule of my short film.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nIkZ95TETIvEsC67WJG20IwRq3f7f7nS

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Script revision

Here is my script revision for my Advanced Visual Storytelling class.

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The Gift of the Magi Adaptation.

2006,

For my most recent class at Full Sail University, Multimedia Adaptation, we were tasked with adapting one of our own stories into different media or give our own take on the classic story, The Gift of the Magi. I chose the latter as I am not very fluent in playing in another person’s toy box, so I wanted to Challenge myself.

The original story features a husband and wife set on getting each other the perfect gift for Christmas. Neither have very much in the way of monetary valuables, only what has been passed down to them. The husband has an old pocket watch and the wife a beautiful head of hair, each as proud of their possessions as they are to have one another in their lives. To get her husband a gift properly representing her love, the wife cuts off and sells her hair in order to buy her husband a chain for his pocket watch. The husband, wanting to get the best for his wife, sells his pocket watch in order to buy his wife a fancy set of combs. The irony is that neither can use the gift that they received.

In my version of the tale, I focus on Jamal and Whitney, a couple from two very different sides of the track. Whitney is the spoiled rich girl who has no idea about the value of gift-giving and Jamal gives from the heart because that’s all he can afford. Jamal sells all of his gifts to buy something nice for Whitney. Whitney takes sculpture classes in order to get something from the heart for Jamal. The irony is that Jamal needs the expensive gifts he gets from Whitney because he sells it so he can make ends meet and Whitney doesn’t care for expensive gifts because A) She gets those from everyone and B) It is the heartfelt gifts from Jamal that Endears her to him. The original story doesn’t really follow up with the characters to see how they dealt with their decisions, but I added the resolution that the characters communicate why they did what they did and are a stronger couple for it.

As I said before, I haven’t done any work with adaptations and this proved to be a fun experience. I think I will Look for more opportunities to adapt in the future to incorporate into my portfolio. This will show my range in addition to my own creative works.

References:

Harold, A. (2006, December 17). Presents [image]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/alicejt/325351305/in/photolist-uKvBg-pzN2VJ-654BiE-5LYLHy-5M9pMm-5M5eNK-4euQRV-Qi62uQ-4jBFqg-qz4R5t-ibNmPH-4hMTNh-7PPuf-4fSy89-94wnWv-qLgV7S-5M9sBW-5M5evM-94xBhP-9e8EDd-4mg6xp-4mk9o7-5Lo89k-j2nnn3-7rf2Zn-dDNMxF-ixSCxR-5KpNhE-22rmTv5-7PPuw-7QWEg-5PJd46-85y83-4fypxh-64ZmXD-boLeEP-boLdoK-4fGZio-7qxUDY-9avjJu-8K1ty-dE3FSL-dDXiM2-5P1tny-4fxKse-7tBaeP-uWrZG-ubpX3-7rQxCp-5MeCTH

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Mastery Assignment

For my Mastery assignment, I needed to find some examples of how gaming has integrated itself into normal everyday activities. here’s what I came up with. 

https://www.tut.fi/Gamification/2017/12/10/the-convergence-of-gaming-and-gambling/

This link is to an article that details how gaming has integrated itself into the gambling industry. A pretty interesting read considering not only does it talk about the integration of technology into the gambling scene but also some of the underhanded aspects some gaming companies have used in order to get more money out of players such as Battlefront 2.

https://trendline.dcrworkforce.com/trends-gamification-applied-how-companies-are-using-gamification-internally.html

This article I found interesting because it introduces gaming into the workplace; an area where playing is generally frowned upon. One of my favorite classes at Full Sail University was the Psychology of Play course where I earned that literally all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,

I found this image on Flickr, where students were encouraged to “gamify” an activity. If they did so, they would receive their notification badge. What a great idea to get kids to engage with the class and teachers!

references:

Taylor, K. (2015, August 8). Gamification badges [image]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/79105346@N06/20410946121/in/photolist-x6Drba-x6DroK-9ywsRW-ejvv7q-dmg9Xz-apstsS-auo4y5-7U4uEn-d1AmfW-d1Amk3-d1Amb5-aAixty-aAixnY-aAixn3-asjGFi-asnkSY-asnkRS-d1AmZb-d1AkMd-d1Amvo-ar8KDt-d1Akg1-d1AmPf-asjGGt-d1Ak6U-d1AkCC-d1An2s-d1AkGw-asnkWY-d1An3L-ar8KBM-d1Ak7Y-d1An1j-d1Ak39-d1Akah-d1AksL-artxA1-artxzA-ap9FRX-bwAP82-ap9FSR-auvbMP-AZ4ynD-dFwHZy-hiFCCe-hiECrL-hiEDDL-hiEFhW-EaTsSk-hiEDe7/

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Here are my thoughts on Project and Portfolio for MFA in Creative Writing.

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Episodic and Serial writing for fun and profit.

My experience in my episodic and serial writing class was more fun than I had anticipated. I’ve always considered myself more of more of a film writer. By that I mean I’m more suited for ideas that would fit on the big screen. Self-contained stories, for the most part with a sprinkling of ideas for future sequels. With this class, however, I was able to flesh out my characters a bit more and use techniques that I would not be able to employ in a feature film.

For instance, I had to condense a three-act structure from a 90-minute feature film to a six-minute webisode. This forced me to rethink how I would open my story. Originally, I had intended to tell my story chronologically. I’ve never been a fan of movies that plop the audience in the middle of the story and the first piece of dialogue, usually, a voice-over would be, “I guess you’re wondering how I got here”. Well no, I don’t even know you. With this class, however, I was able to introduce my character, then explain how I got the main character into his current situation, and then bring it back full circle with the villain coming back for round two.

I discovered I could also fill out the characters a lot more than I could in a feature film because while I only have six minutes per episode, I also have an unlimited amount of episode in which to tell my story. With a feature film, I have 90 minutes at best, 120 minutes if I’m extremely lucky, in which to tell my story. This is not a lot of time, especially if I want to tell a character-based tale. Episodic storytelling offers the opportunity to tell nuanced, character-driven stories that are more satisfying for the writer as well as (hopefully) the audience.

Overall, I had a blast in this class. I learned a new way of telling stories an added a new tool in my arsenal as a screenwriter.

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Ah, My hometown. I love to come out to the beach and let the waves take me away. 

Chesapeake Bay Program. (2017, April 1). Deal Island, MD [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/chesbayprogram/42816292261/in/photolist-28ewFZx-28ewEeP-26RVG1n-8vDBCa-8S85ZH-EaxChD-9C6yQE-9j1v6b-BDebWJ-EtdCRn-25tyuf5-8vGCkb-8vDyaa-8vGx9Y-8vGEZb-4HdMLA-4H9ubV-sAFZue-25aGgCZ-25ty1RC-24W1bUo-25aGcLR-GTkJQn-24Zwyhf-25oBATQ-26M552F-25oBywq-25oBRud-25oBT8U-26x7DBH-2798NrY-28avTZm-25tRsyq-2798Pj9-25tyvNf-GTkFXi-26M5rNB-GTkX76-26tAvpu-25tRtH9-JzBVdM-28ewDtF-2798MMw-7LtPdx-9iyW1f-a4c85A-a49gjK-a4caeo-a49iea-26x7Bma

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Yu, D. (2010, December 6). Church of the Epiphany [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidyuweb/5240230334/in/photolist-8Z4xUS-f3rf9S-6tv1q4-9z65ME-67Ksck-4cXc5S-8RdQqn-bkw9ST-9fDHPM-7CeyHB-5oxYKT-qoyPDP-57MGPU-e3Rjvm-p2va34-23woGJg-ok7U-pqjKEB-7Xb6je-4ojfC3-2aU6up8-dSeLzY-56XZzj-a6yN6A-96HijW-aJhujc-24hn3Nz-d2sHJw-67AsS9-42yWpX-7hh3pP-WuAeFF-aoSXDZ-ntfRPS-vrhTc-92pJ2s-e4Q4qu-CSWxen-68x1xm-poSDhm-9K3181-eDzoAF-jFvu8-aoVwg1-28DihiA-23Hgb5C-8i4LRr-4cgEFF-UjGw1-8timXt

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One of the aspects of writing that has always fascinated me is how to set a scene up in such a way that the reader can actually immerse themselves into the story. To make them visualize the setting is one of the most powerful tools in a writer’s arsenal. I am an artist at heart, so a little trick I picked up along the way, is to base my scenes on actual places. I find pictures of places that I think the characters and story would fit well into and I describe them in that particular image. It’s like location scouting in the movie biz, but far less expensive.

Allen. (2006, February 11). Melody Manor Motel, Bolton Landing, NY 1950's [photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/98547328/in/photolist-9H5FS-rTPWju-8uK5Yk-8vEXjo-9NF1UU-reBGxD-2bDwhj9-g4P8w-9NFhVS-9NJMSL-9NCE48-4hDFcc-9NFk5w-4YEynD-5ABxCh-9NFu2f-9NEKvf-NTLwe-NTe6Y-N2tgn-DTnzqz-9NKn2C-9NKoA3-9NCJte-5ABxY9-9LBuaV-9NFdKN-9LBui6-5ABwYU-NTLyP-gpaRKk-8vEXHS-9NCoZR-gpb3Yd-9NKVq9-YGp334-RFSd4q-YCdHiE-HmAQe2-HRYqxy-HmBKqH-Pzf7hN-cdfoaA-bUv6fG-Q5RACC-NUASTi-NUATgH-wK2iWT-HmJNU5-brer5u