Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Landscape Editing Assignment

  • Edit and adjust your ten best pictures. They should all have foreground, mid-ground, and background elements.
  •      Use Exposure, Photo Filter, Clone Stamp, Color Balance, Crop, and any other methods you need to make the pictures look awesome. Make sure they look “real.”
  •  Two of these picture need to be one item left in color
  •  Two of these pictures need to large Photo Filter Adjustment
 
· Create contact sheet with ten best pictures called landscape adjusted _CS
· Turn in your best_adjusted_landscape full size as a jpeg

Edited Camera Skills Assignment in Premiere

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  • Edited shot requirements:
  • Fade in at the beginning of the video
  • Titles for Each Shot
  • Transition Between Each Shot
  • Fade out at the end
  • Add Music
  • Add two instances of Sound Effects
  • Add One Color Effect on a Clip

Premiere Tutorials

Setting Up and Workflow overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7yehgBr2PU
Editing in the Timeline: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cs6/editing-clips-into-the-timeline/
Add Titles, Fades, and Music http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cs6/add-a-simple-title-some-fades-and-music/
Using Trim and Ripple Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXC2CUzifuU
Keyboard Shortcuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDqv6L9NPY&list=PL38648D595F475331
Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGaxkMyz-w&list=PL38648D595F475331
Color Correcting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARQRByM6PYI&list=PL38648D595F475331
Titles and Effects:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrzzDy9BeT8

Monday, February 25, 2013

Video 1 Sequence Assignment

VIdeo 1 Sequence Assignment

Group 10-shot Sequence: A sequence is a series of shots connected together as part of a whole scene.

Example 1:

Example 2:

Example 3:
Example 4:
· 10 different shots
· Insert Shot
· Reaction Shot (cutaway)
Shoot a master shot of the whole sequence beginning to end
· Shoot every shot three different times from three different angles
· Raw Footage will be graded
· Edited video should include fade in/out, title, music, sound effects, and credits over black
No jump cuts
No continuity errors

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Video 2 Documentary Treatment and Questions

Documentary Treatment

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. Email your responses to me.

1. What is your documentary subject?
2. Why did you choose this subject? Why would this be interesting for us to watch(two-three sentences)
3. What do you think your audience can learn from your documentary? Why will it be entertaning (one-two sentences)
4. What type of B-Roll will your video need (four to six examples)
5. How will you make sure you can cover all sides of this subject? Who will you interview and where will you interview them? (two-three sentences)
6. What kind of music will you use?


Homework over break:

Documentary Narration/Text/Organization



First, read this section on interview techniques here.

Next, open up your email account and start working on the assignment below. When you are done, please email the assignment to me at trent.mitchell@shorelineschools.org. Also, CC your parent or guardian CC your parent or guardian so they can see what you are working on.

Intro
Write three to four sentences describing topic in great detail . Give crucial information and history as needed. Feel free to use documented statistics.
For example, if you are doing a piece on gas prices then find out how expensive gas has been over the last twenty years. Why the change? What are the factors etc? Do cars get more or less miles per gallon?

Next, list at least five specific examples of of B-Roll you will use. Provide dates, locations, and shot type of the footage.
Will you use any footage from sources other than your own camera? If so, what will they be?

Again, if you are doing Gas prices you might want to show people filling up at the gas station, a shot or two of gas price signs, people driving cars, and money exchanging hands etc.

Body
Narrate or use text to move from one interview to the next. If you do your interviews well, the interviews will tell the story and your narration will be minimal.
For today’s assignment, pretend you have three different examples and interviews for your topic.
What will you cover in this section? What will the audience learn? Please list the people who have interviewed or will interview and also list the B-Roll that will play underneath those interviews.

Closing
What did you conclude from your documentary (using both sides of course)? You aren't trying to prove a point here as this is more of a recap of what we saw in the body of your documentary.
What should the audience know that ties all the information together? What is next for your subject or subjects?
Your closing narration should be at least three to four sentences.

Finally, create a list of 20 questions you will ask five different people in your documentary.

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Camera Skills

 
Camera Skills Assignment 1
Mr Mitchell
Video Production 1

Directions:
Get into groups of three or four students.
Each student will shoot all the shots straight through and then the next students will shoot.
Make a slate or piece of paper with your name on it and record it at the beginning of your segment.
White balance.
Zoom in and focus for every shot before you record.
Record each shot for 5-10 seconds.

You will be graded on the following criteria:
All shots must be steady, in focus, and correct in composition to receive credit.  When you are panning or trucking, remember to us two hands if that helps.  Also, for each shot please consider the Rule of Thirds, Framing, Proper Headroom, and Leading the Subject where they apply.

Shots
·      MCU
·      MS
·      LS
·      XLS or establishing shot (no zoom)
·      Truck Right slowly with subject
·      Slow Pan Left to object
·      Slow Tilt up to object
·      POV (set up shot first, it’s two shots)
·      Use leading lines to showcase a subject
·      Frame a subject using an object in the shot
·      Slow Dolly in from LS to CU of subject
·      Heads in Tails Out (two shots)
·      OTS


Note: this project will take two days.
Every shot needs to be white balanced, in focus, and steady for 5-10 seconds.
When all students are satisfied they have shot “A” work for every shot, they will bring the tape and camera back to class and import the clips to Adobe Premiere.

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Adobe Premiere CS6 Tutorials

Welcome to Video 2!
The first thing we all need to do (including your truly) is learn how to use Adobe Premiere. Please download clips from the Vidstore server or use your own clips for practice today and work through all of these tutorials. 

Setting Up and Workflow overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7yehgBr2PU
Using Trim and Ripple Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXC2CUzifuU
Keyboard Shortcuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDqv6L9NPY&list=PL38648D595F475331
Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGaxkMyz-w&list=PL38648D595F475331
Color Correcting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARQRByM6PYI&list=PL38648D595F475331
Titles and Effects:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrzzDy9BeT8

Friday, February 01, 2013

Class Reading

This is reading for Tuesday and Thursday. Please take out a piece of paper to take notes on all bold faced words. Save your notes.
Please take the quiz at the bottom of each section. We will discuss all terms in class and you will be quizzed on the material shortly.

http://cybercollege.com/tvp001.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp001-2.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp017-2.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp022.htm

http://cybercollege.com/tvp023.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp024.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp025.htm

Hints for Succes in Video 1

1. Use your time at home with a camera wisely. Having your own camera is very helpful, but if you need to check out a camera from me make sure you plan your video shoot ahead of time.
2. Do not rely on your friends. Your friends are not receiving a grade and therefore are not as motivated as you are.
3. Do not wait until the last minute to shoot. Procrastination will hurt you in this class.
4. Shoot multiple takes of your shots from different angles so you have more to work with when you edit. It is highly recommend to shoot a wide "master shot" of the whole scene and then shoot close-ups after.
5. Make every shot count. Do not shoot random footage. 

6. Most importantly, attend class every day. A majority of the work in this class is done during class time.