Put in CD.
Click OK when the menu pops up. CD icon should appear on desktop.
Drag QUICKTIME file on top of ICON.
Control-click burn disc.
Eject.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Commercial Treatment
You will write a detailed treatment to the coach or advisor of your club/activity/sport you have chosen to make a commercial for (this is a terrible sentence). You will also send me a copy (CC) of this email.
List of advisors:
http://schools.shorelineschools.org/shorecrest/asb/index.php#list
Treatment questions you must answer in COMPLETE sentences.
What group have you selected as your subject?
Why did you select this group and why do you think you can make an interesting commercial for this group?
What is your original concept? How are you going to SELL your subject?
What will your tag line be? It needs to be something catchy and memorable.
What kind of music will you use in the background?
Do you need to schedule time to shoot with the coach or advisor? If so, ask permission in your email.
Remember to send me a copy of the email. This is due today.
http://www.adslogans.co.uk/hof/2top10.html
Slogans
List of advisors:
http://schools.shorelineschools.org/shorecrest/asb/index.php#list
Treatment questions you must answer in COMPLETE sentences.
What group have you selected as your subject?
Why did you select this group and why do you think you can make an interesting commercial for this group?
What is your original concept? How are you going to SELL your subject?
What will your tag line be? It needs to be something catchy and memorable.
What kind of music will you use in the background?
Do you need to schedule time to shoot with the coach or advisor? If so, ask permission in your email.
Remember to send me a copy of the email. This is due today.
http://www.adslogans.co.uk/hof/2top10.html
Slogans
School Related Commercial Assignment
School Related Commercial Assignment
You will make a thirty second professional style commercial for a school related group, sport, club, or after-school function etc. Your commercial should be shot and edited in a high-energy style that encourages the other students in the school to either participate in and/or support your chosen group. You will have time during class to shoot the video, or you can shoot before or after school. Each student must do their own commercial.
Commercial Assignment Requirements:
You must use Final Cut Express.
Fade In and Fade Out.
Commercial must be exactly thirty seconds
12 shot minimum-like music videos, most commercials use shots only two to five seconds in length.
Use music appropriate for the commercial and school group.
Use text in your commercial to emphasize in writing what you are trying to sell.
Create a nifty slogan or catch phrase. VERY IMPORTANT!
Use a variety of shots.
Shoot at least two complicated shots. For example, a ‘zoom in and pan’ or a ‘zoom out and truck’ etc.
We will work on treatments/emails to advisors/storyboards Monday the 17th.
Raw Footage is due the beginining of class Tues the 25th and Wed the 26th.
Commercial is due at the end of the period May 4th/5th.
This is a very quick assignment so please do not fall behind. You CAN start working on this now (as in after school today...reserve your camera pronto)
The next project after this is a documentary.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Video 2's Next Assignmenthttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
You will all be entering films in the Seattle Times' three-minute movie contest. Final edited videos in this class will be due April 26th. Entries must be received at the Seattle Times by Friday April 28th.
More info can be found at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/filmcontest/
More info can be found at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/filmcontest/
Monday, March 27, 2006
Mid-Term Review
Name two things the director does.
Name the three elements of production.
Editing is done in what stage of the production process?
What stage of the production process is scriptwriting done?
Name the three types of talent we spoke about in class.
What is a boom mic?
What is the thirty-degree rule?
What does P.A. stand for and what does he or she do?
What is a target audience?
Who is in charge of making sure that all items stay consistent from one shot to the next on a video shoot?
What is a sequence?
What is an insert shot?
What is a cutaway shot and what is another name for one??
List three pieces of information a script contains.
Explain the Rule of Thirds
Explain Leading the Subject.
Explain the composition term ‘framing’.
How do you white balance the camera and why do you do it?
What do you twist on the camera to make sure your subject is in focus?
What is a jump cut? Give an example.
What is crossing the axis line? Why do you not want to cross the axis line when you are shooting video?
What information is in a treatment?
What is the 1,2,3 formula?
What is accelerated editing?
What is montage editing?
In music videos especially, edits are made on both subject and camera _____________.
Know the following shots:
CU
MCU
MS
LS
ELS
Trucking
Panning
POV
Steady Dolly
Heads-in Tails-Out.
Selective Focus
Rack Focus
Name the three elements of production.
Editing is done in what stage of the production process?
What stage of the production process is scriptwriting done?
Name the three types of talent we spoke about in class.
What is a boom mic?
What is the thirty-degree rule?
What does P.A. stand for and what does he or she do?
What is a target audience?
Who is in charge of making sure that all items stay consistent from one shot to the next on a video shoot?
What is a sequence?
What is an insert shot?
What is a cutaway shot and what is another name for one??
List three pieces of information a script contains.
Explain the Rule of Thirds
Explain Leading the Subject.
Explain the composition term ‘framing’.
How do you white balance the camera and why do you do it?
What do you twist on the camera to make sure your subject is in focus?
What is a jump cut? Give an example.
What is crossing the axis line? Why do you not want to cross the axis line when you are shooting video?
What information is in a treatment?
What is the 1,2,3 formula?
What is accelerated editing?
What is montage editing?
In music videos especially, edits are made on both subject and camera _____________.
Know the following shots:
CU
MCU
MS
LS
ELS
Trucking
Panning
POV
Steady Dolly
Heads-in Tails-Out.
Selective Focus
Rack Focus
Monday, March 20, 2006
Sabotage Editing Assignment
Camera Movement and Exciting Editing Techniques
Directions: You will be working with a group of four to five students. Quickly decide on an action-oriented storyline that you can shoot fairly fast and on the go. Next, please shoot the following groups of shots together as listed below. When you are finished, please import your shots into IMOVIE and assemble them in any order you wish (as long as the groups of shots themselves stay the same). Next, add intense or high-energy music to your clips, a title at the beginning, credits at the end, and then export. We will watch these videos in class.
Grading: To achieve an A on this assignment you must not have any jump cuts. Also, please make sure each shot has proper headroom, leading the subject, and rule of thirds etc.
Purpose: To practice effective camera steadiness and composition. Shoot the following shots in order within the group. You can, however, choose to have Group 4 come before Group 3 etc.
• Group 1: LS to MS to CU of one subject (also called the 1,2,3 formula)
• Group 2: pan right to tilt up to CU and then zoom out to MS
• Group 3: Dolly out from one subject and truck right to moving subject
• Group 4: Shoot LS of main action, then an ECU, and then a CU of a reaction shot
• Group 5: Zoom out on a moving object from CU to LS
• Group 6: Pan right with moving subject, POV of subject, place camera on ground and have subject move towards camera
• Group 7: Have two subjects in a simulated discussion. Cut back and forth between the two subjects using OTS, POV, CU, MS, LS, and CU Reaction shots
• Group 8: Combine four shots of your choice together
You CAN add more shots if you wish.
Directions: You will be working with a group of four to five students. Quickly decide on an action-oriented storyline that you can shoot fairly fast and on the go. Next, please shoot the following groups of shots together as listed below. When you are finished, please import your shots into IMOVIE and assemble them in any order you wish (as long as the groups of shots themselves stay the same). Next, add intense or high-energy music to your clips, a title at the beginning, credits at the end, and then export. We will watch these videos in class.
Grading: To achieve an A on this assignment you must not have any jump cuts. Also, please make sure each shot has proper headroom, leading the subject, and rule of thirds etc.
Purpose: To practice effective camera steadiness and composition. Shoot the following shots in order within the group. You can, however, choose to have Group 4 come before Group 3 etc.
• Group 1: LS to MS to CU of one subject (also called the 1,2,3 formula)
• Group 2: pan right to tilt up to CU and then zoom out to MS
• Group 3: Dolly out from one subject and truck right to moving subject
• Group 4: Shoot LS of main action, then an ECU, and then a CU of a reaction shot
• Group 5: Zoom out on a moving object from CU to LS
• Group 6: Pan right with moving subject, POV of subject, place camera on ground and have subject move towards camera
• Group 7: Have two subjects in a simulated discussion. Cut back and forth between the two subjects using OTS, POV, CU, MS, LS, and CU Reaction shots
• Group 8: Combine four shots of your choice together
You CAN add more shots if you wish.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Last Day to turn in Video Projects is Friday
If your video is not in the new server by Friday at 2:00 PM you will receive a zero in the gradebook. If you have any questions, please talk to me.
I am looking forward to watching your projects!
The lab will be open after school on Thursday for at least one hour.
I am looking forward to watching your projects!
The lab will be open after school on Thursday for at least one hour.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
New Server and Drop Box Info
Just to be safe, make sure that you change the
permissions on your QuickTime file so that everyone can read and write before you
drop it into the server. This will ensure that I will be able to open
them. To do this, control click on your Quicktime file and select 'Get Info'. Scroll down to make sure anyone can 'read and write' this file under permissions.
Next...
Choose "Connect to Server" under the "Go" menu in the Finder.
Enter vidstore in the server address field.
Enter "scvideo" for both the name and password.
Select the "SC Video Classes" volume to mount.
The volume will mount on the desktop and you can double-click on it to
open it. Inside you will find a drop folder for your period. You
can drop your movies into this folders.
permissions on your QuickTime file so that everyone can read and write before you
drop it into the server. This will ensure that I will be able to open
them. To do this, control click on your Quicktime file and select 'Get Info'. Scroll down to make sure anyone can 'read and write' this file under permissions.
Next...
Choose "Connect to Server" under the "Go" menu in the Finder.
Enter vidstore in the server address field.
Enter "scvideo" for both the name and password.
Select the "SC Video Classes" volume to mount.
The volume will mount on the desktop and you can double-click on it to
open it. Inside you will find a drop folder for your period. You
can drop your movies into this folders.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Music Video Assignment
Music Video Assignment
Music Video Project
Video Production
Mr. Mitchell
Raw Footage March 22/23
Final Project April 4/5
Requirements:
Students will shoot a music video that is no longer than five minutes.
Music videos must have a concept,theme, or story (not 100% lip-syncing).
Students may work with one other person, but everyone must edit their own version of the video.
Students must turn in a one-page typed treatment.
Most videos have an interesting concept such as a fake TV show, a backwards video, a dance video, a live performance video, or simply an interesting story. Your treatment should explain in detail your concept and how you plan to make this concept come to life. Your treatment should answer the follwing questions:
1. What is your story or concept in great detail? Don't forget costumes, editing and shooting style etc.
2. Who are you working with on this project (inside or outside of class)
3. When will you shoot?
4. Do you need class time to shoot?
5. What song are you using?
Videos must have one at least one eight-shot sequence.
Storyboards of the sequence will be required.
Videos shots must use proper technique discussed in class: good headroom, proper white-balance, leading the subject, focus, and steadiness. Grading of these shots will be more difficult than the last project.
Most shots in music videos are only 1-4 seconds long, please keep this in mind when planning your shots. Plan your shots ahead of time. A three-minute video should have at least 60 shots unless your concept requires something different.
Remember your target audience: the class and myself.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Extra Credit Assignment
Capote
Crash
Hustle and Flow
Brokeback Mountain
Walk the Line
Good Night, and Good Luck
Junebug
Munich
March of the Penguins
Syriana
North Country
Pick any three films above and write a two-page 1.5 space typed compare and contrast essay.
You might consider picking your films based on controversial themes, politcal themes, women in film, films based on real people, films based on real events, or any other way you can relate all three movies.
Please do not give me a plot summary. Assume I already know what the movie is about.
Your paper is due March 21/22.
Crash
Hustle and Flow
Brokeback Mountain
Walk the Line
Good Night, and Good Luck
Junebug
Munich
March of the Penguins
Syriana
North Country
Pick any three films above and write a two-page 1.5 space typed compare and contrast essay.
You might consider picking your films based on controversial themes, politcal themes, women in film, films based on real people, films based on real events, or any other way you can relate all three movies.
Please do not give me a plot summary. Assume I already know what the movie is about.
Your paper is due March 21/22.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Seattle Film Festival
http://www.seattlefilm.org/program/prelaunchdetail.aspx?FID=29
This is a link to Future Wave 2006, an film competition for students under 18. Extra credit will be awarded to any student who submits a video.
This is a link to Future Wave 2006, an film competition for students under 18. Extra credit will be awarded to any student who submits a video.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
File in My Drop Box
Putting A File In My Drop Box
Go to Go on the main screen
Connect to Server
Server address: staff
Connect
Guest...Connect
Staff
Scroll to Mitchell
Open the Mitchell folder
Drag your file to the drop box
Monday, February 06, 2006
Friday, February 03, 2006
Treatment Questions
1. What genre or type of video are you going to make? Why?
2. Will you need class time to shoot or are you working outstide of class?
3. Please describe your project in four to five sentences. What is the storyline from beginning to end? What is the source of conflict? How will you resolve the conflict? Who are the main characters etc?
4. Who will act in your project? Do they have time to shoot on weekends and after school?
5. What type of music will you use?
6. How will you make sure that this project is better than anything else you have done in Video Production? What two or three things are you going to focus on to make sure you improve?
2. Will you need class time to shoot or are you working outstide of class?
3. Please describe your project in four to five sentences. What is the storyline from beginning to end? What is the source of conflict? How will you resolve the conflict? Who are the main characters etc?
4. Who will act in your project? Do they have time to shoot on weekends and after school?
5. What type of music will you use?
6. How will you make sure that this project is better than anything else you have done in Video Production? What two or three things are you going to focus on to make sure you improve?
Video 1 and 2 First Assignment
Video 1
Make a 2-4 minute-movie that showcases the camera shots and skills you have learned in Video Production the first two weeks. Do not go over five minutes in length.
Video 2
Your video length can be between three mintes and eight minutes long.
Requirements
Videos must be creative and original.
All shots must be white balanced.
Story must have a beginning, middle, end and contain dialogue.
All shots must be in focus.
All shots must be steady with proper headroom.
You must have at least one six shot sequence. I will explain this in class.
You must include the Rule of Thirds, Leading the Subject, and Framing where appropriate.
When you are done with your project you will upload your video to MiniDv tape or Quicktime and we will have an in-class screening day.
The following shots must be used at least once to receive an A grade :
CU, MCU, MS, LS, ELS, Steady Trucking, Steady Panning, POV, Steady Dolly, and Heads in Tails Out.
Make a 2-4 minute-movie that showcases the camera shots and skills you have learned in Video Production the first two weeks. Do not go over five minutes in length.
Video 2
Your video length can be between three mintes and eight minutes long.
Requirements
Videos must be creative and original.
All shots must be white balanced.
Story must have a beginning, middle, end and contain dialogue.
All shots must be in focus.
All shots must be steady with proper headroom.
You must have at least one six shot sequence. I will explain this in class.
You must include the Rule of Thirds, Leading the Subject, and Framing where appropriate.
When you are done with your project you will upload your video to MiniDv tape or Quicktime and we will have an in-class screening day.
The following shots must be used at least once to receive an A grade :
CU, MCU, MS, LS, ELS, Steady Trucking, Steady Panning, POV, Steady Dolly, and Heads in Tails Out.
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