Transcript Feb12_video assignment production.ppt

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Feb. 12th 2009
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Today’s Class…
Video Assignment
Production Day
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• Telling a story visually is an intricate
process.
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• Video Assignment
• Step #1: Each student is to write a script
based on two sentences. (i.e. Johnny
woke up late. He made it to his exam
just in time.) and storyboard with three
sequences.
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• Video Assignment
• Step #2: Choose from ONE of the three
storytelling options.
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Video Assignment
– Option One has a static camera one shot with five pieces of
action within the shot.
– Option Two has five shots. Each shot contains one of the
actions key actions that tell the story.
• In Sequence Two compose at least wide shot (WS), medium shot (MS),
close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera moves
include pan and tilt. Do not zoom.
– Option Three has one mobile camera shot that follows one
action continuously.
• You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom.
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Video Assignment
– Step #3: Create a highly detailed
storyboard that choreographs all the action
in your story.
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Video Assignment
– Option One:
• Tell a story using a static camera one shot with
five pieces of action within the frame of the
shot.
– In camera editing only.
– 120 seconds.
– Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain
any edits.
* Helpful Tip: Use a tripod!
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– Option Two:
• Tell a story using eight to ten (8-10) shots.
Each shot contains one of the actions in
Sequence One.
– Compose at least one wide shot (WS), one medium shot (MS),
one close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera
moves include pan and tilt. Do not zoom.
– If you so choose, these shots are cutaways
that can be incorporated into the story
created in Option One
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– Option Three:
• Tell a story using one mobile camera
(handheld, dollied, Steadicammed) shot that
follows one action from Sequence One
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This shot must be 40-120 seconds.
No in-camera editing. The shot must be in continuous motion.
You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom.
Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain any edits.
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• The telling of the story is silent. Your audio track must be
empty.
– No sound effects.
– No music.
– No ambient sound.
• This assignment must be live action. Digitally composed or
captured images are not permitted.
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• You will be graded on:
• Clarity of Your Story
• Storyboard
• Effective Use of Technical Skill
• Creativity
• Presentation
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• You will be graded on:
• Storyboard
– Detailed storyboard that illustrates and
describes
a. the sequence of events
b. how the shots will be photographed (e.g.
close-up to show....)
c. Character choreography or object mise-enscene and any changes in design from scene
to scene
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• You will be graded on:
• Creativity
– Exceptional creativity, demonstrates
careful planning, and clear understanding
of how to use camera and lights create a
sequence
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• You will be graded on:
• Presentation
– On time and effective
• submission of hardcopies of storyboards
• saving of projects in the N: drive
– Save both in Premiere and as an exported video file
format
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• Video Assignment is due at the
beginning of class on March 3rd
• To submit, put your final assignment in
your class folder.
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• Next Class…
–Lighting Basics
–Composition Basics
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• Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948)
• The film is Hitchcock’s most experimental, abandoning many
standard film techniques to allow for the long unbroken scenes.
Each shot ran continuously for up to ten minutes without
interruption. It was shot on a single set, aside from the opening
establishing shot street scene. Camera moves were planned in
advance and there was almost no editing.
• Hitchcock filmed each scene in segments lasting up to ten
minutes (the length of a reel of film at the time), each segment
continuously panning from character to character in real time.