Video Class Citizenship

Are you a BAD Citizen in the Video Production Nation? 
Take this Quiz!  

Do You... 
Take more than 20 minutes to get organized enough to film? 
Complain when your SD Card is full? 
Expect OTHER PEOPLE to empty your SD Card? 
Provide NO help setting up equipment? 
Put Low or Dead Batteries back in the Battery box?
Leave the class WITHOUT your team members? 
Come back to class WITHOUT your team members? 
LOSE your Film Pass / Script on the regular? 
Provide NO help taking down equipment?
"Over-loosen" Tripod knobs / lose the parts / breaking tripod?
Fail to collapse & lock down your TRIPOD & put it on shelf?
Provide NO help copying your team video clips to the iMac? 
Provide NO help your group with edit decisions, music, titles?
Litter your edit station w/ bottles, food wrappers & trash? 
Fail to Log Out of your iMac, thus locking it for the next user?

If you answered 'Yes' to ANY of these questions, you may be badmouthed - and rightly so - by any and all of your video co-workers and lose valuable points on your LAB Grade in AVTF. Your rep is hanging in the balance. 

Earn Respect! Increase Your Grade! Earn it by changing your production habits. 

Good Teamwork Skills Earn Good Jobs. 

Short Film Project

Short Film is the use of genre to tell a story. You have two choices: 
1) If your ALL of your story scenes are filmed by Tues Apr 11 then complete the Short Film as a full story. 
2) If they are not completed, shoot only the highlight scenes and complete a Short Film Trailer - the Promotional version of your project. 
Keep all work school appropriate! 

SHORT FILM DEADLINES: 
LAST DAY TO FILM FRIDAY April 14
EXPORT MONDAY April 17

 CLICK HERE for Project Requirements

Need Royalty Free Music?
 List of royalty-free-music sites
 https://incompetech.com/music/ 


Need Free Sound F/X? Careful - Make sure others don't have the same ones as you!
www.audioblocks.com/
https://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
http://soundbible.com/

Need Inspiration? Watch Trailers at IMDB.com: Movie Trailers!
Cinematography… It’s where you place your camera that helps tell your story...

Important: Use Correct settings of in-camera LIGHTING (Iris, Gain, Exposure) COLOR TEMPERATURE (White Balance) & OUTDOOR ND (Neutral Density) Filter

Establishing Shot – Wide or landscape scene;  communicates the sense of place

Low Angle Shot - looking up at the subject:

from Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" 1992

High Angle Shot - looking down on the subject:

ECU (eyes) – use external lighting to enhance look

                                        From John Hughes "Ferris Beuller's Day Off" 1986

Reverse Angle Shot / POV- camera is the point of view of the subject: 

From Coen Brothers "Raising Arizona" 1987

  

Bird's Eye Shot - perspective from overhead: 

Worm’s Eye Shot – perspective from ground level:                

Dutch Angle – diagonal angle: 

From Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" 1989

Dolly – roll position forward or backward
Truck – roll the dolly left or right

Dolly Zoom - dolly in on subject while you zoom out                                                                                             

From Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" 1975

Rack Focus - shift M focus ring foreground to background:     

Crane Shot – body of camera is lifted or lowered by machinery to capture a landscape or the subject (you can DIY on a smaller scale) 

From John Ford's "High Noon" 1952

In-Camera Transition – while recording, shift the camera shot to an object / landscape or  blur focus or X zoom in - pause – frame shot at new location / begin recording again to reveal the scene change  

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

 Conrad Hall

Music Video Due THURS! Did you meet the checklist?

Lighting Test Moved to Mar. 22

Click Here for Lighting Study Guide

Short Film

Short Film is the use of genre to tell a story. You can also choose to produce a Short Film Trailer instead.

Due Thursday after Spring Break - April 13th!

Click here for Project details

Music Video Project; Lighting Test

Lighting Test is Tuesday Mar. 21st - see Lighting Study Guide

Music Video Due Date extended to Thursday March 23rd!

We will view projects in class Friday March 24.

Synchronized Music Video and Lighting

Produce an all-ages school-appropriate Music Video (2-4 minutes in length) using one example of professional lighting use, at least one part synchronized video to audio track, filmed in multiple locations on campus. 

DUE Monday Mar. 20th

Locate the Lighting ppt on the right-hand column to use a Study Guide to prep for:  

Lighting TEST Tuesday Mar. 21st