VIDEO BASICS
A crash course in filmmaking
Camera Basics Camera Basics • • • • •
Working a camcorder: grip, stance, buttons Battery life!! Battery life!! Hard drive or tape Microphone Lighting
What makes up a video What makes up a video Video
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Making Shots Making Shots • • • • •
Framing Angles Zoom Panning Tilting
Framing • Framing is the way in which a scene, person, or object is placed within the image you record. • Tips for f making k the h shot h • Use one frame per shot • When filming one shot / frame should be around 15sec • Majority of shots will be still shots (holding the camera i one place in l and d one frame) f ) pan, tilt
Extreme Long Shots Extreme Long Shots • “establishing shot”; orienting the viewer not just to one location, but also to an overall atmosphere, context, and situation. situation
Long Shot Long Shot •
This h shot h shows h a person from f h d to toe. Be careful head f l with h headroom: h d too much space above a person’s head will look strange, as will too much space at the person’s feet. Used for introducing characters into the video.
Medium Shot Medium Shot • Interview shot: Head to waist of person. Apply same length to other objects.
Close Up Close Up • Shot Shot at the person at the person’ss mid/top chest to top of head: Used to mid/top chest to top of head: Used to convey feelings or emotion.
Extreme Close Up Extreme Close Up • Shot shows most detail: Used to convey feelings or emotion, or portray an object or movement usually not picked up by bj ll i k d b the eye. Concentrate on one object like a mouth, eyes, parts of a flower movement of a machine of a flower, movement of a machine
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Eye Level High Angle High Angle
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POV: Point of view of the subject, fun angle used for humour or insight O o o e o e subjec , u a g e used o u ou o s g
To zoom or not to zoom To zoom or not to zoom
• Zoom in for detail, Zoom out for context. Tips for making the shot • In one shot/frame should not need to zoom as still shots are usually better, if you do should be done slowly. Control the zoom • For every zoom shot, take at least a 5 still shot as well. (15 sec each) For every zoom shot take at least a 5 still shot as well (15 sec each) • Allow 15 seconds of still shot before and after the zoom action for editing. • Keep the picture square and plumb as your zooming. p p q p y g
Panning and Tilting Panning and Tilting Panning: Camera moves from one side to the other Til i C Tilting: Camera moves downwards and upwards. d d d d *both can be used for moving or still objects. Tips for making the shot: Tips for making the shot: • Hold a still shot for 15sec before and after the pan or tilt. • Avoid “Hose piping” continually panning and tilting over a subject to cover it all. • Position your feet at the end of your pan so you can be uncoiled when you come to the end of the pan. come to the end of the pan. • Practice before taking the shot (if possible).
Making a Sequence Making a Sequence In each sequence, you need to follow the action, and shoot wide, medium and close‐up. di d l Example: Film about Turtles at Start of Opening Sequence Shot One: Establishing Wide Shot of island with turtles at bottom of screen on the beach Shot Two: Long shot of a few turtles walking about/swimming Shot Three: Close up high angle shot of one turtle walking up the beach. beach Shot Four: Behind long shot showing turtle walk up to the trees. End of Sequence.
9 Tips for shooting 9 Tips for shooting 1. Avoid Zooming In and Out Too Much id i dO h 2. Steady Does It 3. Where Are You? 4. Keep Them Short and Simple 5. Lighting!! 6. Change Your Perspective 7 L 7. Learn from The Movies f Th M i 8. Conserve the Battery 9. Check The Sound
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Download video and sound files into recognisable folder on desktop i.e “AVI video” Open CVSE12 click on VideoStudio editor Open CVSE12, click on VideoStudio Will come to edit screen click if not make sure on edit screen by clicking on tab on top of screen “ 2 Edit” Click on Load video tab which appear as a little folder Open “AVI video” folder and upload the videos Vid fil Video files will appear in the thumbnail feature. ill i th th b il f t To edit video drag and paste thumbnails from the thumbnail feature into the editable master video track feature. Cut tool: to slice the video file to what you will need for your sequence Click to the audio tab
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Save project at this point in the same folder “AVI video” as a CorelVideo h h f ld “ d ” l d Studio 12 project files (*.VSP) Click to the load sound tab which appears as a folder pp Upload the needed sound files which should be in the “AVI video” folder Sound files will appear on the sound file feature Drag and paste sound files to the editable master sound feature Cut tool: To slice sound file as you require. Save project Save project Go back to the video edit tab by clicking on the tab “2 edit”
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You can edit both sound and video using the cut tool. d b h d d d h l Video files will appear in this tab Sound files will appear in this tab Sound files will appear in this tab View the video in clip window When happy with video click to “3 share” Click “create video file” tab Click “same as the first video clip” tab D Done!! !!
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Super Fun Video Task* Super Fun Video Task Make a 3 - 5 minute video clip about a story on the island. Can be of anything from turtles, to people, to make believe anything goes. It is not a serious task, have fun with it and try and use different angles and vary your shots.
Filming Guide • Introduction 30 sec (1 – ( 2 sequences) q ) • Main Story: 1 – 2 minutes (3‐5 sequences) • Conclusion 10 Conclusion 10 – 40 sec (1 40 sec (1 – 2 sequences) 2 sequences)
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