Capture & Edit Live Digital Video

for Educational

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 Know Your Film Terminology
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http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/
 5 Phases of Film Creation
1. Development
Brainstorming (Inspiration) Schedules & Budget
Writing/Rewriting the Script Needs Analysis
Financing Sources Define your audience
Goals of the instruction
2. Pre-production 3. Production 4. Post-Production
Storyboards Submit Call Sheets Equipment:
Breakdown of Equipment High-end Computer
Checkout: The right software
Requirements Effective editing skills
A Good Camera
Locations to tell a story visually.
An external
Materials directional Test Screening
People microphone Revisions
Schedule Use Effective
shooting
Budget
techniques
Props, Costumes, Submit Production
Sets Report
5. Distribution - delivery and exhibition of your final product to your audience
in a proper and efficient format
Video? DVD? Interactive CD-ROM? Web?
Development & Pre-Production
Inspiration Concept Map
(Brainstorming)
Storyboards
Filming Production Phase
 Phase #3: Production
A good Camera is Half the Battle
If you can, avoid the older analog
video cameras; Go Digital
Avoid Automatic Settings; Use
Manual Instead:
Focus Ring
Zoom Ring
Aperture, Shutter Speed, Gain
Adjust
Color Balance (Very Important)
Sound - Never trust the on-camera
Microphone
Always use an external boom mic,
or
Use a clip mic on your talent
 Phase #3: Production
Digital Video Cameras (Camcorders)
Camera takes care of the digital process;
not as much of a processing burden to the
computer.
Store images on Tape
A few burn directly to DVD
Requires Firewire connection so computer
can download the video.
Focus Camcorder Tips on pg. 319
Canon GL-1
Sony HandyCam Digital 8
Camera Techniques Can Save
Your Production
Always use a tripod!
Dont zoom while
recording.
Avoid jerky camera
movements; limit
your use of pan and
tilt.
 Production Rules:
Shooting Techniques
The rule of thirds
Depth of Field
Vertical Angle
Birds Eye, Normal,
Worms Eye
Telling the story
visually:
LS - Long Shot
MS - Middle Shot
CU - Close Up
MS - Middle Shot
LS - Long Shot
The Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds Broken

Non-Example
Subject is Dead in
the Center
 Depth of Field

Shallow Depth of Field Deep Depth of Field

Use of a telephoto (zoomed-in) Use of a wide-Angle lens
lens
Smaller Aperture (larger fstop)
Wider Aperture (smaller fstop)
Use in scenes where
Use in scenes of surroundings are important.
confusion/isolation.
Vertical Angle of View
Birds Eye View
Depicts Inferiority

Eye-line View
Normal

Worms Eye View

Depicts
Superiority
 Camera Distance

Long Shot (LS) Medium Shot (MS)

Close-up (CU) Extreme Close-up (ECU)

 Telling a Story Through
Camera Distance

(CU)
(LS) - (MS)
Establishing
Shot

(ECU) (CU) (LS) -

Concluding
Shot
Phase #4: Post-Production
 Phase #4: Post-Production
High-end computer
Mac G3, G4, or G5
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP
Large amount of RAM - no
less than 256 MB
I recommend at least 512MB
Large storage capacity - no
less than 60 GB
A way to get video into your
computer:
Firewire ports
A digitizing card or box
iMovie editing software or
equivalent
The New Digital Setup:
For Older Analog Cameras/VCRs
Video Digitizers
To connect Analog Camcorders and VCRs
to a computer
Converts old analog signal to a digital
signal
As a card in your computer or
As an external box
Video Editing Demo: iMovie
 Editing Techniques:

Always conduct editing in this order:

1. Arrange clips in a proper sequence
2. Apply Visual Effects to desired clips
3. Create your Titles - make sure they dont
blend into the background
4. Apply Transitions - dont get too fancy
5. Insert sound effects and background music
6. Make Chapter Markings for iDVD
 Editing Tips:
Remember:
Sometimes a cut is more effective than a transition
Always keep Timing in mind
Do the math between shots:
a 1-second transition between two 3-second
clips creates a 5-second sequence.
A cut between two 3-second clips creates a
6-second sequence.
One second can take an eternity
Try to Match-Action between shots - Avoid Jump-
cuts where action repeats itself unnaturally.
If using still photos, apply the Ken Burns Effect:
dont zoom in too tight
Make the motion slow
 The Quicktime Movie Format:
Why export to Quicktime?
Place a Movie Clip on a PowerPoint slide
Place a Movie Clip on a Web Page
Quicktime is a Library of software CODECs:
For Video
Sorenson 3, Motion JPEG, & MPEG-4 are lossless (the best)
DV should only be used for full-motion, full-sized video.
For Sound - IMA 4:1 and AAC is Lossless
For MIDI (computerized sheet music)
Quicktime has built-in instrument voices
WARNING - Not an actual sound file! DO NOT import into
PowerPoint - IT WONT WORK!
For VR - (QTVR was discussed in previous chapter lectures)
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The Distribution Phase:
File>Share
E-Mail Course Assignments
Homepage Saved as MPEG4
Videocamera
VHS Tape
iDVD
QuickTime
CD ROM
Bluetooth
The End