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Feature film/news/documentary differences.
Development and Preproduction (treatment, script, storyboard, shot list, shooting schedule) review.
Use this storyboard for now.
STORYBOARD CHEAT SHEET
Shot: This is the shot number: 1, 2, 3, etc.
Framing: EWS,
VWS, WS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU, CA, Cut-in, Two-Shot, OSS, Noddy or Reaction
Shot, POV, Weather Shot.
Go here for examples: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/
Camera
Moves: Dolly
or Truck, Follow, Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Static (not moving).
Go here for examples: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/movement.html
Angle: Eye-Level,
High Angle, Low Angle, Bird's Eye, Slanted (Dutch Tilt).
Go here for definitions: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/angles/
Transitions: Cut,
Cross Fade (Dissolve), Wipe.
Go here for examples: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/editing/transition/types.html
Audio
1: If
there is only one type of sound write it here (dialogue, music,
location sound, Foley, etc.).
Audio 2: If there is also some other sound
list it here (like music with dialogue listed above).
Shot Types - Know what these shots are: wide shot, mid shot, medium close up, close up, extreme close up, cutaway, cut-in, two shot, over-the-shoulder shot, reaction shot (noddy shot), point of view shot (POV),
Camera Moves - Know what these shots are: dolly, follow, pan, tilt, zoom.
Camera Angles - Know what these angles are: eye-level, high angle, low angle, birds eye view, dutch tilt (slanted).
Crossing the line - Don't do it unless you have a really good reason to (also known as the 180 rule).
Pickup Shots or B-Roll another B-Roll description
Watch this video (the top one)
4:3 (1.33) or 16:9 (1.78)? - Link 1 Link 2 Link 3
Mixing 16:9 and 4:3 - Link 1
16:9 anamorphic - Link 1
Watch the video tutorials as you use Final Cut Express (see your teacher for a copy of the tutorial files).
Tips:
1. Be prepared: be sure you have interview questions prepared and all equipment needed in good working order (always test the day of the shoot). Go over the potential questions with the interviewee before you start shooting. Feel free to add or modify questions.
2. Use an external mic - always.
3. Work in two person teams. Have one person working the camera and the other asking the questions. The interviewee should be looking at the person asking the questions, not the camera. If the person isn't answering questions, they can look at the camera.
4. Interview in good light, with a good background that doesn't have a lot of distracting visuals or audio. Don't shoot with a window behind the subject.
5. Check audio levels during recording. Use headphones on the camera if you have that option.
6. Keep the camera steady. Use a tripod if you can. If not, be really, really, still. Zoom and pan slowly.
7. Be sure the subject is in focus.
8. Shoot at least 5 seconds before and after the footage you want to use. Not as separate shots. Start recording five seconds before the first question, and keep recording for five seconds after the last question. This is really important.You will believe me when the footage is unusable because it has a timecode break or not enough leader for preroll.
9. Reshoot if something isn't right. It's much easier to get it right the first time than to have to go back and reshoot. If it isn't right, you will reshoot.
10. Shoot some B-roll before the interview and/or after you are done.
Watch these interview tips on YouTube:
The goal is to KNOW, not hope that you have a good interview in the camera. That happens by following all of this weeks interview information and practicing.
The easiest way to get a song to school is to burn it to an audio CD, not a data CD. This way you don't need to worry about any copy protecting issues. In iTunes make a new playlist. Add the songs you want to burn to it. On the bottom right of the playlist, click :"BURN DISK". A dialog box will pop up . Select in the Disc Format area, AUDIO CD. Click burn. Bring the CD to school, drag the song from the CD to the desktop (it is an aif file). Open Final Cut, go to FILE > IMPORT>FILES to add the audio file.
If you want to use your iPod to transfer non copy protected files, read the instructions from Apple here.
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