MONTAGE/Editing on MOVEMENT

DUE Sept 20th

You homework is to create 3 Montage Sequences. Each sequence will needs a break of a couple of seconds in-between. For example you could start with setting up a character/actor like sitting and watching TV (like Shaun of the Dead) then go into a very quick montage sequence, then break, then montage, then break, and then end on a montage. You could do the reverse of that. Either way you end up with 3 short montages and 3 breaks or moments in-between. Shoot for the edit, watch for things moving or create your own by moving the camera really quickly. Your montage may not have any cross dissolves only hard cuts.  

5x5

For your homework compose five 5-second clips and use original sound. A 5x5 is a great way to tell a short story, illustrate a scene, or communicate a mood. DUE Sept. 18th

Check out these by others: https://vimeo.com/groups/fivebyfive

5x5 - Motion from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

The pleasure of from Vitùc on Vimeo.

Rule of thirds from Jayne Whitelock on Vimeo.

PIXEL TIME

The-Basics-of-Image-Resolution

640x480="307,200" pixels. 

Each pixel displays a color. In order to represent the color of each pixel numerically, with enough variety to satisfy our eyes, we need a very large range of different possible color values. There are many different ways to represent colors digitally. A standard way to describe the color of each pixel in computers is to break the color down into its three different color components —red, green, and blue ( a.k.a. RGB)—and an additional transparency/opacity component (known as the alpha channel). Most computer programs therefore store the color of a single pixel as four separate numbers, representing the alpha, red, green, and blue components (or channels). This four-channel color representation scheme is commonly calledARGB or RGBA, depending upon how the pixels are arranged in memory.

0 to 255

Memory from Adam Rokhsar on Vimeo

UPLOADING VIMEO TO BLOG

When your finished with your video export your video with H2.64 VIMEO SD 29.97. Once your video is exported from Adobe Premiere Click here to upload it. Once your video is finished uploading to VIMEO then you can embed it into the blog. Please see the following video on how to do that.

Embedding video content into Blogger from Jason Nix on Vimeo.

CONVERSATION & LOCATION

CONVERSATION & LOCATION 

Directions: I want a 10 second location montage to set up the location of your conversation. Then out of the 4min recording I want 20 nicely edited seconds. This means you will have to be selective of what you choose to pick out of your conversation. I am not requiring you to do the full 4min. I did not make this specifically clear today. So your end product should be 30 seconds. Have fun with the editing things do not need to be linear. You can make what that say out of context by moving your edits around. You will have lab time on Tuesday and we will watch what you have done on Thursday. Get in and try to lay down some footage and start editing. Check out the ADOBE PREMIERE Lynda Essentials for a break down of the basics. As for the movie you are suposed to watch look on the side links under course documents for the FILM Analysis work sheet. You will need to fill this out when watching Eternal Sunshine... and turn that into me on Tuesday next week.

THE LONG AND EXTREME LONG SHOT

THE LONG AND EXTREME LONG SHOT

Based on the location and the topics of you improve conversation... Capture 10 to 15 long and extreme long shots. You will be using these shots to create an 8 to 15 sec intro montage to establish the location of your conversation. ALL VIDEO shots... I would shoot in either HD or get a DV camera from the library to keep the same resolution we shot in today. This will be DUE Sept. 6th (bring your footage to class).

OUTLINE FOR TOMORROWS SHOOT (HIGH PRIORITY):

Dear Production Team of TEL-T 283, 

OUTLINE FOR TOMORROWS SHOOT (HIGH PRIORITY):

Tomorrow is all about conversation, compositions, capturing audio, and a little improve. Each of you will get to shoot a 4 min. improved conversation between two male actors. The conversation topic is up to you. I want you to have this topic before coming into class tomorrow. I also want you to look at the typical two-shots section in last weeks reading again for compositional ideas. When it's your turn you will be in charge of the main two-shot composition and the topic of conversation. During each shoot there will also be several other responsibilities that will be rotated out on each 4 min shoot. These include the main camera ("master shot")/director, left over the shoulder camera, right over the shoulder camera, a B-roll Camera (which will get close ups of hands gestures, eyes, feet, extra...), and the boom operator. To sync the various cameras and there audio we will use a clapper. We must be quick tomorrow to accomplish this in the time we have so be prepared and ready with ideas. If some of you have time before class starts I would appreciate some location scouting with emphasizes on the sound in that location for these conversations to take place. We could possible be outside if its nice out, but look around for other possibilities. 

You will not be needing to bring your camera's tomorrow for class, however I need THREE people to check out a tripod EACH from the Library (POST on this blog post if you can do that). I will have all the cameras/equipment we will need tomorrow. 

On Thursday I will be introducing Adobe Premiere Pro and we will be working on editing the improved conversations and syncing the audio from the various cameras.