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RTV 322 Camera use: Shooting to Edit

Film and Video

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Project 1Training and certification

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See syllabus and outline directions

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Film vs. Video

Film a thin flexible strip of plastic or

other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures

Video magnetic tape for recording and

reproducing visual images and sound.

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Film vs.Video

Film stock is the imaging device for motion picture film

CCD or CMOS is the imaging device for video

Future for film?

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Film

8 mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm Super 16 and 35 mm Film stock--costs and processing

Film stock types: b/w or color, negative or reversal, fast or slow, tungsten or daylight

1.33:1 aspect ratio 24 fps Sprocket holes, audio recording

Chapter 14 sound and film

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Magnetic Videotape

Analog vs. Digital Interlaced or Progressive Standard or High Def 4:3 or 16:9 Digital Compression Codecs Not ‘filming’ Chemical vs. electromagnetic

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New storage options

HDD DVD / Blu Ray / Optical discs Flash memory (built in vs.

removable, like SD card) Cloud Storage

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Digital Recording

480 vs. 720 vs. 1080 Contrast ratio Megapixels I vs. P Lossy or Lossless codecs Color sampling: relationship of

chroma to luminance / luma Bit depth: the number of individual 0s

and 1s sampled

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Illusion of Movement

Persistence of vision 24 vs. 30 fps (transfers) Shoot only in 30 fps ‘shutter speed’

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Time Code

Vital to videotape Important for timing / syncing SMPTE VITC vs. longitudinal ‘striping’ Time code vs. control track

Our cameras Canon XH A1 (mini DV)

Manual mode ‘point and shoot’

JVC HM 150 (SDXC card) Class 6 or above Brand matters Georgia tutorial Our settings: SD(DV), QuickTime, 16:9

(GL1)

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Lenses

Camera body vs. lens Zoom or fixed (prime) -- critical focus Optical vs. Digital zoom Diaphragm / aperture -- f-stops / t-stops /

number means what? Manual vs. autofocus

Sharp focus, Selective focus, follow focus, rack focus, soft focus, swimming focus

Depth of field is affected by focal length, aperture, and the distance of objects from the camera.

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Video Shooting Tips

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/shooting_tips/

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Camera mounts

Tripod and pedestal Friction head / Fluid Head

Crane vs. jib Dolly / track SteadiCam vs. Handheld

Image stabilization Robotics, follow me, Segue,

‘copter, cable mount, etc.

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Shot Composition

Rule of Thirds Point of View Angle

High angle, low angle, high level, low level, bird’s eye view, canted / Dutch angle

Cut off lines, look space, lead room, head room, eye line

Terms: WS, OTS, 2/S, etc.

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Transitions

What is a shot? Fade / cut / Diss / Wipe / DVE ‘Changing shots’ in a one-shot Multi cam shoots vs. film style Real time to Filmic time Invisible / seamless edits Sequences Master Shot / cover shot Jump cuts / pop cuts

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Camera movements

Pan, tilt, truck, dolly, arc, zoom, boom/pedestal

DVE Crane, tracking, feather, 360 shot,

follow, swish pan, snap zoom

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The Static Frame

Storytelling involves interplay of blocking, lighting, costumes, and setting -- as captured by the camera

Balanced shots? Edge of the frame / off-screen

space

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Technical vs. aesthetics What kind of camera? What kind

of lighting? What kind of lens? Consumer vs. Prosumer vs.

professional cameras How the story is told? ‘Language’

of visual storytelling -- Hollywood style, home movies style, new media style, NPPA / news style

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