Video and Sound Production / Lectures
4.4.2023 - 2023 (Week 1 - )
Loke Yan Ling / 0344602
Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Lectures
Week 1
Video Production Process
Phase one (Pre-Production) is where all the planning and coordination happens, phase two (Production) is when you capture all the elements that will be in your final video and phase three (Post-Production) is where all the elements get edited together and combined to create the final video.
Pre-production: Preparation
- Idea development
- Story
- Storyboard
- Visual References
- Location/ Props
Production: Principal Shooting
- Lighting
- Costume
- Principal Shooting
Post Production: Editing
- Offline Editing
- Online Editing
- Audio Editing
Week 2
Framing & Storyboard
Fig shot size
The shot size determines how large the area that’s visible within the frame.
- Extreme wide shot
- Wide shot
- Medium wide shot
- Medium shot
- Medium close-up shot
- Close-up shot
- Extreme close-up shot
Fig Rule of thirds in camera angle
Camera Angle
Composition: Rule of thirds divides the frame into thirds both horizontally and vertically. The points where the vertical and horizontal lines cross are aesthetically pleasing spots to place subjects or to have perspective lines converge
Subject Angle
Facial modelling is best when the subject is turned 45º (¾ angling) to the camera. The front and side of the face, if properly lighted will appear round and eyes are displayed fully.
3 Dimensional solidity is most pronounced when 2 or more surfaces are photographed. Angling the camera in relation to the subject so that two sides of the objects are viewed, results in the most effective rendition
Angle the camera so that parallel lines diminish and converge preferably toward the right. This is to ensure that the viewer’s eyes are carried into the distance.
Subject Height
Camera height is as important as camera distance and angle but often disregarded.
Artistic, dramatic and psychological overtones may be contributed to the story-telling by adjusting the height of the camera to the subject.
Eye-level
Eye-level angle camera films from the eye level of an observer of average height or from the subject’s eye level.
Low Angle shot
The low angle shot is any shot in which the camera is tilted upward to view the subject. Low angle shot can make a character look bigger, stronger, or more noble. It also gives the impression of height.
High Angle shot
A high angle shot is an y shot in which the camera is tilted downward to view the subject. A high angle shot can make a character look smaller, younger, weak, confused, or more childlike.
Fig Constant screen direction
Screen Direction
Dynamic Screen Direction
Constant screen travel depicts the subject motion in one direction only. A series of shots of a person walking, a car driving, or a plane flying – should move in the same direction to show progression.
Fig 180 rule static screen direction
Static Screen Direction
When planning shots with two characters, you need to understand the camera movement in relation to the 180º rule. The rule enforces the camera stays on a horizontal axis and not cross sections so that it will disorient the viewer. The horizontal axis is called the “Line of Action”
180º Degree Rule
If Camera 2 and Camera 3 are used, the audience stays on one side of the line of action. These shots are called "reverse angle shots".
Week 3
Storytelling in Frame
Story: The set of all the events in cause-effect relationship occuring in time and space, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers, constitutes the story.
Plot: Everything visibly and audibly present in the film, and material that is extraneous to the story world.
Story & Plot:
Story = What happened?
Plot = Why they happened? And how?
Plot Segmentation
The best method for understanding a film’s narrative system is to create a plot segmentation, a scene-by-scene outline of the entire film.
Fig 3-act structure
Act 1
Beginning/Setup:
To introduce the world.
To introduce the main characters.
To establish the dramatic situation.
This leads to an incident that complicates the story (PLOT POINT 1).
- Plot point 1
•The "inciting incident"
•Turn the story in a new direction
•Sets up what Act Two is going to be
•Raises the stakes
•Reminder of the narrative enigma; presents the possibility of a different outcome
Act 2
Middle/Confrontation:
Known as ‘Rising Action’.
To develop obstacles/complications.
This leads to a climax of the story (PLOT POINT 2).
- Plot point 2
•The "Climactic Turning Point"
•Protagonist's quest reaches critical mass
•Possible solution is presented
•Biggest cliffhanger: will the protagonist win or lose?
Act 3
End/Resolution:
Ending of climax
Answer to all obstacles/problems
Tying the loose ends
Week 4
Lecture - Film Sound
Tutorial - Color Correction
Week 5
Video Production Process
Week 9
Stop Motion Editing
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