Iliyana's 360º interactive video (Thinglink)
week 11-15: interview lighting
Check out these videos on interview lighting
5.1 script / interview questions
Write a script for your scene, or adapt one from a play, movie or TV show
OR... write an intro & questions for someone you will be interviews.
5.2 project plan
Working backwards from the due date (Dec. 2 / 9) create a project plan that includes the following:
- ganntt chart with schedule Excel templates (ongoing starting today)
- dates / tasks
- person responsible
- deliverables
- other details (equipment gathering etc)
- gear list
- shot list
- lighting plan
- set description
- props list
project 5 Scene / Interview
Plan, shoot, edit and publish a video of a scripted scene or planned interview. Note that a planned interview is diffrent from an unplanned event interview. Specifically you plan who you will interview, where, pre-written questions etc.
The added focus will be on planning, scripting / questions, setting & lighting (natural or with lights). Criteria include:
- effective communication i.e. tell a story, create a mood, evoke an emotion
- composition
- effective cuts & transitions
- planning (script / questions & gear list)
- clear audio recording
- effective audio processing
- titles, credits,
- use of b-roll footage
- light setup planning
due: Dec 2 (suggested) or 9 (mandatory)
Scene Interview resources
Here's an example scene "Day in the life". (With interview elements!)
week 10: project deadlines
project choice 1 of 2, November 4 suggested, November 11 mandatory.
For those of you who missed class last week, here are the project deadlines & details.
The idea is that if you are doing Stop Motion, you can probably show it on Friday Nov 5. If you are doing the Event project, you will present on Friday Nov. 12
project choice 2 of 2, December 2 suggested, December 9 mandatory.
Ideally you will present your final project on Dec 2, freeing up some time for the final week of classes.
project 4 Event evaluation criteria
Plan, shoot, edit and publish a video of an event. The event can be almost anything from a big public event, to a small, private activity. The goal is to share the event for those who did not attend, or as a "souvenir" for those who did.
The added focus will be capturing & processing good, clear voice audio, either live or a voice-over. Criteria include:
- effective communication i.e. tell a story, create a mood, evoke an emotion
- composition
- effective cuts & transitions
- planning (shot-list)
- clear audio recording
- effective audio processing
- titles, credits,
- use of b-roll footage
due: Nov 4 (suggested) or 11 (mandatory)
week 9: audio editing with Audition
Use Audition to process your audio, improving the sound and editing out any noise.
audio edit concert footage
week 8: project 4 event
Today we will focus on audio recording.
ex 4.1 9 audio recordings
Shoot 3 different subjects with voice & ambient audio, using 3 different recording techniques.
Put these into a video with labels about how you recorded. (Similar to the composition exercise.
- straight from camera / phone
- 2 cameras / phones, using 1 as a mic
- using headphone mic as mic
- lav mic
- handheld mic
- room mic
- shotgun mic
due: Friday, Oct 29, end of class
ex 4.2 shot list
Create a shot list BEFORE your event. This will help you to not miss any important shots for telling the story of your event.
Here is an example shot list, yours may vary:
- extreme wide of venue
- street signs
- signage from venue
- ticket / program
- footage of show (duh!@!)
- audience reaction to show
- interview 3 or 4 people before the show
- interview 3 or 4 people after the show
- b-roll, cinematic baby!!
- any others you think of.
due: show me before you film your event
event project resources
Peter McKinnon, a Canadian dude, is the master of the b-roll. Check out a few of his videos:
- importance of b-roll
- b-roll battle
- b-roll & sound design
- b-roll without slow-mo
- hand-held b-roll from Daniel Schiffer
check these out:
- Putting Edge (cool colours)
- Walkabout (intro & keyframed transitions)
- Rocket vs. Wolfpack (transitions, reactions @8:15)
- Jardins de lumière (transition @2:52, smooth finish)
- Jardins #2 (j-cut to start... foreshadowing, interview, b-roll, audio levels @ 21s, shot at 1:10)
- Hotpot & Birthday (shopping, time-remapping, stop motion @1:20, framing @2:40)
- Cursed Cooking...
week 7: feedback / montage / stop motion
Stop Motion ** optional exercise & project**
You do not have to do ANY stop motion.
ex 3.1 stop motion practice (optional)
shoot a 3-second or more stop motion video
add sound effects
add a sound track
add voice over or speaking parts (if appropriate)
due: Friday Oct. 22 (end of class)
ex 3.2 stop motion storyboard
Create a 6+ frame storyboard to plan your stop motion video which includes the folloing:
- sketch of shot (can be just stick-figure)
- script (stuff characters say)
- sound effects
- sound track (music)
due: Friday Oct. 29 (end of class)
project 3: stop motion
if you decide to do a stop motion projet you MUST do a storyboard (see ex 3.2 above)
Create a stop motion video of 6s + that tells a story.
Focus will be on a telling a story with a beginning, middle and end.
The beginning should present a problem, goal, destination, conflict etc.
The middle should be the action, journey, solutions tried etc.
The end should climax with a resolution or final action that solves (or not) the problem presented in the beginning.
evaluation will be based on the following:
- story quality
- composition of shots including
- characters / puppets
- scene or setting
- lighting
- camera movement
- audio including voice, sfx & sound track
- cuts & transitions
stop motion examples
stop motion resources
Nikon's
top tips
Instead of a trigger, you can use your 2s timer function to reduce movement on shutter
release.
software
StikBot site with links to the app.
Anima Shooter for Windows 10 (21-day trial with no restrictions). Or get the junior version that is free.
examples
random feedback
absent, let me know via Mio before class
stay for the entire class! Marks are suffering.
9-shots montage
- always fade sound in (even if only for 15 frames) and fade out, especially sound tracks
- sync music to end then work backwards
- awesome sync with drop: Mathis
- must watch from Thibaud
- Alyssa's is nicely done with the music sync.
- what's with all the "pouring" shot? Water, coffee, milk, oat milk
- I realized I miss smiles.
week 6: projects / montage / effect controls
so much to cover today...
- composition exercise final deadline by end of class
- late assignments 0.9 / 0.6
- feedback groups
- final montage due midnight today (okay by Wednesday Oct. 6)
- next 2/3 projects
- stop motion (just fun... for some)
- event (shot list, ambient audio)
- interview / scene (plan, questions / script, audio & lighting)
- ** do at least one exercise or project in 360º video? **
- effect controls & key frames
- getting good (or at least better audio)
week 5: montage
Create a montage of 30s - 60s that is synced to music.
You shoud focus on the following:
- composition of your shots
- sync cuts to music cues
- set a mood, tell a story, evoke a reaction
- you do NOT have to have a ton of shot variety, story / message is more important
due Oct 1st(?) 6th
resources for montage
past examples
cool examples of loops
week 4: (but 3rd class)
Here is what we are working on.
- check the link to your /video/ page works.
- ex 1.1 looping video must be done before you leave
- ex 1.2 /video/ web page must be done before you leave
- project 1 background looping video SHOULD be done before you leave
- shoot & / or edit footage for composition exercise 2.1
composition resources
read / watch these compostion techniques
- 13 Camera Shots: Pond 5
- 9 Camera Shots: Vimeo
- Framing & Compostion: Vimeo
- Camera Movement Techniques: Videomaker
- 9 Camera Moves: Videomaker
ex2.1 composition
Shoot 3 subjects x 3 different composition techniques = 9 total shots.
Plus add the following:
- a title
- subtitle / label for each shot
- sound track
- credits at the end
- ideally post it on it's own page with a link from your home page
due: Friday Sept. 24th, end of day
check out Julius' example
week 3: montage
cuts & transitions
Check out this video from Pond 5
And try some of these editing techniques in your project:
- standard cut
- fade in/fade out
- jump cut
- montage
- cross dissolve
- wipe
- J/L cuts
- cutting on action
- cutaways
- cross cut parallel editing
- match cut
- smash cut
- invisible cut
articles on editing
week 2
Main focus is getting everyone connected and uploading.
Hopefully you have watched the videos.
Check out some examples from Meiji from last year.
Plesk & sftp setup
sftp setup
Welcome Message
video projects
- Video Loops
- Video Montages
- Stop Motion Stop Motion Montreal (Sept. 14-20) see teaser on Vimeo
- Video events, happenings or situations.
- 360º video
- Scripted Videos / Interviews
hardware suggestions
links & resources
project 1: background looping video
background looping videos are often used to enhance websites
- communicating brand or style
- setting a mood
- adding an image
- focusing attention
Exercise 1.1: background loop
Create a looping video for a web page background.
Add it to your /video homepage or link to another page.
due: Sept. 17
ex 1.2 /video web page
Create a web page /video/index.html where you can post links to all your exercises and
projects.
due: Sept. 17
background looping video video tutorial
another looping video
Here's one I did for a client
In Adobe Media Encoder:
- drag & drop your video to the Queue area
- click on "preset" link to edit in & out points
- turn off export audio
- set video to bitrate setting to VBR, 2 pass
- set in & out points on video to create a smooth loop
- click ok then the green arrow to start the render
upload the video then add the following HTML
<header>
<video autoplay loop muted playsinline>
<source src="vdos/coffee_pour_slo-mo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>
</header>
autoplay: starts the video on load
loop: loops video back to beginning
muted: mutes any audio track (if present), needed to autoplay on Webkit & mobile.
Add the following CSS to create a responsive video.
header video{
width: 100%;
max-width: 100vw;
max-height: 100vh;
}