Final Class

This course was pretty interesting. I have always watched movies and never really wonder how they are made but this course has open my eyes to a lot of possibilities in video production.

However, I feel slighted because as a class we were not provided the necessary equipment to fully enjoy and learn as best as possible.

Our final projects are still due and not finished to date. It's coming along shooting went okay but still need some more scenes to tell the story.

I'm just hoping that next term will be better equipment.

Shooting

Although I was not at class, I was busy sourcing a tripod stand and a back drop but I still have not gotten them as yet. If  I am able to source these items we will just have to improvise. While at home also, I did a trial run on my cameras to see the effect that I would get from the shot, and fr what I have observed, it was really good. The clap method worked perfectly as everything was sync on the cameras and while watching you could see that the person in the video was doing the same thing at the same time. This will make it easier to edit.

Work to do

Well my group is doing a short film and we expect a lot of work even though we will be using point to shoot and we have little experience with editing or software available. however we begin shooting this week with the aim to be ready for next week

Crew List

27th of September

This class was interesting because we actually get to know the roles of the persons in the production cast. Such as the director, producer, art director,etc.

From that we did an in class assignment to decide on the crew list we will use in a Digicel tv Commercial.

above-the-line expenses

Expenditures that are negotiated or spent before filming begins. These costs can include rights for the material on which the screenplay is based; and the salaries for the screenwriter,producer, actors and directors.

Faces

Well it would be really neat to be able to get the video and audio separately and then sync them. It is that world foley artiste live in.I think we go need point and shoot cameras so we go need to do some of the work of trying to combine both.

Foley Artist

Today I learnt that a Foley Artist is the person who 'recreates' sound effects for film, television and radio productions.

Automatic Dialogue Replacement

So far we are into our final project. I am sure everybody wants to do their best to get a good grade.

Todays class we spoke of where we are in our projects and what we need to let our project come out a success.

A look at ADR

Automatic dialogue replacement (ADR) is a process of re-recording dialogue in the studio in synchronization with the picture. There are at least three roles in the ADR process: the actor, the recording engineer, and the sound editor. The actor has to recreate his or her performance and perfectly match up his or her speech to that of the film. The recording engineer has to recreate acoustic spaces so that it doesn’t sound like an actor is in a recording studio. The sound editor has to pick and choose the best parts of multiple takes, combine them into one composite clip, and keep everything synchronized to the picture.

Foley Artist

Today I learnt that a Foley Artist is the person who 'recreates' sound effects for film, television and radio productions. file:///Users/introtovideoproduction/Desktop/Film2.jpg

Recaping key areas

In video production, Story telling comprises of Documentation, crew, composition, Lighting and editing. When capturing footage be aware of the rule of thirds and many other footage recording techniques. It is important to note that using zoom instead of tracking or dolly changes perspective lines or the vanishing point of the video.

For the final we are in the process of conducting our interview for the documentary. This will allow us arrange the cutaways during the editing stage of our production.

Class trip to Edna Manley

Class 7 Summary
week (1/11/2010

Unfortunately I was unable to attend the trip to Edna Manley Class exhibition, however my fellow classmates told me that it was interesting.

Keeping up to date with the class mr Wilkins taught us camera techniques. Mounting a camera gives precise control and elevation with tilt rotation on the X and Y axis.

Using professional Cameras you can have control over these basic parameters: zoom, focus, exposure, frame rate, video resolution, audio recording sample rate and quality, white balance and shutter speed.

By using the thirds or (rule of thirds) to compose our image shows depth in our image which is divided into three areas:

foreground
mid ground
and background

By adjusting, the focus, zoom and your exposure you can compose your shot once your tripod is in place.

Editing Technique

Week 9 (8/11/2010)

When editing video and audio,editors must try to use striaght cuts as possible as to synchronise clips eg finish 1 clip and start second where the first clip ends or select the second clip before the first one finishes.This style acheives smoth transforma and synchronisation.

Another inportant aspect of video editing is to develop a EDL or edinting list which is basically a spread sheet of all of the slots for sequence or timing.When editing, editors must also pay close attenion to composition, lighting, and general story telling.

Midterm and Final

We are on the final leg of our final project, except the key elements are missing: The editing software and the camera to use.
This reminds me of last years photography class were we didn't have the equipment therefore we didn't grasp the course full potential, but i believe that every semester there is a class without equipment.
Hopefully, i will get through this course grasping the information and can put it in practice.

I can definitely see where this course is going. If we had the equipment,this course would be the bomb.

Have you guys seen RED?? It's a must watch. actionpack, comedy it's a really good movie.
For the first five minutes i was wondering what was happening and then it came together.(the establishing shot)

I'm really learning!!!

Impending final

So we basically have all the ground work covered to complete the final project except some keys things.. equipment and software. We should have the software issue sorted out for next class (hopefully). We'll see how that goes.

Editing and transition

Well we have some theory and the teacher is trying his best to educate, however I am at odds with the school with software and hardware. They know that the class needs Final Cut Pro and cameras and yet there is none. The class is good but without the tools we are a tad off. There has been mentions of using Premiere but the IT department is lagging behind and right now, this class is very important to me and I am losing my cool.

Kingston

So our last class was in Kingston. It was a cool class but most of us were very tired rom the early, long bus ride so we may have missed some important information.

It is now time to work on the final project but there are a few glitches- we have no equipment or editing software. Hopefully this will be resolved ASAP.

Class 7 Summary

Last post we discussed editing. This post we will look at Camera Technique.
when we mount a camera on a tripod we get precise control of our elevation from our surface. We also get tilt (rotation on the x-axis), pan (rotation on the y-axis), and roll(rotation on the z-axis). The knob and levers vary from one tripod to another so take time to learn how to adjust these parameters before you start shooting.

Before mounting your camera, observe the mounting plate. Video mounting plates have two standard size screws that fit into the base of any camera. Once the camera is securely fastened to the mounting plate on the tripod then you can take advantage of the features of the camera.

Professional Cameras give you control over these basic parameters: zoom, focus, exposure, frame rate, video resolution, audio recording sample rate and quality, white balance and shutter speed.

You can wikipedia these terms for additional explanation.

Using thirds to compose our image allows us to show depth in our image which is divided into three areas foreground, mid ground and background. You can adjust, your focus and your zoom and your exposure to compose your shot once your tripod is in place.

Class 6 Summary

So this post picks up from the equipment requirements for a video shoot.

We will now look at the responsibilities of an editor in the process of video production.

We will categorise these responsibilities into three stages: Collect, Conform, Collate.

***Collect***
Video Footage, Pictures, Audio, Animation, Music, Foley Effects, Illustrations, etc. are the building blocks of our video production. We need to document them at this stage in a process called "logging" where we name and describe the files in manner that will be helpful later on. The process will may span the entire project as the editor may realize he needs new material down to the last minute, in order to tell a better story.

***Conform***
Before we begin editing is important to ask what our final output format will be, in terms of screen size, video codec, audio codec, sample rate and quality, and aspect ratio (the ratio of actual width to format width).

As long as we collect material we have to change the format of that raw material to one that fits our edit format. That way we have a consistent assets on our timeline. Otherwise our editing software has to re-render footage every time a change is made on the timeline in order to be viewed, which can be a time consuming process.

Media manager tools within the editing software can automate the conformation of video footage and photoshop actions or OS macros can automate the photographs and illustrations. Depending on the format of animation or sound, these may have to be conformed manually.

***Collate***
The creative process of the editor culminate here where he take the resources he has collected and conformed and tell the story as we have learned, according to the plot. The story is then trimmed down to the limitations of time an content restrictions. Read www.digitaljuicetv.com for information on editing software procedure.

Edna Manley Class

Being the field trip to Edna Manley on Monday, we had class over at the school. I felt quite cool as we taught in a different environment. All we did mainly was learn about the video camera and what it can do. Also how to manipulate it. After enjoying the trip, the other day, someone crashed and died in my town and it was someone I knew. That was so bad but that is just life, you live and you die. Anyway we had our group meeting and we finally come to an agreement what we want to do for the final and how it is suppose to be done. Hopefully we are able to get all the equipment that we need to make this a good documentary.

The Final Project

Our group has the task to create a documentary on Tropical Storm Nicole that hit Jamaica in the past few weeks. It is shaping to be very difficult as most of the equipment that we need is not provided by the school so i guess we just have to improvise. This weeks class made some valuable points about editing and what aspects come before the editing. We hope to get the information that we want so out project will be the best out of three(3).

We got our midterm project which is a very integral part of our final assignment. The groups have to prepare a script, storyboard and shotlist for the next class. My group has a good idea and we are excited about it , hopefully all goes according to plan and it is executed well.

Learning about the crew list and equipment was interesting and informative and gave me a better understanding of what was done behind the scenes of a video shoot.

Production Equipments and Recordings

Mondays class was very interesting. We learnt about the various camera and equipments used to short and record film. We also did group work and this should be very productive and fun as i have worked with my group members in class. We decided on doing a short film lasting from 5-10 mins.

This Week

Ok so classes for the past few weeks have been interesting. Learning about equipment and persons involved on a set was fun and engaging. Its now down to our mid-term/final project which seems very exciting. Im really excited to work on that project and continue learning as much as possible.

Mid Term Project

We now have our assignment for the mid-term project and already it seems to be a challenge but what would school be without hard assignments. My groups members are very verse in the field and I am sure that we will be able to pull this one off in a bang. The hardest part will be getting first hand views in the documentary meaning, we will have to go in theses communities affect by the passing storm and shoot and evaluate. Well in terms of the circumstances, we intend to improvise if we are not able to get the footage and info that we need.  Mr Wilkins, do you have any advice for us pertaining to going into these areas and or improvising?

Class 5 Summary

We covered equipment this class:
Lights

• HMI lights (energised mercury gas) - low energy input, high illuminance, white light, high cost
• Tungsten Lights (heated filament) - low energy efficiency, yellow light, low rental cost.
• Kino-Flow (Flourescent) low energy input, low illuminance, white light, low cost
• LED (Light-emitting diode) low energy, high luminance, low cost, white light.

Rig

• tripod - a three-legged stand with an adjustable head on which a camera is mounted to help the operator use the camera steadily
• C-stands - A vertical stand that has "C"-shaped legs to keep in upright
• boom - a pole to attached lighting and sound equipment to that can be held by an operator or attached to other rigging.
• dolly - a platform on wheels the camera and operator can travel on
• dolly-track - the rails that a dolly needs to traverse smoothly
• Apple Boxes - small wooden/plastic crates, used to store wires, accessories, provide seating, or anything else a sturdy box can be used for on a set.
• Sandbags - adjoined bags filled with sand. use to keep stands stable or to provide weight on lever-type equipment
• Jib - A projecting arm on a lever that an operator can attach a camera to one end an control it from the other end and get overhead sweeping shots.

Lighting Conditioners

• Reflectors-usually in gold, silver or white, is used to bounce light to areas the light source does not reach.
• Flags - usually in black is used to blog light where it is not needed.
• Umbrellas - used to create a concaved bounce (silver) or a convex diffusion (white silk) of incident light.
• Softboxes - used to focus and soften light from a harsh light source
• Diffusers - used to soften light coming from a harsh light source
• Gel - filters that affect the colour of resultant light coming from a source.

Power Supply

• Generator or "Jenny" - uses electromagnetism to produce electricity to power the equipment on set
• Electrical Ballasts - provide the proper starting and operating electrical condition to power one or more fluorescent lamps and more recently HMI lights
• Stingers - extension cables

We can find examples of each of these terms on www.bhphotovideo.com, complete with specs and prices.


The assignment for mid-term assessment is a to prepare pre-production documentation for either of the following:

A. Music Video [3:30]
B. Documentary [10-15 mins] OR
C. Short Film [5-10]

You are to be as detailed as possible in your preparation including a crew and equipment lists.
You will be graded on creativity of content, adherence to plot arc, level of detail of documentation. Extra credit will be given for a suggested budget.

Due Monday the 25th of October, 2010.

FINAL PROJECT GROUPS

Hello class. The following is the FINAL group assignments for the final project as approved by Mr. Wilkins:

GROUP 1:
Felicia Daley
Noel Roberts
Kiah Proute

GROUP 2:
Lisa-Marie Walters
Amanda Richards
Shamir Brown
Kadia Astely

GROUP 3:
Sherrol Harrison
Enleigh Kerr
Karen Parchment
Ronald Greaves

Oct 4 2010

We are coming down the home stretch now, time for the final assignment. Although it seems early in the semester for the final assignment I know this project will be very time consuming and will cause for us to put in a lot of hard work. Hopefully we know what groups we are in soon and can start on the first stages of the assignment. I just hope the groups can get along and everyone will try their best to make a contribution to this video production.

I am really looking forward to future classes as we begin to work on our final assignment.

Script for Final Project

ok. to be honest, today wasn't a good day for me. it started off bad with a few unfortunate events and after that i just got threw off my game. as much as mr wilkins was teaching, i didn't really leran much because i was hearing but not listening. just one of my bad days. i hope next class ill listen. the last thing i heared was something about lighting and diffusers. am just gona recap and get the idea of wat was tought. over all though it is goin well.

Class 3 and 4

Class 3 by far is the best class. The preproduction terms and the in class assignment had us thinking..We learnt terms such as Gaffer, Best Boys and your normal terms such as Directors and Producers. It got us thinking.

Class 4 was about lighting and how it is used in a production. We also went in depth about the final project, this should be interesting. Music video, Documentary or Short film... In terms of learning i think the documentary or short Film would be an experience, but it would be fun to do a music video..

week 4

this week was the class about lighting and you know how important lighting is. Without proper lighting your production can become crap even though it was okay otherwise. I am looking forward to the final as was announced and probably a documentary wont be so bad. Guys let us think about a possible one that is interesting and not boring

working on a anamatic

well i has been a tough weekend with me having to learn to draw again. However I think with more practice i can get better. I have some stick people trying to tell a story that Karen, Amanda and I tried to develop. It was hard work and posed some problems but we worked it out and sent something. However this shows that we need better software and I hope that soon it will be on our computers.

Class 4 Lecture Summary

Sounds, play an important role in telling a story, it creates the mood and helps convey the emotion at that point in time to the audience. Music is a loose description of this background sound because of the sound even though played by an instrument rarely follows the rules of song composition and sometimes these sounds may not be produced by an instrument at all, it could be a sound effect produced by something in the story e.g. footsteps, creaking on a wooden floor, gunshots and the ricochet of the bullet on a surface near the protagonist. All these effects fall under the category of scoring and sound design. A music composer with an understanding of the emotional effect of sound s responsible for the scoring film and the changing mood of the story, the sound designer is responsible for the non-music sound effects, to create an audio effects in the film. A foley artist does a different job where he creates sounds not captured in the filming process or replaces sound captured in the filming process. A boom operator captures the dialogue between actors on the screen. A Sound Engineer will mix the audio and put it all together. Assignment 4 (due October 1) is to create an animatic of the "Condom Use Story" using sounds to communicate moods and timing of the images from the storyboard. There will be marks added for the recording and placement of dialogue in the piece. Grading will be based on: Meeting the deadline, Creativity of Content, Adherence to theme using sound, Addition of recorded dialogue. PREFERABLY AS A QUICKTIME MOV FILE.

The second half of the class we discussed the different roles involved in video production:

Client: Wants a story told
Producer: Responsible for getting the story told, sometimes will operate as a writer in telling the story:

Director: responsible for the Performance Style of the Story on Film

Actors: perform as Characters within the story

Casting Director: responsible for the selection of the actors to play the characters in the story

Director of Photography: Responsible for how the scenes are composed and shot.

Production Designer: Is responsible for set/Location Design, usually some architecture/sculpting background.

Art Director: Responsible for the details and the look of the set, elements in the shot it all looks when the actors are in the shot.

Stylist: The stylist is responsible for the look of the actors and will supervise, hair/makeup/wardrobe personnel

Lighting Director: If a DP requires it, a lighting director will solve complex lighting issues.

Gaffer: Responsible for electrical considerations related to lighting and camera equipment.

Key Grip: Responsible for placement, removal and care of equipment on the set.

Best Boy and Best Boy Electric: senior assistance to the Key Grip and Gaffer respectively.

Boom Operator: Responsible for capturing dialogue between actors during scenes

Foley Artist: Responsible for producing sound for the movie after production

Editor: responsible for putting the shots and audio together to tell the final story.

The producer traditionally would take overall responsibility for pre and post production duties, but recently, directors started to take on more responsibilities in post.

In-class assignment identify crew members necessary to produce a 30 sec commercial, given that audio and script is already available.

Class 3 Lecture Summary

When we identify the various plot points we will start to write our story in different ways, namely:

Synopsis - Summary of the story in an order that communicates the plot points in the order it occurs

Screenplay/Script: A detailed layout of the similar to that of a Shakespearean play

Storyboard: A sequential picture story so that the Production personnel can know what compositions they are working with.

Animatic: A recorded dialogue and rough music and sound, usually for the benefit of a client to show how the story will play out over time. (usually used in animation projects, or in films with complex special effects). Rapidly being replaced in the industry by PreViz, a technique using 3D sprites to tell the story, instead of story board sketches.

Shot List: Once a detailed storyboard is done then a checklist of shots are arranged in the order that is most convenient to shoot. It is at this point that you can develop a comprehensive budget and crew list.

The in-class assignment was to prepare an infomercial promoting condom use among teens. Keeping in mind plot points, and developing a synopsis, script/screenplay, storyboard, shotlist (due Sep. 24.) Grading will be based on; adherence to deadline, adherence to theme, creativity in storytelling, clarity in plot points, all in each area of required deliverables.

Production Team

In making just a simple movie, I learn that alot of persons are needed to make it possible. So many person are needed such as the director, gaffer, best boy, editor, digital photographer, ligthing technician and a whole lot of other persons. They are very important indeed as they all need each other. I now understand the production class and am going to use the knowledge to apply it to the storyboard.

Looking At A Crew List

This class was mainly about crew list, which is really a list of the crew needed on a set during a video shoot. We also learnt how each of them were important to produce a video. The activity made it more clear because we had to take a simple ad and see who was needed and why they were needed and how best money could be saved by the hiring of less people.

Crew List

We went through the production team usually needed for a video shoot and realized the importance of them and how much crew was actually needed in order for a production to done .

We now have to add animatics and dialogue to our story board to make it into a complete story by friday. That will be a very interesting and maybe a little difficult

Budgeting in Video Production

A general production budget is broken down into 3 main categories: Above the line expenses, Below the line expenses and Contingency.
Above the line expenses include payments for: Director, producer, actors, story / script, etc.
Below the line expenses include payments for: Legal expenses, traveling / living expenses, extras, crew, post production expenses, etc.
The contingency is an extra allowance added to the production budget to cover unexpected expenses. The contingency normally is at least 10 percent of the above-the-line and below-the-line expenses to satisfy the completion guarantor.

Of course budgets will vary depending on the production and usually each portfolio on the production will have a sub-budget in addition to the overall budget.

Example of script

3rd Class

So for our 3rd class we went in depth of the methodologies for pre-production. we also got a task to create a 5min ad on teenagers using condoms using those methodologies. i thought at 1st it would hav been an easy task and a walk over esp seeing that i would be working with some1 else but i quickly found out that it wasnt- it took a lot of thought and work. my partner was fun to work with and it was nice to get her ideas on the subject. and amazingly in the 1 1/2hrs we accomplished most of the work with only half of the storyboard to do. It was all good.

kiah and sherrol on vid prod class

Enleigh & Shamir Interview

This is a interview with Skype

Here we interviewed each other

Storyboarding

I thought storyboarding was going to be a very easy task but it proved to be much more tedious than I thought. you really have to put alot of thought and detail into the making of a storyboard and writing of a script/screenplay. I found this exercise to be very helpful because it helped me to use my creative skills.

Mr.Wilkins- for the script/screenplay how long does it have to be, just a short dialogue?

20.09.10

well today i became very occupied with storyboarding, screenplay, synopsis and shot list as my partner and i work on present a topic on teenage sex and the usage of condoms utilizing all the above methodologies. it was pretty exciting but am still working on my shot list. i seem to be rearranging the shots on the story board every 1/2 hour. am not confused though, i think am jus been a good prducer and am trying to get the best angles possible so our images can convey the intended plot. if i find myself in difficulty, i will surely ask for help right here....

Class 3

Today we did went over the terms used in a video production focusing mostly on Storyboard. The topic being: Create a video piece that promotes the use of condoms among sexually active teens lasting for 5 mins. It was interesting working with someone else and getting their idea and combining to create something that would work. We drew the actually scenes on paper, wrote the script and shotlist.

Next week we should have the finish productions and the other week with the animatics(sounds) which should be cool.

CLASS 3

Today we went into the methodologies of the pre-production process which includes the creation of a screen play, script, shot list, story board and an animatic. We were given an in class assignment where we had to come up with a video piece that promotes the use of condoms amongst sexually active teens. As having worked as a director and producer for a popular TV network, I have always had to my disposal, script writers. This is the only challenge with this assignment... give me all the technical stuff and I'll work magic.

Script

A script is a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

screenplay

screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A play for television is known as a teleplay.

Example of a script

Who	When	Where	What
Girl Boy Surfie Journalist Beautician Alien Doctor Bushwalker Concert pianist Rock singer Artist Mad scientist Vampire	Winter, 2003 September, 2000 Late afternoon Early morning Middle Ages Last day of school Christmas Summer, 2103 1960’s World War 2 1980’s Depression Jurassic times	Classroom Chapel Children’s playground City Car park Garden Dining area Theatre Jail Rainforest Gym Lunar landscape Locker room	Playing Walking Eating Exploring Resisting Weeping Laughing Excluding Understanding Throwing Concealing Including

shot list

Shotlist

A shot is an uninterrupted sequence of frames taken by a video camera. In other words, this is the continuous film taken from when the camera has been turned on to when it has been turned off. A list of shots helps in the planning and filming of your movie. An example of a shot list can be seen below. Stikkup shot list - Shots 1 to 6 Shot 1: Long Shot establishing the view of a bank that is not too well known. Shot 2: Medium Shot of Dick and Tom walk across the view of the camera. You get a view of their head and the side of their body. This shot is to only to show they have arrived at the bank. Shot 3: Big Close Up Shot of Dick and Tom. They look at each other and then they separate. Shot 4: Medium Long Shot of Dick walking to the writing desk. Shot 5: Medium Shot of Dick at the writing desk. Shot 6: Extreme close-up shot of Dick’s hand picking up a deposit slip and writing on the deposit slip “This is a stiikup. Put all your muny in this bag”.

Lisa's definition of storyboard

Storyboards are a series of frames with drawings and words from a script. Visually, they resemble a comic book. The art in a storyboard is usually rough pencils, but it can be full-color art, 3-D figures (like HyperReal®), photography, or a combination of two or more of these.After the script is written for a given commercial, film, or TV show, storyboards are the next step.Storyboards are most often used in film and television as the first step to illustrate a visually complex scene and attempt to conceptualize its workings.After the storyboard, the next step is producing an animatic. The artwork from the storyboard is rarely used to produce the final animatic, as it is usually either too rough or not prepared for easy animation.

Animatic: it deals with animation (cartoons) and storyboard works both works together as the story board tells the sequence the story is supposed to follow. The shot list is a narrowed list of the images etc that the artist wants to work with. It is is important as its a way of planning out the order of images or the flow of a production.

Class 2

the class did its first assignment. some persons find it easy and others a challenge because the pictures did not come out the way they wanted to tell their story.

the process of telling a story was outlined to the class. How to go from one starting point and reach to another-that is the end.

Terms to look at:

• animatic- this is the storyboards turned into a movie. you combine the music,the dialog,and the storyboards to create a rough version of the final movie.
• storyboards-a series of rough sketches that can show the plot,action,characters,and setting of a film,used before actual filming begins.
• script-a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.
• screenplay- a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets.

First Class

yes,a new class that is named intro to video production. I think its going to be interesting and i hope this will be one area where originality of work will be produced.

Meanings

Animatics -A rough animated storyboard used to give some ideas about the timing of a sequence.

Storyboarding-A series of drawings that layout the sequence of scenes in a film, especially an animated one.

Shotlist- A list of shots that help in the planning and filming of a movie.

Screenplay-a script made especially for film or television programmes.

Script-a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.

Findings

Animatics are animated storyboards. they are used for various purposes depending on the medium for which they are produced. Animatics are used everyday in the advertising industry to test commercials.They are used to preview scences of live action films before they are shot. You will also find animatices in the pre-production stages of aniamation and inthe video game industry.








Storyboarding visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel. something more like a comic book.





an example is below.



basically a screen play is a srcipt for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and set.

its is no doubt that all these topics are needed in producing a good movie or even just a video. To me, failure to adhere to these points will result in poor production skills.

Looking at meanings

Animatics are animated storyboards. They are used for various purposes depending on the medium for which they are being produced. Animatics are used every day in the advertising industry to test commercials. They're used to preview scenes of live-action films before they are shot. You'll also find animatics in the pre-production stages of animation and in the video game industry

A storyboard is a sketch of how to organize a story and a list of its contents and this usually done in a series of animations.A storyboard helps you usually helps to define the structures of stories that you plan to develop and organize and focus the story

A script is a document that outlines every aural, visual, behavioral, and lingual element required to tell a story. Why "outlines"? Because film is a highly collaborative medium and the director, cast, editor, and production crew will, based on your "outline", interpret your story their way when it is filmed. They may consult you, or they may not. Other writers may be brought in or you may be asked to re-write the entire thing. That's life, in the world of screenwriting. But because so many people are involved in the making of a film, a script must conform to standards that all involved parties understand and thus has a specific format or layout, margins, notation, and other conventions. This document is intended to overview the typical elements used screenplay writing.

A shotlist is simply all list of the shots you need to shoot to create your video. It lets you think of the full process, all the video footage you need to capture to make your finished video.The shotlist also helps you consider shooting raw footage in a way that makes sense. Not necessarily in the order of the story.For example: if your video starts at the beach, moves to a restaurant, and ends in a school. Shoot all the beach scenes scenes one day, and the restaurant and school scenes on other days.

A screenplay is writing intended to be turned into film. If a movie were a building, a screenplay would be the blueprint.

2nd Class and Terms

Ok so the 2nd class was interesting. Especially viewing what others did for their story assignment. I thought it was a pretty easy assignment until I realised that mine didnt really have much of a conflict or climax or resolve. I then started to view my work in a different light. It got even worse when i had to write out my story. there wasnt much to the story in the 1st place much less to write about it and i found that highly difficult.

A few terms in video prod.:

Animatics: A rough television commercial produced by photographing storyboard sketches on a film strip or video with the audio portion synchronised on tape. Used primarily for testing purposes.

Storyboard: Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity.

Shot List: A list of required photographs provided to the photographer prior to the wedding. Includes the subjects of each photograph and any additional pertinent information.

Script: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.

Story Board: a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets.

Picture of a shotlist and script

This is a picture i found of a shotlist.



This is a script:

Terms used in Video Production

Animatics: is an series of still images and audio used to present a movie, tv commercial so that persons can visualize what the finish product will look like.

Storyboarding: is the process of creating sketches and series of illustrations to outline the changes in scenes and progression of a movie to be filmed.

Shotlist: is when a sequence of frame that is being done with a video camera: from the start to the finish the video camera is not turned off.

Script: is a written document that shows the progression of a film or television work.

Screenplay: My understanding of the screenplay is the same as a script but for the screen play it actually shows you editing and revisions through the process and screen plays are mostly video for major films. I found a link for the screenplay for Tropic Thunder. It’s great.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3958898969/

Blog Problems

am having a prob with the layout of the blog, especially the background and the colour of the text. cant see a thing.

Picture Story

The second lesson was not so bad! The picture story assignment was rather interesting, mainly because it was easy to complete. I made my own story, but when it came to the point of putting the picture story into words well.... now that is an issue i need to take up with the Man himself because i am no good at putting the pictures into words.I guess my writing will improve overtime (i hope)! I am looking forward to my new assignment! WELCOME MORPHING

CLASS 2 Lecture Summary

So we found out that every story we tell. has a start a middle and a finish.

• Exposition (Once upon a time there was a pretty girl named Cinderella who lived with her stepmother and stepsisters. They get invited to a ball at the palace...)
• Conflict (...Wicked Stepmother and Step Sister prevent Cinderella from going to the ball, fairy godmother helps her out...)
• Climax (...Midnight comes and the spell wears off...)
• Resolve (...The prince finds Cinderella and puts on the glass slipper... )
• Return to the new situation (...and they lived happily ever after.)

That is the anatomy of a plot. The plot is how the storyteller manipulates the emotion. The best way to have your audience connect with your story is through the characters in the story. If you communicate how your characters in your story feels and how they change, within an environment that you establish and describe, you will connect with an audience.

The Rise of Action to a Climax and the Fall of Action to the new status quo, is called a story arc.

A short story usually only has one arc. A novel has a few but is encompassed by bigger story arc and serial stories may have one arc per installment or multiple arcs under a bigger story arc. Newspaper stories start with the climax first and then the details afterward, so that when the reader stops reading, he already got the main point of the story.

Whether we use pictures, words, audio or video, we can provoke emotions through any medium and in the process get our message across.

Please research the following for submit your understanding of each in your blog posts:

• animatics
• storyboarding
• shotlist
• script
• script
• screenplay

Assignment 2: Morphing
Please create a sequence of 6 images using powerpoint and using a cross dissolve transition to show changes of an subject from one state to another. I will be grading for:
How gradual the sequence of transition is (2)
Creativity in Content Gathering (2)
Adherence to the Deadline (1)

Assignment is due on Friday midnight.

Grading of Assignment 1
I graded the assignment as submitted on Friday by most of you, but because of the issue of communication between yourselves I decided it would not be fair to some of you to leave the grades as is, so I will grade the submissions for our assignment in Class as Assignment 1B and average 1A and 1B for your final grade just to be fair to those that did do the first assignment properly. This will not happen again, so please read my blog posts. I will email your grades for this assignement by Friday.

My 1st and 2nd class in one

Well not understanding the homework given at the 1st class, i had no choice but to randomly select some pictures which didnt really worked that well. In today's class i understood what was suppose to be done and got a clear understanding of building i plot and making it interesting, even if its only pictures. Like any other DMP student, i love this field, and am looking to enjoy this class, while scoring good grades. Oh and i wrote a story as well today. i havent written one in years, but i guess this class will help me develop that skill.

My First Class

My first class as a second year student was video production. Yea, I have been formally introduced to videography. I can't wait to start rolling those cameras. Looking forward to an interesting experience.

Formulating Stories

Formulating Stories

In Today's class I got the opportunity to understand the linear nature of formulating a story. In order for the message to be convened clearly a story must have a beginning a middle and a an end. Class was quite interesting today everyone got an opportunity to express themselves in writing.

CLASS 2

So this class was cool as well... we looked through some of the assignments from the week before and did an in class assignment to script the picture movie. Another walk in the park for me because any good producer knows that before executing the production of any feature, it must be scripted.

First Class

The first class was very interesting. We watched 4 video: 2 music videos and 2 short stories and to comment on the visual aspects of them.

I think i got it incorrect but it was a learning experience..

The assignment is to create a storyboard with 12 pics.

Making a slide

Well I have made my first slide and so far I am liking what I doing. As u may have noticed I took the pictured and animated them so as to do something different which I hope that you guys liked. However lets get out there and do our best

2nd class

In today's class we reviewed the homework. Some of us had the general idea, some didn't. We went through the story-telling process. This gave me a better idea of what we were supposed to do and would make the next assignment easier.

We also had to write a story about the 12 frames, explaining what exactly occurred.

first class

In last week's class we watched and analyzed a few videos: music videos and short films. We got a brief insight into what the class was going to be about and we also received our first assignment. the assignment was to tell a story in 12 frames. The class was interesting and hopefully it remains that way in upcoming weeks :)

Problem Solving from the guy who created Mythbusters

I found this link and thought it might be useful reference later on in the course.

My 1st Class

i think the 1st class of video prod was interesting. i hope to learn a lot frm this class and expand the knowledge i already hav of video.

CLASS 1 Lecture Summary

Just a summary of what we covered. We told stories about ourselves and looked at stories told in short film and music videos. In every good story, we will have:

• exposition or status quo (situation at the start of the story, introduction of the characters, setting)
• rising action or conflict (antagonist and protagonists are identified)
• a climax (the turning point, point of highest emotional interest)
• falling action or return to status quo(winding down)
• resolution.

Can we identify any of these plot points in any of the videos we watched in Class #1?

Eminem - "Not Afraid"

Eminem - "Love the Way You Lie" ft. Rihanna

"Bridge"

"Roof"

Use this exercise to hone your abilities in identifying plot points and use this technique to organize your own story, so that you can summarize that story within your 12 picture limit.

Your grade for this assignment will be based on Composition of photos(.5 point), lighting(.5 point), consistency of the themes in your photos(1 point), and most importantly the flow of the sequence and selection of your photos in telling your story (3 points) [Total=5 Marks].

Remember Assignment is due Friday Midnight. Past due assignments will not be graded.

I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Terms to research on google.

• animatic
• storyboard
• shot list

CLASS 1

Intro to Video Production seems to be an interesting course. Its all stuff that I have done already but i am expecting to do alot of practical work to practice my skills.
Im looking forward to handing in my first assignment.