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.
- 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.
- 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
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.
We missed a week of class on Monday the 18th, because it was public holiday. However we were already given our midterm assignment and myself and other group members were well on our way preparing a shot list,Story board and and synopsis for a Video Documentary. So far we have managed to develop a story and a shot list of the scenes for the development of this documentary.
ReplyDeleteClass on the 25th of October dealt with telling a story with what you have, which includes video clips, sound, music, photographs etc in step 1. In step 2 we looked at developing a sequence for Audio and video linking both elements and step 3 dealt with segmenting or breaking down the story into parts. We also look various Video editing software used and their features specifically Premiere Pro developed by Adobe for PC. Mr Wilkins also had a preview of our groups final project and made several recommendations.
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