____POP-IN: One of the simplest special effects is the pop in and the pop out. You can make people and objects magically disappear and suddenly reappear. Here's how. Using a tripod, shoot an actor in a chair or sitting on something. Stop the camera and ask the actor to get out of the chair. Now film the empty chair. Presto! He's gone! You just did a neat pop out. Want to make him reappear? Shoot the empty chair. Stop the camera. Have the actor return to the chair. Start shooting. Note: DO NOT MOVE THE CAMERA.
(Alternate method- keep camera rolling the entire time- edit out the part where the actor enters or leaves the scene.)
____ Walk-through: The walk through is another interesting effect. A walk through makes it look like the actor has walked through the camera. Have the actor walk toward the camera (watch for headroom). As the actor gets a few inches from the camera, stop shooting. Next, turn 180 degrees and have the actor put his back a few inches from the camera. Start shooting and have him walk away from the camera. Edit the two scenes together into one seamless shot.
____ Matched Action (aka- sequencing): Film a subject doing an action. Example: picking up a cell phone they dropped. Shoot a long shot of the action and then have the subject do the action over and over while you shoot different angles and shots of them doing the same thing. When you come back to edit, you edit the sequence in order using different shots to make the action more interesting. (LS,
MS, CU, ECU, MS) Try to use 3-5 shots for the one scene.
____ Non-Standard Angles: Experiment with camera angles. Lie down on the floor and have people walk over you as you shoot. (No skirts please.) Hold the camera upside down or sideways and shoot. Create illusions of super human strength by tilting the camera sideways and have someone do one-handed or one-finger pushups against the wall. Have your subjects ham it up stressing the fatigue and strain factors. Alternative- shoot an extreme low or high shot to make your subject seem meek or powerful! (other examples: birds eye view shot, worms eye view)
____ Keying Effect (note: this effect must be completed in post-production): Film a person in front of the green screen. When you go to edit it in Premier, add a moving (i.e. a jump back) or still image from the internet (use images larger than 300x300 pixels) so it looks like the person is dancing in front of a groovy background, or the Eiffel Tower- not the boring green screen. (Note: use Ultra
Key effect. Use Aggressive key. Background image should be on video 1, key clip should be on video 2)
____ Rewind Effect (note: this effect must be completed in post-production): Film a friend doing any type of action. Then when you go to edit you need to play the action in normal speed, rewind it and then play it in slow motion. Use Speed/Duration (right clip footage in timeline) and select REVERSE. Alternative- have the person walk backwards with others behaving normally. Use
Speed/Duration to rewind the clip.
____Racking Focus: You will use the manual focus mode on the camera to film subjects in foreground and background changing the focus between the two. Enter the camera’s manual functions. Turn off auto-focus. Use manual focus to show objects. For a more dramatic effect- in manual mode, set the aperture (f-stop) to the largest setting such as 2.4 or 2.8 (smaller numbers mean larger aperture). Move camera father away from the foreground subject. Use ZOOM to frame the subject. Now use the manual focus to change the focus for the foreground and background subjects/objects.
____Slow Motion/Shutter Speed Blur (note: this effect will be completed in post): Turn off auto mode on the camera. Located the
Shutter Speed priority (TV setting). To use this effect, have a person run towards the camera. Record the “run” on two separate
Shutter Speed settings: 1/60 of a second and 1/500 of a second. If time permits, record the runner at an even slower and faster shutter speed. NOTE: be sure to record your voice explaining the shutter speed being used at the time. (Ex. This scene is being filmed at
1/1000 of a second). In Premiere Pro, use Speed / Duration and change the speed by changing the percent (try 30 or 50 %). Slow down a clip shot at 1/60 of a second and a clip shot at 1/250 of a second. Compare the results.

SLATE
2 SECONDS OF
BLACK
POP IN POP OUT
WALK THROUGH
MATCHED
ACTION
NON-STANDARD
ANGLE
KEYING EFFECT
REWIND EFFECT
RACKING FOCUS
SHUTTER SPEED
5 SECONDS OF
BLACK
Total
NOT DONE or
Unacceptable
Unsatisfactory
0 Points 1-2 Point(s)
Needs
Improvement
3-4 Points
Average
5-6 Points
Above
Average
7-8 Points
Excellent
9-10 Points