Capture & Edit Live Digital Video
for Educational
Bitmapped Graphics
Know Your Film Terminology
 http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms12.html
 http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/
5 Phases of Film Creation
1. Development
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Brainstorming (Inspiration)
Writing/Rewriting the Script
Financing Sources
2. Pre-production
 Storyboards
 Breakdown of
Requirements
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Locations
Materials
People
Schedule
Budget
 Props, Costumes,
Sets
Schedules & Budget
Needs Analysis
Define your audience
Goals of the instruction
3. Production
 Submit Call Sheets
 Equipment
Checkout:
 A Good Camera
 An external
directional
microphone
 Use Effective
shooting
techniques
4. Post-Production
Equipment:
High-end Computer
The right software
Effective editing skills
to tell a story visually.
Test Screening
Revisions
 Submit Production
Report
5. Distribution - delivery and exhibition of your final product to your audience
in a proper and efficient format
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Video? DVD? Interactive CD-ROM? Web?
Development & Pre-Production
• Inspiration Concept Map
(Brainstorming)
• Storyboards
Filming Production Phase
Phase #3: Production
 A good Camera is Half the Battle
 If you can, avoid the older analog
video cameras; Go Digital
 Avoid Automatic Settings; Use
Manual Instead:
 Focus Ring
 Zoom Ring
 Aperture, Shutter Speed, Gain
Adjust
 Color Balance (Very Important)
 Sound - Never trust the on-camera
Microphone
 Always use an external boom mic,
or
 Use a clip mic on your talent
Phase #3: Production
 Digital Video Cameras (Camcorders)
 Camera takes care of the digital process;
not as much of a processing burden to the
computer.
 Store images on Tape
 A few burn directly to DVD
 Requires Firewire connection so computer
can “download” the video.
 Focus Camcorder Tips on pg. 319
Canon GL-1
Sony HandyCam Digital 8
Camera Techniques Can Save
Your Production…
 Always use a tripod!
 Don’t zoom while
recording.
 Avoid jerky camera
movements; limit
your use of pan and
tilt.
Production Rules:
Shooting Techniques
 The rule of thirds
 Depth of Field
 Vertical Angle
 Bird’s Eye, Normal,
Worm’s Eye
 Telling the story
visually:
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LS - Long Shot
MS - Middle Shot
CU - Close Up
MS - Middle Shot
LS - Long Shot
The Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds Broken
“Non-Example”
Subject is Dead in
the Center
Depth of Field
Shallow Depth of Field
Deep Depth of Field
•Use of a telephoto (zoomed-in)
lens
•Use of a wide-Angle lens
•Wider Aperture (smaller f•stop)
•Use in scenes of
confusion/isolation.
•Smaller Aperture (larger f•stop)
•Use in scenes where
surroundings are important.
Vertical Angle of View…
Bird’s Eye View
Depicts Inferiority
Eye-line View
Normal
Worm’s Eye View
Depicts
Superiority
Camera Distance…
Long Shot (LS)
Medium Shot (MS)
Close-up (CU)
Extreme Close-up (ECU)
Telling a Story Through
Camera Distance…
(LS) Establishing
Shot
(ECU)
(CU)
(MS)
(CU)
(LS) Concluding
Shot
Phase #4: Post-Production
Phase #4: Post-Production
 High-end computer
 Mac G3, G4, or G5
 Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP
 Large amount of RAM - no
less than 256 MB
 I recommend at least 512MB
 Large storage capacity - no
less than 60 GB
 A way to get video into your
computer:
 Firewire ports
 A digitizing card or box
 iMovie editing software or
equivalent
The New Digital Setup:
For Older Analog Cameras/VCRs…
 Video Digitizers
 To connect Analog Camcorders and VCRs
to a computer
 Converts old analog signal to a digital
signal
 As a card in your computer or
 As an external box
Video Editing Demo: iMovie
Editing Techniques:
Always conduct editing in this order:
1. Arrange clips in a proper sequence
2. Apply Visual Effects to desired clips
3. Create your Titles - make sure they don’t
blend into the background
4. Apply Transitions - don’t get too fancy
5. Insert sound effects and background music
6. Make Chapter Markings for iDVD
Editing Tips:
Remember:
 Sometimes a cut is more effective than a transition
 Always keep Timing in mind
 Do the math between shots:
 a 1-second transition between two 3-second
clips creates a 5-second sequence.
 A cut between two 3-second clips creates a
6-second sequence.
 One second can take an eternity
 Try to Match-Action between shots - Avoid “Jumpcuts” where action repeats itself unnaturally.
 If using still photos, apply the Ken Burns Effect:
 don’t zoom in too tight
 Make the motion slow
The Quicktime Movie Format:
 Why export to Quicktime?
 Place a Movie Clip on a PowerPoint slide
 Place a Movie Clip on a Web Page
 Quicktime is a Library of software CODECs:
 For Video
 Sorenson 3, Motion JPEG, & MPEG-4 are lossless (the best)
 DV should only be used for full-motion, full-sized video.
 For Sound - IMA 4:1 and AAC is Lossless
 For MIDI (computerized “sheet music”)
 Quicktime has built-in instrument “voices”
 WARNING - Not an actual sound file! DO NOT import into
PowerPoint - IT WON’T WORK!
 For VR - (QTVR was discussed in previous chapter lectures)
Exporting to Quicktime from
iMovie the Easy Way:
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Source: http://ed.stanford.edu/ATS/iMovie_tmp/exportQuicktime.html
Exporting to Quicktime from
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The Distribution Phase:
File>Share
E-Mail
Homepage
Videocamera
VHS Tape
iDVD
QuickTime
CD ROM
Bluetooth
Course Assignments
Saved as MPEG4
The End