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Feb. 6th 2008

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Today’s Class…Video Assignment

Production Day

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• Telling a story visually is an intricate process.

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• Video Assignment• Step #1: Each student is to write a

script based on two sentences. (i.e. Johnny woke up late. He made it to his exam just in time.) and storyboard with three sequences.

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• Video Assignment– Sequence One has a static camera one shot with up to 10

pieces of action within the shot. – Sequence Two 5-10 to ten shots. Each shot contains one of

the actions in Sequence One. • Create a series of cutaways to splice into Sequence One in Premiere• In Sequence Two compose at least wide shot (WS), medium shot (MS),

close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera moves include pan and tilt. Do not zoom.

– Sequence Three has one mobile camera shot that follows one action continuously.

• You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom.

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• Video Assignment– Sequence One has a static camera one

shot with up to 10 pieces of action within the frame of the shot.

• In camera editing only.• 120 seconds. • Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain

any edits.

* Helpful Tip: Use a tripod!

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• Video Assignment– Sequence Two has eight to ten (5-10) shots.

Each shot contains one of the actions in Sequence One.

• Compose at least one wide shot (WS), one medium shot (MS), one close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera moves include pan and tilt. Do not zoom.

– These 5-10 shots are the only cutaways that can be incorporated into Sequence One.

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• Video Assignment– Sequence Three has one mobile camera

(handheld, dollied, Steadicammed) shot that follows one action from Sequence One

• This shot must be 40-120 seconds. • No in-camera editing. The shot must be in continuous

motion.• You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom.• Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain

any edits.

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• Video Assignment• The telling of the story is silent. Your audio track must be

empty.– No sound effects. – No music. – No ambient sound.

• This assignment must be live action. Digitally composed or captured images are not permitted.

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• You will be graded on:

• Clarity of Your Story• Storyboard

• Effective Use of Technical Skill• Creativity

• Presentation

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• You will be graded on:• Storyboard

– Detailed storyboard that illustrates and describes

a. the sequence of events b. how the shots will be photographed (e.g.

close-up to show....) c. Character choreography or object mise-en-

scene and any changes in design from scene to scene

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• You will be graded on:• Creativity

– Exceptional creativity, demonstrates careful planning, and clear understanding of how to use camera and lights create a sequence

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• You will be graded on:• Presentation

– On time and effective • submission of hardcopies of storyboards• saving of projects in the S: drive

– Save both in Premiere and as an exported video file format

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• Video Assignment is due at the beginning of class on Feb 25th

• To submit, put your final assignment in your class folder.

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• Next Class…–Lighting Basics–Composition Basics

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• Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948)• The film is Hitchcock’s most experimental, abandoning many

standard film techniques to allow for the long unbroken scenes. Each shot ran continuously for up to ten minutes without interruption. It was shot on a single set, aside from the opening establishing shot street scene. Camera moves were planned in advance and there was almost no editing.

• Hitchcock filmed each scene in segments lasting up to ten minutes (the length of a reel of film at the time), each segment continuously panning from character to character in real time.