Technical Skills Tasks: Lighting, Camera and Sound

 Briefly describe each task; what were you asked to do, what equipment was used and what was the result.

You do not need to upload evidence of the outcomes, however, if the whole team is happy to share the materials online, it would be nice to have them to reference / use in portfolios, etc.

Single Camera Introduction: Clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-scKCKiCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk4NoA2iV3I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wamtTEVFDiA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLMRScPIwRQ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtaP_JoI5Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5YckMkwmm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7NKjFaXhPo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peP8CsCw09Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1-sTyGvwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhNVDPZ-0I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xui7lx4wvE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmb1tqYqyII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7IWLZcVU64

A Basic Guide to Voicethread

Technical Skills Development

Introduce this post with a summary of what you have been working on for the past few weeks and why it has been important.

Paragraph 1: Camera

- What task were you set?

- What role(s) did you undertake during filming?

- What was the end result? (upload your finished video here too)

- What did you learn from the filming project?

- What, if anything, did you learn from the DSLR workshop (using the camera lesson)?

Canon 700D SLR camera

Paragraph 2: Sound

- What tasks were you set?

- What role(s) did you undertake during sound recording session?

- What was the end result? (upload your sound files here too)

- What did you learn from the sound project?

- What, if anything, did you learn from the sound workshop (introduction to sound lesson)?

Boom microphone

Paragraph 3: Lighting

- What tasks were you set?

- What role(s) did you undertake during the lighting task?

- What was the end result? (upload your photographs here too)

- What did you learn from the lighting project?

- What, if anything, did you learn from the lighting workshop (using the lights as a group)?

Chiaroscuro lighting in The Third Man (Reed, 1949)

Case Study: Citizen Kane

During class, you will watch Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) twice; once to see the text and to gain an understanding of the narrative and characters, alongside an idea of the construction and aesthetics, and again, accompanied by the Roger Ebert commentary. During the second screening you will be listening to details about the construction of the film, through a thorough analysis of the ideas / concept, cinematography (framing, angles, camera movement), set design, compositing & special effects, sound and direction of characters.

Boss Jim Gettys, "Singer" Susan Alexander, Charles Foster Kane and Emily Kane

Part 1

• begin a post and highlight the title, release date and director of the film
• add a brief synopsis and bullet the key plot points of the film (and how characters progress the narrative).

Inside Mrs Kane's Boarding House

Part 2

• comment upon at least 3 scenes, shots or narrative devices that you found particularly impressive / interesting (based on viewing the film the first time - no commentary).
  You should consider:
• cinematography (framing, angles, camera movement)
• mise-en-scene (lighting, costume, props, iconography, etc.)
• character movement / direction
• sound
• set design
• special effects (transitions, compositing, animation, etc).

Part 3

• comment upon at least 3 scenes, shots or narrative devices that you found particularly impressive / interesting (based on viewing the film the second time - with commentary).
  You should consider:
• cinematography (framing, angles, camera movement)
• mise-en-scene (lighting, costume, props, iconography, etc.)
• character movement / direction
• sound
• set design
• special effects (transitions, compositing, animation, etc).

Low false ceilings, giant windows and fireplaces and long takes - the magic of Citizen Kane

Single Camera Shorts - Assignment Brief

Unit 4 & 22 Specifications: Single Camera Shorts

Unit 4

Unit 22

Single Camera Techniques - booklet

Compulsory reading, read before beginning the report for GC1:

Reading 1 - Single-Camera vs. Multi-Camera TV Sitcom Scripts: What’s the Difference? by Ken Miyamoto (Screencraft) June 2016.

Reading 2 - The Evolution Of The Sitcom: The Age of the Single Camera by Jack Picone (New York Film Academy) September 2014.

Manual DSLR Videography Exercise

Making a Telephone Voice

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Effective Camera Movement

Using the Hague Motion Cam Stabiliser with Canon 550D

Videography Settings for Canon 550D

http://www.crowdigitalmedia.com/blog/how-to-set-up-your-canon-t2i-550d-or-7d-for-film-look.html

Be able to originate, develop and research an idea for a media product

Be able to originate, develop and research an idea for a media product 

Create a new blog post titled 'originate, develop and research an idea for a media product', then apply the following terms/consider the following points in relation to your individual and group planning so far.

You may work on paper and scan/photograph the content.

• Originate ideas
• group and individual brainstorming
• analysis of each idea; selection; justification
  
• Develop an idea: (e.g., spider diagrams, mood boards, thumbnails, mock-ups, surveys)
  
• Constraints: 
• time
• costs
• personnel
• resources
• legal and ethical considerations (e.g., privacy, libel law, defamation, race discrimination law, data protection, freedom of information)
• codes of practice
• copyright (requirement, owner, clearance, cost) 

• Research an idea: 
• audience research, (e.g., age, gender, socio-economic grouping, lifestyle, location)
• audience figures, (e.g., BARB)
• primary content research, (e.g., interviews, questionnaires, own observations)
• secondary content research, (e.g., newspapers, magazines, books, audio, audio-visual, electronic, internet, archives, libraries)
• research into competitors
• research into market.