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What is Filmmaking?
Filmmaking, simply put, is the art and the craft of visual storytelling. You are showing the story rather than telling the story through moving pictures.
Film production consists of five major stages:
Development: The first stage in which the ideas for the film are created, rights to books/plays are bought etc., and the screenplay is written. Financing for the project has to be sought and obtained.
Pre-production: Arrangements and preparations are made for the shoot, such as hiring cast and film crew, selecting locations and constructing sets.
Production: The raw footage and other elements for the film are recorded during the film shoot.
Post-production: The images, sound, and visual effects of the recorded film are edited and combined into a finished product.
Distribution: The completed film is distributed, marketed, and screened in cinemas and/or released to home video.
Possible jobs in Film (from File Stage):
>Screenwriter / Author . >Producer >Director . >Actor / Actress . >Director of Photography . >Costume Designer . >Location Manager . >Makeup Artist . >Set Decorator . >Prop Master . >Key Grip . >Gaffer . >Editor . >Sound Designer . >VFX Artist . >Composer . >Alternative Film Careers
Filmmaking 101 - Must complete in order to film outside of the CMA Lab
🎬 Level Up Your Videos: The iMovie Quick-Start Guide
🎬 Level Up Your Videos: The iMovie Quick-Start Guide
Welcome to the director’s chair! Whether you’re making a vlog, a school project, or a cinematic masterpiece, this guide will help you navigate iMovie like a pro.
1. The Setup (Starting Your Project)
1. The Setup (Starting Your Project)
Open iMovie: Look for the purple star icon.
Create New: Click the plus (+) icon and select Movie.
The Big Three: * Media Library (Top Left): Where your raw clips live.
The Viewer (Top Right): Where you watch your movie.
The Timeline (Bottom): This is the "surgery table" where you cut and arrange your clips.
2. The Basics (Building the Story)
2. The Basics (Building the Story)
Importing: Drag and drop your videos from your desktop or the Photos app directly into the Timeline.
The "Trim": Hover over the edge of a clip until your cursor turns into two arrows. Click and drag to make the clip shorter or longer.
The "Split": Want to cut out a boring part in the middle? Move the vertical white line (the playhead) to the spot and hit Command + B. Now you can delete the middle chunk!
3. Spice It Up (Effects & Audio)
3. Spice It Up (Effects & Audio)
4. Pro Secrets 🤫
4. Pro Secrets 🤫
Detaching Audio: Right-click a clip and select Detach Audio. Now you can move the sound around independently from the picture.
The Ken Burns Effect: Click a photo in your timeline, go to the Cropping tool (square icon), and select Ken Burns to make the photo "move" or zoom while it plays.
Green Screen: Put a green screen clip on top of another clip, click the Video Overlay Settings (two squares icon), and choose Green/Blue Screen.
5. Final Act: Exporting
5. Final Act: Exporting
When you're finished, don't just close the app!
Click the Share button (box with an arrow) in the top right.
Choose Export File.
Set Quality to 1080p and click Next to save it to your desktop.
Once it is finished exporting to desktop, login to Google Chrome
Go to Drive. Click on “upload file” or go to the triangle button next to drive. Hit upload file. Select the file from your desktop and put it into your drive.
** NO movie should be only interviews**
This will result in a poor grade (or loss of points) as most movies do not have interviews unless you are creating a documentary and need an experts opinion.
How to export a video Click Here
Make a copy of the presentation template for your own use.
Then go to 'File --> Make a Copy' to create your own set of presentation slides for this project.
GREEN CIRCLE (1 PT.)
Use iMovie, WeVideo or another video editor to create an original video.
Only a couple of camera angles are used.
Sound is not edited. Sound is simply what was recorded in the scene.
Citations are made but perhaps incomplete.
Questions are asked throughout the project (such as how to use tripods and cameras, SD cards, how to import and export video files, using youtube - DRL, etc.)
Limited transitions, titles, backgrounds, or other features used. Video looks more like an unedited recording that we are watching.
BLUE CIRCLE (2 PTS.) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE....
Complete the Filmmaking 101 worksheet and get your license to film.
The film tells a story and is an original idea.
Use iMovie, Final Cut Pro, WeVideo or another video editing program to edit your clips.
3-5 different camera angles are used.
Add a soundtrack that involves more than just the sound captured from original film clips.
A transition, a title, a background are all used at some point in the film
Citations are correctly made for any clips, music, etc., used in the film
Teacher help is limited and not about what was learned in the Filmmaking 101 worksheet/videos.
BLACK DIAMOND (3PTS) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE & BLUE SQUARE...
The film is original and innovative meaning that there is a 'moral' to the story you tell. It has an impact on those who watch it.
A script or storyboard is created prior to filming.
A minimum of 6 camera angles are used throughout the film.
Film includes a variety of transitions, titles, backgrounds, and other effects to give the film a well-edited, polished feel. Innovative and advanced editing techniques are included.
Citations for everything are made correctly.
Tutorials:
iMovie Tutorial
10 Editing Tricks for Beginners on iMovie
WeVideo Tutorial
Final Cut Pro Tutorial
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