Foundations Review
Preproduction / Planning
Production / Recording
Post-Production / Editing
Critique / Assessment
Preproduction / Planning
The importance of story
Screenwriting/Storyboarding
Composition and shot types (including their communicative purposes)
Camera Motions and their communicative purpose
Production / Recording
Steady shots: tripod, fig rig, glide cam, etc.
White Balance and in-camera color settings
Exposure and using Zebra Stripes
Composition: The rule of thirds and leading the action
180 degree rule and continuity of motion
Depth of Field & Manual Focus (DSLR-specific)
Lighting
Recording Audio, including using the Zoom Mic and ADR
Script Supervisions / Verifying that you have complete coverage of your script
Post-Production / Editing
J-cuts / L-cuts
Color Correction / Color Grading
Underscoring, music, and copyright
Titles and graphics
Critique / Assessment
Screening
Reflection & Improvement
PLEASE IGNORE THIS STUFF DOWN BELOW HERE. THIS SITE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I'M PARKING SOME INFORMATION HERE FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION.
In order to review the foundations of making good video, each student will pick one of the following areas to share with the class. Please use YouTube and/or Google Images and/or other (school appropriate) sources to curate a Google Presentation about your subject. Whenever possible, please try to describe the idea of this subject in terms of its use in Mt. Lebanon HS.
You may (of course!) film your own footage and/or take your own photographs (especially of how to accomplish your item with the gear here in our class!)
Option 1: Tripod, Fig Rig, and other Steady-Devices
Option 2: White Balance & Color Correction
Option 3: Exposure & Zebra Stripes
Option 4: Composition and Shot Lengths & their communicative usage
Option 5: The Rule of Thirds & Leading the Action
Option 6: 180 degree Rule & how to verify that there is full coverage of a script
Option 7: Depth of Field & Manual Focus -- especially with DSLRs
Option 8: Camera Movements & their communicative usage: Zooms, Dollies, Tracking
Option 9: Continuity
Option 10: Audio Recording, including using the Zoom Mic
Option 11: Lighting
Option 12: Editing & Titles
Option 13: Music & Copyright
Option 14: Lebo's Media Arts Lab Standards of Production & Submission