01. Webclip (EN)

Webclip proposition

• You can phone or send an email to the VJ of your bureau. Also you can send an email to the regional rdc.

• ALWAYS ask the subject to be recorded in the AGENDA with the quote "Webclip (TBC)"

ASIA Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdcasia@afp.com

EUROPE Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdceurope@afp.com

AFRICA Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdcafrique@afp.com

MENA Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdcMENA@afp.com

AMLAT Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdcamlat@afp.com

USA Phone Call to the local VJ and/or -> rdcAmnord@afp.com

Before Leaving

• Check your battery is full

• Format your card

Nikon Cameras

• Have a look at the cameras sections

• The webclip can be seen as an animated photo. You do not need to move around and you can let the action happen inside the frame while keeping steady.

• Avoid travelings, panoramics, zoom and any camera movements. Again, always opt for stable shots.

• Do not try to tell too many things in one webclip. Build it up around one theme or one angle.

• A good webclip is not a mere succession of well framed images. It is better if you build up a story by adding short scenes alternating each time two or three different framing values of one place or one action (Wide shot, medium, close-up of one detail).

• Always pay attention to stability. Try to shoulder the camera to a wall or use another stable support

• Shoot short sequences. It’ll make your life easier when editing 5" or 7" sequences

• Stability has to be your obsession

• One shot equals, one file. Do not shoot a 30 second sequence with 5-6 different frames in it. It will be more complicated to edit it.

• Edit as you go. When you feel a shot was not good, erase it immediately from the card before starting a new take. Make your selection while filming. It is a bad idea to start the final editing with a card that has more than 20 shots.

• The first shot should give the viewer a general idea of what the webclip is about (like the lead in a text story)

• Try not to use fish eye or wide angle lens unless it is absolutely necessary or adds a value to the images.

• When doing a panoramic keep steady a few seconds, move gently and fluidly and then stop at the end of your movement as stably as possible and keep still for a few seconds. Do not try 180° panos, generally you will not be able to keep the movement fluid. Keep it to a little bit more than 45-60°. Unless you have a tripod.

• Avoid filming buildings with no movement in the frame. Always try to get cars or people passing by.

• When using long lenses, do not forget to activate the stabilizer, try to film with a monopod (or even tripod if you have one).

• Leave a person enter and/or leave the frame. Do not stop filming before the person or car has left the frame.

• A good webclip is composed of 12 to 15 shots with four or five mini scenes with a total of around one minute. But You can always send more footage than one minute if you have the time and the footage is interesting.

Download videos and select the right footages

• If you use AFP-Reporter remember before making a new webclip to empty the "Video" and "Photo" folder to avoid confusion and clogging up your disk.

• Insert memory card in card reader. It should downloads automatically the movies to folder Photo or Video. If it does not, It opens a window where you can choose "Open folder to view files". Copy into the Video folder with a drag and drop

• Launch AFP Media Viewer to have a look at your videos. Use arrows keystrokes to browse. To tag a sequence you want to put in the basket press keystroke “1”. To untag it, press “1” again. To scrap one rush that you don’t want, press “3”.

• When you have selected all the footages you need, they must be all tagged in the basket (lower part of Viewer)

• Launch Power-Director

• In Viewer, select all the videos from the viewer's basket by hitting “CTRL A” then drag and drop the files into the Power director Edit tab

Edit the video

• The average webclip is a dozen of sequences of 4 to 8 seconds

Power Director Functions Download the software for Windows Download (5GB)

Imovie Functions (v 10.1.9)

Write the dopesheet (the caption) and send the webclip

In Viewer, click on the movie you've just made (one click) and click the button of MediaViewer top right. This opens a form.

• While you write the shotlist you can also choose the Thumbnail of your movie: Just click on S (snapshot) while playing the movie.

• If you have already prepared and saved your caption: Right-click this already captionned Photo/Rush -Copy editorial field-, then right click your movie -Paste editorial fields-. Then click

• Click on T if you need a caption correction.

Transfer

• Click on SEND to launch the FTP application

• You should see an .mp4 and a .jpg file in the “To send” window of FTP-AFP.

• In FTP Sites list choose the below webclip ftp

• Get connected to nternet and click on the big button "Connect and Send"

• In the Subject field of the email write RAW_Your country + the object name

• Point out you have just sent a webclip to the server.

• Copy/Paste or write the whole dopesheet

• Send to these addresses depending of your situation