Foundational Skills: Video: Projects: Production

• How do I get good video footage for a movie project?

• What is Cinematography? What are all the ways I can position or move a camera and frame a scene?

What am I making?

• At least 8 short video clips, related to a movie concept, uploaded into a video editor

• A web page (example) on your Google Site titled "Video Production" with a screenshot of your clips

• In the next lesson, you will take your clips and edit them to make a movie about your subject

How do I make it?

1. Safety first! Always practice safe videography - survival and health of all involved are paramount.

2. Cinematography - different kinds of camera shots - video examples & more Cinematography resources

   • Good brief summary of shots and "Hollywood style" presentation of shots and 15 essential camera shots

3. Mobile phone video tips: good basics for framing, stability, lighting, audio - video tutorial

   • More advanced, but easy to understand Cinematography techniques video tutorial

4. What you learned about photography & phone photography applies in video too! (focus)

Steps

1. Think of a theme or subject for your movie. It could start with an object. Or be based on a person you know (who has your consent / permission).

2. Get a variety of shots (8+) about your subject - more than you need - with good framing, stability, focus, lighting, audio

   • "B-Roll" is important -- get extra clips from around the scene. They can enrich your story.

3. Watch your clips. Delete ones you don't want. But you need at least 8 different ones. (Re-shoot if you need to)

4. Upload your clips to a video editor

   • Video Tutorial of steps 4 and 5

   • If using iMovie, create a new Library with your name on your Period drive
     File menu > Open Library > New...

5. When all your clips are loaded, take a screenshot of all of them, or multiple screenshots, so you get a view of the picture frame of each clip.

6. Make a new Google Site page called "Video Production"

7. Add the screenshot or screenshots showing the shot frames for at least 8 clips.

8. Write about what you learned about video production from this assignment...

   • About Cinematography - types of shots - camera positions, angles, moves

   • About Video Production - techniques, getting footage, camera features

9. Publish, click the chain-link icon, get the Link to your page, Copy that link, turn that in in Google Classroom

Career Connections

• Video is used to tell all kinds of stories. Begin to master video storytelling!

Resources

• more Video Production resources

• more Cinematography resources