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Project Type
For your video project you should define the type of video you will be making, for example:
Music Video
Choreography for Camera
Ethnographic Documentary
Practice / Field Work Documentation
Video Tutorial
Idea 💡
You need to identify an area of interest in your practice that you'd like to portray.
Practically I'd be inclined to choose something you have regular and easy access to and that you're familiar and comfortable with. At the same time it's good to find an idea that sparks interest, intrigue, fun or excitement when you imagine filming.
Spend some time building a picture in your mind of what you'd like to make.
Inspiration Tools:
Sound / Music - A song / piece of music / poem / speech / audioscape / natural sounds
Idol - A performer / group / existing piece
Story - Memory / Historical / Events / Fiction
Formal - Documentation / Technical Process / Question
Landscape, Environment & Design - Location / Object / Costume / Item / Texture
Theme / Concept - An emotion / experience / symbol / physical idea or action
Existing Work - Re-work & transform existing work for the screen
Equipment
The minimum equipment requirements for video project are the following:
Video recording device - See Camera Types for options.
Audio recording device - This may be your camera itself, you could attach an external microphone to your camera or you might choose an external audio recorder. See Audio Recording Equipment for options.
Headphones - Headphones are useful for monitoring live recording, where your device allows it, and also during the editing process. They will be essential if using the academy mac lab to edit.
Video editing device and software - See EDITING for options.
The UL Library MAKERSPACE is an excellent resource where you can rent video and audio equipment such as cameras, tripods, gimbals, lights, audio recorders, microphones, etc.
External Hard Drive
If using a laptop or desktop computer, an external hard drive should ideally be used for film work. As well as keeping the computers free of clutter, which impacts performance speed, it also allows you to use any compatible computer for editing without restriction.
Hard Drives may need formatting to be compatible with your choice of computer. Mac and windows required different formats to work.
*The process of formatting a hard drive erases all data from that drive, so be sure to backup anything which may be on an existing drive before formatting.
Camera & Settings
Ensure you have access to a video recording device, see Camera Types.
Explore the camera and familiarise yourself with the settings and how to adjust them.
Projects should be filmed in Landscape orientation. Please see Landscape V Portrait for more information.
Key settings to look for are Resolution and Frame Rate.
Additional settings, when using manual cameras could include exposure settings, focus, focal length and white balance.
Where possible, use one camera with consistent quality and frame settings for the whole project, it will save you the problems associated with editing mixed media formats together.
If using multiple cameras, ensure all cameras are using the same settings.
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