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This unit introduces students to the processes of audio-video pre-production, production, and post-production. Students learn basic shot sizes, camera movements, and special effects to create a storyboard and to script audio-video material. Students compose and capture images, edit audio-video footage, and apply finishing operations before presenting the production to an audience. The safe and careful handling of sensitive equipment is emphasized. Students learn to apply ethical standards and policies in their productions while exploring further education and career opportunities.
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ID10T podcast:
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Proper "Audio/Video Production" can be broken down into the following three stages (interestingly no real differences between audio or video productions - or even animation for that matter!):
Pre-Production is all about effectively planning the FORMAT and CONTENT of your production.
"Real World" Video and Animation is an extremely costly process - Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most expensive movie ever made, with an estimated cost of $575 million dollars to make (to give an idea of how much that is, it's more than the entire OCDSB budget!!!!)
It's a requirement that you plan, examine and refine your ideas on paper, before committing to the costly and time consuming process of shooting (production) and editing (post production) your video.
PRE-PRODUCTION means that you:
Identify the "Target Audience"
Define the final product, it's format and length
Define the concept and specific content
Storyboard your shots, and Script your dialogue
Assign timelines, areas of responsiblity and identify and book required resources
Although it's EASIER to simply "wing it" and start shooting without planning, experienced producers know that an UNPLANNED product WILL be:
Inferior and amateurish
Harder to edit, and may require reshoots
Take more time to produce, and
Leave the producer with regrets
Set the stage, and shoot your "footage". Skillful production will work around challenges in the environment and make optimal use of:
Camera Prep
Shooting
Shots and Camerawork
Lighting
Audio
Framing
Lead In and Lead Out
Video Capture
Editing the footage can be the most time consuming part of the process, and offers the most effective opportunities to enhance the production and give it a "professional" feel by adding:
Select or "trimmed" clips from your footage
Transitions between clips
Audio elements
Music
Voice Over Dialogue
Sound Effects
Titles and Credits
Text and Graphic overlays
Composited clips like greenscreened elements or matte elements
Special effects and filters that can clean up, or modify the original video clips Post Production also involves rendering and publishing the final product to the desired output format like DVD or web-friendly files