Documentary Filming

Make sure the actors are well equipped to act and are wearing creative clothes that match your narrative arc. You may not shoot the person wearing visible logos on their shirt.

Remember all the concepts that you previously learned about shooting video:

--> student Videos Tutorials: - Focusing, Composition, Audio, & Lighting

--> shooting with Rule of Thirds (video) & Shot Composition (video)

--> ways for filming your footage & B-Roll Tutorial

--> camera angles, subject shots, & action shots,

--> documentary tips which will really help you with filming.

--> interview tips which is the most important in understanding how to ask questions.

--> short video to review composition.

--> b-roll and the last minute of how to shoot b-roll.

Camera

Film at high quality (at least 720p). Most will use your phone to film, which is totally fine. Make sure to watch the iPhone video to know how to change your phone's settings to 1080p 60f if it is available. When you film with your phone, make sure to use a medium shot so the camera is somewhat close to the subject to record good audio with no distracting background noises.

Stable

Remember that the camera needs to be steady when filming and a tripod is recommended or you can use a stack of books, stool, etc. Points will be taken off if the camera shakes too much.

B-Roll

Make sure to film your b-roll using your subject as is important to show the environment and parts of what they are talking about.

Requirements

Use at least five of each: Camera angles, cuts, subject shots, & action shots. You may use multiple requirements for one shot. Follow the filming directions.

Transitions

Film all three transitions. For the vertical or horizontal wipe, you can film this outside of class or in class with the white background paper as you will use this at the end to say filmed and edited by Your Name.

Time

Film over five minutes of footage and then later you will edit it down to 3-4 minutes.

Special EffectsYou are not required to use any special effects using After Effects (e.g. dance video) with the footage you shoot but feel free to incorporate any to make your film more creative.Premiere SetupWhen you are finished, create a new folder called QU4 Project in your CA folder in your school account's Google Drive. Then create a folder in the Documentary folder called Clips & Deleted Clips and sort all of your footage into these two folders but never actually delete any clips as you never know when you may need them. Open Adobe Premiere and choose the HDV 720p24 preset sequence (right screenshot) and name it Last, First Name Short Film and save it in your Short Film folder on your Google Drive. After you save it correctly you will see that it creates a few other Premiere folders (example below) that it needs to save and run your project.Upload

When you are finished, upload and sort your footage in the Google Drive. Take a screenshot of your video file thumbnails in the folder as well as well as a screenshot showing the person you interviewed to upload to Schoology.