Week 3

Basic Filming and Editing

This week we will double-check our progress on last week's tasks and ease into the technical aspects of film production by making machinimas from still photos of our actors in the various locales specified by our scripts.  We will also practice shooting some footage. This practice with filming tools and techniques will help us make sure we are ready for producing live action footage in Week 4.

Moderators: Barbara Novelli, Jens Nerido

Checklist:

             Required:  Scripts/story boards

             Optional:  Photos of your sets/sims and costumes

Topics/Tasks:

             Beginning editing:

                            Importing media

                            Building your tracks

                            Altering the size and focus point of images

                            Adding motion:

                                           Zooming and panning

                                           Rotating images

                            Adding transitions

                            Adding narration

                            Adding a title and credits

                            Adding music

             Prepare to film:

                            Camera angles

                            Camera movement options

                            Altering lighting

                            Increasing the LOD factor

                            Removing name tags and other distracting items

                            Re-sizing canvases 

                            Organizing scene and cut files

             Shoot!

             Guest speaker (?)

Useful Links

• Instruction Video for Exercise 1:   http://youtu.be/7zp90GoqTkg
• Sample Exercise 1 Video from Still Photos:  http://youtu.be/v_QO-cbzoSA 
• Text of Exercise 1 Instructions.docx 
• Organizing Your Files.docx  
• Table of All Resources

Tasks to Complete by Next Week:

       Shoot your film!!