Week 3  Basic Filming and Editing

This week we will double-check our progress on last week's tasks and ease into some of the more technical aspects of film production with exercises using still photos and live footage.

Moderators:  Barbara Novelli, Jens Nerido

Meeting Times  (Ideally partcipants would at least attend one of the 3 identical sessions):

Wed, 30 January 2013, 7pm GMT / 11am SLT 

Sat, 2 February 2013, 6pm GMT / 10am SLT

Sun, 3 February 2013 4am GMT / Sat 8pm SLT (Asian time zone friendly)

Meeting Location:  EduNation in Second Life, MachinEVO Platform  http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation/177/139/1001

Livestream Link:  http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/machinevo

Checklist of What to Bring:

             Scripts/story boards

             Photos of your sets/sims and costumes

Topics/Tasks (2 hours):

            I.   Review of how much the various groups have done

            II.  Visit to sets at the Machininima Open Studio Project

                         A.  Studio 1 topics/tasks:

                                   1.  Camera control exercises

                                   2,  Organizing files issues

                                   3.  Picture taking practice

                         B.  Studio 2 topics/tasks:

                                   1.  Preparing to film issues

                                                  a.  Frames per second
                                                  b.  Altering lighting
                                                  c.  Increasing the LOD factor
                                                  d.  Removing name tags and other distracting items
                                                  e.  Re-sizing canvases 

                                   2.  Live footage practice

                                                  a.  Panning
                                                  b.  Zooming                                         

               III.   Return to MachinEVO Platform for introduction to editing

                           A.   Instruction video for Project 1     

                           B.   Skills to master inside your editing program

                                      1.  Importing media

                            2.  Building tracks

                            3.  Altering the size and focus point of images

                            4.  Adding motion to stills:

                                           a.  Zooming and panning

                                           b.  Rotation

                            5.  Adding transitions

                            6.  Adding narration

                            7.  Adding a title and credits

                            8.  Adding music

                             C.  Sample Exercise 1 Video

                             D.  Adobe Connect for questions/problems

Useful Links

• Table of All Resources

• Organizing Your Files

• Instruction Video for Exercise 1:   http://youtu.be/7zp90GoqTkg

• Text of Exercise 1 Instructions

• Sample Exercise 1 Video from Still Photos:  http://youtu.be/v_QO-cbzoSA 

• Instruction Video for Exercise 2:  http://youtu.be/oOAfzRyzso4

• Text of Exercise 2 Instructions 

• Sample Exercise 2 Video from Live Footage:  http://youtu.be/rf89A7eJCbY

Tasks to Complete by Next Week:

     Shoot your film!!