Video & Sound Production

March 29, 2021

Video & Sound Production - Exercises

30/3/2021 - 1/7/2021 // Week 1 - Week 14
Gan Shin Tung / 0346455
Video&Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Exercises

Lectures

Week 1:

Today Mr.Martin briefed us about how to make video and also create sound by starting from scratch. He also mentioned that is better to get a tripod stand and also good headphones and camera in order to deliver good quality of video and sound.

Tasks :

Install Premiere Pro, Audition and After Effects
Choose top 3 favorite Zack King video for Project 2
Shortlist 3 stop motion shorts for Final Project
Explain reasons being chosen (style, art direction, character design etc)

Week 2: Framing & Storyboard

Cinematography

Motion picture/Film/Video is made up of many shots.
Each shot requires placing the camera in the best position for that particular moment in the narrative.
Shot is continuous view shot by one camera without interruption.
Sequence is a series of scenes, or shots, complete in itself.
Scene defines the place or setting where the action is laid.
A scene may consist of series of shots or sequences depicting a continuous event.

Shot Size

Extreme Wide Shot
Wide Shot (W.S)
Medium Wide Shot
Medium Shot (M.S)
Medium Close up Shot (M.C.S)
Close up Shot
Extreme Close up Shot
Over the Shoulder Shot (O.S)

Wide Shot (W.S)

Includes the entire subject and important objects in the immediate surroundings. If it's used at the beginning of a scene it's often called an "establishing shot”.

Medium Shot (M.S)

Shows the subject that are important to understanding - Gesture and expression, from the person waist up, letting hands and the lower half of his body fall outside the frame.

Medium Close up Shot (M.C.S)

Films subject character from approximately midway between waist and shoulders to above the head.

Over the Shoulder Shot (O.S)
Shows the subject from behind the shoulder of another person.

Week 3: Storytelling in Film

Film & Sound

Week 4:

Week 5:

Instructions

Exercises

Week 1: Editing Exercise 1

For or exercise one we did during class, we were to download the footage provided by Mr.Martin then import to Premiere pro to edit it. We were to put the clips together to form a video.

Figure 1.1 Slides from Mr.Matin JPEG

Figure 1.2 Editing in Premiere Pro

Figure1.3 Final minits editing exercise video

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Editing Exercise 2: For exercise 2 its similar to exercise 1 is just that the clips were in incorrect order, we had to identify which clip goes first and so on.

Figure 1.4 Slides from Mr.Martin JPEG

Figure 1.5 Arranging the videos in Premiere Pro

Figure 1.6 Exercise2-Doritos

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Week 3: Lalin Video Editing

In this exercise we suppose to create a video using the shots taken by our seniors and trim the video as well. The story was based on a short story film therefore we are asked to watch the video before we begin to edit.

Figure1.7 Short Clip-Lalin

This is the YouTube link for Lalin Short Clip: https://youtu.be/ehc52wBiUqE

Figure1.8 Editing in Premiere Pro

Figure1.9 Exercise3-Lalin

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Week 3: Shooting Exercise 1

In this exercise we suppose to practice the shooting angles that was taught in the lecture. We need to capture different shots in landscape format, subject as human. Each short clip must be within 3 seconds. After that we will edit it using the template Mr.Martin provided for us.

Figure2.0 Import the videos taken in Premiere Pro

I went to korean bbq with my sister and her boyfriend on Friday night. So I took the chance to take the shots needed after asking their concern. I then import them into premiere pro.

Figure2.1 Final Outcome

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This is my final outcome of shooting exercise1. I remove the background sound of the video as it was crowded and noisy in the restaurant. I then added some music as a background music so that the video doesn't look so boring.

Week 3: Plot Segmentation

We did a simple exercise in class during week3 lecture. We suppose to watch a short clip called Royal Madness provided by Mr.Martin in the lecture slides.

Royal Madness: https://youtu.be/teHkKBYr0gQ

Figure2.2 Lecture Slides from Mr.Martin

Figure2.2 Plot Segmentation PDF

Week 4:

This is the instructions for week 4 tasks.

Shooting Exercise 2

In this exercise we had to dance according to the music we chosen and shoot them according to the shots provided by Mr.Martin (High Angle Wide Shot, Medium Shot, Single Full Body Shot, Medium Close-up Shot, Extreme Close-up Shot, Low Angle Wide Shot). Mr.Martin said it has to be outdoor daytime so that it has good lighting. For MCU and ECU has no movement, we had to make slow motion. We also need to combine the full body shot of our group mates dancing together, having ourselves in the middle.

The song that our group had chosen was Mellow Fellow Dancing.

We learn our dance according to this video https://youtu.be/QyvEFpmWrYs

Figure2.3 Editing in Premiere Pro

After shooting all the shots in outdoor, I compile all the shots and import to Premiere Pro. I also chose 2 of my group mate's shot that sync most to my shot and combine them together. Lastly, I add our dance music Mellow Fellow into the video.

Figure2.4 Final Outcome

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Week 4: 3 Act Structure

We were to view 2 short films provided by Mr.Martin and list down the 3 act structure of the storyline in a google doc from Mr.Martin.

Video 1: Guang https://youtu.be/gxIsfKauTBQ
Video 2: 32°C Fall In Love https://youtu.be/1vbxqTp88_Y

Figure2.5 3 Act Structure Doc(PDF)

This is the link to Google Docs: Open in Google Docs

Week 5: Lalin 30 Seconds

For this week we had to add title and end credit to our Lalin exercise from week 3. The final video must be trimmed to 30 seconds excluding the title and end credit.

Figure 2.6 Editing in Premiere Pro

Figure2.7 Final Outcome

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Week 7: Adobe Audition-Introduction to EQ

This week's exercise is introducing Adobe Audition by having a simple exercise guide by Mr.Martin. This is the first time we will be using Audition to edit the audio therefore Mr.Martin provide demo video for us to follow and finishes the exercise.

Figure2.8 Editing in Audition

After importing the audio provided by Mr.Martin in Adobe Auditions, we were to follow and learn how he demonstrated on editing the audios. He only gave two examples, we need to complete the rest independently.

Eq1 - Eq6: