Video & Sound Production: Exercises
28/08/19-18/09/19 (Week 1-Week 4)
Angelina Lee An Qi (0334272)
Video & Sound Production
Exercises
Lecture Notes
Lecture 1: Introduction to the moduleWeek 1 (28/08/19):
We used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit.
We also are required to get a studio headset. I thought we would be okay with just a gaming headset, which I own already, but my lecturers said that usually gaming headsets boost up the bass. That would not work like a studio headset because if we were to edit loud sounds like explosions with a gaming headset, we might edit it incorrectly.
Luckily, we were provided links to buy studio headsets that ranges from low to high budgets, which was very helpful.
We also learned the basics of Adobe Premiere Pro, where we used clips that were prerecorded and referenced from the first episode of the Netflix show Jessica Jones.
Lecture 2: Story
Week 2 (04/09/19):Story - explicitly presented events & presumed/inferred events
full sequence of events in a work of fiction, in order which they would have occurred in life.
Plot - explicitly presented events & added non-diegetic (narrative) material
concerned with how events are related, how they are structured and how the enact changed in the major characters.
Three Act Structure:
Act 1 - Beginning (Setup)
Plot point 1
Act 2 - Middle (Confrontation)
Plot point 2
Act 3 - End (Denouement/resolution)
Five Act Structure:
- exposition
background information for the story.
- rising action
basic conflict complicated by intro.
- climax (turning point)
marks a change for better or worse.
- falling action
conflict between protagonist and antagonist unravels.
- denouement (comedy) or catastrophe (tragedy)
shows the protagonist better off than the story's outset.
Story arc - extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media.
Lecture 3: Cinematography 1
Week 3 (11/09/19):Cinema technique is manipulating shots and sequence that isolate part of it to look at and in what order to see them.
Shot - continuous view shot by one camera without interruption
Sequence - series of scenes, shots, complete in itself
Scene - place or setting where the action is laid
Camera angle - area and viewpoint recorded by the lens.
it determines
- subject size
- subject angle
- camera height
Extreme wide shot - broad view of the surroundings around the character and conveys scale, distance and geographical location. If used at beginning of scene it is "establishing shot".
Wide shot - includes entire subject and important objects in the immediate surroundings.
Medium wide shot - character usually cut off across the legs above or below the knees. Wide enough to show physical setting in which action is taking place, nice balance of figure and surrounding.
Medium shot - shows the subject that are important to understanding what the subject is doing. Gesture and expression more visible. Would have to include arms and hands since it is to show what they are doing.
Medium close up - subject character midway between waist and shoulders to above the head.
Over the shoulder shot - shows subject from behind shoulder of another person.
Close up shot - isolate the most important part of subject, Generally head or object, emphasizes facial expression or details of object.
Extreme close up shot - single out portion of the face and magnifies showing detail. Focus on important detail either to increase drama or impact on a situation or to allow viewer to see necessary picture information clearly.
Lecture 4: Cinematography 2
Week 4 (18/09/19):Camera set-up:
- framing--camera position
- choose appropriate lens, and readjust camera position
- adjust camera height
- adjust camera angle
Video resolution right now should be specified as 1920x1080p60.
Camera lens
- wide angle lens
- standard lens
- tele lens
- focal length
- depth of field
- space distortion
Instructions
Exercises
Week 1: Basic Video Editing & Discovering Stop Motions
This is "Distortion" by Guldies. I found it interesting because it seems quite simple but at the same time it is very neat and fluid. Also I think it is very hard to mimic liquid like that.
This is "Submarine Sandwich" by PES. What I found fascinating is that they use everyday items to represent food. It may seem a little off but once everything comes together it feels like a real thing that we can actually eat.
This is "Dancing Without Moving!?" by nigahiga. I like how you can not only create stop motion with just items, but with the human body as well. This video showcases different dance moves as well as complicated actions that aren't possible in real life.
For me, what I found fascinating was the use of everyday objects and our physical bodies to express the stop motion. I would say that if I were to work on a stop motion project myself, I would incorporate that use into it. I have an idea where it would start off as an average student's morning, just waking up to the alarm and getting ready. Then I think I would bring their backpack to life and it would go around the room "eating" the things needed for the student's classes later in the day.
Week 2:
The first video edit Mr Martin let us work on. |
Week 3: Video Practice (Using Phone)
The video edit I made with clips taken by our phones.
Week 4: Video Practice With DSLR
This is the video I compiled using clips shot with DSLR.
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