Recommended Equipment:
For each group of students:
Transcend 32 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card

To share completed video productions
with group members:
DVD-R Discs or USB Flash Drive
or external hard drive

SHOOTING SCRIPT TEMPLATE link

EDITING SCRIPT TEMPLATE link

STORYBOARD
TEMPLATE
link or PDF

RELEASE FORM
link

EQUIPMENT
PROBLEM
FORM link

Sound Effects & Music Loops
Garage band is installed on each video editing Computer

Flash Kit
http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml

Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/
ammem/index.html

Creative Commons
http://search.creativecommons.org/

Royalty Free sites:
http://www.royaltyfreemusic
.com/free-music-clips.html

http://www.opuzz.com/

http://musicbakery.com/

LIGHTING:
http://mudesign.net/video/video_lighting.html

Lighting for HD video
owel.com/edu/lesson_HD3.html

More lighting instuctions
http://lowel.com/edu/

WHITE BALANCE: mediacollege.com/video/camera/white-balance/

RESOURCES:
Videomaker Online

Free Video Course

DVfilmmaker.com

Film Underground

Film Making
Resource

Movie Database

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Instruction: Course introduction, syllabus review, required supplies

Instruction: 5 shot +1 rule, Rule of thirds
http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2011/10/01/fiveshotpattern/

In class writing: Getting to know you

Purchase supplies & textbook

5 shot +1: Photo exercise (A) (Individual)

1. About Video
2. Getting Started

1/21

Class ends 11:00
Present & Review: 5 shot +1 photo exercise

5 shot +1: Photo exercise (B) (Individual)

Interview Composition Photo Exercise (Individual)

3. Video Space
4. Video Time
5. Video Composition

1/28

Critique 2nd 5 + 1 shot  and Interview photo exercises

Discussion: Interview techniques - composition, lighting, and camera angle

Create groups

Groups come up with topic and 3 relevant interview questions to ask students

Demo and check out video equipment

Practice interviewing each other in class

Interview video:  Production – filming interviews (Team)

Take home test Chapters 1-8(Individual)

6. Video Language
7. Video Sound

2/4

Submit: Take Home Test Chap 1-8

Tech demo: Getting started in Final Cut X: Importing your video, file management, selecting clips, creating a sequence, exporting your video

Discussion: Edit interview footage during class

Interview video:  Post production – editing (Team)

8. Video communications
9. Program Development
10. Production Planning

2/11

Tech demo: Adding credits and
Share/exporting for Apple Device 1080 x 1920

Interview video:  Production – filming client interviews (Team)

2/18

During class time: Film interviews on location

1. 3 – 5 questions per primary interviewees
2. 1 question sound bites per secondary interviewees

11. Camera Systems
12. Camera Operation

2/25

Interview video: Post-production, finish editing and post on class YouTube page and bring Apple TV files to next class (Team)

Take home test Chapters 9-15 (Individual)

13. Lighting Tools
14. Lighting Design
15. Lighting Applications

3/4

Submit: Take Home Test Chap 9-15

Present & Review: Final interview videos (submit as Apple TV file)

Discussion: Sense of place topic and teams.
Event videography

Ballston Farmers Market
Lola's Cafe
Midnight madness

During class time: Sense of Place 50 shot shooting script, and production plan

Sense of Place Video:
revised pre-production plan and 50 shot script and filming (Team)

Take home test Chapters 9-15 (Individual)

16. Recording Audio
17. Directing for Content
18. Directing for Form

3/18

During class time: film 50 shots sense of place

Sense of Place Video:
Production filming 50 shots (Team)

3/25

Present & Review: Work-in-progress Sense of Place
rough cut

In class Assignment: Sense of Place rough cut

Tech Demo: Music & Sound design

Sense of Place Video: Post-production: rough cut and shoot additional footage as needed and incorporate into rough cut (Team)

Sense of Place Video: Post-production, finish editing and post on class YouTube page and bring Apple TV files to next class (Team)

19. Editing Operations
20. Editing Principles

4/1

Present & Review: Final Sense of Place videos (submit as Apple TV file)

Discussion: Group preproduction for client Sense of Place 50 shots

Client Sense of Place: Production filming (Team)

Take home test Chapters 16-23 (Individual)

21. Digital Editing
22. Mastering Software
23. Authoring DVDs

4/8

Submit Take Home Test Chap 16-23: Gailhac G106 Office door

During class time: Film Sense of Place 50 shots on location

Client Sense of Place: Production filming (Team)

4/15

Present & Review: Work-in-progress client Sense of Place
rough cut

In class Assignment: Client Sense of Place rough cut

Client Sense of Place Video: Post-production, editing fine cut

4/22

No class Student Research Conference

5/6

Scheduled Final Exam: 11:00 - 1:30

Screening of final Combined Client Sense of Place and Interviews

Submit: Apple TV 1080 x 1920 files and Uploaded to YouTube site