points: 100
Assigned: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Due: Wednesday, December 2, 2020, by 10 pm
USE YOUR D7500 IF YOU HAVE IT, OR YOUR SMARTPHONE
YOU WILL NEED A SECOND SMARTPHONE AS YOUR MICROPHONE
A Person and their Sound
Goal – This is an introduction to shooting video. The goal with all these skills is to make you a better storyteller. In this case we will focus on a number of video skills, but remember to make it interesting as well!
You need to find a person  – to interview and document. Avoid family and friends, but it can be a friend of a friend, or a teacher or business owner or activist.
The INTERVIEW should be specific. Find a narrow angle to focus on. It could obviously be how their life is different now, but it doesn’t have to be. Even then, what has changed in THEIR life. Get them to describe a scene, and tell us how they feel.
There needs to be some ACTION to shoot along with the INTERVIEW
Your subject should be doing something real, not just pretending for the camera. DON’T shoot someone standing around playing a guitar – get them during a real rehearsal or performance for example. Make time for this. Plan ahead to get them doing what they do in the most interesting way possible.
Shoot wide, medium and tight, of everything they do, so you can create sequences of action, not just single shots that jump to the next shot.
The challenge is your options are limited. How can you be creative and make a video people will care to listen to?
- All video should be HORIZONTAL. No vertical video
- For class, create a Premiere Project as we discussed in class and explained in the handouts.
- Edit your video – 60 seconds MAXIMUM (it can be shorter, but NOT longer)
- Your video MUST have a title, lower third(s) and credit and should include the name of your subject(s) and the date you recorded their interview
- Export your video using the H.264 Vimeo HD preset (see the handouts or ask)
- Upload to Box (Your entire project folder)
- REMEMBER –
Set up your project folder properly and set the scratch disks FIRST. Anything not in your folder and saved to your external harddrive or computer) will be lost when the lab computers reboot overnight.
NAME YOUR PROJECT AND EXPORTED MOVIE: DATE_YOURNAME_SOUND
ex: 20111130_YourName_blacksmith
UPLOAD THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO BOX
I should be able to open the Premiere file and edit your video
You will be graded on:
- Quality of the audio
- Is the interview shot in a well-lit location and well-composed
- Is the b-roll properly exposed, in focus, well-composed
- Is the story interesting!!
- Your video should include a Title or lower thirds (the name of anyone who speaks in your video placed on the video) along with your credit and the date of the interview
EXPORT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Once you’ve finished your video, you MUST export your project as a movie file. You will turn in the movie file NOT your Premiere project. I ONLY need your movie file.
Click on the Timeline
Select File>Export >Media
You’ll see the window below
Set the settings for:
Format: H.264
Preset: Vimeo 1080
Click the blue next to Output Name and name your movie, and save it into your project folder.
Click ‘Export’
Once the video has finished exporting, it should be wherever you saved it. Play the video, make sure it plays properly, beginning to end.
- Is there audio?
- Does the movie start and stop at the right place?
- any goofs you need to fix?
- If there are mistakes, you’ll need to fix them in Premiere and export all over again
- If everything is ok, put the video file in the dropbox on the server and you’re done!