- Matched action
- Jump cuts
- Pans and zooms
- Steady shot, why it’s important
- Tripods
- Mics - shotgun, lavs and sticks
- Rollback
- Holding your shot
- Audio - getting it, setting it, why it’s important
- Long, medium and close-up shots
- Cover shots, B-roll
- Framing
- Interviewing techniques
- Benefits/downsides to amateur video
- Active interviews
- 10 second minimum
- Connecting/transitional shots
- Care of tapes
- Time code
- Autolock
- Autofocus - modes and when to use each
- Exposure and backlight
- Tags and folksonomy
- RSS
- FTP
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Quiz Time
The quiz will be in a short-answer format, probably 10-15 questions drawn from the following areas:
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Prof, I have gone through my notes and skimmed over our readings again and I am still not sure about some of the material such as: Why a steady shot is so important for the web (I forgot, I should just know this), what do you mean by setting audio, the interviewing techniques, benefits/downsides to amateur video (user interaction/ quality?), I know time code is code on the video tape but I'm not sure if that is what you would want us to know, what we should know about autolock, care of tape (because they are reusable and cost around $7 a pop), what about exposure and backlight should we know other than its importance to quality. Wow, I promise that I have read and I listen and take notes. You said if we had any questions get them up before 8 p.m. and I just need some (clarity) on most of this stuff. Thanks- Jim Diffly
Steadiness is more important on the web because of the way online video is delivered. Instead of each frame being “new” like a television signal, online videos will only update the part of a frame that has changed. A lot of changes (from unsteady shooting) will cause a jerkiness and delivery problem. An unsteady shot will also look amateurish.
Setting audio - using the automatic leveling is dangerous because it can result in audio “flicker.” You should set levels manually whenever you can, getting the audio to peak out between -20 and -10 db on the VU meter.
Interviewing techniques is about asking questions that will produce usable audio instead of one-word answers.
Amateur video tends to have shaky video and bad audio. While it can be used when nothing else is available from a breaking news scene, news sites should be producing high quality videos - that’s what their audience expects.
Time code is just the fourth track on a tape that tells the deck or editing software where it is in relation to the “start” of the footage. Because the machines/software use time code to establish start and finish points, “breaks” in the code near in and out points could cause the machine to get lost. (Think of it like sprockets on a bike chain - if you have two pivot points with no opening between them, the chain will get thrown.)
Autolock will lock down everything except audio and focus - exposure and white balance will be set to automatic. Good when you need to send an under-experience colleague out the door.
Tapes - should stay in the case or the camera as dust, dirt and humidity can cause digital “hits” during recording and playback.
The backlight button will help overcome a mildly brighter background in relation to your subject, but it won’t handle a window or bright sun situation. For that, or other high contrast scenes, hit the exposure button and use the rocker switch next to it to brighten or darken the image.
Better to ask then to scratch your head too much.
-mej
Prof, I am getting it. You explain everything very clearly in class but my memory is a little shallow. Getting out there and utilizing these tools is the key for me. But awesome word drop too, amateurish, nice.
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