Advanced Camera and Editing Timetable Fall 2017
Class meets Fridays 9am until 11:30am
(subject to revision)
Week 1- 1 September
Introduction - What are we doing this semester?
Equipment Overview - it will be important for everyone to know what belongs in the equipment bags, how to pack them, how to check them out. Go over equipment policies.
E-Portfolios - you will need to make sure you have an e-portfolio set up by next week
Intro to Cameras
- Tripod operation
- Focus
- Aperture, Exposure, and Depth of Field (bokeh and contre jour)
- Steadying the Camera
- Types of Shots – importance of the close-up
- Rule of Thirds
- Finding depth - how to make a good shot more interesting
Guest Visit: CMCI Media Studies Professor Andrew Calabrese - will chat about his documentary project about alternative agriculture. Students in the class will assist shooting interviews and collecting b-roll
Assignment #1: Practice Compositions - use your mobile phone camera to get 10 shots of objects around you, each with a different composition. Choose one of your best shots to show in class next week. Due Friday 8 September
Assignment #2: Come up with unique ways to move the camera. Use your mobile phone camera and record 5 shots up to 10 seconds each. Show in class next week. Due Friday 8 September
Assignment #3: For class next Friday, come up with a news package you found online and provide a link. Evaluate the package in a 2-page written critique and discuss in class next week. Due Friday 8 September
Make appointments for individual meetings
Reading Assignments:
Photography
Chapter 1 - Types of Shots
Chapter 2 - Contrast & Affinity
Chapter 3 - Rule of Thirds
Chapter 4 - Shooting Sequences
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Week 2 – 8 September
Quiz #1 - Based on readings - promptly at 9am
Go over camera assignments that were given last week
Presentations - Review news packages that you found
More on using the camera - Choosing the Right Shots
Sequences - how to improve your video storytelling
Natural Transitions
Microphone operation
Shooting Interviews - (more on microphone operation)
Light Kit operation - Three-point Lighting
Assignment #4: Edit "In Camera" - Use a camera assigned in this class find a subject and shoot it in the order that the shots might appear in the final edit. Due Friday, 15 SeptemberAssignment #5: Leading the Eye - Use a camera assigned in this class to compose 3 scenes where objects in the scene lead the eye toward a specific object. Due Friday, 15 September
Reading Assignments:
Photography
Chapter 5 - Camera Movement
Chapter 6 - Depth of Field
Chapter 7 - Shooting Stand-ups & Interviews
Chapter 8 - Lighting
Editing
Chapter 1 - Editing Aesthetics
Chapter 2 - Editing Guidelines
Chapter 3 - Rules of Editing
Chapter 4 - The Editing Process
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Week 3 – 15 September
Quiz #2 - based on readings assigned last Friday
Using the Osmo and the Ronin
Production Proposals and Developing the Story
Discuss Mini-Documentary Assignment - Due 8 December
Adobe Premiere Workflow - for this part of the class we'll meet in the lab for a refresher and talk about Fast Package Editing.
Creating graphics in Premiere
Understanding Keyframes
Reading Assignments:
Photography
Chapter 9 - Backpack Journalism
Editing
Chapter 5 - The Shot
Chapter 6 - The Sequence_
Chapter 7 - Pacing & Rhythm
Chapter 8 - Types of Edits
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Week 4 – 22 September
Quiz #3 - based on readings assigned last Friday
After Effects - The Basics - we'll meet in the Edit Lab and devote class to lessons
Assignment #6: After Effects Shapes Exercise - you want to put the exercise in your e-portfolio - due next Friday, 29 September
Reading Assignments:
Developing the Story
Chapter 1 - Finding Your Story
Chapter 9 - Common Editing Mistakes
Chapter 10 - Editing in Early Cinema
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Week 5 – 29 September
Quiz #4 - based on readings assigned last Friday
Assignment Due: After Effects Shapes exercise - you want to put the exercise in your e-portfolio
Early Editing in Cinema
More on After Effects - basics - we'll transfer to the Edit Lab and devote the remainder of class to lessons
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Week 6 – 6 October
Psychology of Colours
Colour Correction in Premiere
Speed Grade introduction
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Week 7 – 13 October
After Effects - Using Masks, Creating Lower Thirds, Using Null Objects, Bouncing Ball
Assignment #7: After Effects Bouncing Ball Exercise - due Friday, 20 October
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Week 8 – 20 October
Assignment Due: After Effects Bouncing Ball exercise - you want to put the exercise in your e-portfolio
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Week 9 – 27 October
After Effects - Creating a Slide Show
Assignment #8: After Effects: Create a Slide Show - due Friday 3 November
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Week 10 – 3 November
Assignment Due: After Effects Slide Show Exercise - make sure this is loaded in your e-portfolio
After Effects - Using the Camera Tracker
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Week 11 – 10 November
MIDTERM - exam is cumulative, and covers camera operation
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Week 12 – 17 November
Edit Day - work on rough cut to your feature package____________________________________________________________________________________________
Week 13 – No class - Fall Break!
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Week 14 – 1 December
Edit Day - work on final cut to your feature package
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Week 15 – 8 December - Last day of class
Mini-Documentary Assignment due - class screenings
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