Today’s Plan:
- Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book Lesson #5
- Work List #3: How To video
- Watch Work List #2
- Homework
Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book Lesson #5
I’ve pushed the due date on Lesson 5 back (once again) until Monday. Your mission this weekend is to figure out how to get this done (how to access the lesson files, download them to an editable place like a flash drive, import them into Adobe, etc). As those who have completed the assignment can testify, managing the lesson files is significantly more challenging than actually completing the lesson.
Take a screenshot after you complete Creating Subclips and again after the Insert Edit.
Work List #3: How To video
We’ll spend next week working on the third Work List video, this one a quick How To video. You should pick something that you know how to do (duh). This can be virtually anything–though it helps if it is more of a physical demonstration than a computer one (that is, you can screen record stuff, but teaching us how to shoot a free throw tends to work better).
As I indicate in the HW below, I don’t expect you will get started on this until after next Wednesday’s class. I want to talk about basic sequences, blocking, and watch a few examples early next week. I simply want you to be thinking about this one over the weekend.
Watch Work List #2 videos
Let’s review the notes on Composition from Schroeppel chapter two.
I asked you to read Schroeppel’s chapter 2, “Basic Composition.” Here’s the sections of the camera:
- Use a Tripod (“camera jiggle… destroy[s] the illusion that they’re seeing the real thing”).
- Rule of Thirds
- Balance – Leading Looks (“head room”)
- Balance – Masses
- Balance – Colors (“the brighest area is also the area you want the viewers to look at first” pg 34)
- Angles (“To give the illusion of depth, we show things at an angle, so we can at least see two sides”)
- Shooting downward, makes things seem less important
- Shooting upward, makes things seem more important
- Frames within the Frame
- Leading lines (use “lines” in background to direct view attention to the main subject)
- Backgrounds (do not allow backgrounds to distract from subject
- Backgrounds that penetrate the subject
- Busy backgrounds
- Photo bombing (distracting motion in the background)
Generating a Rubric
Here’s the rubric we brainstormed last year:
- Is there camera jiggle?
- Are shots framed using the rule of thirds?
- Is there space in front of faces (head room)?
- Do shots consider:
- Weight?
- Contrast (brightness?)
- Angled / provide depth?
- Lines lead into subject?
- Potentially framed?
- Contain backgrounds free from distractions?
Our goal for the next few weeks is to think about becoming deliberate when lining up a shot. Think of lining up a shot like painting a landscape. When it comes to videography, a lot of the work is learning to think in shots, to aim the camera with thoughtful purpose. The list above covers some of the fundamental things you should be thinking about before you hit play.
Homework
Three things this weekend:
- First, Adobe Lesson #5
- Second, read Schroeppel chapter 3, Basic Sequence. I will ask you to shoot a 3 shot basic sequence in class on Monday (closed book).
- Third, brainstorm your How To video. In Wednesday’s class, I’m going to have you storyboard (essentially outline) your How To. In preparation, I’m going to ask you to post written steps for your How To to Canvas before Wednesday’s class. You can get started on that now.
