Today’s Plan:
- Watch Intro Videos
- Work List #1: Intro Videos Take 2
- Some Basics in Adobe Premiere
- Homework
Watch Intro Videos
Let’s take a look at some of the contributions!
As we watch, let’s remember compositional elements I introduced last class:
- Rule of thirds and basic shot composition
- shots should be 10 seconds or less
- Whites of their eyes (faces)
- Light behind the camera, not behind the subject
- Keep the camera still, don’t shoot and move
Work List #1: Intro Video Assignment
Our first worklist project serves as a vehicle for learning Adobe Premiere’s fundamental functions. I’d like you to show us something you can do. This video will be due Monday, September 9th at midnight.
We will work out the exact requirements for this video after we have read the two Schroeppel chapters.
I want to present a relay for inspiration. Think of this video as introducing yourself as if you were a character in a movie. Be creative in your shots and sequences. This is meant as a “relay,” an inventive technique that asks you to invent something while thinking about something else. It isn’t necessarily a direct imitation, more like a spirit of innovation, what I and others have written about as “choric” invention.
Pinsky on inspiration.
Adobe Premiere
Forthcoming.
Homework
Spend five minutes writing about your idea for Intro Video Assignment.
Read Schroeppel.
