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Concordia : Development : video production notes

BASIC CONCEPTS - HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

Tripod

  • what it is for
  • parts
  • how to use it
    • take off plate
    • attach camera
    • balance / set legs
    • XYZ

Camera

  • storage media
  • file format
  • recording format
  • playback
  • transfer / capture
  • battery
  • menu interface
  • sound input
  • image settings
    • white balance
    • focus
    • gain / iso
    • shutter speed
    • exposure / iris
    • zoom

Editing Interface

  • zoom in / out timeline (- / +)
  • arrange panels
  • names of panels
  • names of icons (eg red 'trim' icon)
  • insert edit / overwrite edit

TERMINOLOGY - VIDEO DICTIONARY

VIDEO DICTIONARY WEBSITE - https://sites.google.com/view/videodictionary-imca210-2214-a

  • 1:1
  • 3:2
  • 4:3
  • 4K
  • 5.1
  • 5:4
  • 9:16
  • 16:9
  • 3-point lighting
  • advc
  • alpha channel
  • analogue video
  • aspect ratio
  • bars and Tone
  • blending mode / composite mode
  • bnc
  • codec
  • composite video
  • compression
  • colour temperature
  • crop
  • cut
  • depth of Field
  • digital video
  • digitise
  • dissolve
  • exposure
  • f-stop
  • hdmi
  • histogram
  • interlacing
  • iris
  • kelvin
  • key
  • mask
  • mini dv
  • opacity
  • peaking
  • resolution
  • rgb
  • shutter
  • shutter speed
  • slug
  • stereo
  • stop-motion
  • time-lapse
  • transition
  • white balance
  • zebras
  • zoom

TECH TESTS

Tripod - Manfrotto fluid head

  • note plate is larger than normal

Camera - Sony XDCAM 4K - PXW Z90V

  • 4 of these in depot
  • broadcast level
  • slow and quick - slow motion
  • SD cards - come with the camera
    • 128gb & 64 GB
    • class 10 / U3 SDXC 2 - G
  • formats:
    • QFAHD - the 4k one!
    • AVCHD
    • XAVC L HD - pro / recommended - best codec > makes .xmf format
      • supported in Premiere
  • Compression > Adober Media Encoder

Get students in the edt suite!

  • Storage - hard drive - depot will format it for

Camera - Sony XDCAM - FDR AX100 - 4K

  • 3 of these in depot
  • Consumer model
    • no XLR sound
      • optional hotshoe > stereo mic (though becomes automatic)
    • 1 SD card buy - 64GB
    • all touchscreen
    • not as goodin low light
    • has a night shot
  • formats:
    • AVCHD
    • XAVC S HD - p

Canon 60D

  • 4 of these in depot

Sony PD 150

  • 3 / 4 of these in depot

Chris Notes

  • La Jetée - watch - then brief, make a 1 minte film using only still images.
  • Talk about a film sequence you really like - camera, sound, editing
  • get them to talk about a film sequence they really like
  • Coulour as mood
  • Swede a film / copy a shot
  • bestow an object with meaning
  • people leavinfg the factory
  • Film a room - dont show person, only voice - “b roll brief” 1 minute

IDEAS

  • Tango - Zbiniev Rybinsky
  • Infinity film
  • Twitter film - Sam
  • muybridge horse in motion

IMCA tutorials

Cameras / optics

Cameras - technical

Sony PXW-Z90

Sony AX-100 - 4K / HD

  • FIXME - none

JVC GY-HM100u ProHD

  • FIXME - none

Sanyo XACTI VPC-FH1

  • FIXME - none

Canon 60D DSLR

Canon EOS Rebel T2i & T3i

  • FIXME - no resources

Tripods & Camera Mounts

Manfrotto fluid head

manfrotto magic arm

DJI Osmo Mobile 3 mobile gimball

Sound - recorders

ZOOM H6 recorder

ZOOM H4N PRO

  • FIXME - no resources

ZOOM H4N

  • FIXME - no resources

ZOOM H1

  • FIXME - no resources

ZOOM H1N

  • FIXME - no resources

SOUND DEVICES 722 - Field Recorder

  • FIXME - no resources

Sound - microphones

Wireless sennheiser

  • FIXME - more specialised tutorial showing settings & distance?
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