Video and Sound Production: Exercises

28/03/2022 - 03/04/2022 (Week 1)
Evaleez Voo Lian Yun / 0350275
Video and Sound Production/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Exercises

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Lectures

Week 2: Framing & Storyboard

Earliest Cinema

Cinema technique is all about manipulating shots and sequence that isolating part of it to look at and in what order to see them.

Cinematography

• Motion picture/Film/Video is made up of many shots. 
• Each shot requires placing the camera in the best position for that particular moment in the narrative. 
• Shot is continuous view shot by one camera without interruption

• Sequence is a series of scenes, or shots, complete in itself. 

• A scene may consist of a series of shots or sequences depicting a continuous event.

• Scene defines the place or setting where the action is laid.

Shot Size

The shot size determines how large the area that's visible within the frame.

• Extreme Wide Shot
• Wide Shot
• Medium Wide Shot
• Medium Shot
• Medium Close-up Shot
• Close-up Shot
• Extreme Close-up Shot

Wide Shot

• Includes entire subject and important objects in the immediate surroundings
• If used in the beginning, often called "Establishing Shot".

Medium Shot

• Shows subject that are important to understanding
• From the person waist up
• Hands and lower half of body fall outside of the frame.

Medium Close-up Shot

• Between waist & shoulders to above his head

Over the Shoulder Shot

• Shows subject from behind the shoulder of another person.

Extreme Wide Shot

• Shows broad view of the surroundings around the character
• Conveys scale, distance, geographical location
• Show character's environment

Medium Wide Shot

• Character usually cut off across the legs/ below the knees
• Show physical setting where the action is taking place.

Close-up Shot

• Isolate most important part of the subject.
• Head, small object, etc.
• Emphasizes facial expression & details of the subject.

Extreme Close-up Shot

• Magnifies detail
• To increase drama/ impact on the situation
• Allow the viewer to see necessart picture information more clearly.

Week 3: Storytelling in Film

Story Structure

3 - Act Structure

1. Beginning - Setup/ Introduction of a story

2. Middle - Confrontation of a problem

3. End - Resolution of problems

Plot Point 1: "The plot thickens"

• The "inciting incident".
• Turn the story in a new direction
• Set up what Act 2 is going to be
• Raise the stakes
• Reminder of the narrative enigma, presents the possibility of a different outcome

Plot Point 2: "The longest mile"

• The "Climatic Turning Point"
• Protagonist's quest reaches a critical mass
• Possible solution is presented
• Biggest cliffhanger: Will the protagonist win or lose?

Week 3: Film Sound

Sound Elements

The mixing of sound elements below creates an audio setting that supports the action and engages the spectators:

1. Speech

• Dialogue/ Voice Over
• One of the most important tools for understanding the story of the film

2. Sound effects

• Ambience
• Background noise present at given scene/ location
• Hard of "cut" effects
• Sliding door opening and closing
• Foot steps
• Train moving on tracks

3. Music

• To enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact

Dubbing

• Autmoated Dialogue Replacement (ADR)
• Re-recording dialogue after the filming process
• To improve audio quality/ reflect dialogue changes

Foley

• Sound effect technique for synchronous effects/ live effects

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Instructions

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Task

Exercise 1: Mints Video

For this practice, Mr Martin started off by introducing us to premier pro and its interface. Afterwards we were given a folder containing cropped videos for us to stitch together in the software.

Fig x.x Week 1 Exercise 1

After importing the cut up videos into the project, I exported it through premier pro in .mp4. Final video:

Exercise 2: Doritos

For this exercise, we were given a set of videos which were cut off into small bits and randomly arranged in a folder. From there we had to connect the video from start to finish to recreate the Doritos ad. Final Output:

Note: 

Audio editing exercises are in Project 1.

Shooting & editing exercises are in Project 2.