This is my groups version of the Teenage Dirtbag video by Wheatus. Here is a link for the original video on Google Documents.
When making this video, I learnt a lot about how to use the camera and about successfully putting together the scenes to make up the video. We were shown what buttons to use to change the light and contrast on the camera and how to zoom in and out. We were also shown how helpful using clapper boards are as when it came to editing the video we were sure on where each scene needed to go. This is something we will be using in shooting for our final video.
Doing this preliminary short video also taught us some skills about how to use the editing equipment on the Macbooks. We were taught basic skills such as how to cut out takes we didn't want to use and then other skills such as fading out a take. These are all things that we will want to know when it comes to editing our final filming.
In lesson we learnt how to correctly use the recording camera that we will be using to shoot our music videos and how to use the tripod that the camera sits on. By learning this we now know how to safely use the equipment and how to steer clear of breakages. We were shown the on/off button, how to change white balance and exposure and how to zoom in and out. We were also shown how to fix the camera onto the tripod using the screw on plates and how to adjust the tripod in height and also so that it will give the camera a different tilt and panning speed.
We also learnt how to use a shooting script. A shooting script is a version of the screenplay that is used to assist the directors, camera-workers and actors etc on how to produce the scene. The shooting script can be used to determine whether a take was successful or not and can speed up editing when used alongside a clapper board during filming which can tell you which takes are being filmed.
We were taught about:
White Balance and the 4 different settings;
- Automatic White Balance (AMB) - Which can prove unreliable
- Indoor Setting - Picture of a lightbulb
- Outdoor Setting - Picture of a sun
- Manual Setting
Exposure;
- Shutter speed - 1/12, 1/50 & 1/1000 - (This is the fastest)
How to use the controls;
When making this video, I learnt a lot about how to use the camera and about successfully putting together the scenes to make up the video. We were shown what buttons to use to change the light and contrast on the camera and how to zoom in and out. We were also shown how helpful using clapper boards are as when it came to editing the video we were sure on where each scene needed to go. This is something we will be using in shooting for our final video.
Doing this preliminary short video also taught us some skills about how to use the editing equipment on the Macbooks. We were taught basic skills such as how to cut out takes we didn't want to use and then other skills such as fading out a take. These are all things that we will want to know when it comes to editing our final filming.
In lesson we learnt how to correctly use the recording camera that we will be using to shoot our music videos and how to use the tripod that the camera sits on. By learning this we now know how to safely use the equipment and how to steer clear of breakages. We were shown the on/off button, how to change white balance and exposure and how to zoom in and out. We were also shown how to fix the camera onto the tripod using the screw on plates and how to adjust the tripod in height and also so that it will give the camera a different tilt and panning speed.
We also learnt how to use a shooting script. A shooting script is a version of the screenplay that is used to assist the directors, camera-workers and actors etc on how to produce the scene. The shooting script can be used to determine whether a take was successful or not and can speed up editing when used alongside a clapper board during filming which can tell you which takes are being filmed.
We were taught about:
White Balance and the 4 different settings;
- Automatic White Balance (AMB) - Which can prove unreliable
- Indoor Setting - Picture of a lightbulb
- Outdoor Setting - Picture of a sun
- Manual Setting
Exposure;
- Shutter speed - 1/12, 1/50 & 1/1000 - (This is the fastest)
How to use the controls;
- Press the middle button 3 times = Automatic White Balance
- Use controls to select setting
- Bottom button = Shutter Speed
We were taught how to edit our shot in Final Cut Pro and how to connect the camera to the laptop using a FIREWIRE cable. The camera connection was recognised by changing the setting to VCR/Playback. In this country, we were taught that the PAL (Phase Alternating Line) should be set to 24 frames per second. We were also taught about Scratch Disks and their use, this is te destination for all captured footage. We also learnt that we can actually control the camera via the computer through 'Device Contol'.
When editing, it was important to distinguish which shots were good enough to include in the final edit. The shots that we didn't want to use could be removed using the 'Razor' tool. An 'Assembly edit' could also be used to seperate the poor shots from the good ones.
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