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Getting
Started
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"Getting Your Digital Video project Started"
John Woods, Tower Hamlets ICT Advisor
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Storyboards
Start by teaching the pupils how to storyboard their
film.
See an example storyboard
Open a blank storyboard
to print
Take some stills or scans of the storyboards as they can often be incorporated
into the finished films to good effect. It is useful to have a discussion
about composition at this stage: what do we want the
viewers to be looking at and how are we going to ensure that they are?
As your project progresses make sure you back up your
film either by exporting it back to a labelled DV tape in
the camera or by saving it to a back up disk. Film projects
are frequently deleted from hard drives because they take
up so much room!
Wherever possible have footage from more than one
angle and mix up long shots and close ups. This
will allow the pace of the editing to be determined by you
rather than by the material in the shot.
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Rhythm
You can establish rhythms in your editing e.g. long shot,
long shot, close up, long shot, long shot, close up etc. As is the case
with rhythm in poetry or music this will allow you to determine the emphasis. |
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Tone
As you come to edit each mastershot think carefully about the tone you
want to set for the scene and then add music, voice over, transitions,
titles and so on to achieve that effect. Again you can use patterns in
the framing, use of colour, movement, camera movement and sound to establish
connections and emphasise particular elements inside (or outside) the frame. |
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Further Reading
For a really good introduction to the medium of film read
"Film Art" by Bordwell and Thompson
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Useful Websites
The following websites might also prove useful:
Short courses in various aspects of DV making
http://www.shortcourses.com/using/index.htm
Selecting the correct compression routines etc
http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/dv-entertainment/articles/video_format.jsp
Why record TV to the computer
http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/dv-entertainment/articles/record_TVonPC.jsp
BBC article on digital video in the classroom etc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2482341.stm
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