Intro to Video Production Meaning Is More Than Dialogue in Videos

Intro to Video Production Meaning is more than dialogue in videos

2 Meaning is conveyed in videos through

Visual metaphor

Audio

Editing

3 1 Visual Metaphor

4 Star Wars, 1977, Directed by George Lucas 5 Tools for Visual Metaphor

Examples include ◦ Size ◦ Composition ◦ Movement (camera and subjects) ◦ Camera angles ◦ Color ◦ Lighting ◦ Scenery And many more

6 Color

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001, Directed by Peter Jackson 7 Color

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003, Directed by Peter Jackson 8 Lighting

Up, 2008, Directed by Pete Docter 9 Lighting

Up, 2008, Directed by Pete Docter 10 Scenery

Rocky, 1976, Directed by John G. Avildsen 11 Scenery

Rocky, 1976, Directed by John G. Avildsen 12 2 Audio

13 The importance of music

14 The importance of music

15 Music can change a scene

16 Sound Effects Make a Difference as Well

17 Sound Effects Make a Difference as Well

18 Creative Commons Resources

19 Creative Commons (creativecommons.org)

Attribution Share Alike Must attribute the Derivatives must use author/creator same or compatible license

Noncommercial No derivative works Cannot be used for Can only be shared commercial purposes unaltered

20 Music and Sound Effects

◦ Free Music Archive (freemusicarchive.org) ◦ Jamendo (jamendo.com/start) ◦ IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page) ▫ Example ◦ Freesound (freesound.org) - includes sound effects ◦ Musopen (musopen.org) ◦ ccMixter (ccmixter.org) ◦ Internet Archive (archive.org/details/netlabels) 21 Videos

◦ YouTube search ◦ Archive.org (archive.org/details/stock_footage) ◦ NASA (nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html) ◦ Hubble Space telescope (spacetelescope.org/videos/) ◦ Coverr (coverr.co) ◦ Public Domain Movies (publicdomainflix.com)

22 3 Editing

23 Transitioning Scenes with Editing

Star Wars, 1977, Directed by George Lucas 24 Editing can change the emotion of a scene

25 Reaction Shot

Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993, Directed by Chris Columbus 26 Selecting a camera

There are many different options available, including smartphones.

The most important specs to look at are: ● Resolution ● Frame rate

27 Video Resolution

1080p is higher quality than 1080i 28 Video Resolution

29 Video Frame Rate

24fps 30fps 60fps ◦ Standard for ◦ Used on TV, ◦ Used in video almost all particularly games, slow movies sports motion videos ◦ More ◦ Slightly less ◦ Much less cinematic cinematic cinematic ◦ Less realistic ◦ More realistic ◦ Most realistic

fps = frames per second 30 Video Frame Rate

31 Free video editors

OpenShot Pros: Cons: ● No paid version, ● Not as many all features are features as more available for free advanced video ● Contains all editors features needed ● Video and audio for a basic video can be difficult project to distinguish in the timeline

openshot.org Available for: Windows, Mac

32 Free video editors

Shotcut Pros: Cons: ● No paid version, ● Not as many all features are features as more available for free advanced video ● Contains all editors features needed ● Some tasks can for a basic video take some time project to figure out

shotcut.org Available for: Windows, Mac

33 Free video editors

KineMaster Pros: Limits to free version: ● Very accessible ● Includes and easy to add watermark in video filmed with final export phone ● Has numerous features to enhance videos

kinemaster.com Available for: iOS, Android

34 Free video editors

WeVideo Pros: Limits to free version: ● Runs in a ● Limited to five browser, so it can minute exports be used on per month Chromebooks ● Can only store ● Includes free up to 1GB of version assets ● Max export resolution is 480

wevideo.com Available for: Windows, Mac, Chromebook

35 Free video editors

Media Composer First Pros: Cons: ● Most professional ● Takes awhile to of all free editor install software ● Requires free ● Contains account numerous ● Steep learning features and few curve limitations in free ● Minimum of four version video tracks and ● Commercial eight audio version is the tracks dominant video ● Strict system editor software requirements used in film and TV

avid.com/media-composer-first Available for: Windows, Mac

36 Others

◦ LiVES (lives-video.com) ◦ Kdenlive (kdenlive.org) ◦ iMovie (comes with Mac OS) ◦ Video Editor (comes with Windows 10)