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Video and Sound Production - Lecturers and Exercises

28/8/2023 Week 1 - 27/11/2023 Week 14
Ng Jia Ern 0363033
Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Lecturers and Exercises



LECTURES

Week 1
Mr Martin gave us a briefing for our module. 

Week 2
The lecturer discussed different shot sizes, camera angles, dynamic screen direction, and the 180° degree rule screen direction.

Week 3
Story & Plot:
Story = What happened?
Plot  =  Why they happen? And how?

3-ACT Structure
Beginning: 
Setup/introduction of a story
Middle: 
Confrontation of a problem 
End: 
Resolution of problems


Week 4
Mise En Scène
It refers to what we see onscreen; its visuals; meaning, all of the elements that appear on camera and their arrangement.
Everything in the frame can carry meaning.
Include:
  1. Composition
  2. Set Design 
  3. Lighting 
  4. Costume and Props 
  5. Depth of Space


Week 6
Colour Correction
The process where every individual clip of a video footage is altered to match color temperature of multiple shots to a consistent technical standard of appearance. 



Week 7
Sound Shaping with EQ
We learned how to shape a normal voice into different effects using the parametric equalizer, and reverb in Adobe Audition.




INSTRUCTION

Week 1 
In-class Editing Exercise 1
1. Download footage: 
"mints" footage
2. Create NEW Premiere Pro Project
3. Import footage into Premiere Pro
4. Arrange shots on timeline with proper order
5. Export video

FINAL VIDEO
"Mints" advertisement editing practice




Editing Exercise 2 (Independent Learning)
"Doritos" footage
2. Create a NEW Premiere Pro Project
3. Import footage into Premiere Pro
4. Arrange shots on the timeline with proper order
5. Export video

Progress of editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

FINAL VIDEO:

"Doritos" advertisement editing practice


Week 2 In-class Shooting and Editing Exercise

Shooting Exercise: Framing
We are divided into groups of two for the framing exercise. We are to film our partners in different shots listed by Mr Martin as a shooting exercise.

The eight shots are as follows:
- Low-angle wide shot
- Frontal MCU (soft background)
- Frontal MS (soft background)
- Extreme close-up shot
- Side angle MS (soft background)
- 3/4 angling MCU shot (with blurry/soft background)
- CU shot
-Eye-level medium wide shot


FINAL VIDEO


Premiere Pro Editing Exercise 1 “Lalin”
We were tasked to edit a video with provided footage filmed by our seniors that is not finely edited according to the story of the original video Lalin, following the tutorial video by Mr Martin. The duration of the final edited video should be 35 seconds sharp.

Edited "Lalin" Video


Notes:
- Use the Editing workspace
- Trim footage: Mark in (I), Mark out (O)
- To make the character disappears (Scene 1 shot 6A & 6B): Shorten shot 6B → overwrite shot 6A → apply the Cross Dissolve effect

Week 3
3-act structure exercise
After watching the short film, we should differentiate between Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3, as well as Plot 1 and Plot 2, and then write down in the template provided by Mr Martin.

Video viewing 1: Guang 


Act 1

Wen Guang fails his first interview because his attraction is distracted by the glass cups.

Plot point 1

Wen Guang’s brother asks him to go to Phoenix Plaza to interview.

Act 2

He tells the food seller again the glass he wants to find, showing that he has been collecting glasses for a long time.

Plot point 2

He finds the glass he wants but he forgets to go to the

interview. His brother was mad at  him when he forgot

about the interview

Climax 

The autistic brother played a piece of nice music with all the collected glass for the first time, and he really enjoyed it.

Act 3

Happy ending, with Wen Guang smiles when he successfully collects all the glasses he wants.


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REFLECTION

Experience
Observation
Findings
I found that the footage uses many different kinds of shooting angles and shot sizes to express the content, through this method, audiences will be more focused on what they want to tell.

Haiya the first exercise "mints" advertisement editing practice is too easy peasy lah. The sequence of footage is already arranged properly, just import all and export to mp4 only, no need to use brain. But when comes to the second editing exercise which is "Doritos" advertisement, the original sequence is very very confusing, but it is very fun, feel like rearranging words into a sentence when I was in kindergarten, but is video clip version. The advertisement is interesting, the scream when the baby flies out is very funny hahahaha, and when editing it, need to listen so many times the ahhhhh XD.

8 Shot shooting exercise:
This assignment was a lot of fun, and I decided to put what I learned into practice right after the class while the concepts were fresh in my mind. It enhanced my understanding of framing. Although I was a bit hesitant at first to shoot in public because there were so many people passing by, I eventually went for it. I also tried to incorporate some actions between shots with different framings, like pushing up my glasses at the end of one shot and starting the next shot with the same action. When these shots were edited together, it created a smoother transition without abrupt scene cuts.

The Lalin editing most challenging part is how to cut into 35 seconds. The original footage is a bit long when just cut away the "action" in the beginning and end, so need to give up some scenes to fit in.

Using a 3-act structure in a short film makes the video interesting, it can clearly establish the background and captivate the audience to keep them engaged. But sometimes the plot hard to find, and people have varying perspectives on films, and their interpretations of the plot may differ. Hence, there is no standard answer for the 3-act structure.
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