Hello and welcome back from Quebec! I hope that you all had a great trip. Can you believe that there is only 7 classes left! Today I'll post a calendar in the class for you to understand how all of these 7 classes will count. Also note that if you're going to be away, you'll need to catch-up. There are 2 long lunches where I will open up the lab downstairs for you to get caught up on any work that you need to finish.
Your challenge is the following:
You will film a short approx. 1 minute video of yourself doing a mundane
everyday school task, i.e. walking to your locker and opening it,
studying for a test, working on a computer, signing a book out of the
library. At some point in the scene you will drift off into your
imagination and imagine what you WISH you were doing. This will be a new
clip of something much more exciting! Perhaps you are talking on the
phone to your friends, playing outside in the snow, playing your
favourite computer game, etc. Don't do anything that you think you would
get in trouble for and you must run your idea by me before you do
it-remember I'm going to see your video anyways! For this section you do
not need to worry about the audio as we will be adding in on our own
for this point. Then you will transition back to finishing your mundane
task and wrap up your video.
Once you are finished filming your video, you can begin the editing
process. Remember that in order to save your in-progress iMovie file you
MUST be on your personal account. If you know that you won't finish
your edits today (which I doubt any of you will) don't start it on
guest.
For an FYI, here is a great clip on what you need to know about audio in
iMovie. Even thought it says "basics" it is very comprehensive.
iMovie 11 Audio Tutorial
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
May 20th
Today we are going to be editing our video clips with audio. If you used the Guest account to create your last iMovie project, then go to aristotle and open up your video again in iMovie. From there I will give you a demo on how to:
1. detach your audio
2. add in sound effects
3. ducking, etc.
4. how to edit a clip in Garage band.
While you are waiting for this tutorial I will be working with the inDesign people. Please work quitely at finishing the tutorial from last class if you are not done. If you are finished please read the article below and answer the questions on your blog.
Videography vs Cinematography
1. Before reading the article, what did you think was the difference between the two? Have you heard of both of these terms?
2. Do you agree with the opinion in this article? Why or why not?
3. To summarize, what is the difference between videography vs cinematography?
AFTER THE TUTORIAL
Please work on editing audio in your video. You must have a background sound track (that was clipped in garage band) and at least one sound effect. Think about your placement of the background track, i.e. in titles, credits, etc. You can have the rest of the class to create an audio video with your video of the doorway scene. When you are done please upload it to youtube and send me the link.
1. detach your audio
2. add in sound effects
3. ducking, etc.
4. how to edit a clip in Garage band.
While you are waiting for this tutorial I will be working with the inDesign people. Please work quitely at finishing the tutorial from last class if you are not done. If you are finished please read the article below and answer the questions on your blog.
Videography vs Cinematography
1. Before reading the article, what did you think was the difference between the two? Have you heard of both of these terms?
2. Do you agree with the opinion in this article? Why or why not?
3. To summarize, what is the difference between videography vs cinematography?
AFTER THE TUTORIAL
Please work on editing audio in your video. You must have a background sound track (that was clipped in garage band) and at least one sound effect. Think about your placement of the background track, i.e. in titles, credits, etc. You can have the rest of the class to create an audio video with your video of the doorway scene. When you are done please upload it to youtube and send me the link.
Thursday, 15 May 2014
May 15th
Last class was our first videography class. We watched a couple videos about matched action, jump cuts, and cut aways. Today I'd like you to upload that video onto your blog and work through the following tutorial. It is time consuming but you can have the period to work on this. The questions go chronologically for the most part.
After this you will work through the following videography tutorials at your own speed. Please click on "Editing". It might seem backwards to start with editing but it actually makes sense to work backwards with videography so you know what scenes you will need before you start shooting. You can work through the tutorial and answer the following at the end. Please watch the clips that go with the tutorial. :
Tutorial
According to the blog, what is editing?
1. What is a sequence? What order should a sequence generally follow? Why?
2. What is matched action? When should you cut a shot to give it the most "invisible" type of editing possible?
3. What is a jump cut? How do you hide it?
4. What is screen direction? How do you ensure that you maintain good screen direction?
5. How can you use exit/entrances to help you match the action in a sequence?
If you finish all of the above, open your movie file back up and try playing around with the audio setting. I'll give you a brief demonstration about audio in your iMovie files, including how to detach audio from your clip and how to have multiple layers of audio and adjust the various volumes.
After this you will work through the following videography tutorials at your own speed. Please click on "Editing". It might seem backwards to start with editing but it actually makes sense to work backwards with videography so you know what scenes you will need before you start shooting. You can work through the tutorial and answer the following at the end. Please watch the clips that go with the tutorial. :
Tutorial
According to the blog, what is editing?
1. What is a sequence? What order should a sequence generally follow? Why?
2. What is matched action? When should you cut a shot to give it the most "invisible" type of editing possible?
3. What is a jump cut? How do you hide it?
4. What is screen direction? How do you ensure that you maintain good screen direction?
5. How can you use exit/entrances to help you match the action in a sequence?
If you finish all of the above, open your movie file back up and try playing around with the audio setting. I'll give you a brief demonstration about audio in your iMovie files, including how to detach audio from your clip and how to have multiple layers of audio and adjust the various volumes.
Friday, 9 May 2014
May 9th
Hello all!
If you need a little extra time for your brochure you can take the first 15-20 minutes to do that.
It's such a beautiful day out that it would be a shame to waste it all inside! We are going to go outside as a class with the cameras and take some photos around the area (and NOT disturb any gym classes) . You'll need to share a camera with 1 or 2 other people. After that we will come back in and we will do some editing in photoshop (there should be enough that we all get our own computer with photoshop). I'll show you the basic workflow for enhancing your photos, and a few other helpful photo editing tips that you can use. When you are done you can upload them to the blog.
Happy Friday!
If you need a little extra time for your brochure you can take the first 15-20 minutes to do that.
It's such a beautiful day out that it would be a shame to waste it all inside! We are going to go outside as a class with the cameras and take some photos around the area (and NOT disturb any gym classes) . You'll need to share a camera with 1 or 2 other people. After that we will come back in and we will do some editing in photoshop (there should be enough that we all get our own computer with photoshop). I'll show you the basic workflow for enhancing your photos, and a few other helpful photo editing tips that you can use. When you are done you can upload them to the blog.
Happy Friday!
Thursday, 8 May 2014
May 8th
Today I am going to conference with you one on one and give you feedback about your indesign brochure. You will then have time to make the changes to your brochure. If you are waiting for a conference, then keep working on your brochure to make it better.
If you happen to finish all of this, you can work on any old blog posts that you have missed (I'm specifically thinking about the video post about design and the questions that went with it).
If you finish all of the above, then you can have some free time on photoshop.
If you happen to finish all of this, you can work on any old blog posts that you have missed (I'm specifically thinking about the video post about design and the questions that went with it).
If you finish all of the above, then you can have some free time on photoshop.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
May 6th
Hello inDesign people!
Today you will have the period to finish your brochure. Please use this time wisely and ask me for help if needed. It will be due at the end of class today.
Today you will have the period to finish your brochure. Please use this time wisely and ask me for help if needed. It will be due at the end of class today.
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