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Day 1 Material Pt 1: Basic Camera Functions Pt 2: Simple Types of Shots Pt 3: Standard Framing Practices Day 1 Material

RATE YOUR KNOWLDEGE On a scale of 1-10, rate what you know about these: White balance 2 Shot Over the shoulder shot Headroom Look space Closure Define the ones you know.

Pt. 1: White Balance Tells the camera what white is. White Balance is different for indoor and outdoor lighting. 4

Pt. 1: White Balance 5

Pt. 1: White Balance How to white balance: Focus on a white object where you will be filming. Press and hold the ‘white balance’ button. Wait until viewfinder displays ‘OK’. 6

Pt. 2: Shot Sizes 7

Pt. 2: 2-Shot Shot with 2 people in it 8

Pt. 2: O.T.S. Shot Camera behind a part of person’s body. 9

Pt. 2: Close-Up Eyes should be in the upper one third of the screen 10

Pt. 3: Headroom The amount of room between a person’s head and the top of the screen 11

Pt. 3: Lookspace The amount of room between someone’s nose and the side of the screen 12

Pt. 3: Lead Room The amount of space left in front of a person or object in the direction that they are moving 13

Pt. 3: Background Be aware of how the background detracts from your image. 14

Pt. 1: Camera Movements Pt. 2: Tips for Good Movements Day 2 material

RATE YOUR KNOWLDEGE On a scale of 1-10, rate what you know about these: Panning Pedestaling Dollying vs Trucking Locking the tripod Define the ones you know.

Pt. 1: Panning Moving camera lens left to right 17

Pt. 1: Tilting Moving camera lens up & down 18

Pt. 1: Pedestaling Increasing or decreasing the elevation of the camera

Pt. 1: Zoom Zooming the camera lens in and out Closer to or further from subject 20

Pt. 1: Dolly Moving the camera forward or backward on wheels

Comparison

Pt. 1: Truck Moving the camera left or right on wheels

Pt. 1: Arc

Example

Pt. 2: Tips for Good Movements USE A TRIPOD OR OTHER STABILIZATION METHOD! NO HANDHELD SHOTS! Lock-down the tripod head. Practice your move. Lock whatever part of the tripod isn’t being used for movement. If you only need a tilt, lock the pan and pedestal.

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Pt. 1: Golden Age of Cinema Rules: Continuity Day 3 Material

Pt. 1: Continuity Consistency of characteristics in a film Position Movement Light Content Look Sound 29

Pt. 1: Continuity 30

Pt. 1: Continuity 31

Pt. 1: Continuity Position: Placement of people in relation to each other. Characters or elements in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. Content: Props and set dressings are in the same places. Movement: Preserving screen vector and velocity

Pt. 1: Continuity Look: People appear to be staring in a consistent direction from shot A to B. Light: White balance Similar conditions Sound: Tape entire voice-over at once. Maintain background noise. Pitch Rate

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 30-Degree Rule