1. Video Production 101

2. Contents 3 Phases of Production Gear/equipment Terms Rules/conventions
Camerawork basics
Tips

3. Productions Phases
Pre-production
Production
Post Production

4. What is a blonde?
And a redhead?

5. Types of Lights
yellow
Blonde
2000 watts
Redhead
800 watts
red

6. What is a Dolly?

7. Dolly
A cart that the camera and crew sits on to create smooth camera movement over uneven surfaces.

8. Boom Microphone.
A microphone attached to a rod or boom pole, and held close to the subject without getting into the shot. To get better sound quality

9. Jimmy Jib
A mini crane which creates high angle and low angle shots.

10. Aerial Drone
Drone aerial photography is the latest way to film from above
(Birds Eye View)..and is relatively inexpensive
There are many State-Local-and Federal rules you need to learn before you go flying…

11. A Clapperboard/Slateboard
Records all the vital info for the editor.
(scenes, shots, takes,)

12. Reflector Board/Polyboard
Used outdoors to reflect sunlight or lights
onto the subject

13. Steadycam Operator
Camera is harnessed to the body to create smooth, free movement without tracks.

14. Basic Terminology A Shot
A shot is the amount of video you shoot from the second you press record to when you stop recording.
Photo Album analogy
A Shot

15. Different types of shots
Extreme Wide Shot (E.W.S.)
a.k.a Establishing shot
To show surroundings, beginning of new scene, where the action is taking place.

16. Wide Shot (W.S.)
Subject takes up full frame with “safety room”.

17. Mid Shot (M.S.) Framed from waist to head.
How you would see the person in casual conversation.

18. Medium Close Up (M.C.U.) Halfway between Medium Shot and Close Up.
Shows head and shoulders.

19. Close Up (C.U.)
Subject’s face (including neck) or other feature fills most of the frame.

20. Extreme Close Up (E.C.U) ECU shows extreme detail.
Used to convey emotion.

21. Framing and Composition
A frame is the picture you see in the viewfinder or monitor.
Composition
Composition is the layout of everything in the frame-where it is in relation to everything else, the foreground and background, the lighting, the camera angles.

22. “Rule of Thirds” Place your points of interest where the lines
Imaginary lines which divide the picture into thirds
Place your points of interest where the lines
intersect

24. In a nutshell Rule of Thirds
Except for people looking directly at the camera, place your point of interest either on or
alongside the imaginary horizontal or vertical lines, or on 1 of the 4 Intersecting points.

25. Moving-room and Looking-room
Amount of room in shot left empty to make shot look comfortable.
Leaves space for the action or eye line.

26. Avoiding Mergers Tonal Merger
Where objects blend together in a picture and
lose their identity.

27. Dark hair blending into a dark background
Solution
Use a back light to separate the girl’s hair from the background.
Frame the shot from another angle to change the dark background

28. Dimensional Mergers When different elements in your picture
“run together” and looks odd.
The Human eye sees in 3D. Cameras see in 2D.
Tip!
Close your one eye, and check your composition

29. Basic Camera Movements
Pan - Turning left or right
Tilt - Pointing camera up or down
High angle - shot above eyeline, looking down on subject
Low angle - shot below eyeline, looking up at subject

30. White Balance It’s a function which gives the camera a reference
to “true white”
It tells the camera what white looks like, and it
records all other colours correctly.
An incorrect white balance will show video with
a blue or orange tint.

31. Good news! Most Consumer Cameras have Auto White Balance!
Too blue
Too yellow
White-balanced

32. After the shoot Pack camera away in bag when not in use.
Label your tapes and “record-proof” them!
Remove tape and battery after the shoot.

33. Bad Habits… DON’T zoom all the time!!!
DON’T shoot with effects. Add it in the edit.
DON’T add date stamp. Home video.
DON’T leave camera unattended in car or on
tripod.
DON’T leave camera on sand/beach.
DON’T point the camera at a bright light source
DON’T shoot subject in front of window during
daylight
DON’T touch the lens. Smudges.