1. Cameras 1

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

3. 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.

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

5. Pt. 1: White Balance 5

6. 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

7. Pt. 2: Shot Sizes 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

22. Comparison

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

24. Pt. 1: Arc

25. Example

26. 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.

27. END FOR SCAVENGER HUNT

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

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

30. Pt. 1: Continuity 30

31. Pt. 1: Continuity 31

32. 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

33. 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

34. Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

35. Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

36. Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

37. Pt. 1: 30-Degree Rule