1. NMED 2030 Feb. 12 th 2009

2. NMED 2030 Today’s Class… Video Assignment Production Day

3. NMED 2030 Telling a story visually is an intricate process.

4. NMED 2030 Video Assignment Step #1: Each student is to write a script based on two sentences. (i.e. Johnny woke up late. He made it to his exam just in time.) and storyboard with three sequences.

5. NMED 2030 Video Assignment Step #2: Choose from ONE of the three storytelling options.

6. NMED 2030 Video Assignment –Option One has a static camera one shot with five pieces of action within the shot. –Option Two has five shots. Each shot contains one of the actions key actions that tell the story. In Sequence Two compose at least wide shot (WS), medium shot (MS), close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera moves include pan and tilt. Do not zoom. –Option Three has one mobile camera shot that follows one action continuously. You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom.

7. NMED 2030 Video Assignment –Step #3: Create a highly detailed storyboard that choreographs all the action in your story.

8. NMED 2030 Video Assignment –Option One: Tell a story using a static camera one shot with five pieces of action within the frame of the shot. –In camera editing only. –120 seconds. –Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain any edits. * Helpful Tip: Use a tripod!

9. NMED 2030 Video Assignment –Option Two: Tell a story using eight to ten (8-10) shots. Each shot contains one of the actions in Sequence One. –Compose at least one wide shot (WS), one medium shot (MS), one close up (CU), and extreme close up (ECU). The camera moves include pan and tilt. Do not zoom. –If you so choose, these shots are cutaways that can be incorporated into the story created in Option One

10. NMED 2030 Video Assignment –Option Three: Tell a story using one mobile camera (handheld, dollied, Steadicammed) shot that follows one action from Sequence One –This shot must be 40-120 seconds. –No in-camera editing. The shot must be in continuous motion. –You can dolly forward or backward. Do not zoom. –Once imported into Premiere this scene cannot contain any edits.

11. NMED 2030 Video Assignment The telling of the story is silent. Your audio track must be empty. –No sound effects. –No music. –No ambient sound. This assignment must be live action. Digitally composed or captured images are not permitted.

12. NMED 2030 You will be graded on: Clarity of Your Story Storyboard Effective Use of Technical Skill Creativity Presentation

13. NMED 2030 You will be graded on: Storyboard –Detailed storyboard that illustrates and describes a.the sequence of events b.how the shots will be photographed (e.g. close-up to show....) c.Character choreography or object mise-en- scene and any changes in design from scene to scene

14. NMED 2030 You will be graded on: Creativity –Exceptional creativity, demonstrates careful planning, and clear understanding of how to use camera and lights create a sequence

15. NMED 2030 You will be graded on: Presentation –On time and effective submission of hardcopies of storyboards saving of projects in the N: drive –Save both in Premiere and as an exported video file format

16. NMED 2030 Video Assignment is due at the beginning of class on March 3 rd To submit, put your final assignment in your class folder.

17. NMED 2030 Next Class… –Lighting Basics –Composition Basics

18. NMED 2030 Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948) The film is Hitchcock’s most experimental, abandoning many standard film techniques to allow for the long unbroken scenes. Each shot ran continuously for up to ten minutes without interruption. It was shot on a single set, aside from the opening establishing shot street scene. Camera moves were planned in advance and there was almost no editing. Hitchcock filmed each scene in segments lasting up to ten minutes (the length of a reel of film at the time), each segment continuously panning from character to character in real time.