Overview of Class
- Shoot and edit video for education
- Syllabus review
Needs
- Books
- Access to videocamera
- IMC can check out
- Need to buy own miniDV media (these are small tapes)
- Massive Storage:
- Blank DVDs
- Large dedicated thumb drive formatted for Macintosh
Introduction to Macintosh
Check out procedure
- Start up computers
- Insert DVD from Weynand
- Cancel Virus Scan
- Create Folder in THAWSPACE with your name
- Copy FCE HD Book Files folder to this new folder in THAWSPACE
- This will take about 20 minutes
FCE HD Chapter One : Covering the Basics
- Choose column view
- Choose Applications
- Resize windows
- Lower right corner
- Green Zoom button toggle
- Add Final Cut Express icon to dock
Viewing Media
- Click FCE HE Book Files folder on hard drive
- Click Lesson 1 Media
- Click man ad roller once
- Explore:
Video Standards
Note: Dimensions and Duration do not show in THAWSPACE. See this info by opening in QuickTime Player and choosing Window: Show Movie Info
- NTSC vs PAL
- Frame Rate
- Aspect Ratio
- 4:3
- 16:9
- High Definition
Inputting Video
Demonstration of Video Camera input to FCE
Quicktime
- Automatically Created on Input
- Clips
- File Size
Shooting Terminology
- Zoom in
- Zoom out
- Pan
- Tilt
- Wide shot (establishing shot)
- Medium shot
- Close up
- Nonlinear Editing
Tour ETMC
We’ll walk up to the ETMC to see where you check out cameras and do editing work between classes.
Homework
- Get blank tapes and storage media
- Read chapter GVGP chapter 1
- Review chapters 1 and 2 of Weynand
- Use DV camera to shoot the following:
- Wide shot
- Medium Shot
- Closeup