Agenda Lab 3: Shooting Define a Place

Agenda Lab 3: Shooting Define a Place

Before you Shoot (15 min)

Are there any questions about the point of the assignment? Ask me!

• You’ll have a little over an hour to shoot. 
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• You should be back in the classroom 20 minutes before the end of class. 
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• You need at least 20 shots (each person shoots 10 clips) that are at least 15 seconds long. Remember that the point of video is that things are moving! Try longer, 1-2 minute shots to let objects, people and light wander into your frame. Otherwise it’s no different than a still photo.
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• The shooting must be shared equally
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• I would recommend getting your “easy”/planned shots out of the way first, then give yourselves 30 minutes to be in the space, be creative, make mistakes, and try to shoot how the space feels to you, and try to communicate that visually. Use the stuff from last week...play with focus, play with colors, play with reflections, light and lines, camera angles, levels, perspective. 
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• You want visual variety. If you’re stuck, just try changing your level. 
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• Get your safety shots first, but you don’t necessarily want to shoot what the space IS, you want to shoot how the space FEELS. 
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• You should be using a tripod the whole time unless you want to put it on the ground

When both you and your partner are here, check out camera and tripod and do the following:

Format the memory card

Check your battery power














File Format: AVCHD; image size > movie > file format

Recording size: 24p/24M, 1920x1080 which is HD
*they’re actually using the wrong terminology here. It should be 24fps* but choose 24p
image size > movie > recording size




Aspect Ratio: 16x9; Image size > aspect ratio


Mode: Either Shutter Priority (what we used last week where you change your ISO to change your f/stop and get correct exposure and desired depth of field) or Manual (where you choose the f/stop and ISO and look at the numbers on bottom of the back screen to tell you if you’re properly exposed or not). Shutter Priority is easier.

Changing the exposure settings on Shutter Priority: move the control dial on the back and adjust your ISO until you get the desired depth of field and the combination of f/stop and ISO that’s correctly exposed. *If the numbers at the bottom of the screen are showing anything other than 0, your exposure compensation is on and you need to change that by pressing the +/- button and turning the control dial* 

the number at the bottom of the screen is your over/underexposed meter












Shutter Speed = 1/50th (because we’re shooting 24fps) change by ???
*it’s easy to change this accidentally when you’re scrolling through so check it periodically*


Changing the exposure settings in Manual: For aperture/fstop, press the +/- button while rotating the control dial. Change the iso by hitting the ISO button and rotating the control dial. Check the exposure by the numbers at the bottom. You want to get it to zero by changing your exposure








Aperture Explained:





ISO explained: 

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ISO: Try not to go over ISO 400 but if you’re inside you’ll probably need to go to 800. Outside it will probably be around 100 on a sunny day





Focus = manual; camera>AF/MF

MF focus assist (the zoom thing): off

Peaking: on (when the image is in focus, the red lines appear on what’s in focus: Setup>Peaking level>High

Setup>Peaking level>Red





1 minute Youtube demo on peaking in this camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7pNoaOX4k


White Balance = Auto

Metering Mode set to Multi:





Go to your “Place” and shoot an hour and 15 minutes


Check class blog for specific instructions if you need to review the assignment parameters: https://160-beckyssections.blogspot.com/p/define-space-assignment.html


Come back 20 minutes before the end of class to download and backup footage


Download and Backup (20 minutes)


Make your folders and download the footage onto each partner’s hard drive. It’s important to set up an orderly folder structure from the beginning, before you start editing. If you’re new to Premiere, I recommend the following:


On your hard drive, create a folder called “Hunter”

Inside Hunter, create a folder called “160 MEDP-Film”

Inside 160 MEDP-Film, create a folder called “Assignment-1”

Inside Assignment 1 folder, create a folder called “Video”

Inside Video, create a folder called “180215-Shoot1”

Put your memory card in the back of the computer, it will probably show up as “No Name,” and you can navigate to it through your Finder window

On your memory card, go to the “Private” folder

Copy the whole AVCHD file into your “180215-Shoot1” folder

Hint: it’s quicker if you do this whole thing on one partner’s hard drive, then copy that entire Hunter folder onto the other partner’s hard drive