How to make a great video. · • Actors • Props • Costumes and • Camera shots We can call this a story board • Action • Location • Actors • Props • Costumes and •

How to make a great video.

by Mark Richardson

Monday, 21 November 11

Video making is a team sport



• You cannot make a video by yourself!




• There are lots of different jobs in video making.




• There are lots of different jobs in video making.

• There are three stages of making a video. Pre-production, production & post- production.


Pre-production


Pre-production• There are lots of different jobs in this stage

of video making.



of video making.

• Storyboard



of video making.

• Storyboard

• Scriptwriter



of video making.

• Storyboard

• Scriptwriter

• Location



of video making.

• Storyboard

• Scriptwriter

• Location

• Producer - job allocations, schedule



of video making.

• Storyboard

• Scriptwriter

• Location

• Producer - job allocations, schedule

• Casting


Where do we start?

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Where do we start?

The Idea





Where do we start?

The Idea





Where do we start?

• The Task - To re-tell or modify a fairy story.

The Idea





The features of Narrative


The features of Narrative• Orientation



• The three little pigs leave home and build houses of straw, sticks and bricks




• Complication




• Complication

• The wolf wants to eat them up!




• Complication


• Resolution




• Complication


• Resolution

• He can’t blow down the house of bricks, so he climbs on the roof, falls down the chimney and falls into the pot of hot water and runs away!


Let’s have a practice!

• What happens here?

• What happens next?

We can call this a story map


But if we change this too

• Action • Location

• Actors • Props

• Costumes and

• Camera shots

We can call this a story board

• Action • Location

• Actors • Props

• Costumes and

• Camera shots

Scene 1 Scene 2


Story Board


Story Board


Story Board

• All movies, even those made in Hollywood all start with a storyboard.


Story Board


• This is were you put your ideas down on paper and then discuss them with others.


Story Board


• This is were you put your ideas down on paper and then discuss them with others.

• After you are happy you can go to the next stage.


Script


Script

• This contains


Script

• This contains

• Location


Script

• This contains

• Location

• All the words the actors speak


Script

• This contains

• Location


• The action accompanying those words


Script

• This contains

• Location


• The action accompanying those words

• The emotions or voice accompanying those words


Production


Production• There are lots of different jobs in this stage

of video making.



of video making.

• Some jobs are in front of the camera - Actors



of video making.

• Some jobs are in front of the camera - Actors

• Some jobs are behind the camera - Director, Producer, Camera, Audio, Makeup and Animal Trainers etc.


Getting ready for Production



• Does everyone understand the storyboard?




• Who is doing what job?





• What locations are used?






• What costumes or props are needed?







• Have the actors learnt their lines?







• Have the actors learnt their lines?

• Has there been a rehearsal?





• Has the camera operated practiced with the camera? Can they keep it steady?




• Do they know what shots to use?





• Do they know how to make good audio?






• Does the director know exactly what they want?






• Does the director know exactly what they want?

• Can everyone complete the filming with out hundreds of takes?


Camera Shots

Extreme Wide Shot


Camera Shots

Extreme Wide Shot


Camera Shots

Wide Shot


Camera Shots

Wide Shot


Camera Shots

Mid Shot


Camera Shots

Mid Shot


Camera Shots

Medium Close Up


Camera Shots

Medium Close Up


Camera Shots

Close Up


Camera Shots

Close Up


Camera


CameraBeware of


CameraBeware of

• Shaking Camera


CameraBeware of

• Shaking Camera

Use with care!


CameraBeware of

• Shaking Camera

Use with care!• Zoom


CameraBeware of

• Shaking Camera


• Panning


CameraBeware of

• Shaking Camera


• Panning• Point of View shots


Post - Production


Post - Production

• There are lots of different jobs in this stage of video making.


Post - Production


• Editing


Post - Production


• Editing

• Sound effects


Post - Production


• Editing

• Sound effects

• Music


Post - Production


• Editing

• Sound effects

• Music

• Voice over


Post - Production


• Editing

• Sound effects

• Music

• Voice over

• Titles


Audio


Audio• Bad audio means a bad video



Tips



Tips• When actors are speaking keep the camera close to them as possible for the shot.




• Avoid filming on windy days




• Avoid filming on windy days

• Avoid filming in noisy locations, [e.g. playground at lunchtime, near roads etc].


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How to make a great video. · • Actors • Props • Costumes and • Camera shots We can call this a story board • Action • Location • Actors • Props • Costumes and •