Syllabus

Getting Started with Multimedia Equipment:
Frame it, mic it, light it

Introduction

  • Overview of four pieces of equipment for video shooting: camera, microphone, tripod, and lights
  • Demonstration of the equipment in a mock interview setting
  • Applications for concepts from the mock interview setting for use in all video shoots

How to set up a basic interview set

  1. Frame it: How to select and set up a camera
    1. Camera selection: basic, mid-range, or advanced
    2. Tape and battery loading
    3. High definition or standard definition
    4. An overview of camera controls
    5. Why use a tripod
    6. Where should the camera and tripod be positioned

  2. Mic it: How to select and connect a mic to the camera
    1. Microphone selection: lavaliere, boom, handheld, shotgun, or on-camera
    2. How and why you should make the sound from the subject the highest priority

    3. lynda logo"Digital Video Principles" offers 2.5 hours of online training, available on lynda.com in the Student Multimedia Design Center.
  3. Light it: How to do simple lighting
    1. How to optimize your available set and lighting
    2. Contrast analysis
    3. How to add one additional light using the basic light kit

How to get the most from your video shoot

  1. Handles
    1. Leaving "handle"’ for editing
    2. How to leave ‘handles’ (comparison to a movie set)

  2. How to "man the camera"
    1. How to zoom, tilt, pan, and move the camera
    2. The 5-second rule to hold interest
    3. Follow your subject

  3. How to frame your subject
    1. 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio
    2. Keeping the subject framed appropriately

Other suggestions for a successful shoot

  1. Logging
    1. Why log your video shoot
    2. How to log from your camera
    3. What should your log say

    2. video 101 logoFind out more about cameras, recording, sound, and lighting from the video101 web site, available in the Student Multimedia Design Center.
  2. Permission
    1. Getting permission up front
    2. A standard release form

  3. Scripting/Storyboarding
    1. Why use a script
    2. Why use a storyboard
    3. Rehearsing with a script or storyboard

Class ends with an overview of Multimedia Planning Guidelines.
 
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