Video and Sound production,Editing exercise 1 & 2 (Mints & Doritos)

VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION

Monday,April 22 .2024

22.04.2024 -06.05.2024 | Week 1 - Week 3 

Jia Wenbing /0365436/

Design principles/Bachelor of Design in Creative Media

Editing exercise 1 & 2 (Mints & Doritos)

INSTRUCTIONS

LECTURES

Week 1

Briefing Slides ; Week 1

In this lecture, Mr. Martin explained to us what we mainly learn in this module, including what is needed for a complete video production process, including the steps of drafting the story in the early stage and editing the video in the later stage.  Basic understanding of the software we need to learn, Adobe Premiere, and do exercises

Week 1 asynchronous class Quiz result:

Week 2

Different lens sizes correspond to different composition positions of the human body.

Fig. 1.1 Types of camera shots by size Week 2  (29/04/2024)

Fig. 1.2 Types of camera shot size Week 2  (29/04/2024)

• An extreme long shot (or extreme wide shot), the landscape is large but the subject is relatively small.

• The wide shot  allows for beautiful background images as well as onlookers, which will make any momentous moment feel more cinematic.

• Full Shot (FS) A camera shot in which the subject fills the entire frame while emphasizing the landscape.

• A medium long shot (aka medium long shot) frames the subject from roughly the knees up. 

• A variation on this is the Cowboy Shot, which frames the subject from roughly mid-thighs up.

• The medium shot is one of the most common camera shots. The viewing area is roughly from the waist up and across the torso.

• The medium close-up frames your subject from roughly the chest up. So it typically favors the face, but still keeps the subject somewhat distant.

• An extreme close-up is the largest close-up you can take to fill the frame with your subject. It often shows eyes, mouth, and trigger. In extreme close-ups, smaller objects gain rich detail and come into focus.

• An establishing shot is a shot at the beginning of a scene that clearly shows us where the action is. This shot is usually followed by an aerial shot to show where everything will take place.

Fig. 1.3 Types of camera shot framing Week 2  (29/04/2024)

• When your camera captures a subject, it's called a one-shot, and only one character is in the frame.

• A two-shot is a camera shot with two characters featured in the frame.

• A three-shot features three characters in the frame.

• An over-the-shoulder shot shows your subject from behind another character's shoulder. Because it simulates perspective, it's common in conversation scenes.

• An over-the-hip shot is similar to an over-the-shoulder shot in that the camera is placed with the character's buttocks in the foreground and the focal subject within an acceptable focus plane.

• A point-of-view shot (POV) is often sandwiched between two other shots, a technique called a shot-reversal shot:

1. Camera shot of a person looking at something
2. Cut to your (POV) point of view camera shot
3. Camera footage showing a character's reaction
4. Point-of-view shots show us exactly what the character is seeing, and we can understand what caused the character's reaction

Depth of field (DOF) is the term used to describe the size of the area in your image where objects appear acceptably sharp. The area in question is known as the field, and the size (in z-space) of that area is the depth of that field.

Fig. 1.4 Shot Composition Week 2  (29/04/2024)

• Composition refers to the way the elements of a scene are arranged in the camera frame. Shot composition is the arrangement of visual elements to convey the intended message.

• The rule of thirds is one of the most commonly used camera framing techniques in film or photography. It's about positioning characters to show their relationship to other elements in the scene.Think of a tic-tac-toe board - two lines running vertically and two other lines running horizontally.

• Taking perfectly symmetrical shots, breaking the rule of thirds, is done for a very specific reason. Artists use this technique to direct the viewer's eye to a specific place. Directing the eye to the center of the screen may ultimately serve your story better and gain more emotion.

• Leading lines are actual lines (sometimes imagined) in a shot that guide the eye to key elements in a scene.Artists use this technique to guide the viewer's eye, but they also use it to connect characters to important objects, situations, or secondary themes. Whatever your eye is drawn to in a scene, leading lines will probably relate to it.

• Eye-level framing positions the audience at eye-level with the characters, which plants the idea that we are equal with the character.

Fig. 1.5 Shot Composition Week 2  (29/04/2024)

Depth of field is essentially your area of ​​sharpness. If you make the area longer, bringing more objects into focus, you'll get a deeper depth of field.

Likewise, if you make the area shorter or smaller and less in focus, the depth of field will be shallower. One way to achieve this adjustment is to use the lens aperture.

Three acts represent the beginning, middle, and end of a film. In most three-act stories, about 50% of the actual storytelling happens in the second act, 25% in the first act, and 25% in the last act.

Act 1: Exposition, incitement, transition into Act 2

Act 2: Rising action, midpoint, turning point into Act 3

Act 3: Pre-climax, climax, denouement.

Week 2 asynchronous class Quiz result:

Week 3

Storyboard

• Drawings, sketches, reference images or photographs to represent each frame.
• A description of the shot — any relevant information on the action, dialogue, or composition.
• Shot specs — shot size, lens length, two-shot, etc.
• Arrows to indicate camera and/or character movement or how each shot connects to the next.

Create a movie storyboard in 6 easy steps：

1. Identify key scenes in your script

Mark the key parts of your story by highlighting major beats such as action, location, costume, staging, narrative arches, and major plot points

2. Plan key scenes

Draw out the scenes you identified in your script.

3. Add images or sketches

This part of the process is called “creative landscape”—brainstorming the visual characteristics of each beat in the storyscape.

4. Describe what’s happening in each frame

Although each frame is a static image, try to convey the look and feel of it as a moving sequence. Describe the character’s style, mood, and behavior.

• Composition and framing: Decide how characters and objects will be framed in each shot. Use the rule of thirds and other composition techniques to create visually appealing and balanced frames.
• Transitions: Plan how each shot will transition into the next. Smooth transitions create a cohesive flow, while abrupt changes can create a dramatic effect.
• Character lock-in: Identify the character’s position and movements in each shot. Show how they interact with each other and the environment.
• Emotion and expression: Define the character’s facial expressions and body language to capture their emotions and reactions.
• Annotations: Use additional annotations or captions for things that can’t be easily conveyed in the visuals.
• Dynamic action: For action scenes, break up the fast-paced action into a series of panels to ensure clarity

5. Share with your team

6. Last day reference

Week 3 asynchronous class Quiz result:

Editing Exercise

Video Editing Exercise 

Download videos given in Google Drive for video editing exercise.

First editing exercise:

Video sorting; Week 1

The first practice is just to arrange the separate videos into a complete video in order.

Second editing exercise:

Video sorting; Week 1

In this exercise, the order of the entire video content is wrong. I need to clarify the story content for it, and then sequence it to make the entire story content coherent.  To do this, I watched the video content repeatedly and sorted it through sound and story content.

Exercise 2

Adobe Premiere Pro CC - Basic Titles for Beginners

Mr. Martin asked us to shoot the shot size ourselves, edit it and add the corresponding shot size subtitles.

I pieced together the videos I shot and placed them in order。

video clip，WEEK 2

When adding subtitles, I choose to copy the text box and change the text and color one by one.

add subtitles，WEEK 2

Final video effect：

Exercise: Editing Practise 1(Lalin) 

In this part of the exercise, let us edit a complete story video ourselves and control the entire video time to 35 seconds.

I downloaded all the video materials, then watched and sorted the video content.

Video sorting，WEEK 3

I added the dialog box to the video, and used key frames to create the effect of the dialog box disappearing, and added the audio effect of sending a message.

Add dialogue and sound effects，WEEK 3

After the overall video content was completed, I began to shorten the video time of each segment to ensure that the overall video time ended within 35 seconds.

Accelerate video，WEEK 3

Final product：

Lalin Movie

1. Which part is the first, second, and third act respectively? Please describe each act in a paragraph.

Act 1: The heroine Lalin goes to school in Thailand. Because she is an online idol, she has received a lot of attention. However, because of her flaws in appearance, she is bullied online. She wants to go to a place where no one knows her; so she begins her study abroad journey in Japan.

Act 2: She and cartoonist Nut start an online romance and often share each other's daily lives. Nut has always been suspicious of Lalin wearing a mask and wants to meet Lalin in real life.

Act 3: Nut tries hard to come to Japan to meet Lalin, but Lalin is not ready and gives up the opportunity. However, she finally finds out that the comic story drawn by Nut is about their first meeting, and Lalin decides to put down the mask and face herself in reality and her beauty in reality.

2. What is the inciting incident in the movie?

Nut suddenly comes to Lalin's city, making the insecure Lalin suddenly feel scared and afraid to face reality.

3. What is the middle scene of the movie?

Lalin and Nut have a conversation. Larin struggles with his feelings, but because he is not brave enough, he angrily asks Nut to leave his city.

4. What is the climax of the movie?

After Larin sees Nut's photo, he decides to put down his mask and face reality bravely while chasing Nut.

5. What is the theme of the movie?

This short film is about self-acceptance, facing yourself bravely in reality, loving yourself and accepting your true self.

Reflection

WEEK 1: This week I learned how to use Premiere Pro to edit videos, as well as the lens language and lens size during shooting. I have a clear understanding of what the director wants to express.

WEEK 2:This week I learned about the three-act story structure commonly used in film stories and literature, namely, the beginning, the confrontation, and the ending. I learned that the beginning is to set up the characters and the beginning of the story, the confrontation is the climax of the whole story, and then the ending is a good or bad ending, or it leaves suspense for the audience to guess.

WEEK 3:This week I learned about the three-act story structure commonly used in film stories and literature, namely the beginning, confrontation, and ending. There is also script writing, which is very important in the early stages of film shooting and animation production.