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Sep 15, 2024
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MMS 480 - Video Production I Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech Students will learn the proper use of cameras, lighting, lenses, sound and technology to create shots and digital video clips. Students will also learn the fundamentals of editing. A personal digital camera is required for this course; students will also be trained to operate professional-grade cameras. Competencies
- Demonstrate basic camera operation
- Discus lenses and filters
- Explain white balance
- Explain exposure
- Examine focus
- Explain shutter use
- Discuss Camera and Shot stabilization
- Examine effective camera mounts and tripod and spreader use
- Demonstrate DSLR camera operation
- Demonstrate production video camera operation
- Demonstrate personal video camera operation
- Examine lighting techniques.
- Discuss the historical impact of video lighting
- Identify hard and soft lighting characteristics
- Explain lighting color
- Examine effective Fresnel instrument use including a sliding lamp
- Examine effective portable spot lamp use including a sliding lamp
- Examine effective scoop lamp use for soft lighting
- Examine effective professional florescent lamp use
- Discuss HMI lighting and its applications
- Examine effective lighting control using barn doors, scrim, umbrellas, gel, and bounce cards
- Demonstrate 3 light setup design for 3 dimensional effects in a two dimensional platform
- Discuss solutions to common lighting problems
- Demonstrate lens use to capture desired results.
- Demonstrate effective zoom actions using telephoto, normal and wide angle applications
- Explain focal length
- Discuss distance compression
- Discuss focus in relation to zoom images
- Examine a fisheye lends application
- Explain aperture settings and the effects on exposure
- Examine depth of field, and how to accomplish desired effects
- Create standard video shots
- Create close-ups and extreme close-ups
- Create long shots
- Create medium shots
- Analyze and discuss finding a new shot and editing verses zoom shots
- Examine high angle shots and low angle shots
- Describe headroom, looking room, lead room
- Explain and identify elements of composition
- Discuss straight and diagonal lines
- Describe toward and away shooting
- Demonstrate proper camera distance for desired results
- Describe the technology aspects associated with motion video
- Describe display and capture characteristics, including dots, scanning, pixels, resolution, graphics, aspect, ratio and keystone
- Discuss storage devices and characteristics
- Examine camera controls and features, including playback controls
- Discuss battery technology
- Discuss tripod types, fluid head, friction head and cam heads
- Examine dolly use and operation
- Discuss studio pedestal operation
- Demonstrate body mount shooting
- Examine how to properly use a jib arm
- Discuss camera crane use
- Examine the use of steady cam apparatus use for action shooting
- Explain contrast ratio
- Explain color properties and the additive properties of light
- Discuss visual effects, including supers, keys and character generators
- Examine After-Effects and 2-D Animation
- Examine 3-D graphics
- Create effective sound tracks
- Discuss the science of sound
- Explain sound frequencies
- Discuss microphone operation
- Discuss the qualities of Omnidirectional, Cardoid, Parabolic and Lavalier microphones
- Demonstrate correct microphone positioning
- Discuss the characteristics of boom mics and fishpole mics
- Describe wireless mic operation
- Demonstrate VU meter operation
- Discuss automatic gain control
- Explain fader operation
- Explain sound equalization
- Examine sound mixing
- Identify sound control connectors
- Discuss the proper sound cable application, XLR, phone, RCA, mini
- Demonstrate effective editing techniques
- Discuss the history of video production and how it changed people’s perceptions of life
- Discuss editing theory, creating amazing effects in the mind of the viewer
- Examine video sequencing, storytelling by putting shots together
- Examine wide, medium and close sequences
- Develop matched action sequencing for continuity
- Examine cutting on the action
- Explain and recognize jump cut
- Explain screen direction continuity and perceptions
- Discuss effective enter and exit editing
- Coordinate sound and picture for effective narration
- Examine the coordination of sound timing to enhance viewer interest
- Create a capstone video project.
- Assemble all the elements required to create a short video as assigned
- Examine pre-production activities
- Examine screen writing formats and scripts
- Develop story boards
- Develop shot lists
- Integrate digital video, sound, analog video and minor special effects to develop a short video that is designed to accomplish a predetermined goal
- Produce and edit a capstone video
- Develop a marketing trailer for the project
- Effectively present the project to a predetermined audience
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