Digital Workshop Notes...

In todays digital workshop we were shown some videos that all represented unique things such as; advertisement, promotions and how to make certain items. As a whole the class was more interested in the short clip of 'how to make an oven mit', it was short, simple and could easily be followed.

I was also shown how to make and create a moving image short clip. A moving image is a series of sequential photographs, videos are constructed at about 25 frames or still images per second. This type of filming is becoming more popular to communicate worldwide.

Useful websites;
www.fashioninfilm.com
www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/content/liberty-tv/newsarchive
www.laurabuckley.com
www.daniellearnaud.com/artists/artists-maurer.html
www.michaela-nettell.com/index.html
www.sarahpucill.co.uk

The basics I need to know;
Shot sizes:

• Very long/wide shot
• Long/wide shot
• Medium long shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Big close up
• Extreme close up
• Point of View

Camera movements:

• Pan from left to right/right to left
• Tilt up/down
• Zoom in and out
• Dolly in and out
• Focus pulls

When creating a film like this it is really important to create a storyboard that is clearly planned and labelled, it will make shooting the film easier, some storyboards can just be quick rough sketches whereas others can be extremely detailed.

Cameras can be booked out of the AV store which is located on the 6th floor in the Chatham building. Always make sure that the SD card is formatted. If I want straight and smooth shots definately use a Tripod, in doing this the shots will be well composed.