TV & Video Production
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Unit Description: TV & Video Production
The objective of this unit is to provide answers to "what makes a good video" and "how can I do it"? Students will explore the key concepts and basic skills of audio-video and visual effects editing as a unique and interesting way to “communicate” their creative ideas. During this hands-on unit, students will learn industry processes, terminology and techniques to explore TV & video production, audio-video and visual effects editing, all for fun or for a potential future pathway and career!
Projects:
Audio-Video Editing (iMovie Trailer)
Students will learn to edit a high energy and visually engaging movie trailer using pre-recorded video footage of their Gr. 9 Orientation Day event. During the process, students will learn basic camera shots, angles and movements; how to use Apple iMovie software for basic audio-video editing and motion graphic title creation; the basics of post-production editing and visual storytelling to create a unique movie trailer highlighting their exciting, scary and FUN first day of high school at Castlebrooke. The focus will be placed on telling an easy to follow and entertaining "visual story."
Visual Effects (Adobe Premiere Pro CC)
Students will learn the process, skills and techniques required in creating green screen videos with such effects as cloning, flying and/or shrinking. Students may also learn the process, skills and techniques required in creating masking effects (ie: cloning is most common use.)
Unit Duration
15 periods (project intro through project export and self-reflection)
Lessons - Video Tutorials
Lessons will be provided as in-class demonstrations and video tutorial resources to support each days learning.
Student Learning Goals
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate their learning of the following concepts and skills…
- How to follow a media workflow process (project setup through project export)
- Use industry standard video production and editing terminology during the media workflow process
- Learn Apple iMovie and Adobe Premiere Pro CC computer software
- Make decisions to create a visually engaging, high energy and fun movie trailer of the Gr. 9 Orientation Day
- Make decisions to create a visually intriguing green screen and masking visual effects video
- Understand a target audience
- Basic camera shots, angles and movements
- Visual storytelling (which includes a beginning, middle and end) through audio video editing
- Basic shot sequencing
- Create relevant movie trailer and production titles
- Basic key concepts to green screen and masking special effect processes and techniques
Student Success Criteria
Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
- Apply media workflow process skills to manage digital media files
- Identify your intended target audience
- Identify the best clips and portions of clips (which include basic camera shots, angles and movements) from pre-recorded video footage
- Demonstrate basic editing skills and techniques using Apple iMovie and Adobe Premiere Pro CC computer software
- Apply basic audio-video editing techniques by combining video clips, music and titles to produce a visually engaging, high energy and fun movie trailer of the Gr. 9 Orientation Day that will entertain your target audience
- Apply basic green screen and masking visual effects techniques by combining green screen production skills , video clips, and masking editing techniques to create a visually intriguing visual effects video that will entertain your target audience
- Identify and communicate using industry standard terminology during the media workflow process
Introduction to Audio-Video Editing and Visual Effects
Everyone loves a good story and to be entertained, and that is where it all begins.
Editors and Special Effects departments in the video and film industries make hundreds or thousands of "edit decisions" on every project. What is it that drives their decisions on whether to include a video clip or leave it "on the cutting room floor?" These decisions are motivated by ensuring the final film or video is telling an engaging visual story and/or creating an illusion of reality. Does the story have a clear beginning, middle and end? Does the story progress or does it seem boring at times? Is the story visually interesting? And most importantly, will the story "connect" with and entertain the intended target audience?
The job of a video Editor:
- tell a logical, compelling, interesting, engaging visual story for an intended target audience
- make decisions on "the best clips"
- make decisions on "the best parts of the best clips"
Why Visual Effects:
- create the illusion of reality!
- create environments that you wouldn't be able to create without very large production budgets
- fool the audience to believe what they are seeing is real
- create visual effects that are impractical (especially when safety is involved) i.e.: creating entire cities; cloning; flying etc.
Lesson Key Concepts
- Visual Story - beginning, middle and end
- Visual Storytelling
- Message - selling FUN
- Making Editing Decisions
- Select Best Shots & Best Portion of the Best Shots
- Creative and effective titles
- Less is more
- Basic green screen and masking techniques and skills
Lesson Terminology
• Theme
• Trailer
• Target Audience
• Project
• Template
• Sequence
• Production Elements/Assets (ie: video clips, titles & graphics, music, sound effects, transitions)
• Bins/Folders
• Import
• Camera shots, angles and movements
• Subject action
• Skimming
• In Point & Out Point
• Cutting on the action
• Trimming
• Timeline
• Duration
• Timecode
• Editing (using preview panel or directly on timeline)
• Rough edit
• Titles vs. Graphics
• Design elements and principles
• Impact
• Action words (verbs)
• Green Screen
• Timing
• Green screen lighting
• Green screen keying
• Masking
• Garbage matte
• Descriptive words (adjectives)
• Render/Rendering
• Export/Exporting