Comm Lead Program - Fall 2014 - COM 583

Scenes and Storytelling

Week Five

Advanced Multimedia Storytelling:

People And Story

DEBRIEF

★Rough Cut due in 3

weeks!

★Shot lists

★Concerns?

KALOW CHAPTER 3:

★Topic vs. Story

★Look for passion

★Make sure your characters

are characters!

★Where can I see It

happening? Scenes!

ORAL TRADITIONS

TELL A STORY...

SCENE

ASSIGNMENTS•Get out in the world

•Footage that reflects/fits with audio

•Change shots often

•Rotate: Wide, Medium, Close

•Anticipate action, Look for repetitive motion

•Camera Awareness

•Let your focus float

•Remember sound

ASSIGNMENTS

★Reading

★Kalow Ch 4 & 5: Ethics and Editing

★SPJ Ethics Code (Linked from Syllabus)

★NPPA Ethics Code

★This American Life: Mike Daisey Retraction

★Wednesday, October 30th at 2pm:

★Watch Finding Hillywood

FEEDBACK CARDS

• What have been your favorite/least favorite

aspects of class meetings so far?

• How are you feeling about your project? Which

aspect are you most nervous about? Which

aspect are you most confident about?

VIDEO EDITING

WORKFLOW

RECORDING FORMAT

MINI DVFLASH MEMORY

CARD

FRAME SIZE

AND ASPECT RATIO

1920 x 1080

“Full HD”

16:9

1.7777777

1280 x 720

“720p HD”

16:9

1.7777777

640 x 480

“SD”

4:3

1.333333

720 x 480

“Still Photo”

3:2

1.5

FRAME RATE

24p = Cinematic

30p = Video

60i = SlowMo

STAY CONSISTENT!!!

DON’T CHANGE SIZE, FRAME RATE

UNTIL YOU’RE COMPRESSING

CODEC

THE ‘CONTAINER’

•H.264

•Apple ProRes 422 (LT)

•DVCPRO HD 720p

‘TRANSCODING’ = CHANGING THE

CODEC

FILE TYPE

.MOV = Apple, Quicktime, Final Cut

.AVI = PC, VLC, Adobe Premiere

.MP4 = Compressing

COMPRESSION

Video Codec: H.264

Audio Codec: AAC Audio

Frame Rate: Native (don’t change it)

Data Rate: 2000 kbits/sec for SD or 5000 kbits/sec for HD

Resolution: 640 x 480 for SD or 1280 x 720 for HD

Deinterlace: Yes

Audio: 320 kbps/44.1 kHz (or 48 kHz if that’s how you

recorded)

Format: MP4 (or MOV)

MAKING THE FILE SMALLER

FOR THE INTERNET

TECHNOLOGY & EDITING!

• What editing software are you going to

use?

• Where are you going to access it?

• Do you need help?

• Other technology concerns?