digital video faculty innovating with technology project gateway technical college spring, 2007
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Digital Video
Faculty Innovating with Technology project
Gateway Technical CollegeSpring, 2007
Shoot
Transfer to computer to edit
Edit
Transfer to media and enjoy
Common Video Steps
Publish
Shooting
• “Get it right in the camera”– #1 time-saving and effort-saving technique
• Video camera microphones often pick up too much extra noise– Can buy an external mic at Radioshack
• If your camera has a microphone input
– Built-in microphone might work fine for you
Shooting Tips
• Off-center subjects– Rule of thirds
• Vary long, medium and close shots
• Zoom = BAD– A little very slow zoom – ok
• If not using a tripod, prop yourself on furniture and walls for stability
• Use camera motion sparingly
Shooting: Tips
• Unintended motion can ruin your video
• For stability– Sit– Lean against a wall– Hold the camera with both hands– Find a level place to park your camera– Use motion stabilization, if this is a feature of
your camera
Shooting: Rules for Motion
1. Don’t use motion to move from shot to shot
• In recording mode: stop; reframe the video, and then reshoot – don’t pan
Shooting: Rules for Camera Motion
• If you must use motion (Pan):1. Never pan back and forth
2. Pan from the waist and move your body• Don’t use your hands or wrists
3. When following a subject, try to keep him in the back third of the frame
4. Shoot for a few seconds while stable at both the beginning and end of the motion shot
5. Use the horizon as a horizontal cue
Shooting: Tilt
• Never tilt up and down– Tilt in one direction and then stop
• Tilt at the waist– Using your hands will introduce shake into the
picture
Shooting: Zoom
• Get to know your zoom controls in advance
• Zoom slowing to the desired framing, and then stop, even if it’s not ideal
• Disable digital zoom
Shooting: Lighting
• Shoot with the sun to your back whenever possible
• Use camera’s preprogrammed AE modes for sunlight, sports, spotlight and similar environments
• Avoid backlit subjects
Shooting: Sound
• Turn off all background noise you can– TV off!
• Use headphones to better gauge sound quality
• Use a directional microphone
Shooting: Sound
• There are several reasons why the built-in camera microphone may not be adequate– Omni-direction– Attached to the camera, it can pick up camera
noise– Headphones can help you hear what the
camera is picking up
Shooting
• Audio– Can split from the video and “overlayed” over
another part of the video– [example]
What camera to buy?
• Depends what you’re planning to use it for
• Check reviews at http://www.cnet.com
Transferring to your computer
• Also called Capturing• From camera, usually by cable
– Firewire (IEEE) or USB• Sony calls firewire i-Link
• Confirm the camera is on• Switch the camera from “record” to “vcr” mode
– Mode is also called play, review …
Editing
• Generally for assembling and transitioning multiple pieces of video
• Many different video editing software programs– Both Macintosh and PC
• From basic to exceedingly complex and feature-filled
Entry-Level editing programs
• Windows Movie Maker (incl with Windows) PC• Adobe Premiere Elements ($99 or less) PC, probably
Mac• iMovie and iDVD Mac• Roxio Movie Creator• Pinnacle Studio• Ulead Video Studio• Easiest?
– Mac iMovie and iDVD are easiest combination if you can get comfortable with the platform (incl with Macs)
Profession Editing Software
• Adobe Premiere
• Apple Final Cut Pro
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
• Capturing
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
Capturing from the camera using Windows Movie-Maker
• Capturing
Viewing Captured Clips in Windows Movie-Maker
Editing - Trimming the beginning and ending of clips
Editing - Trimming the beginning and ending of clips
Editing – changing from Clip to Timeline view
Editing – Saving the Project
Editing – Saving the Project
Splitting the clip
Splitting a clip
Titles, Transitions and Effects
Adding Titles in Windows Movie Maker
Transitions
Adding a Transition
Transcoding
• Most editing programs are able to output your final video into a format your audience can view (i.e. DVD)
• The process of transforming video from one format into another is called transcoding
• The most common transcoding that most people will do is to transform captured digital video into a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 format
Publishing
• Most entry level and some profession programs have VCD and DVD mastering tools
• Programs designed specifically for these tasks:– Apple iDVD– Roxio DVD Creator – Nero
Editing Steps
1. Add clips to timeline• Choose parts of the clips to include
2. Add transitions3. Add titles4. Publish5. Transfer to media
• Sometimes done while publishing
Can also often add musicCompress either in Save or Export step
Editing: Publishing
• Allows you to pick options for– Output formats– media
• Media– Back to camera– CD– VCD– DVD– To VHS tape– Can store small video files on a flash drive
Compression takes awhile
• Think about how much data we are manipulating– A single picture (frame) has hundreds of
thousands of pixels 640*480=307,200
– 29.97 frames per second for television
Other Video Techniques
• Webcams
• Adding to PowerPoint– Linking, not inserting
• Using Gateway’s streaming server Screencast videos