mobile media ministry training 10- story development exercise and everything you need to know about...
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From a media ministry training workshop where participants developed their video story and then learned about shot composition, types, sequences and listing as well as storyboarding.TRANSCRIPT
A Lesson in Mobile Storytelling from Nokia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLhWQXEWp2w
Work out your story
https://s3.amazonaws.com/takeaction2013/Vimeo/YourFourPs.pdf
Getting the Shots
The Rule of Thirds
?
http://www.stevestockman.com/5-tips-shoot-better-video-instantly/
Get Better Video By:
1. Thinking in shots
2. Getting close to the person/action before recording
3. Not moving the camera while shooting
4. Making sure the brightest light is behind you, not your subject
5. Keeping it short!
Thinking in Shots- Shot Types
http://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Long Shot (or Full Shot)
Shows entirety of the subject as well as itssetting
Head to toe for a personhttp://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Medium Shot
Hips (not knees) up for a person
http://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Medium Close Up Shot
Mid-to-lower chest up for a person
http://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Close Up Shot
Top of shoulders up for a person
http://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Extreme Close Up Shot
Fill the shot with the subject
A closer look at something than we wouldtypically have.
http://revision3.com/filmriot/cameratechniques
Shot TypesCloser is better for viewing on a
mobile screen. It is better not to
use the long shots (and perhaps
even the wide shots) for mobile
screens
Shot Sequences
Putting different types of shots together in a
sequence that helps to tell the story.
In opening scenes you will often have a
sequence/progression from wider shots,
(giving more “setting” information) to closer
shots (giving more detail/emotional information)
Making Rice Paper in Cambodia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1F88mDW_oM
Shot Types & Sequences (2)
Mindy McAdam’s “5 Shots 10
Seconds” guide to shooting
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
Hands ShotClose-up
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
FaceClose Up (answers “Whose hands?”)
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
Hands & FaceMedium Close Up+ (answers “What’s going on?”)
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
Over-the-ShoulderMedium Close Up (Gives sense of subject’s perspective)
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
“Other” ShotSomething creative/helpful to telling the story
https://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html
5 Shots 10 Seconds
Count it down!!! Shots seem long when shooting but not
long enough when editing
10 and 9 and 8 and 7 and 6 and 5 and 4 and 3 and 2 and
1 and
Shot ListingWhat is a shot list?A list of shots
Why do it?- So you think through which shots would best tell your story- To make sure to get those shots and aren’t sitting in front of your computer editing and wishing you had gotten more/different shots
Shot ListingHow do you do it?
- Break your story/script into scenes
- Determine what shots would best communicate that scene to viewers
- Write it down- Subject matter to be shot- Type of shot- Angle of shot- Etc.
Shot ListingHow do you do it? (continued)
- Have the list with you and check it off when you are shooting and/or gathering media
The visual alternative- storyboarding
Shot ListingHow do you do it? (continued)
- Have the list with you and check it off when you are shooting and/or gathering media
The visual alternative- storyboarding
Hop To It!
Now it’s time to break your story
into scenes and start shotlisting/storyboarding it