Week 3 : Self Practice Shot

Today me and my group members (Fadlee and Diyana) was borrow a camcoder from faculty. We have explained by our technician, Mr Rosli how to handle the camcoder.

We'll do this task during weekend to practice in video shooting. Need to try many times to get the skills.


We've try to shoot a video as our lecture shown us in class. The video was save in memory stick. I got the problem to transfer it to computer due to the memory stick cannot slot in into laptop slot. Might be need some additional device to fix it.

Week 3 : Process of Video Production

I just joined this class this week. Last week was substitute holiday for Hari Malaysia. This course will handle by Tn Hj Johari Hasan for 1st half of course in video. The 2nd half will meet with Assoc Prof Dr Jamalludin Hj Harun for Animation part.

Today Tn Hj Johari give us lecture in 2nd week topic which is The Process of Video Production as below :

• Pre-Production (planning, scripting, storyboarding)
• Production (shooting)
• Post-Production (editing, recording sound, audio sweetening)

I'm beginner in video production, so many terms to know during working in broadcasting such as :

• PAL short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries
• SÉCAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire, French for "Sequential Color with Memory"), is an analog color television system first used in France.
• NTSC National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, parts of South America (except Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and French Guiana), Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories
• HDTV High-definition television (HDTV) provides a resolution that is substantially higher than that of standard-definition television
• HDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape
• CCD is charge-coupled device (CCD) is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value.
• CMOS Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) is a technology for constructing integrated circuits.
• HR Horizontal Resolution is the number of elements, dots or columns from left to right on a printed page, display screen or fixed area such as one inch.
• VR Vertical Resolution which is the number of rows, dots or lines from top to bottom.
•  °K          (degree Kelvin - unit for light or color temperature)

 

Equipment  and Technology in Video Production

Shot Types

There is several type of shot to know during handling the camcoder to shot the video. This is some tutorial i got from http://www.mediacollege.com/

There is a convention in the video, film and television industries which assigns names and guidelines to common types of shots, framing and picture composition. The list below briefly describes the most common shot types (click the images for more details).

Notes:

• The exact terminology varies between production environments but the basic principles are the same.
• Shots are usually described in relation to a particular subject. In most of the examples below, the subject is the boy.
• See below for more information and related tutorials.

EWS (Extreme Wide Shot)
The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.

VWS (Very Wide Shot)
The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.

WS (Wide Shot)
The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.
AKA: long shot, full shot.

MS (Mid Shot)
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.

MCU (Medium Close Up)
Half way between a MS and a CU.

CU (Close Up)
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.

ECU (Extreme Close Up)
The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
Variation: Choker

Cut-In
Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.

CA (Cutaway)
A shot of something other than the subject.

Two-Shot
A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.

(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind a person at the subject.

Noddy Shot
Usually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject.

Point-of-View Shot (POV)
Shows a view from the subject's perspective.

Weather Shot
The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.

 The other tutorial of shot types in film making :

Week 2 : Substitute Holiday for Malaysia Day

No class for today due to substitute holiday for Hari Malaysia yesterday.