Video and Sound Production-Exercises
25.4.2024 - 9.6.2024
Ruthlene Chua Zhen Si 0365222
Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media - Video and Sound Production
Exercises
- Lecture
- Instruction
- Class Summary
- Exercise
- Feedback
- Reflections
LECTURE (Power Point) + Class Materials Reflection ( What I have learned )
Week 1: Module Briefing
Week 1 asynchronous class materials:
- Shot size, camera angle, and composition are crucial elements in visual storytelling across film, television, and other visual media.
- Shot size refers to the visible space within a single frame, conveying different information and emotions.
- Different shot sizes include close-up (detailing emotions), and wide shot (establishing setting or context).
Reading sources:
- Shot size:
- Framing:
- Camera Angle:
- Composition:
Figure a.0: Video Clips ( Shot size) which already mark on the shot size
Summary for this particular film (what i learn, take notes)
- This clip highlights how crucial composition and frame are to good narrative in cinematography. It emphasizes how important it is to show interactions and dynamics between individuals by isolating them in single shots and adding complexity with several characters. The language stresses the importance of well-timed and well-placed shots to captivate and fully immerse the viewer in the tale, and it urges filmmakers to experiment with different shot compositions to raise visual storytelling beyond the norm.
Figure a.1: Video Clips (Framing) which already mark on the shot size
- Camera angle is the position of the camera relative to the subject, influencing perspective and information.
- Examples include high-angle (creating vulnerability) and low-angle (establishing power).
- Composition involves arranging visual elements within a frame, such as characters, objects, color, and lighting.
- It creates visual interest, guides the viewer's eye, and conveys meaning or emotion.
- Together, these elements help filmmakers and storytellers convey ideas and meaning effectively to the audience.
Figure a.2 : Video Clips (Camera Angle) which already mark on the camera angle
Summary for this particular film (what i learn, take notes)
- Composition Definition: It's about arranging elements in the frame, including subject, space, shapes, colors, and lines, to convey the storytelling message effectively.
- Key Composition Elements: Techniques like leading lines, rule of thirds, shapes, and color help create focal points and guide the viewer's attention.
- Framing Techniques: "Frame within a frame," Golden Ratio, and depth in the image (foreground, middle ground, background) aid in creating balance and isolating the main subject.
- Learning Composition: Though initially challenging, practice leads to an intuitive understanding of composition, enhancing visual storytelling proficiency.
Figure a.2 : Video Clips on Composition
Week 2 :Framing and Storyboard
Before class, we are told to complete quizzes, in order to gain better understanding of the topic.
Figure a.3 : Google form of shot size, camera angle, and composition
- The three-act story structure is a popular narrative framework used in storytelling, especially in film and literature.
- Act One: The Setup introduces the protagonist, their world, and the initial situation, ending with an inciting incident that disrupts their world and prompts action.
- Act Two: The Confrontation is the longest and most complex, where the protagonist faces obstacles and challenges, divided into two parts: progress towards the goal and encountering setbacks.
- Act Three: The Resolution is where the story reaches its climax and resolution. The protagonist confronts the final challenge, leading to the climax, and then ties up loose ends in the resolution.
- This structure provides a clear and effective way to create engaging and well-structured narratives that resonate with audiences.
Reading sources:
Figure a.4 : Three Act Structure Explained — The Secret to Telling a Great Story
As usual, do a google form before entering the class, gain better understanding.
Figure a.5 : Google form of three act story structure
Week 3 :Asynchronous class materials
- Storyboarding in filmmaking is a visual representation, similar to a comic strip, used to pre-visualize a film, animation, or video game.
- It consists of a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence to plan shots, understand narrative flow, and communicate ideas to the production team.
- Details in storyboards can include camera angles, character movements, dialogue, special effects, and sound notes.
- This process helps the director, cinematographer, and crew members visualize scenes and prepare for shooting.
- Storyboarding is crucial in pre-production as it allows experimentation with visual approaches, identification of potential problems, and necessary adjustments, ultimately saving time and resources.
Reading sources:
- What is storyboard?
- How to make storyboard
Figure a.6 : Google form of Storyboard
Week 4 :Production
Production Stages in Filmmaking
1. Pre-production:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Scriptwriting: Developing the script.
- Storyboarding: Creating visual representations of scenes.
- Casting: Selecting actors for roles.
- Location Scouting: Finding and securing locations for filming.
- Designing Sets and Costumes: Planning and creating visual elements.
- Hiring Crew: Recruiting necessary production team members.
2. Production:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Filming: Capturing all necessary footage.
- Coordination: Managing schedules and coordinating the team.
- Logistics: Handling the physical and logistical challenges of filming.
3. Post-production:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Editing: Cutting and arranging footage.
- Sound Design: Adding music, sound effects, and dialogue.
- Color Grading: Adjusting the colors of the footage.
- Visual Effects: Adding special effects as needed.
Key Production Crew Members
1. Director:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Oversees the entire production.
- Ensures the creative vision is realized.
- Directs actors' performances and scene blocking.
2. Producer:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Manages logistical and financial aspects.
- Secures funding.
- Hires crew and coordinates schedules.
3. Cinematographer (Director of Photography, DP):
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Responsible for the film's visual aesthetic.
- Chooses cameras, lenses, and lighting setups.
4. Production Designer:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Designs sets, costumes, and props.
- Creates a cohesive visual world.
5. Sound Designer:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Manages all audio aspects.
- Records and edits dialogue, sound effects, and music.
6. Editor:
- Additional explanation of what they do:
- Assembles footage into a coherent story.
- Shapes the pacing, tone, and structure of the film.
Additional Crew Roles
- Grips: Handle lighting and rigging equipment.
- Gaffers: Responsible for lighting setups.
- Makeup Artists: Apply makeup to actors.
- Stunt Coordinators: Manage and choreograph stunts.
Reading sources:
- Stages of Film Production — Overview of the Entire Process
- Ultimate Guide to Film Crew Positions (Jobs & Duties Explained)
Google form before class.
Figure a.7 : Google form of Production stages
Week 7_Colour Correction vs. Colour Grading
- Process of Coloring Digital Video Footage:
- Establish a picture profile.
- Color correct the footage.
- Color grade the footage.
- Color Correction:
- Technical process.
- Makes footage look natural and realistic.
- Color Grading:
- Creative process.
- Adds atmosphere and emotion to shots.
- Basic Color Terms:
- Hue: The color itself.
- Saturation: The intensity of the color.
- Brightness: The lightness or darkness of the color.
- HSB Color Theory:
- Used to create mood and color schemes in films and videos.
- Saturation affects how colors "pop" or become "muddy" depending on the amount of grey information.
- Adding pure white or black changes the brightness value.
Figure a.8 : Google form of Colour Correction vs. Colour Grading
INSTRUCTION
CLASS SUMMARY
Week 1: Briefing for the course. Learn to arrange and to predict the orders of the video, video editing.
Week 2: Learn to capture framing techniques, edit and apply caption on it.
Week 3: Understand storytelling, abstract sound effect and also understand audio dubbing.
Week 4: Study on the technique of audio adjustment ( male to female, female to male), audio level, audio effect adjustment, ambient sound and also speeding.
TASK
Week 1: Mint & Doritos document editing ( arrange the correct video orders )
1. Doritos Video Editing:
Firstly, We are required to download all the video clips from the google drive which has been given by the lecture.
Figure 1.0: Process of downloading the video clips
Next, we are require to adjust the right orders of the video clips by using PR, after done the video clip, we are told to export it and upload to our exercise blog.
Figure 1.1: Process of arranging the video clips
Final outcome, uploaded in the youtube.
Figure 1.2: Exercise video clip uploaded
Same goes to the mint exercise, we are require to download it from the drive.
Figure 1.3: Process of downloading the video clips
Then, arrange them according to orders.
Figure 1.4: Process of arranging the video clips
Final outcome, uploaded to the youtube.
Figure 1.5: Exercise video clip uploaded
Week 2: Outdoor Shooting and Editing
We are require to shoot 8 kinds of framing exercise after the lecture session.
Figure 1.6 :The 8 framing exercise
I start to arrange the order following by the information in the slide, before starting to add on captions.
Figure 1.7 :Video arrangement
Add on caption to every each Video to mark on the framing shots.
Figure 1.8 : Add on captions
Turn on the safe margin button to make sure the captions is in the right area, safe and having a good layout .
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Figure 1.9 : Turning on the safe margin
To make the entire video's caption looking and make the transition more smoother, we are require to add on video transition on the front and the back of the caption. In this particular task, I need to add the cross dissolve effect on the caption.
Figure 2.0 : Add on transitional effect on the start and end of the caption
Apply the transitional effect on every caption.
Figure 2.0 : Add on transitional effect on all the video's caption
Figure 2.1 : Self framing video uploaded to the Youtube
We are required to arrange and edit the length of the given video clips, it's about Lalin. We are told to submit it in only 35 sec of duration.
Figure 2.2 : Lalin edited video
Lecture informed us to do figure it out and explore the way of adding the pop up messages. Therefore, I need to make a little changes on it (add on pop up message + Audio effect ).
After insert all the conversation messages, I started to added in some dissolve effect to make the entire conversation more smoother and not so sudden .
Figure 2.3 : Cross Dissolve Effect Added
This is what the effect will bring to the video:
Figure 2.4 : Cross Dissolve Effect
Last but not least, the sound effect of the message coming in, to attract the attention of the audience to the particular conversation they had. 
Figure 2.5 : Added in the sound effect of the messages
This is the new version of Lalin edited video:
Figure 2.6 : New Lalin edited video
Week 3：Understand storytelling _3act structure exercise
First Clip _Lalin
1. Which part is act 1, act 2, act 3 respectively? Describe each act with ONE paragraph only.
Act 1: Opening with the introduction of a girl named Lalin, the film focused on her ongoing mask-wearing because of her acne, which caused her feeling insecure, low on herself, and unconfident about the way she looks. She experiences bullying both in person and online as a result of this circumstance. Instead than facing prejudice or discrimination, she decided to study overseas to Japan, where no one recognized her. She began to upload photoshopped pictures of herself on social media while she was in Japan in an effort to boost her self-esteem.
Act 2:During her time in Japan, she met the netizen astronaut nut, with whom she maintains constant contact. Astronaut frequently suggests that they can met in person when they are chatting, but Lalin declined, telling him she wasn't prepared to do so. She was informed one day by an astronaut that he had been to Japan and want to see her. When they first started dating, the girl persuaded him to go back by refusing to go out, but before he leave he requested her to read the novel he had written. After reading his book, she came to understand that they had actually met previously and had a similar life experience despite his attempts to improve himself and overcome obstacles.
Act 3: She regretted what she had said and wanted to pursue him after realizing the hardships that he had gone through. Sadly, the netizen had already left Japan, so she was unable to locate him. Following all of the events, she made an effort to reclaim her identity by not editing any of her images and trying to be herself.
2. What is the inciting incident in the movie?
The inciting incident in the movie is that Lalin meet the netizen who is called astronaut nut, which she already meet him before she study in Japan.
3. What is the midpoint scene in the movie?
The midpoint scene in the movie is that the netizen fly to Japan purposely go and find her and wanted to have a met up date with Lalin.
4. What is the Climax scene in the movie?
The climax scene in the movie is that Lalin figure out what he has been through and she was going after him.
5.What is the theme of the movie?
The theme of the movie is to tell the audience not to be have appearance anxiety and be confident and high self-esteem all the time, be what are we use to be.
Second Clip _Everything, everywhere all at once
1. Which part is act 1, act 2, act 3 respectively? Describe each act with ONE paragraph only.
Act 1: In the beginning our hero, played by Michelle Yeoh, her life as a laundromat owner, and her detached family. It starts with the inciting event, in which a strange person hands her a device that enables her to travel to different parallel universes, shocking her dull everyday life and launching her into a reckless journey.
Act 2: The confrontation, which she confronts as she fumbles through the otherworld, meeting numerous incarnations of herself, all stuck in some sort of tribulation or discord. There is a crossing when she tries to understand the full scope of her abilities and the connection they have while also battling a variety of obstacle.
Act 3:In which the resolution unfolds, concludes with a climax of high stakes in which the protagonist must face the greatest challenge. Which is rescuing her family, and rectifying the discordant dimensions of her personality across the multiverse .
2. What is the inciting incident in the movie?
The inciting incident in the movie is that the heroin received the device delivery gives access to many parallel universes, disrupting the heroine’s ordinary life and creating a problem that needs to be solved, that is, the ability to move between different universe.
3. What is the midpoint scene in the movie?
The midpoint scene in the movie occurs when the she gets to a crucial point in her travels across various worlds. It is a scene of no return, where she understands the full scope of her struggle and what’s at risk. In all likelihood, something is revealed during this scene, or she faces a challenging confrontation that makes her reconsider her actions and the reasons for her action.
4. What is the Climax scene in the movie?
The climax scene in the movie is where the she faces her highest challenge, or conflict. It is specifically linked to a finalistic showdown or revelation, which reports and determines the result of the her quest, resolving the conflict of the story’s center.
5.What is the theme of the movie?
The theme of the movie is to be our true self and set side by side to choices we have to make, declare the importance of resilience, connection, and acceptance of all aspect of oneself.
FEEDBACK
Week 1 -Brief 25/04/2024
Specific Feedback: -
General Feedback: Keeps on update our progress in blogger.
Week 2 -Framing Self Video 2/05/2024
Specific Feedback: -
General Feedback: For the video we taken during the classes, remember to check out does it have blur foreground.
Week 3 -Video editing 9/05/2024
Specific Feedback: -
General Feedback: Revise the content based on lecturer feedback for Acts 1, 2, and 3, omitting detailed explanations.
Week 4 - Video editing on "Everything, everywhere, all at once "
Specific Feedback: -
General Feedback: Before start editing any of the sound effect or ambient sound, please add on every of them, just came edit it.
REFLECTION ( Specific for the end Sem)
Over the following weeks, Mr. Martin did an excellent job of guiding us throughout the semester. He always ensured we stayed on track and fully absorbed the knowledge he imparted in class. In this particular module, I learned to use Premiere Pro for video editing and adding effects. Additionally, I gained a fundamental understanding of cinematography, including shot size, camera angle, and composition. This practice enhanced our shooting skills, helping us gather the best materials for our video productions. Throughout the semester, we were taught the principles of storytelling, which improved our ability to create engaging and logically structured video clips, incorporating elements like the inciting incident, midpoint, and climax scenes.
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