Beginning Digital Filmmaking
Beginning Digital Filmmaking (online course)
Description
Dr. E. Anthony Collins (Tony), Instructor
W: anthonycollinsfilm.com
E: [email protected]
This is an introductory course for students of digital filmmaking. The goal is to introduce students to idea development processes, basic scriptwriting, capturing video and audio with basic equipment, and editing the various elements together to tell a story that is presented to an audience.
By conceiving, planning, producing, editing, and presenting a series of short creative productions, students explore how video techniques are used to structure meaning in media messages.
Objectives
- Integrate various technological tools for AV production
- Capture well-composed video images. See the light.
- Capture great sound. Learn to hear, listen, and record.
- Edit video and audio into a compelling story.
- Present your work to an audience
By conceiving, planning, producing, editing, and presenting a series of short creative productions, students explore how video techniques are used to structure meaning in media messages.
The 5 Stages of a Video Production Process
- Stage 1: Idea Development. It takes more than just a good idea to produce a video.
- Stage 2: Writing and Scripting. Put into motion the groundwork to make your video.
- Stage 3: Production
- Stage 4: Post Production
- Stage 5: Marketing/Distribution/Presentation
Week 1 — Introduction to Course/Syllabus
Stage 1: Overview of the filmmaking process
Reading assignment:
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/how-to-make-a-movie/...
Screening assignment:
Intro to Film Budgeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebTlSYzWMM
Week 2
Stage 1: Overview of the filmmaking process
Reading assignment:
Why pre-production is essential
https://www.videomaker.com/.../17031-a-plea-for-pre...
Screening assignment:
Screenplay formatting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CjlKQclsWo...
Week 3
Stage 2: Preproduction
Reading assignment:
Documentary Script Writing
http://www.unesco.org/.../programme_doc_documentary...
Screening assignment:
Day in the Life of a Production Assistant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPBfoEFgR28...
Week 4
Stage 2: Preproduction
Reading assignment:
Everything you Need to Know about selling your script in 2500 words
https://scriptmag.com/.../everything-you-need-to-know...
Screening assignment:
Storyboarding (has a couple of shots of gore*)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQsvhq28sOI
Week 5
Stage 2: Preproduction
Reading assignment:
3 writing tips to Improve your Short Film
https://www.premiumbeat.com/.../tips-for-improving-short.../
Screening assignment:
Script Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMep2s_T89c
Week 6
Stage 3: Production
Reading assignment:
Basic Rules of Composition
https://www.videomaker.com/.../18610-the-basic-rules-of...
Camera Angles - a complete guide
https://www.videomaker.com/.../your-complete-guide-to.../
Screening assignment:
How to Over/Under cables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg6uIZErSuY
What you Need to Know About White Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ngTYGBegl4...
Everything you need to know about F-stops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_nDpYunmyU...
Week 7
Stage 3: Production
Reading assignment:
5 DIY Lighting Tips for Filmmakers on a Budget
https://www.premiumbeat.com/.../5-diy-lighting-tips-for.../
Air Rights: Shooting with Drones
https://filmmakermagazine.com/109371-air-rights-2/...
Screening assignment:
10 Things I Know About Lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5X9lIAXxVk
180 degree rule:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW0bKUfvH2c
How Many Crew Members Do you Need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JolfPWLrJeM...
Week 8
Stage 3: Production
Reading assignment:
Recording good audio for video
https://www.videomaker.com/.../14216-recording-good-audio...
Sound design: how sound helps tell your visual stories
https://www.videomaker.com/.../19052-sound-design-how...
Screening assignment:
Basics of Recording Audio for Digital Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9cP1WHL0Zo...
Recording 101: Microphones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Nza3Z6WTY...
Production sound techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dSDkrSx8g
Week 9
Stage 4: Post-production
Reading assignment:
Walter Murch Rule of 6:
https://videoandfilmmaker.com/.../film-editing-walter.../
Screening assignment:
Walter Murch’s Rule of Six
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WGP4dofgQ
Week 10
Stage 4: Post-production
Reading assignment:
Editing Workflow
https://www.videomaker.com/.../video-editing-workflow.../
Screening assignment:
9 Cuts Every Video Editor should know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3Hmf2Dxlo
Week 11
Stage 4: Post-production
Reading assignment:
What is a CODEC?
https://www.videomaker.com/article/f6/14743-what-is-a-codec
Screening assignment:
The Magic of Making Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO3N_PRIgX0
Week 12
Stage 5: Marketing/Distribution
Reading assignment:
Killing the Sundance Myth: No Filmmaker Comes Out of Nowhere
https://www.indiewire.com/.../sundance-film-festival.../
Screening assignment:
How to Write a Logline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Fj_H9Q73k...