Beatitudes Project

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Beatitudes Project

• Guidelines for Video

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Introduction

• Maximum time limit 10 minutes
• Crime? soap? sitcom? comedy? drama?documentary?
• specific situations that demonstrate the genre?
• plot outline

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Audience

• Know your target audience...discuss this class
  and its personalities in your group.
• Play to the middle ground (or lowest common
  denominator) of the class.

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Specifics

• what is the mood/atmosphere that you are trying
  to create?
• How is this mood/atmosphere demonstrated through
  acting and dialogue, camera shots, editing,
  costume, background setting, lighting, color,
  music, special effects...

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Making Movies

• tips and tricks

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• secure tripod (if using one)... steady means
  interest.
• Battery on camera is charged
• Remove lens cap (doh!)
• video tape (miniDV) is recordable
• Focus mode is auto in normal instances
• white balance set to auto

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• If interviewing people, beware of background
  noise which makes it hard to hear.
• Use an off-camera mic, if able.
• Camera operator needs to wear earphones and
  report to the director when the ambient noise is
  too distracting.

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• Dont shoot your characters with the sun behind
  the talent unless for effect. Subjects should be
  placed against a darker background (if not using
  external lighting) if not available use
  Backlight on your camera.
• Check that light is not directly in subjects
  eyes
• Check that the light is not creating shadows in
  the shot.

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Post Production

• Keep in mind the 10 minute limit
• edit with coherence in mind (KNOW your
  audience... choose the least common denominator
  in the class and play to him/her)
• Watch out that music does not become the subject.