Expensive equipment isn't the barrier it used to be, the process still is
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Today's Word Bank
Every word below appears on your notes sheet. Watch closely, some get used more than once.
aspect ratio
codec
distribution
pixels
postproduction
preproduction
production
professional
render
shot list
smooth
steady
straight
How today works: we'll look at one blank at a time. Study the example, make your best guess, then we'll reveal the answer together. Fill in your notes as we go, don't skip ahead!
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How good can amateur video look today?
Today, anyone with a computer, a smartphone, and editing software can create a ______-looking video, expensive equipment is no longer the barrier it once was.
GUIDED NOTES #1
PROFESSIONAL
Software and cheap cameras closed the gap, a professional look no longer requires a studio's equipment.
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What are the four phases of movie-making?
The movie-making process has four phases, in order: ______, ______, ______, and ______.
GUIDED NOTES #2
PREPRODUCTION / PRODUCTION / POSTPRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION
Preproduction (planning), production (shooting), postproduction (editing), distribution (sharing).
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What's a shot list for?
Preproduction is everything from the initial idea to scriptwriting, a ______ ______ lists every shot you'll need so nothing gets missed on shoot day.
GUIDED NOTES #3
SHOT LIST
A shot list is your roadmap for shoot day, every shot you need, so nothing gets missed.
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What are the "three S's" of production?
During Production, follow the "three S's": ______, ______, and ______. A tripod helps with all three.
GUIDED NOTES #4
STRAIGHT / STEADY / SMOOTH
Straight, steady, and smooth footage, a tripod helps achieve all three during the shoot.
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What has to happen in postproduction?
Postproduction is where footage becomes a finished film, the computer must ______ (combine clips, effects, and audio) into one playable file.
GUIDED NOTES #5
RENDER
Rendering combines clips, effects, and audio into one finished, playable video file.
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What is a pixel?
A video frame is made of ______, the smallest single point of color information in an image.
GUIDED NOTES #6
PIXELS
Pixels are the smallest single points of color information that make up every video frame.
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What's aspect ratio?
Two videos can be the same resolution but a different ______, the proportional relationship between a frame's width and height (16:9 vs. 9:16, for example).
GUIDED NOTES #7
ASPECT RATIO
Aspect ratio is the width-to-height relationship of a frame, 16:9 landscape vs. 9:16 vertical, for example.
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What's a codec?
The software that compresses a video for storage and playback, then decompresses it to play, is called a ______.
GUIDED NOTES #8
CODEC
A codec compresses video for storage/playback and decompresses it again when you watch it.
NOW DISCUSS
Turn & Talk
Once you start paying attention to camera angles, sound, and effects in videos you watch for fun, you start noticing them everywhere, has that already started happening to you?
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