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SHORT VIDEO TASKS
All shorties
projects should:
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Have a
storyboard (when applicable)
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Consists
of multiples shots with a variety of shot types and angles,
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Have a
reasonable quality of lighting,
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Have a
reasonable quality of filming (stable camera, good framing)
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Have a
reasonable quality of audio,
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Have a
good quality of editing (clips cut a proper location)
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Only
consist of shots where the acting is reasonable
#1-SIMPLE SCENE
You will plan, record and edit a simple scene. The focus is to work on breaking your
scenes up into multiple shots (video composition).
Possible ideas (but do what you want):
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A person walks down the hall and enters a
room.
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Include a placement shot showing lockers and
the person helps the viewer know we are in a school.
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Perhaps include a closer shot of the person
walking toward the camera.
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Perhaps include a shot of the person walking
by the camera.
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Perhaps include a shot of the person walking
around a corner.
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Perhaps include the person high-five or have
another quick interaction with somebody else.
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Include a shot of the person approaching the
door.
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Include a close-up of the door knob getting
turned.
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Include a shot from inside the room showing
the person entering.
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A person is thirsty, fills up their water
bottle and joyously takes a drink.
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Consider the person thinking “water, water,
water” as they approach the water fill-up station
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Include a close-up of the water filling the
bottle.
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Include a close-up of the drink and the
reaction.
#2-NARRATED SCENE
You will plan, record and edit a single scene with no audio. You will then add narration to the clip.
#3-BACK AND FORTH
You will film two people in different scenes.
Your shots will then flip from one person to the other going back and
forth between the two scenes. In the
end, the two people come together into a single scene.
#4-MAGIC APPEARANCE
You will film a person in a scene (with multiple shots). In one of the shots, an object (or a
person) will seemingly magically appear or disappear. This is accomplished by creating one shot
out of two shots that are filmed from the exact same angle – one with the
object and one without.
NEW-MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTRO
Pretend you (or your group) will be doing video morning
announcements. You must create a
15-second intro for you or your group.
You must have audio. Note that
your video MUST be exactly 15 seconds long.
#5-STOCK VIDEO INSERT
OPTION #1
Search the internet for royalty-free stock video sites. Find a video clip that you like and
incorporate it into a simple scene.
You will plan, record and edit that scene that will make use of the
stock video clip.
OPTION #2
You will create an entire video using royalty-free stock videos that you find
online. It is probably best to create
an informational video such as “The world is wonderful, let’s protect it”.
#6-CONVERSATION
You will plan, record and edit a single conversation scene. You should first look at other examples of
video conversations to get ideas in regards to shot
distances, angles and cuts as well as dialogue. Don’t forget to test your device for audio
quality. It may be necessary to use a
microphone.
POSSIBLE ADDITION
You will do a conversation video (see above) but also include a close-up or
an extreme close-up to show a reaction or an emotion – such as surprise or
anger.
#7-FIGHT SCENE
You will plan, record and edit a short fight scene. You must avoid all unplanned shots. Your actors must have a pre-determined goal
in each shot. If an actor laughs, you
must reshoot the shot. Focus on a few
key moments.
#8-EXPLORE WITH LIGHTING
You will film a person under different lighting situations to explore the
value of filming without light, near a window, near/under hallway lights,
with front lighting, back lighting and 3 point
lighting. Start by looking at a few
videos about lighting to give you a few lighting setup ideas. Each shot in your video needs to have next
explaining the type of lighting being used.
#9-FAMOUS LINES
Find audio of five famous movie lines such as “I’ll be back” or even a famous
song lyric such as “Don’t Worry Be Happy”.
You will then film five people saying those lines in different
locations of your choice. You will
then replace the audio from the video track with the audio from the famous
version. You will need to record each
shot several times so that the lips match up to the wording. This will also be work in the editing
process.
#10-INTERVIEW
Plan, record and edit a short interview.
The focus will be on speaking in front of a camera, recording audio
and doing minor editing.
Interestingly, to get a good result, the person asking the questions
must also guide the other (ask easy questions, tell them exactly where to
look, always make them feel comfortable, explain that questions may be
repeated if the answer was too long, )
#11-MULTI-CAMERA INTERVIEW
Plan, record and edit a seated interview using two or three cameras. The multiple cameras will allow for
multiple video angles (likely one of each person talking and one of both
people)
#11B – SLIDESHOW MOVIE
You will create a short movie clip that consists of a few photos – so a
slideshow. However, the photos will be
taken to tell a continuous story.
Below is an example storyboard created by Imagyn V:
BASIC
EDITING FOCUS
#12-FIVE IMAGE SLIDESHOW
Using a video editing software of your choice, you will create a slideshow
with five images (or short video clips).
You will add background music.
You will add text. You should
also be able to include transitions between shots/images. Make it fun! J
ALTERNATIVE
Tell a short story using five photos that you take. The slideshow now is a five frame short
movie.
#13-TOP FIVE
Create a top five video for something that you enjoy. It might be the Top Five Songs of All-Time
or it might be the Top Five Sporting Plays of All-Time. Or anything you’d like. The focus is on basic editing but also on
finding and clipping appropriate video clips.
#14-SPLIT SCREEN
A phone call with split screen or picture in picture showing both people
talking. Most advanced editors allow
for multiple layers and the resizing of each layer as needed. Note: This is possible in Davinci Resolve.
#15-HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE
Start with the video of a sporting event and create a short 30-second
highlight package. Instead of focusing
on editing skills, this focuses on decision making during the editing
process. There is also the challenge
of dealing with so much footage.
Warning that this may be a time consuming task.
#16-MOVIE TRAILER
Start with full movie. Keep some of
the part in order to create a movie trailer for that movie or for an entire
different movie. You must be aware of
copyright laws. Warning that this may
be a time consuming task.
ADVANVED EDITING FOCUS
#17-GREEN SCREEN BACKGROUND
Shoot a short clip in front of the green screen. You will then place a different background behind
the actors and props.
#18-GREEN SCREEN VIDEO
BACKGROUND
Find a clip that you will place in the background of a green screen video. This might be a clip of a famous movie
scene. Then, in front of the green
screen, film someone interacting in that famous scene. Combine the two videos.
#19-SPECIAL EFFECT
Create a video and do a special effect of your choice. This might be changing eye colours or
making lasers shoot out of your finger nails.
It’s up to you. Have fun!
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