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SHOOTING TECHNIQUES
This course will enable the students to:
- Gain a greater overview of the video production process and its various stages.
- Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to create and edit movies necessary in an educational setting and explore the tools and techniques of shooting video that will help to create and edit professional short films of their own.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course Outcomes (at course level)
| Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
The students will: CO105. Distinguish traditional and modern shooting technique concepts. CO106.Categorize, correlate and link academic feature, short, documentary and advertisement films. CO107.Write stories, scripts and screenplays based on genres and themes. CO108.Design and Compose art sets and scenes according to the film concepts. CO109.Filming movies, songs, documentaries, product commercials and wedding films. | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.
| Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Video production basics, how to handle a video camera, operation of video camera, shooting mode & techniques in DSLR, Types of video shots framing , building a video sequence. Preproduction for a commercial and short film,
Exercise on setting up video shoot according to script, Using camera movement like panning, dolly, track in Track out, Zoom in Zoom out, Using various types of camera angles, Shooting exercise of short film
Setting up light for video production, 3 point lighting, Using Rule of 180 degree in shooting, Exercise on a Scene set up for shooting short film & commercial advertising according to script, Shooting OTS dialogue.
Recording audio techniques for short film, Editing of audio, Dubbing of audio, creating background sound score, Creating Foley, Sound effects for film.
Editing for music video, editing for the documentary, Editing the short film and video commercial. Adding Special effects for film, Title & credit design for film.
Note: Assessment will be done based on:
- Camera: operation, composition, movement, use of lens etc.
2. Effective use of light and sound.
3. Sense of editing.
4. Other technical considerations executed in the project.
- Michael K. Hughes, “Digital Filmmaking for Beginners A Practical Guide to Video Production”, Tab Electronics, 2012.
- Francis Glebas, “Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation”, Focal Press, 2008.
SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Roy Thompson “Grammer of the shot” Focal Press, 1998.
- Steven d. Katz“Film Directing- Shot by Shot visualizing from concept to screen” Michael Wiese Productions, 1991.
- Kit Laybourne and John Canemaker, “The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation”, Three Rivers Press; 2nd Revised edition, 1998.
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