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Module 1 B

2. Major dramatic productions
have a wardrobe person who
sees that the actors have
clothes appropriate to the
story and script.
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3. The audio director or audio
technician arranges for the audio recording
equipment, sets up and checks mics
(microphones), monitors audio quality during
the production, and then strikes (another
production term meaning disassembles
and, if necessary, removes) the audio
recording equipment and accessories after
the production is over. (Mic, strangely
enough, is pronounced mike.)
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4. The microphone boom/grip
operator watches rehearsals and
decides on the proper mics and their
placement for each scene. During
an on-location (out-of-the-studio)
shoot, this person may need strong
arms to hold the mic boom over the
talent for long periods of time.
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5. The video recorder
operator arranges video
recording equipment and
accessories, sets up video
recordings, performs recording
checks, and monitors video
quality.
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6. In dramatic
productions, the continuity
secretary (CS) carefully makes
notes on scene and continuity
details as each scene is shot to
ensure that these details remain
consistent among takes and
scenes.
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7. The CG Operator, (electronic
character generator operator)
programs (designs/types in)
opening titles, subtitles, and
closing credits into a computer-
based device that inserts the text
over the video.
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8. Camera operators do more than just operate
cameras. They typically help set up the cameras
and ensure their technical quality, and they work
with the director, lighting director, and audio
technician in blocking (setting up) and shooting
each shot.
On a field (out-of-the-studio, or on-location)
production, they may also coordinate camera
equipment pickup and delivery.
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9. Depending on the production, there
may be a floor manager or stage
manager who's responsible for
coordinating activities on the set. One
or more floor persons, or
stagehands, may assist him or her.
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10. After shooting is
completed, the editors use the
video and audio recordings to
blend the segments together.
Technicians add music and audio
effects to create the final product.
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11. *

12. “The most important
phase of production is
preproduction.”
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13. Step 1
* Choose the crew
* Brainstorm the idea
* Decide the type of video
Step 2
* Do the research
* Use the camera
Step 3
* Write the script
* Plan the storyboard
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14. It is difficult to make a video by yourself. There
are too many jobs for one person to do, so
gather a crew.
Sometimes people
can do more than
one job. But don’t
ask anyone to do too
much!!!
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15. *Meet your crew to plan the video
*Talk about possible topics and gather as many
different ideas as you can
*Consider the available equipment
*Be sure the type of video you make fits your
subject. If your topic is humorous, treat it lightly.
If the story is serious, present the facts clearly &
plainly.
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16. Start at the library to
research the topic of
your video. Read
books
encyclopedias, magazin
es & newspapers.
Listen to taped Examine computer
interviews, special databases, photogr
sound effects, and aphs, slides &
music. maps.
You can visit the places
where events happened
& interview people who
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were on the scene or
who have expert fist
hand information.

17. How are videos different from books?
BOOKS VIDEO
Written & read Produced & viewed
Imagination creates pictures Pictures are always created
Still pictures Moving pictures
Created by putting words on Created by putting sound and
paper pictures on tape
Can be read anywhere Must be viewed on a machine
Think in *
pictures.
Each picture
is a shot.

18. * Keep your script simple. Imagine that you are going to
tell the story without saying a single word.
* Plotting – Think of your video as a three-act play. Act
1 (Beginning)- introduce the main character and
his/her problem, Act 2 (Middle)- the character tries to
solve his/her problem & Act 3 (end) – the audience
finds out if the character has been successful or not.
* Character – build a character profile
* Character movements / gestures
* Setting – time and place / when & where
* Dialogue -
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19. FADE-IN INT. KITCHEN OF EDWARDS HOME-MEDIUM SHOT ALANA EDWARDS - DAY (1)
[Note explanation of these numbers below. Also see explanation below about
variations in margins and spacing.]
ALANA EDWARDS, age 36, quickly moves from the stove to the kitchen table. (2)
CLOSE-UP - TOASTER
Toast pops up in the toaster. We SEE ALANA'S HAND quickly pull out the toast.
WIDE SHOT - KITCHEN
We HEAR a KETTLE WHISTLE. She quickly moves to the stove to turn off the burner.
ALANA (3) (calling) (4)
Bill, you're going to be late! (5)
She takes a pan of oatmeal off the stove and pours it in four bowls on the kitchen
table. RONNIE, age 8, bursts into the room.
ALANA (continuing)
And tell Sherry to get a move on!
MEDIUM SHOT — RONNIE
RONNIE (sitting down)
Mom, Sherry's puttin' lipstick on again; I saw her.

20. ALANA (calling)
Sherry!
INT. HALLWAY - MEDIUM SHOT - SHERRY - DAY
SHERRY EDWARDS, age 12, stops to check her appearance in the hallway mirror.
She HEARS her father's FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS and quickly turns and walks
toward the kitchen.
INT. KITCHEN - WIDE SHOT - DAY
ALANA (To Sherry as she enters)
Where's your father?
[optional] (CONTINUED)

21. VIDEO AUDIO
ECU) Sprinkler Head #1 Peter Gunn Theme" by
 (ECU) Sprinkler Head Art of Noise.
#2
 (ECU) Sprinkler Head
#3 (It smiles.)
(MS) Jeff walking across (As he approaches, we
plaza toward camera and see only his feet.)
his car with sprinkler #3 (Jeff trips on sprinkler. In
in foreground. pain, he grabs his toe.)
(MS) Jeff on ground. (Jeff tries to pull
(2-S) Jeff and sprinkler. sprinkler out of the
ground; it doesn't work.)
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22. Step 4
*Direct the talent
Step 5
*Tape the story
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23. Step 6
*Edit the video
Step 7
*Present the show
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24. As fun as all the razzmatazz
effects might be to play with, you
should consider all this high-tech
stuff merely a tool for a greater
purpose: the effective
communication of ideas and
information.
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25. * f you think about it, today's latest high-tech effects
will look pretty lame a few years from now. (Think of
the visual effects in some early films.)
* It's only the ideas and feelings that have a chance
of enduring.
* How many times have you seen a movie and
forgotten about it almost as soon as you left the
theater? In contrast, some movies seem to "stick
with you," and you may think about them for days or
even weeks.
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26. The medium you are learning to control can be
used either to provide audiences with time-
wasting, mindless, drivel...
...or with ideas that can make a positive
difference in the overall scheme of things. (And,
as you may have noticed, there is a definite
need in the world for people who can make a
positive difference.)
How would you rather have your work and life
remembered?
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27. Write a review on a local
television program that you
think give out a ―positive
difference.‖ Post this on your
Facebook account and tag it to
ronprox@yahoo.com Ooops!!!
Don’t forget to give your work a
catchy title.
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