VIDEO BASICS Shooting Guidelines Rule of thirds Headroom

VIDEO BASICS

Shooting Guidelines � � � � Rule of thirds Headroom Left to right White Balance Fill the frame Don’t crop on a joint Use a tripod

White Balance � � � Tell camera what’s white Is usually automatic (Phones) OR Maybe presets for cloudy, incandescent, sunny etc.

Time Codes � Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. � Used to specify a specific point in the video. Format: HH: MM: SS: FF Interpret as Hour, Minute, Second, Frame Example: 01: 10: 24 So, the above means: One hour, 10 minutes, 10 seconds, 24 th frame � �

NTSC � � First standards Established by the NTSC (National Television Standards Committee…, there are other standards (for digital TV, ATSC, for example, but for this class: NTSC)

Dolly, Pan and Zoom

Frames � � Video: 30 fps (SD)-60 HDTV Film: 24 fps � 6 Persistence of vision � Image stays on the retina for brief period of time

Frame Sizes: TV Frame size Pixels/Line Standard Definition HD Full HD Ultra HD …aka 4 K 720 1920 4096 Lines (rows) 480 720 1080 2304

Scanning � � � Interlaced Progressive Interlaced: Every other row is “scanned” even lines first, then gun goes back and scans odd rows 1080 I, 720 I Progressive: All rows are scanned � 1080 p, 720 p

NLE � � � Nonlinear Editing Premiere CC Hearst (very largecompany)) all PCs, Windows, Premiere