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Digital Video Intensive

Seattle Film Institute. Digital Video Intensive. james eaton. videobeach@comcast.net www.videobeach.com. my promise to you. At the end of this class you won’t be afraid of digital video!. dv websites. Class website, www.videobeach.com/sfi.htm Digitalvideoediting.com

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Digital Video Intensive

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  1. Seattle Film Institute Digital Video Intensive

  2. james eaton videobeach@comcast.net www.videobeach.com

  3. my promise to you • At the end of this class you won’t be afraid of digital video!

  4. dv websites • Class website, www.videobeach.com/sfi.htm • Digitalvideoediting.com • Digitalmedianet.com & Creativecow.net • Searchable user forums dedicated to specific cameras, NLE’s etc. • Excellent resource for info, tutorials, more • DV.com • Corresponds to DV, a print mag • Videography.com • Also has a print version • Videoguys.com • Retail site but has good basic DV info • Want more? Do a Google search for “digital video”

  5. recommended reading • Digital Filmmaking 101, Newton & Gaspard • Lighting for Digital Video & Television, John Jackman • Five Essential Steps in Digital Video, Denise Ohio • Possibly out of print • Producing Great Sound for Digital Video, Jay Rose • In The Blink of an Eye, Walter Murch • A must-read for any filmmaker! • All are available at Amazon.com and fine bookstores everywhere • Also plenty of books on specific NLE platforms, products and software

  6. class schedule • Day One: • An overview of the DV production pipeline and workflow • Day Two: • 1st half: lighting basics & --- • 2nd half: Review, NLE, discussion • Day Three: We shoot something(s) • Keep the idea small • Division of labor • Director, camera, editor, sound, talent (more?) • Don’t panic, plenty of time for that later • Day Four: Edit. • No pressure, doesn’t have to be great • Doesn’t even have to be good. It’s the exercise that’s important here.

  7. camera Broad price range in DV/HDV cameras Panasonic AG-DVX200 & Sony HVR Z1U , the hot cameras today DV/HDV/24p/30p/30i ~$5,000+ depending on accessories Next year something else will be the camera Plenty of DV models between $400 and $1500 You can make a movie with any of these!

  8. camera • Broad price range (mail order 10/28/05) • Sony HDR-FX1, $2599.99 • JVC JY-HD10U, $2299.99 • Panasonic DVX100A, $2299.99 • Canon Optura XI, $849.99 • Canon AR-400, $389.99 • Fry’s, B&H Photo, Camera World…

  9. camera Get to know your DV camera Find the “gozintas” & “gozoutas” Mini-DV, DVCAM, HDV, DVCPRO(HD) DV specs are identical, the rest is marketing HDV different from DVCPRO HD Locate the buttons, learn the menus Have no fear, shoot stuff, learn the quirks of your camera Tripod v. handheld Steadicam, monopod, cranes, remote rigs

  10. camera Photo = Light Graph = Record White balance and color temperature Where are you shooting? Indoors, outside or a mix of both? Focus, or you don’t have a shot! Pros don’t rely on auto-focus or auto-anything Progressive v. interlace, 24p v. 30i 4:3 v. 16:9, film v. tape, yadda, yadda…

  11. time code • Every frame of video has an address • 01:07:19:06 = 1 hr, 7 mins, 19 secs, 6 frames (Standard U.S. video is 30 fps)

  12. dv camera

  13. dv camera

  14. dv camera

  15. firewire • Firewire = iLink = IEEE1394 • Provides in and out (I/O) fiber optic pathway between camera, computer and other peripherals

  16. camera • High Definition Digital Video (HDV) • 720p/1080i via Firewire on mini-DV tape • Changing everything! • Sony, JVC, Canon & Sharp adopt HDV standards • NLE’s (Vegas, Premier, Avid, FCP) are supporting it. • Panasonic doing it’s own thing with DVCPRO and P2 (tapeless) media. FCP supports it.

  17. production audio Sound: It’s half the show! The on-board mic probably sucks! If you’re a serious filmmaker a decent mic is mandatory $150 and (way) up Shotgun or lavaliere, wireless or hardwire? Depends on the situation Easy to rent what you don’t have Dedicated sound person Movies have a sound department Documentary and news crews may have a sound person What if the sound person is you? Test, playback -- then do it again. Use headphones w/o fail!

  18. production audio: wild sound If working from a script, break it down for all sound elements There’s a lot more than sync lines. If shooting non-fiction get plenty of sound from the locations Room tone, very important Take the time to get :30 “ambience” on every set up What other audio elements do you need? General downtown bustle, office atmosphere, footsteps, car engine running from inside/outside the car etc. etc. etc. Think how you want your scene to sound.

  19. non-linear editing

  20. non-linear editing platforms For the Mac, a few choices Final Cut Pro HD, $999 (Studio bundle, $1299) Avid Xpress DV, $799 Final Cut Express, <$100 iMovie, free bundle w/Macs For the PC, choices galore Sony Vegas, $499 (my personal choice) Bundled w/DVD Architect (authoring), $699 Adobe Premier Pro, ~$700 Adobe Video Collection, ~$1500 Premier, AE (lite), Audition (music), Encore (DVD authoring) Avid Xpress DV4, ~$700 Vegas Movie Studio (Vegas lite), $100 Windows Movie Maker, free bundle w/WinOS Plenty of others from <$100 to $10,000 Many offer free 30 day trial downloads! Try it.

  21. computer for dv For Apple folks… Pretty much any Mac right out of the box! Serious work needs a G4 or better w/latest system For the PC: Minimum specs 500GHz Pentium/Athlon class CPU Just say no to Celeron/Duron/Sempron 512Mb RAM (more is better) 60Gb system drive (keep apps and media separate) 80Gb media drive (more is better) OHCI approved 1394 I/O card Cards alone start ~$25 Some cards are bundled w/NLE Windows XP Pro/Home Forget Windows 2000, 9x or Me

  22. platform agnostic • I teach “platform agnostic” non-linear editing. • Based on the theory they all work pretty much the same with a timeline interface. • There is much more to editing than can be taught in this workshop

  23. into the nle Firewire (Apple), i-Link (Sony), IEEE 1394 (Generic) NLE controls the camera via 1394 Your computer needs 1394 card for video I/O Hard Drive, minimum 7200 RPM One hour of DV = 13Gb Drives are cheap these days, recently purchased Seagate ext 300Gb HD, $149.99 300 Gb int $89.99 (after rebates) @ Fry’s (10/28/05) Keep applications separate from the media drive More efficient use of system capabilities

  24. remember, nle is non-destructive

  25. into the nle Capturing is a simple file transfer from your camera to your computer’s hard drive, via 1394, using a capture application A capture app will come with most NLE products 3rd party products are also available 5:1 compression happens in camera, no further compression is added by NLE

  26. production workflow

  27. pre-production planning Outline or treatment Script What about non-fiction? Budget/Finance Requires a script breakdown Storyboard Casting, wardrobe, set, props, locations Logistics of the whole thing

  28. production • Shoot Video • Obtain Stock Footage • Shoot/scan stills • Obtain or Record Audio Elements • SFX, voice-over, stock or original music • Intellectual property issues • Text & Graphics • Develop a graphic “look”

  29. post-production • Import (capture) video into NLE • Firewire, i-Link, IEEE 1394; it’s all the same • 1 hour of DV = 13Gb of HD space • Import scanned stills, other elements such as sound effects (SFX), music etc. • Edit your show • Easy to say, hard to do • Movies are made in editing rooms! • Sum is greater than total number of parts • NLE is non-destructive • Experiment w/o fear,

  30. editing HDV • Editing HDV presents unique problems • Difficulty with frame-accurate editing of GOP video • Requires an intermediate CODEC which ups storage requirements • Goes from 13Gb/hour to 40-50 Gb/hour • Other apps available to create proxys which, after editing, are replaced with the HDV material.

  31. post-production • EFX in your NLE • Plug-in filters • Powerful tools to affect and enhance video footage and aid in storytelling. • 3rd party efx apps • Adobe After Effects Pro, ~$1K; Boris EFX, Graffiti, Red etc. $200 and up • NLE’s will continue to add efx features to entice upgrades.

  32. compositing rendered elements

  33. depth of field & film-look simulation

  34. post-production audio • Did we mention it’s half the show? • Sweetening, EQ and mixing in your NLE • Multi-track • VU Meters • Plug-in filters and efx • Rubber-band mixing • Mono, stereo, 5.1 surround • Gotta have some decent speakers • 2.1 speaker set for <$100, 5.1 for $200 up

  35. print to tape • Always allow for rendering time! • Multi-layered productions and plug-in filters seriously add to render time • DVD, web, VHS • Web codecs v. bandwidth • Cable or DSL, you’re good to go • Dial up? Uh, not so good…

  36. burn to dvd • DVD authoring applications • DVDs can be easy with an intuitive authoring app. • Usable apps start at ~$500 • Low-cost apps don’t allow much “authoring” • DVD+R, DVD-R, 4x, 8x, 12x, blah-blah-blah…

  37. end ©2005 James Eaton Associates Inc.

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