Videographer Basic Tutorials

For the Internet

Materials you should have

• At least a 150 GB external drive

• Your camera

• The proper cables needed to connect everything to our computers

Select your Tutorial

• Camera Tutorial• Shooting Tutorial

• Editing Tutorial• Exporting for the web

Camera BasicsThere are many types of cameras in our modern word,

here some examples

• Flip type cameras- are good for beginners

• Digital Camcorder- Can have 1 or 3 image sensors and can be for beginners or experts

• Digital SLR- is pretty much picture camera that has an HD video function.

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Flip type cameras

• Very user friendly• Every feature

automatically adjusts• They record on an

external Drive’• They are a very fast

overall camera, you can shoot and edit a video in about half the time of other types of cameras

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Digital Camcorders• Have most adjustments

needed to make the picture exactly how you want

• Can record onto digital tape, internal HD, or SD card

• Many formats from Digital Camcorders need to be converted which can be time consuming

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Digital SLR

• Are for intermediate users• Record onto an SD Card• Are great for high depth

of field• Have many types of

adjustment but often take longer to fine tune

• These cameras lack many auto feature so

filming with these is a little more difficult

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Basic camera adjustments

• Exposure-Is one of the most important elements that makes your picture look great. You want your subject to be what you adjust your exposure to.

• Focus- Making sure you are focused on your subject goes hand and hand with exposure. Use auto focus only if necessary

• White balance- If your camera has this function make sure you use it. Most auto white-balance features on cameras today aren’t true white. When setting the white balance zoom your camera in on something white and click the white balance set button.

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Tips and Tricks

• To make sure you have a nice hard focus, zoom in on your subject and focus. This way you can be sure your are properly focused

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Tips and Tricks

• If you do not have a shoulder mounted camera, No Worries! You can push your arms into your body firmly. Using your body as a tripod will make your shots just as steady as the pros!

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Tips and Tricks

• Indoor lighting can be tricky so you can use any lamps laying around as extra light. Make sure all lighting is behind the camera to avoid harsh shadows

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Two thirds rule

• You want your subjects eyes to be on the upper two thirds line as a general rule. You can detour from this rule sometimes to give your film a unique look but is a good rule of thumb to follow.

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Always get B roll

• B- Roll is referring to footage you see that is not coming from the main video layer.

• Try to shoot more then you think you need• You can fill in moments of your film with “B-

Roll” to show what someone is discussing or can be used so you can edit your A video track with out anyone noticing.

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Distance of shots

• There are 3 basic shots you can get.

• Wide can show you a perspective of where your subject is

• Medium can be used for almost any shot

• Close-ups are good to show what your subject is experiencing

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Start a new project

• We will be using the HDV 720p 30 Frames per second preset that premiere has. It is a great setup for making your web videos

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Basic project setup

• This is how your project should be set up

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Preview windows

• The primary preview window is shown on the right, This shows you what your seeing in the timeline and what your video will export as

• The window on the left allows you to watch individual clips from your project bin

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Bin and effects• The project bin on the

left row is where all your clips are stored

• The middle tab is where your video effects are

• You can also go through the buttons on the top to access anything in the program manually

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The Timeline

• This is where you do all your editing, you can simply drag and drop your clips from your bin into the timeline

• You also have your audio monitor and tools on the right side

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Editing

• Use your select tool and scrubber to slide and move clips around in the place you want them.

• Your video and audio layers work like you see them, if a clips is on top of another it become what shows in the preview window

Exporting For the web

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Exporting

• Videos for the internet need to be smaller in size then for a DVD. When exporting our video for the web we will use Adobe Media Encoder. Next

Settings

• We will use the settings show on the screen shot to export our video.

• H.264 NTSC• 960x720• 29.97 FPS• Field order Lower• Profile: main

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Uploading

• Once your video is done exporting. Go to youtube and click “upload video”. Choose the destination at which you saved your video and click ok.

• Your video is now uploading!

• Created By : Ben Freedman

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