Film/Video Prodction EMF 222-003
FALL 2016 MON & WED 2 - 3:15
Media Center Room 102 - TV Studio

Web: http://davidreiss.com/EMF222F16.html

Dr. David Reiss Email: dreiss@towson.edu
Office MC 208 - Hours: Monday & Wednesday 12:30-2 and by appointment.

Class ANNOUNCEMENTS

PLEASE Email or Text to confirm drop-in office meeting for your final film reviews

WED Dec 14: 10a-12 and 2p-4p

FRI Dec 16th: 11a-3p

MON Dec 19th: 11a-3p

TUE Dec 20th: 11a-3p

FINAL PROJECT w/ revisions is due: TUE DEC 20th by 5pm

You Can submit a EXPORTED QUICKTIME of your final project IN PERSON, or upload to Vimeo or Youtube and email me a link.

During your meeting you may opt to copy your final project and hand it it as is - or revise and resubmit.

ALSO Please email a short final report of your production, what challenges you faced, what you learned - etc.

 

 

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previous posts

ROUGHCUTS Of INTERVIEWS w/ Broll & Nat Sound. NO MUSIC YET.

In-Class screening of EDITING IN PROGRESS for the REST of the semester

ATTENDANCE is MANDATORY.

 

FINAL PROJECT w/ revisions is due: TUE DEC 20th by 5pm via LINK

 

Previous Posts

DUE WED NOV 9th: Final Projects INTERVIEWS and BROLL SELECTS

Sequence 1: Interview Bites strung together approx 10-minutes - EXPORTED as Quicktime.

Sequence 2: Broll with NAT Sound Slected shots - AT LEAST 5-minutes - EXPORTED as Quicktime.

Bring exported files to class WED.

 

 

DUE MONDAY Oct 10th - Location as Character.

4-6 5-second shots edited into a Sequence and EXPORTED IN HD 1080/30P

 

CAMERA TIPS

Camera SD CARDS must be in UNLOCKED MODE

Switch in UP position - see below.

1. Be sure to Power OFF camera before removing SD cards for LOG & Xfer via USB Card Reader.

2. Be sure to FORMAT each SD card in camera BEFORE shooting, which erases previous clips left on card.

FORMAT SD CARD: pg 13 Power CAMERA ON>MENU > OPERATION>CARD FORMAT>SLOT 1 or 2>YES

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CAMERA SHOOTING TIPS!

CHECK ALL THE SETTINGS ON CAMERA and do a TEST RECORD!

PLAYBACK a clip by switching camera function from CAM to CLIP on Back of camera.

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PANASONIC SCENE FILE SETTINGS

 

 

 

 

MONDAY Sept 19th class meets in VML EDIT LAB next to CAGE.

BRING your hard drive with Truck and/or Gunsmoke footage.

TRUCK SCENE Shots 1-6 in sequence

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2zar2jnf98dxfys/AACa4d7VxUsgY6QJpstIzd3va?dl=0

GUNSMOKE Dailies

https://www.dropbox.com/s/41vnojj3psqrxmq/GUNSMOKEweb.mov?dl=0

 

Syllabus: http://www.davidreiss.com/EMF222FALL16Reiss.pdf

 

FIRST READING ASSIGNMENT Lens & Camera

 

RESOURCES

 

 

Production Cookbook on Reserve at Library.

Our Camera for the course is the Panasonic HMC-150

MANUAL: http://davidreiss.com/AGHMC150_MANUAL.pdf

REVIEW: http://www.videomaker.com/article/13710-panasonic-ag-hmc150-avccam-camcorder-review

 

EDIT Project Media

TRUCK SCENE Shots 1-6 in sequence

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2zar2jnf98dxfys/AACa4d7VxUsgY6QJpstIzd3va?dl=0

GUNSMOKE Dailies

https://www.dropbox.com/s/41vnojj3psqrxmq/GUNSMOKEweb.mov?dl=0

EDIT Project Tutorials

Apple FCP X

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial-and-training-websites/

Adobe Premier

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/tutorials.html

 

 



CLASS RESOURCES & FORMS

 

Talent and Interviewee Release Form in Word Doc File:

ReleaseForm.doc

 

Use this format for production internships and job applications!

Production Resume Example Word Doc

 

Scene Breakdown sheet: BREAKDOWN.xls

Shoot Call Sheet: Call Sheet.xls

Production Schedule: Schedule.xls

and here's an example of a Shotlist from INCUBATOR: SHOTLIST.doc

Download and use these forms for your productions - change info for your films


FREE music LEGALLY available online for download for student productions - all types:

http://www.freeplaymusic.com

 

FREE Sound Effects for student productions (Option click to download on Mac)

http://www.sounddogs.com


Please join the NEW EMF Google group List Serve:

Main Page: http://groups.google.com/group/TowsonEMF
Email Address: TowsonEMF@googlegroups.com


Instructions:

1. Create a user account and password, and be sure to use the email you prefer to receive mail to.
(You only need to sign up once and you’ll continue to receive EMF Google group emails)

2. Please select one of the three Email options for reading the group messages:
Abridged Email (No more than 1 email per day)
(Summary of new activity each day)

Digest Email (Approximately 1 email per day)
(Up to 25 full new messages bundled into a single email)

Email (Approximately 1 email per day)**
(**Best way not to miss important postings, as you get every message sent as it arrives)

After you’ve signed up you’ll get daily postings regarding digital media, video, film, and audio production topics including festivals, special screening, guest speakers, film/video crew needs, internships, & jobs, etc. The main page will archive all posts as well. Use the email address above to post your own messages to the group.