Course Instructor: BRIAN LEONARD - BIO BELOW. Email: normandyfilms@mac.com Office Hours: THURs 8:30a-9:15a or by appointment in Adjunct Office/Media Center.
Class ANNOUNCEMENTS
Course Syllabus: http://www.davidreiss.com/EMF222S17.pdf
FIRST READING ASSIGNMENT: Lens & Camera
EDIT Project Media
EASY Option 1: TRUCK SCENE Shots 1-6 in sequence
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2zar2jnf98dxfys/AACa4d7VxUsgY6QJpstIzd3va?dl=0
BEST OPTION 2: GUNSMOKE Dailies
https://www.dropbox.com/s/41vnojj3psqrxmq/GUNSMOKEweb.mov?dl=0
GUNSMOKE GUIDE
GUNSMOKE SCRIPT
Adobe Premier editing tutorial - BASICS
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/edit-videos.html
LYNDA.com FREE access to entire library of tutorials
Login to Lynda.com using your TU ID and password.
http://www.towson.edu/lynda for more information, FAQs etc.port.
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
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
RESOURCES
L.J. Reiss Virtual Photography Exhibit: http://www.davidreiss.com/LJRphoto_exhibit/Main.html
Digital Video Production Cookbook on Reserve at Library.
INSTRUCTOR's BIO: Brian Leonard has a long and distinguished career in the television and motion picture industries. For over 35 years he has made successful web content, programming and media marketing for both the big and small screens. He is an Emmy Award-winning producer, network executive and program developer who is currently running his own production company, Normandy Films. As the VP of Programming & Development and Executive Producer at Travel Channel, Leonard supervised productions on a wide variety of original series including “Breaking Borders,” “Hotel Impossible,” “America Declassified,” “Making Monsters,” “Man Finds Food.” Leonard has created, produced, written and directed hundreds of hours of TV for Discovery, History, ESPN, Fox, Military Channel, CBS, PBS, and more. He won the 1998 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for Discovery Channel’s "VIETNAM POWs: Stories of Survival," Discovery’s first ever Emmy. For the Academy Award-winning film “APOLLO 13”, Leonard executive produced Conquering Space: The Moon & Beyond, a new bonus material documentary for the Anniversary DVD. A stint at ESPN began in April 2000 where Leonard was the Series Producer of ESPN's award winning, primetime investigative series "Outside the Lines,” where he was tasked with expanding the episodes produced per year from two to twelve. Prior to that he worked on Fox’s “America’s Most Wanted” in numerous roles and was Co-Executive Producer of America's Most Wanted: FINAL JUSTICE, which became the top-rated new reality series in syndication for the 1995-'96 season. In Hollywood Leonard was the Manager of Creative Film Services at Walt Disney Studios, then at Universal Studios he was the Assistant Director of the Feature Trailer Department. Brian Leonard is a veteran (USMC 1976-79) who lives with his wife in Maryland. Some industry awards include Primetime Emmy, Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists), Clio, Gracie Allen Award, Genesis, 2 New York Festivals “Best Series” (ESPN’s “OTL”), Cine Golden Eagle, Peer Award, NIHCM Foundation Health Care TV & Radio Journalism, Monitor, Art Directors of Los Angeles, Art Directors Club of Houston, 3 Hollywood Reporter Key Arts.
CLASS RESOURCES & FORMS
Talent and Interviewee Release Form in Word Doc File:
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
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Instructions:1. Create a user account and password, and be sure to use the email you prefer to receive mail to.
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2. Please select one of the three Email options for reading the group messages:
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