Colin+Schumacher+VC+Notes

Notes from Tuesday 9th VC


 * Colin Schumacher Video Conference**
 * Key Points**
 * Focus of the project – Our School - Our Community, documentary genre
 * How to position the audience in this genre – maintaining the integrity of the story – facts versus opinion and separating fact and opinion in the documentary.
 * This is part of a course is accredited with NSW teachers Institute
 * Unpacking documentary genre
 * Camera movement techniques will be taught – tilt shock, zoom, pan – fluid camera movements. Camera has a different purpose for different shot sizes and at different parts of the story/documentary.
 * Processes applicable to narrative
 * Production development – concept, pre-production, shoot, post production
 * Exponential growth in video production

Bring –
 * Flat flexible shoes – for fluid shooting
 * Camera and Camera stand
 * Camera manual

Choose a theme Subject attached to the school - interview the subject in relation to the school.Camera exercises, shooting in the host school Voice over techniques Split edit in post production
 * Project** 3minute documentary


 * Homework**
 * Watch and record A Current Affair – shot sizes, focussed viewing to unpack how it is put together.
 * Shoot at least 60 seconds of film with the camera you will be using. Download this 60 second piece of video onto a computer into Adobe Premier Elements, Movie Maker, iMovie using a USB connection.