Curriculum

1. Visualizing a Scene

• • Scene-based Storytelling and Shot Types
  • Shooting Scenes
  • Brain-Game 1: Watching How You Watch the World

2. Camera and Tripod

• • Automatic Camera Control
  • Using a Tripod
  • Skill-Builder 1.1: Reading Scene – Shoot
  • Media Storage
  • Skill-Builder 1.2: Reading Scene – Review of Shoot

3. Editing a Scene

• • Editing Setup
  • Editing Interface
  • Three-point Editing
  • Overwrite and Insert Editing
  • Skill-Builder 1.3: Reading Scene – Edit and Review

4. Shooting Continuity

• • Coverage
  • Composition
  • Skill-Builder 2.1: Card Game Scene – Shoot and Review; Scout for Collaborative Scene

5. Editing Continuity

• • Segment Mode Editing
  • Invisible Editing
  • Trim Tools
  • Skill-Builder 2.2: Card Game Scene – Edit and Review

9/26 Progress Update: We have shot and edited the following modules through Section 14, Advanced Post Production.  We have not posted all of them yet because we are waiting until we finish Section 17 to record the final voice overs and to master them.

6. Story Development

• • Brain-Game 2: Story Analysis
  • Story Selection Principles
  • Story Elements
  • Final Project, Step 1: Story Ideas

7. Camera Control

• • Rules of Coverage
  • Hand-Holding Technique
  • Manual Camera Control
  • Skill-Builder 3.1: Collaborative Scene – Shoot and Review; Skilled Worker Scenes – Scout
  • Skill-Builder 3.2: Collaborative Scene – Edit and Review

8. Sound

• • The Power of Sound
  • Brain-Game 3: Listen to How You Listen to the World
  • Types of Sound
  • Brain-Game 4: Sound Analysis

9. Audio Production

• • Types of Microphones
  • Shotgun Microphones and Solo Production
  • Skill-Builder 4.1: Skilled Worker Scene 1 – Shoot and Review

10. Story Outreach

• • Research
  • Final Project, Step 2: Story Research and Pitch

11. Audio Post-Production

• • Post-Production Organization and Process
  • Editing Sound
  • Skill-Builder 4.2: Skilled Worker Scene 1- Assemble Edit and Review

12. Framing a Story

• • Outlining Stories
  • Final Project, Step 3: Story Outline

13. Advanced Production

• • Shooting Movement
  • Lavalier Microphones and Dual Mic Production
  • Skill-Builder 4.3: Skilled Worker Scene 2, Shoot and Review

14. Advanced Post-Production

• • Editing Movement
  • Layering Sound
  • Skill-Builder 4.4: Skilled Worker Scene 2 – Assemble Edit and Review

15. Refining a Story

• • Structuring Stories
  • Story Treatment
  • Final Project, Step 4: Outline Review and Treatment Writing

16. Interviewing

• • Interview Prep and Process
  • Interview Setup and Advanced Camera Control
  • Skill-Builder 4.5: Skilled Worker Interview – Shoot and Review

17. Rough Cut

• • Editing Interviews and Mixing Audio
  • Adding Titles and Dissolves
  • Skill-Builder 4.6: Skilled Worker Rough Cut, Edit and Review

18. Final Film

• • Final Project, Step 5: Treatment Review and Finalize
  • Story Deconstruction and Scheduling
  • Final Project, Step 6: Production Scheduling
  • Final Project, Step 7: Shoot
  • Final Project, Step 8: Edit
  • Final Project, Step 9: Screening and Discussion
  • Final Project, Step 10: Training Review and Feedback