Platt Portal

Read Chapters 12(motion) and 13(filters)
Start to find images for your still image Project
Find music that will be easy to shorten and has good beats to edit to

Read Chapters 2 (overwrite vs. insert) and Chapter 10 (applying transistions)
Watch TV looking for transistions.

Stayed tuned for news, notes and everything related to this course. I will put up project details, relevant industry articles, trade show information etc…

Project Description:
Plan, storyboard, shoot and edit a music video

You will conceive and create a music video using original footage that your group will shoot using cameras provided.

WORKFLOW:Day 1-2Plan/Storyboard
Day 2-3Shoot
Day 3-6Acquire/Edit in FCP
Day 6-7Finish/Render/Export
Day 8Present in Class

Specifications:
Project (sequence) Settings: DV NTSC 48kHz
5-second slate
5-second slug

Export Uncompressed (master) to your project folder
Compress file full screen as 480HD

Duration:
Dictated by Song

Software Used:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Squeeze
Submission Information:
Project Due Date:
Tuesday March 20th by 8:05 AM.
Presentations begin at 8:15 AM

Upload your QuickTime movie files to the respective section in the drop box on the Teacher Station.

Project Description:
This is your first project using video; reassemble this scene from the movie Office Space. You are provided with a script and unedited scenes. Your assignment is to put these clips together based on the script to recreate the scene to look like the original

Pay particular attention to camera angles, jump cuts and audio levels.

Specifications:
Project (sequence) Settings: DV NTSC Anamorphic 48kHz
5-second slate
5-second slug
Fade to black at end

Export Uncompressed (master) to your project folder
Compress file full screen

Duration:
Dictated by script

Software Used:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Sorenson Squeeze

Project Due Date:
Thursday March 1st, 2007, 10:15AM.

Upload your QuickTime movie files to the respective section in the drop box on the Teacher Station.

We will be having the Motion Graphics User Group meeting in room 102 at 8:30

This is mandatory for the class

The tour to the studio begins at 10:00 so please try and be 10 minutes early so that we do not hold anyone up. The tour will run about an hour and a half.

the address is

6197 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009

It’s roughly a 40 minute trip north from Platt, so please plan accordingly.

Your assignment: create an original video using only still images, music and text(required).

IMAGES:Targas or TIFFs ( follow image prep rules)
AUDIO:Import from CD

This video can be narrative (tell a story) or non-narrative (no story). The subject can be just about anything, but no violent or explicit images please. Try to avoid subjects like the family trip to Poland or the camping trip with your buddies. Gather images from photo CDs, the web (watch out for those web images) or scans. You can use your own photos if suitable. Include credits for where you got your music and images—these credits do not count against the total project time.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

*No more than 3 (three) video layers

settings:
DV-NTSC
Best Quality
29.97
48kHz audio

LENGTH:60 seconds

FORMAT:self-contained DV-NTSC movie

Due Date: Monday, Feb. 26th 8:15AM

Finacl Cut Pro HD Book:
Chapter 2 Insert and overwrite
Chapter 18 Creating motion Effects
Chapter 12 Applying transitions
Chapter 15 Adding Filters

Bare Bones Book
Chapter 2 Composition

Watch TV/Movie…look for transitions between clips/shots
from Last night…look for establishing shots

Read Chapter 1: Final Cut pro User interface