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THE SHIFTING BASELINES FLIX CONTEST
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Prizes totalling over $1,500 CASH and a grand prize of $1,000 and Final Cut Studio HD (comes with 4 editing/special FX programs) and other prizes, such as clothing/gear from Patagonia & Tony Hawk.

We’re looking for environmental or ocean related videos, any style: COMEDY, ART, REALITY, anything that fits the guidelines will be posted. Videos must be 60 sec. or less and must be about the oceans or the environment. View all the current entries at www.shiftingbaselines.org

CONTEST ENDS DECEMBER 31

Celebrity judges include Michael Rapaport (The War at Home), Rain Wilson (The Office/Six Feet Under), Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood) and more…

Make your voice HEARD….
Create… Innovate…. COMMUNICATE…

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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 2-5Shoot
Day 5-6Acquire/Edit in FCP
Day 6-9Finish/Render/Export/Compress
Day 10Present 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 H.264

Duration:
Dictated by Song

Software Used:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Live Type
Submission Information:
Shotlist and Song Due date:
November 9th 9:00

Project Due Date:
Monday, November 20th, by 8:35 AM.

Upload your compressed QuickTime (h.264) movie files to the respective section in the drop box on the Teacher Station.

When it comes to profits, there’s no sharing in the video-sharing sector.

Not enough, anyway, fumes Steven Starr, a former talent agent, Bob Marley devotee and now the impresario of Revver.com, the video-sharing site he co-founded in 2005

The perfect example of how artists are exploited came earlier this month, according to Starr. YouTube was sold for $1.65 billion, and not a dime went to the content creators who helped make the site famous. While the founders of YouTube pocket perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars, Starr cuts checks to performers.

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:
Wednesday November 1st, 2006, 9:00AM.

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

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

IMAGES:Targas or TIFFs ( follow image prep rules)
TEXT:Create in FCP
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

DV-NTSC settings:
DV-NTSC
Best Quality
29.97
48kHz audio

LENGTH:60 seconds

FORMAT:self-contained DV-NTSC movie w/audio Sorrenson 3 compressed

Due Date: Thursday, October 27th, 8:15 AM

Watch TV: look at transitions between clips, notice that the majority are straight cuts. look for establishing shots comming out of a commercial.

Review Chapter 1: interface
read chapter 2 (insert vs. overwrite, Marking in and Out)
Read Chapter 11 (Working with Audio)
read Chapter 12 (applying Tansitions)
Read Chapter 15 (adding Filters)

Homework: read chapter 1, this will cover the finalcut pro interface.

Work hard and look forward to learning a lot and having fun.

Review Chapter 17 (page 602) this covers constant clip speed changes and later goes into variable speed rate clips (616).

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. Be sure to pick a song that will lend itself to a good story, good beats and something that you will realistically will be able to shoot footage for. Feel free to use extra cameras if you have them, but this is not required. Spend as much time in Pre-production as possible…Plan ahead, First, create accurate storyboards then come up with a “shot list” be as clear as possible of your vision, know what shots you will need and what it will take to get them. Hope for the best and plan for the worst, have back up plans for when something doesn’t go according to schedule. Be sure to get plenty of B-roll to fill in any gaps between scenes. Have someone in charge of taking notes and setting up/labeling the shots. After shooting is complete and footage is acquired, be sure to log all of your footage so you know exactly what you have (and what you don’t) this will make your edit decisions a lot easier. Manage your time wisely and don’t be overly ambitious or don’t get hung up on small details your time is limited. Have fun and be creative.

WORKFLOW:Day 1-2 Plan/Storyboard
Day 2-3 Shoot (you have 2 weekend days for this as well)
Day 3-6 Acquire/Edit in FCP
Day 7 Finish/Render (you have 2 weekend days for this as well)
Day 8 Export and Present in Class (back up All Files)

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

Export Uncompressed (master) to your project folder
Compress file full screen as Sorenson pro 3 (.mov)

Duration:
Dictated by Song

Software Used:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Squeeze
Submission Information:
Project Due Date:
Monday August 7th by 9:15 AM.

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

Chapter 9
This chapter covers capturing Video onto your computer.
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