Working with Filmic Pro, Filmic Pro 2 and QR Slate
Opening Items- Edmodo
- Please post in Project LIVE 2.0 sub-group (move if necessary; trash old post)
- Please post PDFs, not Pages files (please re-upload if necessary)
- Please post to a single entry, not one for script, one for storyboard (please combine if necessary)
- Please label Project 1 Script/Storyboard for search purposes (Please add, if necessary)
- Script/Storyboard Comments by October 8 (Review teams left sidebar)
- Upload Video: SchoolTube
- Check for your school
- Register your school if not already there
- upload videos
- embed on pages in Google sites
- Make links to URL
- Upload Video: Post to Teacher Pages
- Get Fetch (the activation code can be found at the link below)
- General directions from Teacher's Resources
- URL: http://www.eusd.org/schools/school_name/teacherpages/email_stem/video/movie_name.mov
- Example: http://www.eusd.org/schools/farr/teacherpages/fmaggi/video/edmodo_for_Kathy.mov
- Contact us for help if you want to go this route
- Watch the process
- Free custom-length soundtracks for school projects
- Create Custom Soundtracks down here
Film Featurette:
- Sunset Boulevard
- 11 Oscar nominations
- 3 Awards
- Famous lines:
- "I am big, it's the pictures that got small!"
- "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup." (last line in the movie)
Learning
Camera App - Touch and hold to lock focus and exposure
- Upload to iMovie either through iPhoto (Import) or—
- Upload to iMovie (click the camera icon)
- This can be used with all of your iPods/iPads if we gave you a code
- See the Filmic Pro Help page for suggested settings
- Strongly urge you and your students to lock
- White Balance (blank paper or whatever)
- Exposure (round reticle)
- Focus (square reticle)
- Unfortunately, I think I've deduced that the slate causes the audio sync problems
- Use it if your project is voiceover or "headless" (like Colin's Kickoff video)
- Turn it off if lip sync is important; use a manual slate
- In either case, a shotlist (see sidebar) that keeps track of good/best takes will save you lots of time editing
- Edit in iMovie on the iPad
- From start to finish or
- Rough (finish in iMovie/FCP X); publish to iTunes
- Better yet, use with QR Slate, forget the built-in slate, and full steam ahead
- This can only be used on the iPad or iPhone 4S or better (dual processor devices)
- Six presets to lock in all of settings
- one for 1080p, one for 720p, for example
- Maybe same settings for each preset, but for different projects so the Project Name is part of the file name?
- Timelapse, SlowMo (overcranking) and FastMo (undercranking)
- Digital Zoom
- 8 speeds
- Onscreen controls
- Auto-zoom by keyframe (cool!)
- It's digital zoom; just blows the picture up (gets softer and softer)
- Use zoom with prudence
- Slate that works (sort of; I'll explain)
- Set Project, Scene, and Take
- Identify DP, Director
- Put in front of camera before shooting starts
- Filming:
- Slate in position
- Director says "Rolling" as DP begins filming
- Slate operator touches slate bars to start slate
- Leave in camera view until QR code goes away
- After slate is removed, DP locks focus and exposure, then says "Ready"
- Director calls for "Action"
- When Director says "Cut", slate operator stops slate and enters Take Quality
- If desired, slate operator adds Description or Comments (this can be done after the fact)
- Slate operator Saves slate
- When shooting is complete, slate is emailed to teacher or...
Work with a partner - Pay scrupulous attention to the process for both slate and camera
- Begin to develop ideas of how you'll teach the process to students
- Customize the process in any way that makes your work better
- Scene 1: "I am big, it's the pictures that got small!"
- One films, one does the slate and acts
- Take at least 3 takes
- Label all takes
- Label the best one "Circle Take"
- Scene 2: "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."
- Switch positions (but leave the camera and slate as is)
- Take at least 3 takes
- Label all takes
- Label the best one "Circle Take"
- Be prepared to share at least one of your Circle Takes (no editing required)
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