Lectures and assignments

I will post links to PDFs of these assignments as they become available. All assignment information will be handed out in class, these are just back-ups for you.

Major assignments:

• Audio Storytelling Analysis Due March 23
  
• Audio Story Assignment: Due March 30
  
• Video Storytelling Analysis: Due April 6
  
• Video assignments (includes Capture/Shoot assignment, due April 10; 30-second rough cut, due April 20; and final project due April 27.)

Homework assignments

1. Audio story pitch Due March 20
2. Recording audio Due Jan. 24
   
3. Final video story pitch Due April 3
   

Lectures/Handouts

• Intro to audio
• Audacity editing tips
• Intro to video storytelling
• Intro to video shooting
• How to Build Your Final Project
• Creating projects and organizing your media files in Final Cut:
  • KDMC: Setting scratch disk before editing
  • KDMC: Importing video into Final Cut
• Tips for shooting usable video
• Tips for shooting a good interview
• So I have to make a video?
• FCP #1: Non-linear editing, knowing the interface, bins and sequences and basic editing
• KDMC: Parts of Final Cut: Browser and Viewer
• KDMC: Parts of Final Cut: Timeline and Viewer
• KDMC: Editing with In and Out Points
• FCP #2: Audio tracks, using multiple video and audio tracks, rendering, timeshifting
  • KDMC: Working with Multiple Tracks of Video and Audio
  • KDMC: Splitting or Deleting Portions of a Clip with the Razor Blade Tool
  • KDMC: Adjusting the Audio Level of a Clip
• FCP #3: Importing audio/music, adding text/titles, photos and keyframes, transitions and fades
  • KDMC: Adding Handles to Allow Transitions | Adding Transitions | Rendering Transitions
  • KDMC: Adding Text and Titles to Clips | Rendering Titles
  • KDMC: Exporting Still Frames as Pictures
  • Using large images and keyframes for image motion (also…awesome British voice):

    Learn How to manage large images and set keyframes in Final Cut Pro. For more Final Cut Studio How-To Videos & Articles, visit WonderHowTo.
  • FCP #4: Exporting and creating a DVD

  This is very simple. In the timeline, set in and out points around your completed video. Then go to the File>Export and save to the Desktop of the computer you’re working on. (You can save to your hard drive as well, but this may be slightly slower.)

  Allow at least a half hour for compression — you probably won’t need it, but plan ahead.

  DVD discs hold 4.7GB of data. After your file is done exporting, check the size of the native file. If it’s larger than 4.7 GB, export again using Quicktime Conversion and make it as large as possible. THIS WILL TAKE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER TO EXPORT.

  After you’ve finished exporting your .mov, you’ll need to use iDVD to burn your video to disk. Use this step-by-step tutorial for navigating iDVD.