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What is essential to any undertaking as complex and collaborative as producing a digital film (video) of ANY length.

• Planning

• Target Audience

• script

• Character Arc

What is very important and will drive how the story is told and presented

• Exposure

• target audience

• Character Arc

• Planning

What good stories are driven by strong characters that the audience cares about. A solid character arc helps develop strong characters. How will the character change on the way to the resolution of the problem

• Shutter Speed

• Exposure

• Character Arc

• Three Part (Act) Narrative Structure

What is essential to make sure the story that is presented on screen matches the vision of the writer, director and producer.

• script

• Cinematography

• exposure triangle

• Exposure

having procedures on a file set saves time, money and headaches. There is a set procedure to follow before each camera shot to make sure everything is working properly. The procedure shooting a take is outlined below.

• Etiquette

• Director

• Procedures

• Actor

To make quality video, students must know the basics of cinematography, which includes basic photographic concepts, such as exposure, and cinematic techniques such as camera placement and motion.

• Cinematography

• Exposure

• Aperture

• Shutter Speed

in a camera lens there are three main parts that focus the light onto the exposure medium. The front glass, the back glass (these are also called elements) and the iris

• Aperture

• Shutter Speed

• Depth of Field

• Frame Rate

refers to the parts of the scene around the main subject (in the foreground and background) that are in focus. This field where objects are in focus is called the focus plane.

• Depth of Field

• Shutter Speed

• Exposure

• Cinematography

The frame rate of a video camera is how many frames it produces, or exposes, per second. It is important to understand frame rate because it can dramatically affect the look of the film. The traditional frame rate for cinematic films is 24 frames per second

• Wide

• Depth of Field

• Frame Rate

• Field of View

Students must understand the basic techniques of camera placement and movement. These techniques are critical to visual storytelling. The camera in a video or film is almost never in the same spot for very long, for a very good reason. One long shot in which the camera never moves is boring and will cause the audience to lose interest. Editing and camera movement help create focus and increases the audience’s interest

• Camera placement and movement

• Eye Level

• Microphones

• Lavalier Microphone