SchoolSaucer_Video

=Schoolyard Saucer Sighting - Video Shoot= include component="page" page="menu-premiere.el-schoolsaucer" editable="1" When first learning the project, a video clip file will be provided for you. If time permits, you'll be able to shoot your OWN video. Here are the steps to shooting and capturing the video component:


 * **PRE-PRODUCTION**: Plan and Storyboard the sequences
 * **Scout** the school for locations - take digital photos if need be
 * Find a location that will allow your saucer to emerge from behind a part of a building
 * Keep the "matting" elements rectangular
 * Look for places with interesting perspectives - a good "ground grid" will help later
 * **Storyboard** at least three kinds of "[|shots]"
 * [|Establishing]
 * to introduce the setting of your short film
 * [|LongShot] (LS)
 * This is the shot that will be "composited" in premiere
 * Frame this shot to leave space for your animated Saucer free of foreground elements (like your actors)
 * [|CloseUp] (CU)
 * To show the reactions of your actors, and/or
 * To show the detail of your saucer

- Before proceeding to the PRODUCTION phase, you must be approved based on your STORYBOARDS -


 * **PRODUCTION**: Executing the shoot
 * **Check** your Video Camera
 * DV Videotape, Battery prepared
 * Lens cleaned
 * Menu Settings
 * Standard Def vs Widescreen
 * No fade in or fade out
 * White balance - manual vs auto
 * **Use a Tripod**
 * Adjust for perfectly level shooting for your composited shot
 * Lock the shot - no camera pans or zooms
 * Leave 5 seconds of LEADING and TRAILING footage for any shot


 * **CAPTURE**: Getting your Video onto computer
 * Cue Up the tape on the camera to find your footage
 * Plug in the Firewire
 * Use Premiere to Get Media
 * Get FRAMEGRABS for animation

>>> (Note - multiple students can work on their OWN animations, and the group can choose the best one for final use)
 * **POST-PRODUCTION PREP**
 * ANIMATION
 * Obtain a FRAMEGRAB for scenes where you'd like to "comp" in your flying saucer
 * Use the framegrab as a temporary background image in your ANIM8OR scenes, set up the camera and lighting to match, and begin animating the saucer motion to match.
 * Once the animation is complete, render it, and add it to the VIDEO portion of the project
 * VIDEO
 * Create and Manage a FOLDER with your projects asset files
 * Gather supplemental assets - Graphics, Sound Effects, Music
 * EDIT the video footage in PREMIERE ELEMENTS and assemble the story
 * COMPOSITE the animated segments into the appropriate scenes
 * RENDER the Final Video