Jim Krause | Classes | P351 Video Field & Post Production

Syllabus & lecture/lab notes

Spring 2020 Syllabus (PDF)
- Jim's Spring 2020 office hours are Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:30 pm in his office (RTV Room 350).
Service Learning Projects / Opportunites
Week 1 (1/14)
- Week 1 lab
  - Here's a good video overview of the Canon XF405 menu settings (17 min)
- P351 Field Shoot Exercise (Doc file) Field Shoot Exercise (PDF)
  - NOTE: Save the clips as a Quicktime, MXF, or mpeg (mp4) file named as your username. (Mine would be jarkraus.) Turn it in via our shared IUBox P351 folder.
  - Hand in the assignment sheet, log and critique on paper at the start of the next lab.
Week 2 (1/21)
- Week 2 Storyboard/Continuity Sequence Exercise
- Week 2 lab
Week 3 (1/28)
- Watch:
  - The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing – 14 min)
  - The History of Cutting - The Soviet Theory of Montage – 14 min)
  - Blocking simple scenes, rule of thirds & lens choices
Jim's Graphic tips
- Motion Graphics Exercise
Week 4 (2/4)
- Be sure to:
  - Edit your Storyboard/Continuity Sequence and share it via IUBox. Turn your critique in via Canvas.
  - Bring your SDHC cards to lab WITH YOUR STORYBOARD/CONTINUITY FOOTAGE ON IT so you'll have clips to learn Avid Media Composer with.
  - Carry out your Interview/Feature Story Pre-Production work and turn it in via Canvas.
- Week 4 Edit Lab
Week 5 (2/11) News, Lighting & Portraiture
- News Exercise
Week 6 (2/18) Lighting & Portraiture (cont)
- Lighting Lab
- 'Grip It Good': A Short Film about Grips, the Unsung Heroes of the Film Industry by Mark Varga
  - Lights Film School: upstage verses downstage lighting
  - Here's a Vimeo clip with an example of both broad and narrow lighting.
  - Jim's Interview Interview/Documentary Tips
Week 7 (2/25) Art and Expression - Review for Midterm -
- Labs do not meet this week (Students produce Interview/Feature stories).
Week 8 (3/3) Midterm Exam in lecture.
- Review Interview/Feature projects in lab.
Week 9 (3/10) Review Midterms in lecture - Art of the Storytelling.
- Labs do not meet this week (Students produce Art Videos).

SPRING BREAK - WooHoo!!!

Week 10 (3/24) - Art of the Story (Cont.)
Week 11 (3/31) - Review Art Videos in lab

WARNING! Class notes below NOT UPDATED to SPRING 2020 yet.

Week 12 (11/12) - Shoot Drama/Storytelling projects - Final Project meetings.
Week 13 (11/19) - Advanced Production Techniques + Color Correction & Grading - Review Drama/Storytelling Projects. Wednesday (11/20)
Week 14 (12/3) - Final Project work session (no lab) Aim to have a rough cut of the Final Project completed by the end of the week.
- Rough Cut Extra Credit Exercise
Week 15 (12/10) - Final Project Screening in lab starting promptly at 8:30 AM. Don't be late!
- Class evaluations - Please go to coursequestionnaire.iu.edu/ to submit an evaluation for Jim. Please note that these evaluations are for me (the instructor) only- not our AI.

FINAL EXAM: P351 Spring 2020 (scheduled by the Registrar) is 2:45 - 4:45 PM Thursday, May 7. (Expect it to take about 45 minutes.).

P351 Exercises:

Media assignments (projects, videos, etc.) should be turned in via IUBox unless otherwise specified.

Pre-production, critiques, and other paperwork should be turned in via Canvas

P351 Field Shoot Exercise (Doc file) Field Shoot Exercise (PDF)
- NOTE: Save the clips as a Quicktime, MXF, or mpeg file named as your username. (Mine would be jarkraus.) Turn it in via your IUBox P351 folder.
- Hand in the assignment sheet, log and critique on paper at the start of the next lab.
Storyboard / Continuity Sequence Exercise
- Example from Greg Eismin
- Example from Sean Massura
Media Composer Exercise
Media Composer Motion Graphics Exercise
News Exercise
Lighting Lab Exercise
Interview / Feature Story & Service Learning Projects
Art Video Exercise
Drama / Storytelling
Final Project
Multimedia Exercise

Miscellaneous Links & Resources

Canon XF405 manual (PDF)
Media School Checkout System - Need an extension or have a special request? Email rtvlab @ indiana.edu at least two working days before you need to check out the gear.
Universal Production Music (was Killer Tracks Music Library) <-- UPDATED!
Log sheet (DOC file)
Program Proposal - What is it?
Sample documentary outline & treatment ("Elkinsville: Washed Away by Progress" pdf)
Sample program proposal and treatment for an interview/feature story (Art of Cello)
Scripts and Treatments: An Overview
Service Learning & Real World clients
Storyboard template (16x9 pdf)
Talent release #1 (pdf)
Talent release #2 (pdf)
Link to cybercollege location release form (may also need modification)
Interview/Documentary Production Tips
Interview Lighting Tips