ISO, shutter speed & aperture

Tips on ISO, shutter speed, ISO & aperture ·    Too bright? If you’re shooting and it’s over-exposed / there’s too much light, you can up aperture & shutter speed or drop ISO ·    Too dark? The lower your aperture and shutter speed, the lower light you can work with. ·    Higher ISO = more light allowed in, but there is more image ‘noise’ (pixelated quality of film) ·    So make sure your shutter speed and aperture are at the lowest possible before you start bumping up your ISO.

Canon EOS 550D tutorial

Handy tutorial for Canon EOS 550D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOyTIxaeCGY

Media Unlocked

http://www.youtube.com/user/MediaUnlocked?feature=mhee

How to film on Canon EOS 500D

• set the Mode Dial to the Movie mode
• then the AF-On button to set the focus
• then press the Live View button on the rear of the camera to begin recording (with the same button ending the movie). 
• Although you can autofocus during movie recording, the camera uses the painfully slow contrast-AF mode, and even the user guide warns against trying to auto-focus. 
• Focusing manually is a much better idea, although most AF lenses have MF rings with very little 'travel' between their close-focus point and infinity 

Review of Canon EOS 500D http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_eos_500d_review/

The EOS 500D provides a number of auto shooting modes aimed at beginners, including portrait, landscape, close-up, sports and night portrait and flash off choices. All of these functions performed adequately, apart from the close-up macro mode that did not come near to offering a true 1:1 reproduction (you'll need a dedicated macro lens for that). There are, of course, manual and semi-automatic modes for users who want more advanced exposure control.

Canon refers to these advanced operations as the 'creative zone' and provides all the normal settings including Program, Aperture and Shutter Priority and the full manual mode. 

Additionally, they provide the 'A-DEP' (Automatic Depth of Field) function that gives a wider depth of field between a near and far subject. 

New for the EOS 500D is the Creative Auto (CA) mode, which as the name suggests provides a half-way house between full auto and the more advanced shooting modes. First featured on the more expensive 50D model, this mode is targeted at beginners who have grown out of using the Full Auto mode, allowing you to change a few key settings using the LCD screen, with a simple slider system for changing the aperture and exposure compensation, or Background and Exposure as the camera refers to them.
[...]

This is the second Canon DSLR camera to shoot full 1080p HD quality video, [...] recording high-definition, wide-screen video in 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution in MOV format using the H.264 codec. Strangely, though, it only does so at a frame rate of 20fps, rather than the 30fps offered by the 5D Mark II. Drop down to the 500D's 720p video mode, and the frame rate is 30fps. Video can also be recorded in 640x480 VGA quality at 30fps.

The maximum size of a single video clip is either 4 gigabytes or one second below 30 minutes. You can also take either single or continuous stills during recording, with video capture continuing after the final still frame has been taken. 

Audio is recorded in linear PCM format without any compression. There's a built-in microphone on the front of the camera for mono recording, but sadly there's no socket for connecting an external stereo microphone, as on the 5D Mark II. It also has an HDMI port for playing back 1920 x 1080 still images on a HD TV. It uses the industry-standard HDMI mini-out connection, but note that you'll need to purchase a suitable cable separately. You can also still connect the 500D to a standard TV set via NTSC/PAL. By offering video capture in a DSLR, Canon has made it possible for filmmakers to play with depth of field the way they never could, taking advantage of the relatively big APS-C image sensor and the wide assortment of Canon lenses.

Y13 marks

100 marks in total -

20 marks - planning & research
60 marks - construction 
20 marks - evaluation

MARKING CRITERIA FOR CONSTRUCTION / PRODUCTION (Main & ancillary)

40 marks for main production (pop promo)
+ 10 for digipak
+ 10 for magazine advertisement

= 60 marks in total

Assessed on:

ability to plan and construct media products using technical and creative skills (AO3)
ability to analyse how meanings and responses are created when evaluating ?your own work (AO2)
ability to undertake, apply and present appropriate research (AO4)

Y13 Brief

Brief

Create a promotion package for the release of an album

 

to include a music promo video (40 marks)

 

together with:

- a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package) 10 marks;

- a magazine advertisement for the digipak - 10 marks.

 

 

Y13 preparation and research Qs - summer 2012

Y13 PREPARATION - Research Qs:

Start your blog.  Take at least 5 pop videos from history and research / analyse the following questions.

Research Qs:

 ·        HISTORY: When was the video released? What else was happening at the time (socially, politically)?

·        CONTEXT: Why was it groundbreaking or unusual? What other videos were being released at the time?

·        ARTIST: Background on the artist(s)

·        OWNERSHIP: Record label? owned by? background of label?

·        CONCEPT: What is the essential concept / main idea of the video? 

·        THEME: Is there a central theme?

·        LOCATION: Where is it shot?

·        DIRECTION: What camera angles are used and why? How is it lit?

·        EDITING: How many edits are in the video? are they in time to the music? Why are the edits used?

·        ART DIRECTION / STYLING: what costumes, set, props, make up are used and why?

·        POST PRODUCTION / SPECIAL EFFECTS: Any special effects created either on location or in post production?  Any text used? Animation?

·        REPRESENTATION: How are men, women, children, ethnic groups, people with disabilities represented, if at all? What stereotypes are being used or challenged?

 

SEMINAL MUSIC VIDEOS FROM POP HISTORY

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ&safe=active

 Queen - I Want to Break Free

The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
A-Ha - Take On Me
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Pharcyde - Drop
Madonna - Like a  Prayer
Rihanna - Man Down
Coldplay – Yellow
Ok Go – Here it Goes Again

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Foo Fighters - Pretender
JayZ - On to the next one
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Plan B - Ill Manors
Yonkers
Ed Sheeran - You need me
Ed Sheeran - the A Team
Azelia Banks - 212
Jessie J - Domino
Jessie J - Who's Laughing Now
Coldplay - Paradise
Frank Ocean - Novocaine
Green Day - American Idiot
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow 2007
Ok Go (animation on toast) - ?

 

Linking

and liking ... both The Vagenda and Hadley Freeman today - fashionable and polemical ...

shoes off ...

Shoes off... stepping onto the blogging pathway ...