Assignment 1 - Shooting for a Sequence

Cinema Korea

Assignment 1

Due Monday, July 2^nd, 10am.

Shooting footage for a sequence.

Plan and shoot footage for a two-minute video sequence. The sequence should convey a specific activity or a place. Examples of activities are people shopping, people going to work, going to a restaurant.  Examples of a place are a subway station,  a temple, a market or a historic location. The idea behind the assignment is to plan out what shots you would need to show your core concept. Think about the establishing shot, the medium and then the detailed shots. Consider how one shot leads to another to make a sequence.  How can you lead the viewer to the world you are describing.

A sequence is made from shots.  Shots can vary in length from a few seconds to 10 seconds. The sequence will have a minimum of 15 shots. Shooting ratios can vary from 3:1 to 10:1.  Shooting 10:1 is in the high range. A shooting ratio is shots taken to create the final sequence.

You will work in pairs for this assignment.

Step One – Observe the activity or/and visit the location. Study what’s going on and how it might be broken down into a series of shots.

Step Two - Plan your shoot with your partner.  What do you want to convey?  You may want to write down your ideas and a brief outline to help you with the project.

Step Three –  Shoot your material.  Remember to check your settings on the camera. Keep track of your shots by “slating” or writing them down in your notebook.

Bring your footage to class on Monday.  We will demonstrate how you download the footage and edit them in Adobe Premiere.

Criteria.  The main criteria is ho w well you are able to convey your ideas and the quality of your camerawork and sound. Your shots should be in focus and use the ideas behind composition, lighting and depth of field as discussed in class and shown in the class examples. All the shots do need to have a shallow depth of field, however you should have examples.

Sound: no distortion, level should be metering around 12, top end hitting in the yellow. If it’s hitting constantly in the red, your recordings are too hot.

Your project will be evaluated after it has been edited.