Broadcast Process

1. Broadcast Process Lesson 1

2. Put your thinking caps on! • What steps or phases would you go through to create a video about agriculture? • From start to finish

3. Phases • Pre-production • Production • Post-production

4. Pre-Production • This phase includes: • Research • Scripting/storyboarding • Graphic/audio/video clips • Steps • Choose crew, brainstorm ideas, plan theme/sets/props/costumes. • Do research, write script, create storyboard, and create signage.

5. Production • This phase includes: • Camera • Sound • Talent • Transitions • Videotaping • Steps • Direct, rehearse talent, arrange set, lights, sound • Action! Broadcast/videotaping

6. Production Footage • The footage collected by the video camera during this stage is unedited and know as raw. • Raw footage is transferred from the camera to the computer for editing. • You will learn about capturing and editing in post-production. • Raw footage formats are DV, mini-DV, or HVCHD, or other formats as determined by the camera you use.

7. Production Tips • Practice with the equipment and play your video back to ensure that the equipment is functioning properly. • Editing cannot correct filming errors. So re-do the shot immediately. • Errors that cannot be corrected • Bad sound • Out of focus footage • Having a date on everything you recorded • Unsteady camera work

8. Production Tips • Keep your footage list handy during filming. • Create a log for the video you capture. • Good footage or important information • This will make post-production easier. • Use the video techniques previously presented.

9. Post-production • This phase includes: • Review • Editing • Steps • Create camera log, obtain extra shots/dubs, graphics, sounds, etc. • Edit video.

10. Post-ProductionEditing

11. Purpose • Editing involves • Combining the • Video • Transitions • And music • All in a way that presents your message to your audience in a creative and effective way.

12. Using Software • You will use Adobe PremierePro to edit this project. • An industry standard software program. • Meaning this is what professional videographers use. • Using the software you can import your video footage, make edits, add effects, and export in a format that is viewable by others.

13. Editing Terms • Capture • The process of moving the footage from the camera to a computer. • Shot • A specific subject filmed from a certain angle. You should mark the shots that you want to use in the final project. • Timeline • The location where you place your shots in order and connect them together.

14. A Simple Outcome • In the simplest form a set of shots in the timeline will produce a movie, but adding additional features can enhance the overall quality!

15. Enhancing Videos • Audio • The sounds, voices or music that accompany raw footage or are part of the edited video. • Your video will have audio even if no one is on screen speaking. • During editing, you can split the audio and video and replace the raw audio or incorporate additional audio that will blend with the raw audio. • You can use the following audio to enhance your video. • Public domain music • Voice over • Sound bites

16. Enhancing Videos • Transitions • A feature that creates smooth movements from one shot to the next. • Transitions can also create interest and range from simple or fancy. • Credits • The introductory slides that setup the video. • The end slides that give credit to the film crew and any other contributors.

17. Post-Production Editing Tips • Make movie settings fit the output device. • Remove any clips that do not add to the message. • Mistakes • Pauses • Footage that is good, but does not support the message. • Crop wisely

18. Let’s Review Production Phases

19. Review1st Phase of Production • Pre-production • Get your ideas together, organize all details with your group.

20. Review 2nd Phase of Production • Production • This is when all the great ideas get put into action. Take shots, interview people, etc.

21. Review3rd Phase of Production • Post Production • Review all that you have done and edit your material!

22. Now What? • Once your project is edited, you will need to render the footage. • The raw footage must be compressed to decrease the overall file size. • Rendering is the process of compressing and packaging the video footage in a format that can used by players like Windows Media or QuickTime.

23. Common File Formats • Determine which player the video can be viewed using. • Formats • .wmv • A Microsoft format that plays using Windows Media Video. • The file is highly compressed and usually looks grainy when viewed, but is small enough to send via e-mail. • .mov • An Apple format that plays using QuickTime Movie. • The quality is great, but the size is large.

24. Sharing Your Finished Video • E-mail • Public Domain • YouTube accepts QuickTime file format. • CD/DVD

25. Parts of a video camera

26. Parts of a video camera: 1-12 • Power Zoom Lever • Eyecup • Viewfinder • Viewfinder/ • Lens Adjustment • QUICK ON Button • ACCESS lamp (Hard Disk) • Hook for a Shoulder Belt • MIC Plug in • Headphones Jack • HDMI Out (mini) jack • A/V Remote Connector • USB Jack

27. Parts: 13-19 • Speaker • Night-shot Switch • Zoom Buttons • Reset Button • Disc Burn • EASY button • BATT INFO button

28. Parts: 20-24 • Active Interface Shoe • Built-in Microphone • Flash • Remote Sensor/ Infrared port • Camera Recording Lamp

29. How to select a video camera

30. Review • Get in your groups. • Create a checklist. • Divide list into pre-production, production, post-production. • Under each phase include 3-5 tasks you will need to accomplish for your video project.