5X5 Videos
Rules:
5 shots of 5 seconds a piece
themes can be based on a variety of ideas and concepts such as video portraits and mini documentaries.
One idea for topic generation: Workshop participants write an adjective on a piece of paper. The slips of paper are placed in a bag or a hat and drawn randomly. These adjectives, describing or modifying a person or a thing, act as a springboard for the topic to be explored.
Total running length: 25 seconds.
5x5 videos employ an editing technique where every shot is the same length. This technique is referred to as metric editing. In this exercise you will be making a modular video using rhythmic editing. The video will consist of 5 shots, each one is 5 seconds in length. In the end you have one 25 second video. The order can be easily changed and you can focus on the sequencing of your shots and the experience you are trying to convey.
5x5 example videos on Vimeo.com
and a few from the graphics instructor, Morgan Barnard:
A few quick thoughts on shooting video:
Rules:
5 shots of 5 seconds a piece
themes can be based on a variety of ideas and concepts such as video portraits and mini documentaries.
One idea for topic generation: Workshop participants write an adjective on a piece of paper. The slips of paper are placed in a bag or a hat and drawn randomly. These adjectives, describing or modifying a person or a thing, act as a springboard for the topic to be explored.
Total running length: 25 seconds.
5x5 videos employ an editing technique where every shot is the same length. This technique is referred to as metric editing. In this exercise you will be making a modular video using rhythmic editing. The video will consist of 5 shots, each one is 5 seconds in length. In the end you have one 25 second video. The order can be easily changed and you can focus on the sequencing of your shots and the experience you are trying to convey.
5x5 example videos on Vimeo.com
and a few from the graphics instructor, Morgan Barnard:
A few quick thoughts on shooting video:
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● Shoot more than you think you need.
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● Do not start the intended action right after you hit record
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● Frame using the rule of thirds
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● Work with a storyboard or shot list
Camera settings:
Get familiar with your camera settings. You need to understand what kind of video your camera shoots. Most formats can be converted easily but some need specialized tools. We will be using iMovie for editing, it can handle most video formats, especially anything ending in .mov.
HD sizes
1920x1080 is Full HD
1280x720 is also considered HD
Working with iMovie:
iMovie is a good piece of software for easily editing your video clips. It’s a basic video editing program and that’s a good thing. It forces you to focus on the important things like the story you are trying to tell. Often times, editing programs can be overly complex when you just want to focus on creating incredible images and experiences.
There are two main windows in iMovie, the events and the projects windows. Additionally there is a viewer that displays the footage as you scroll through it with your mouse, also known as skimming.
Events are for the clips you import and projects are the edited sequences. Files associated with these windows are located in the Movies folder of your home directory. You’ll find an iMovie Events and and iMovie Projects folder inside the movies folder. Events are setup so that you can organize them in different ways. You can create your custom events or base your events on the imported footage from a card. Projects are information about your edit decisions and are smaller files. You can flip the Event and Project windows in iMovie to suit your taste. I prefer to have the events on the top and the projects on the bottom you can switch them around by going to the Window menu, then selecting “Swap Events and Projects”
Import video:
There are a few different ways to import footage from your camera. I won’t go into all the technical nitty gritty here, but you should start by importing from camera or memory card.
Plug in your camera with a USB cable or plug your memory card into a card reader. Go to file → “Import from Camera” or press the little camera icon on the left side of the interface. Some footage may show up in this interface. For instance, when I connect my iPhone 4S and select import from camera, I get previews of all my clips. This works with other cameras as well, it just depends on the format. If your footage shows up in this window you can preview it, then import it. If your footage does not show up in here, then you will need to select “file→import→Movies” from the file menu. Navigate to where your movie files are located, select the ones you want and press import. There is a dialogue box for selecting events or creating new events. Go ahead and make a new event, call it something recognizable and related to the project. Set the optimize video selection to Full - Original Size. This will keep you working at the highest quality available.
iMovie is a good piece of software for easily editing your video clips. It’s a basic video editing program and that’s a good thing. It forces you to focus on the important things like the story you are trying to tell. Often times, editing programs can be overly complex when you just want to focus on creating incredible images and experiences.
There are two main windows in iMovie, the events and the projects windows. Additionally there is a viewer that displays the footage as you scroll through it with your mouse, also known as skimming.
Events are for the clips you import and projects are the edited sequences. Files associated with these windows are located in the Movies folder of your home directory. You’ll find an iMovie Events and and iMovie Projects folder inside the movies folder. Events are setup so that you can organize them in different ways. You can create your custom events or base your events on the imported footage from a card. Projects are information about your edit decisions and are smaller files. You can flip the Event and Project windows in iMovie to suit your taste. I prefer to have the events on the top and the projects on the bottom you can switch them around by going to the Window menu, then selecting “Swap Events and Projects”
Import video:
There are a few different ways to import footage from your camera. I won’t go into all the technical nitty gritty here, but you should start by importing from camera or memory card.
Plug in your camera with a USB cable or plug your memory card into a card reader. Go to file → “Import from Camera” or press the little camera icon on the left side of the interface. Some footage may show up in this interface. For instance, when I connect my iPhone 4S and select import from camera, I get previews of all my clips. This works with other cameras as well, it just depends on the format. If your footage shows up in this window you can preview it, then import it. If your footage does not show up in here, then you will need to select “file→import→Movies” from the file menu. Navigate to where your movie files are located, select the ones you want and press import. There is a dialogue box for selecting events or creating new events. Go ahead and make a new event, call it something recognizable and related to the project. Set the optimize video selection to Full - Original Size. This will keep you working at the highest quality available.
import movies
Make selections:
Once your videos are imported into an event, you can begin the process of reviewing your footage. iMovie uses a technique called skimming to quickly scan through your footage. As you drag your cursor over a clip you will see it displayed in the viewer window. When you click and drag you can make selections. You will see the length of your selection as you drag. Don’t worry too much about making the 5 second timing perfect yet. Just get close, we can fix it later once we start editing.
edit footage:
As you find clips that you are interested in using, begin adding them to the timeline by dragging the selected clips to the project/timeline window. If there are no projects yet on the computer, choose create new project. Once you have one or several clips you can start to drag the clips around to rearrange them. To change the length of clip to exactly five seconds, you need to
get into the clip adjustments. When you have a clip selected in the timeline, press the “I” key to bring up the clip inspector window. In the clip adjustments pane you can change the duration, speed and other other attributes. This is where you would check to make sure that your clip is exactly five seconds in length.
modify your edit:
Once you have all your footage in a timeline, you can quickly rearrange the order of the shots. If you need to fine tune your edit points, click once on a clip to select it, then drag it to a new position. Recreate your storyboard, then experiment with new and different combinations of your footage. Look for alternate takes and build several iterations until your idea is complete. When you bring up the inspector by pressing the ”I” key, you can select the video pane for color correction tools. Spend time adjusting and fine tuning the look of your images.
export:
Make selections:
Once your videos are imported into an event, you can begin the process of reviewing your footage. iMovie uses a technique called skimming to quickly scan through your footage. As you drag your cursor over a clip you will see it displayed in the viewer window. When you click and drag you can make selections. You will see the length of your selection as you drag. Don’t worry too much about making the 5 second timing perfect yet. Just get close, we can fix it later once we start editing.
edit footage:
As you find clips that you are interested in using, begin adding them to the timeline by dragging the selected clips to the project/timeline window. If there are no projects yet on the computer, choose create new project. Once you have one or several clips you can start to drag the clips around to rearrange them. To change the length of clip to exactly five seconds, you need to
get into the clip adjustments. When you have a clip selected in the timeline, press the “I” key to bring up the clip inspector window. In the clip adjustments pane you can change the duration, speed and other other attributes. This is where you would check to make sure that your clip is exactly five seconds in length.
modify your edit:
Once you have all your footage in a timeline, you can quickly rearrange the order of the shots. If you need to fine tune your edit points, click once on a clip to select it, then drag it to a new position. Recreate your storyboard, then experiment with new and different combinations of your footage. Look for alternate takes and build several iterations until your idea is complete. When you bring up the inspector by pressing the ”I” key, you can select the video pane for color correction tools. Spend time adjusting and fine tuning the look of your images.
export:
Once you have organized your shots and constructed your piece, you can export it by going to
the share menu and selecting the intended format. In the share menu, select Export Movie for
some basic sizes that are good to be played on the apple TV.
export movie options
For more advanced settings select Export Quicktime, but for the most part, the standard Export Movie options will work fine. Note that some files produced through the Export Movie option may have the .m4v file extension and will by default want to open into iTunes. You can change the file extension to .mov and it will open directly in Quicktime Player.
For more advanced settings select Export Quicktime, but for the most part, the standard Export Movie options will work fine. Note that some files produced through the Export Movie option may have the .m4v file extension and will by default want to open into iTunes. You can change the file extension to .mov and it will open directly in Quicktime Player.
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