Lecture 1 TCOM 4170, Spring '13 Amani Channel, MA

1. TCOM 4170 Spring 2014
Video Production
Amani Channel, MA

2. Wednesdays 6:00-8:30
• Goal is to create interesting stories
• Tell narratives
• Learn professional video production techniques
• Composition
• Lighting
• Audio
• Editing

3. Syllabus
 Be here
 Be on time
 Be professional
 Don’t procrastinate
 Apply what you learn
 Assignments will be given in class each week

4. What do I know about production?

12. Technology Changes Quickly
 Early days: record live TV onto 16mm (kinscope)
 1950’s Video Tape Recorder (VTR or tape deck)
 Video Cassette Recorder (VCR)
 Camcorders
 Analog to Digital
 Current HD
 Future 4 and 5K

13. Video Format
 How many lines or pixels form an image
 Shape of the image
 How the signal is compressed
 NTSC National Television System Committee – 1 Format
 ATSC Advanced Television System Committee -18 Formats
 Pixel: The brightness and color of that part of the image

14. Video Format
 Standard Definition: 4:3 aspect ratio (720 x 480 pixels)
 High Definition: 16:9 aspect ratio (1920x1080 or 1280x720)
 4k 4096x2160
 Progressive vs. Interlaced
Progressive: All pixels in each frame are captured at once
Interlaced: Each field contains half the horizontal video lines.
 Frame rate: The number of frames recorded each second
29.97 (30)
24 Film
25 FPS (PAL/SECAM)

15. Capturing Images
 Light
 Tripod
 Composition
Rule of Thirds
Long Shot
Wide Shot
Medium Shot
Close Ups
 Keep shots still

16. Canon Vixia HFR30
 Consumer camcorder
 SD card
 Mic Jack
 Standard tripod

17. First Assignment
 Photo Essay
 Day in the life (student-work-home)
 8-12 photos
 Variety of Shots (Rule of thirds)
 Due 1/22
 Reading