Video Production and Filmmaking with Michael Waldrep Slides from Session 1, March 6, 2014 DUSPVIZ Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

1. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6, 3/13, and 3/20/2014

2. Session 1: Inspiration, Planning, and
Shooting
Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
• Intro to workflow
• How to: pre-production
• Capturing video
• Capturing audio
• Importing

3. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
• Pre-production
What do I want this to look like in the end?
Who am I talking to? About what? Do I need a script?
Where am I going to talk to them? Will it work?
What kind of supplementary material will I need?
How much time is it going to take to edit?
Am I going to need others to help? How many?
• Production
How do I make the cleanest recording to manipulate later?
• Post-production
Making the product you imagined
(realizing you can’t)
Making the best thing you can, with what you’ve got
Workflow

4. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
Universal things you can set:
• Resolution
• Frame Rate
• Exposure
(aperture & ISO)
• Codec
Maybe you can’t set, but be aware of:
Focal length
How a Camera Works (basically)

5. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
PotentialVideo Sources
CRON rents:
• CanonVixia
You may already have:
• Stills cameras that shoot video
• A smart phone
The internet
• Flashgot

6. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
How Audio Recorders work:
I don’t really know.
But audio is ‘cheap’ in a sense:
Uncompressed vs compressed (codecs)
Bit rate & khz
Stereo vs mono

7. Michael Waldrep
DUSPViz:Video Production
3/6/2014
Audio Sources
In a perfect world:
• Lavalier microphones, shotgun
microphones
• A separate flash-based audio recorder
In a more likely world:
• A smart phone
• The internet