Rotation 1

2 Days for the group

Studio Camera

  • Connect to control rack
  • Initial settings: white balance, M/A iris, gain, Full Auto.
  • Level tripod, Zoom, Focus, Pan, Tilt, adjust
  • Adjust iris, re-white.
  • Connect mic & monitor lvls.
  • Practice your five basic shots
  • Practice Motion shots
  • Getting good focus
    • Zoom all the way in on your subject
    • Focus
    • Zoom back out to where you need to be.
  • When to refocus
    • When subject moves
    • When camera moves
2 days for the group

CG

  • Pre-reading - 15.1 362-370 Designing and Using Television Graphics
  • Create lower third name title
    • 2 fonts
    • 2 font colors
    • shadow
    • outline
    • opacity
  • Create full screen graphics
    • 2 fonts
    • 2 font colors
    • shadow
    • outline
    • opacity
  • Running graphics
    • Transition in/out titles -
    • Run graphics during a production
1 day for the group

Switcher

  • Pre-reading - 13.2 334-337 What Switchers Do
  • Switcher initial settings
  • Balancing cameras
  • Fade to/from black
  • Switch/dissolve between shots
  • Use various wipes
  • Set autotake & autofade time
1 day for the group

Audio

  • Pre-reading - 9.1 198-209 How Microphones Hear
  • mic guests
  • Tuning system using tone.
  • level check w/ guests
  • prep guests for mic use
  • monitor levels at mixer, switcher and VCR.
3 days for the group

Mini camera

3 days

Reading

Zettl

  • 8.2 186-191 Lighting in the Field and for Special Effects
  • 1.1 2-15 What Television Production is All About
  • 5.1 90-100 Standard Camera Mounts and Movements

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