Video & Sound Production - Exercise

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21/04/25 - 12/05/25 (Week 1-Week 4)
Samuel Keane / 0376236
Video & Sound Production / Bachelors of Design (Honors) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Exercise

JUMPLINKS

LECTURES

Cinema Technique is all about manipulating shots and sequence that isolating part of it to look at.

Shot Size

  1. Extreme Wide Shot establishes the location or the place of the scene where the main character is in
  2. Wide Shot shows the subject from head to toe, showcasing the environment of the scene
  3. Full Shot shows a tighter showcase of a subject from head to toe
  4. Medium Wide Shot frames the subject from above the knee
  5. Medium Shot is mostly used for showing dialogues, it shows the subject from waist up.
  6. Medium Close Up frames subject from the chest up, emphasizes subjects emotion and reaction
  7. Close Up strictly frames the subjects face, detailing the subjects expression on a deeper level
  8. Extreme Close Up frames details a feature or part of an object

Types of Framing

  1. Single Shot emphasizes one character in a frame
  2. Two-Shot shows two characters in a frame, showcasing their relationship
  3. Over the shoulder shot is usually used to present the point of view from the foreground characters perspectives
  4. Over-the-Hip (OTH) shows a character from the POV of another characters hip, showcasing the imbalance in power
  5. Point of View (POV) shows what the character is looking at, as if we are the character
  6. Insert Shot focuses on a specific object on that scene

Camera Angles

  1. Eye-level 
  2. High Angle
  3. Low Angle
  4. Overhead/Bird Eye View
  5. Dutch Angle
  6. Worm Eye View

Composition Types

  1. Rule of Thirds creates balance and interest by placing a subject on an intersection of a 3x3 grid
  2. Leading Lines guides viewers eyes using imaginary or actual lines like roads & walls
  3. Symmetry and Balance is a symmetrical shot to create harmony and balance. It can also be used to create tension depending on the situation.
  4. Depth uses foreground, middle ground, and background layering in order to add dimension.
  5. Headroom is the space between the top frame and the subjects head
  6. Lead room is the space provided when the subject is moving forward or towards a direction.
  7. Framing Within Frames creates visual frames by using objects such a windows and doors
  8. Patterns creates pleasure and emphasis.
  9. Texture can be used to create interest.
Lalin

Act 1: It starts with the introduction of Lalin, a girl with tons of acne covering her face. She was bullied because of it, so she got insecure and moved to Japan to become an online persona by using tons of make-up and filters on her face. When offline, she hides her face under a mask.

Act 2: A guy named Astronaut Nut approaches her online. They started talking about translating a book and slowly it becomes more than that, which eventually leads her to fall for this guy. Their relationship gradually deepens until he decided to go to Japan to meet her.

Act 3: Feeling insecure of her face, Lalin decided to avoid him after all of his effort to come there. After looking at the pages Nut has left for her, she finally remembered that they have met before all of these. In the end, Lalin went searching for Nut but it was too late. Though, she learns that she needs to take off her mask and accepts her true self.

Inciting Incident: The part where Lalin moves to Japan to start a new life.

Midpoint Scene: The part where Lalin encountered Nut online, which made her fell in love with the guy by forming a deep bond.

Climax Scene: When she finally realized who Nut actually is.

Theme: Facing your true self. Be secure of your body and accept who you are.

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Everything: The movie starts with an introduction of the protagonist, Evelyn Wang and her Chinese-American family. Failing marriage, her daugher's relationship, and  debt, it can be seen that she is overwhelmed by her life by all of these problems. While visiting the IRS Office, her husband, Waymond's body was taken over by an alternate version of him, saying that she is the only one who can save the multiverse, which made her learn about verse-hopping.

Everywhere: After hopping through what seems like thousands of universe, Evelyn found out that this threat is caused by an alternate version of Joy, her daughter. This version of Joy influenced Evelyn's way of thinking, nothing really matters. Evelyn slowly became more and more nihilistic.

All at Once: Instead of fighting fire with fire, Evelyn chooses to solve all of these with love. She finally empathized with her daughter, accepting who she is. In the end, she became more connected with her family.

Inciting Incident: When Waymond's body got taken over by an alternate version of himself, introducing Evelyn to verse-hopping.

Midpoint Scene: When Evelyn met an alternate version of her daughter and got influenced by her nihilism where nothing matters.

Climax Scene: Evelyn chose to solve things with kindness and love.

Theme: This movie explores the themes of family & acceptance. All of these is started because of misunderstanding and trauma caused by Evelyn to Joy. The conflict resolved after Evelyn accepting and loving Joy as who she is.

INSTRUCTIONS

PROJECTS

Week 1 Exercise: Editing

On our first day of class, we were required to arrange shots on timeline with proper order in Adobe Premiere Pro. We were given two folders of shots to arrange.

Here is the final mints video:

Here is the final Doritos video:

Week 2 Exercise: Shooting

Week 2 introduced types of shots normally used. Here are some of the shots we need to do.

  1. Close-Up shot
  2. Frontal MCU (soft background)
  3. Frontal MS (soft background)
  4. Extreme Close-Up shot
  5. Side angle MS (soft background)
  6. ¾ angling MCU shot (with blurry/soft foreground)
  7. Low angle Wide shot
  8. Eye-Level Medium-Wide shot

We were also given a reminder of what we need to pay attention on.

  1. Shoot landscape format video, 5 seconds per shot.
  2. Shoot wide shot with wide angle.
  3. The rest ZOOM IN to get soft background.
  4. Refer to the examples provided or google references for GOOD composition.
  5. Avoid overexposed or underexposed (too bright or too dark).
  6. Do the shooting during day time.
  7. Edit with CAPTION (Mention the shot size), export video for submission.

Before started shooting, we were all divided into groups of 3 or 4. I was teamed up with Brenda and Brendan (cool names I know). After shooting all of the shots, we came back to Mr. Martin to check our shots. Turns out, some of it was wrong so we retook some of the videos the day after.

I put all the videos together on Premiere Pro the day after all the videos are done.

Fig. 3.1, Premiere Pro, (03/05/2025)

Week 3 Exercise: Shooting 2

On week 3, we got another shooting exercise. This time, we get to team up with our peers to shoot different types of shots and angle. We did our shots by the lakeside for better lighting. I did the editing on Premiere Pro the day after.

Fig. 3.2, Editing Process, (09/05/2025)

Here is the final compilation.

Week 5 Exercise: Storyboard

We were given a list consists of shots and were instructed to make a storyboard out of it. I tried to make the composition to be more cinematic instead of comedic.

Fig. 3.3, Storyboard, (20/05/2025)

REFLECTIONS

The first few weeks of VSP feels rather chill. We were basically introduced to how Premiere Pro works on surface level. Take exercise 1 for example, it introduces how to select videos to be put into one consecutive sequence. It was a fun one, and I hope I can learn a lot more through this module in the future.

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