TESL 3300

Last updated October 10

Part 1 (45 min) 

Block 1: Overview & Procedures (10 min) 

1. Phases
   1. Observation / synthesis
   2. (Optional) Recording on-site footage
   3. Recording summary
   4. Editing video
   5. Revising video
   6. Presenting
2. Review of last year
   • Pain points (complexity, collaboration)
   • Purpose: Produce knowledge-transfer artifact and experience language-learning (i.e. video-making as a language itself)
3. Making & Media Creation Lab bookings
   • Course orientation on eClass
   • Space booking: DSA (Digital Support Assistant) support for one session (up to 2.5 hours) per group
     • DSA will set up equipment and stay to guide but will not record or operate equipment
     • Camera will have fixed position
   • Equipment booking
4. Creative Commons licenses
   • License-selection questionnaire
5. Informed consent: Consent form
   • Alternatives: Record backs of participants, re-enact observed events, and/or summarize observed events

Block 2: Planning & Storyboarding (10 min)

1. Concept: 5-min information video
   • Intro? Summary?
   • Roundtable talk?
   • Mock interview? (interviewer on-screen vs interview off-screen)
   • Talking-head? (scripted or unscripted)
2. Collaboration
   • Deadlines/milestones
   • Schedules/safeguards
   • File repository (Google Drive)
   • Roles
3. Storyboarding
   • Communication tool, not work of art

Block 3: Practice planning & storyboarding (25 min)

1. Team contract (see eClass)
2. Storyboards
   • MMCL recording: Start of video and/or topic transition
   • Onsite recording: Entering classroom, teacher instruction, and/or student talking

Part 2 (45 min)

Block 1: Video Recording (10 min)

1. Camera positions/angles (slides 9-14)
   • Interviews: Camera at eye-level to subject who is centered or offset and looking off-screen at angle toward far side
2. Camera movement (slides 35-39)
3. Stabilization
   • Tripod,
   • Gimbal, or
   • Hand/arm mounting
4. Consider BlackMagic Camera app for iOS devices and Android devices
   • Smartphone orientation: Landscape
   • Screen resolution: Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) or 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels)
   • Frame rate: 24 or 30 frames per second
   • If using app with applicable settings:
     • Shutter "speed" (time): 1/50 sec for 24 FPS or 1/60 sec for 30 FPS
     • Lens aperture: N/A (fixed for smartphones)
     • ISO: Auto or lowest possible while still resulting in good exposure
     • Monitor settings: Histogram, audio levels, grid

Block 2: Audio Recording (10 min)

1. Physics
   • Distance
   • Reverb (sound reflection)
2. Position: Place mic within one hand-length or one fist-length from mouth
3. Audio levels
   • Avoid volume going near extreme limit of volume meters
   • Adjust as needed for peaks (or majority of dialogue) to be at -12 dB (+/- -6 dB)
4. Demo of wireless mic systems: Note, if using external mics with smartphones (especially Android), you might have to select the external mic to use it
   • Rode Wireless Go
   • Rode Wireless Pro
   • Rode Wireless Me

Block 3: Practice Recording (25 min)

1. AV Recording
   • Group discussion/interview (thoughts, feelings of project/placement?)
   • Mock lesson

Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve

Scott Library Room 2006
3:30 - 4:30 PM

Camera Basics

Scott Library Room 2006
3:30 - 4:30 PM

Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve

• Google Drive folder with media assets
• Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve worksheet (DOCX, 32 KB)
• Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve worksheet with notes (DOCX, 38 KB)

Part 1: Overview

1. Knowing important video concepts
   1. ___show
   2. FPS
   3. Full HD resolution
2. Exploring DaVinci Resolve
   1. Database vs Project vs Timeline
   2. Bins
   3. Best practices
3. Getting started
4. Exploring Edit interface
   1. Menu bar
   2. Panels (Media Pool, Effects, Mixer, Inspector)
   3. Preview
   4. Timeline
   5. Tracks vs Clips

Part 2: Video Basics

1. Importing & modifying primary video
   1. Zoom
   2. Position
   3. Rotation angle
2. Proxies
   1. Purpose
   2. Setup (resolution, codec, location)
   3. Generating
   4. Selecting
3. Understanding essential controls
   1. Playback
   2. Marking
   3. Zooming in/out
4. Quiz: Playback shortcuts

Part 3: Audio Basics

1. Modifying primary audio (dialogue)
   1. Track-level vs clip-level adjustments
   2. Volume slider vs Normalize Audio Levels function
   3. Ideal loudness
2. Importing & modifying alternative to primary audio (dialogue)
   1. Manual alignment vs Auto-Align Clips function
3. Importing & modifying secondary audio (music)
   1. Fading in/out
   2. Ideal loudness

Part 4: Cuts, Transitions, & Effects

1. Cutting clips
   1. Edge-dragging vs cutting
   2. Color-coding
2. Deleting clips
   1. Delete vs Ripple Delete
3. Adding effects
   1. Transitions: Outside vs overlapping vs inside
   2. Titles
4. Adding secondary video/imagery
   1. Editing on canvas vs marking in/out
   2. Zoom
   3. Position
   4. Crop
   5. Keyframes
5. Modifying clips
   1. Speed
   2. Direction
   3. Freeze-frame
6. Quiz: Editing shortcuts

Part 5: Handoff & Delivery

1. Exporting Resolve files
   1. Projects
   2. Timelines
   3. Stills
2. Importing Resolve files
3. Re-linking media files
4. Rendering video
   1. Resolution
   2. Codec
   3. Other settings

Dec 16: Rough/initial cuts of video due

• Download and insert York U intro to start of video
• Download and insert York U outro to end of video
• Submit MP4 video to designated team-folder in Shared Google Drive

Dec 16-19: Saskia will send invitations to guests

Final cuts of video due

• Submit MP4 video to designated team folder in Shared Google Drive