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Making Real-Life Videos

6 X 9, 256 pages; Softcover
ISBN 1-58115-415-1
Publication Date: February 2006

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Table of Contents

FORWARD:

Introduction
What does this book contain?
Who is the audience?
How to use this book.
Chess Tournament

Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCUMENTARY

Chapter 1: What is video?

Introduction
Influence of video
A brief history of film and video
Language of video
Video as a representational art
Types of Videos
The Game of Tag

Chapter 2: Documentary vs. "Movie"

Introduction
Organizing a video: 3 Phases of film
Sneaks vs. Stealin�
Rumble vs. WWF

Chapter 3: What is a documentary?

Introduction
Types of Documentaries
Public Service Announcement
The 5 parts or components
The Relationship b/t Audio and Video
The Timeline
Straight, No Chaser
Deciding on your Main Component
Are You Positive?
13 and Pregnant

Unit 2: PLANNING AND SHOOTING THE DOCUMENTARY

Chapter 4: The Treatment

Introduction
Reasons for having a treatment
Breakdown of the treatment
Police Brutality treatment
Hudson Guild PSA
Worksheets for a treatment

Chapter 5: Interviews

Introduction
Tips on interviewing
Picking the right person
What kind of information does your documentary need?
Shooting Interviews
Eminem
Treatment Worksheets for Interviews

Chapter 6: Voice-Over Narration

Introduction
The Full Report
Fire Drill (Discovery Channel mock)
Selective Voice-Over
Shooting Voice-Over
Da Reel Truth about the Ghetto
After School
Treatment Worksheets for Voice-Over Narration

Chapter 7: Related Media

Introduction
Motionless Related Media
Found footage � stills, video
Created footage � stills, video
Shooting Related Media
Da Reel Truth about da Ghetto
Treatment Worksheets for Related Media

Chapter 8: Dramatizations

Introduction
Preparing for a dramatization
The script
Storyboarding
Dialogue scenes
Action scenes
Shooting Dramatizations
Getting� Jumped
PS 14
Treatment Worksheets for Dramatizations

Unit 3: EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION

Chapter 9: The Theory of Editing

Introduction
Kuleshov Effect
Montage
Now that we have all this footage and media,
what the hell do we do with it?
The fifth component: text/music/effects
Chiapas

Unit 4: TECHNICAL COMPONENTS TO DOCUMENTARIES

Chapter 10: The Video Camera

Introduction
An overview
Operating the Camera
Camera Composition
Framing interviews
Framing created related video and dramatizations
Camera Movement

Chapter 11: Desktop Editing with imovie

Introduction
Setting-up and Preferences
Importing Video
Working with clips
Transitions, Titles, Effects
Working with Sound
Special Tips and Tricks
Keyboard Short-Cuts
Trouble Shooting

Unit 5: DO IT YOURSELF, 10 DIFFERENT DOCUMENTARIES

Chapter 12: A Travelogue
Related Media: photographs; music/text

Chapter 13: The Family Tree
Voice-over narration, Related Media: photographs; music/text

Chapter 14: A Day in the Life
Related Media: video footage; music/text

Chapter 15: A Memory
Voice-over narration; Related Media: photographs; dramatizations; music/text

Chapter 16: A Present Day Event
Interviews; Voice-Over Narration, Related Media: created video footage; music/text

Chapter 17: The Personal Narrative
Interviews; Related Media: Photographs; music/text

Chapter 18: A Public Service Announcement
Voice-Over Narration; Dramatizations; music/text

Chapter 19: A Music Video
Personal Lip Sync (like interviews); Dramatizations; music/text

Chapter 20: A Social Issue
Interviews; Voice-Over Narration; Related Media: archival and
created photographs, drawings, video footage; music/text

Chapter 21: A Biography
All the elements: Interviews; Voice-Over Narration; Related Media:
archival and created photographs, drawings, video footage;
Dramatizations; music/text

Index

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