Media Arts 11-29-2016

Warm-Up: List five techniques, strategies, effects, etc. that you have seen AND LIKED in student videos. You do not need to say whose video included those things.

Agenda:

1. Essays
   1. Student Review
   2. Final Drafts
   3. Next Step
2. Video Editing
   1. Pacing
      1. The opposite of an engaged audience is no audience.
      2. Don't make your audience wait to be entertained.
   2. Audio
      1. Noise
         1. Other conversations
         2. Fans
         3. TVs/Radios/etc.
         4. Traffic
         5. Phones
      2. Dialogue
         1. Is it loud enough?
         2. Is it clear enough?
      3. Soundtrack
         1. Does it fit the mood?
      4. Ambiance
         1. Ambient sounds set the scene.
         2. Recorded on location or added in post-production.
   3. Video
      1. Lighting
         1. Avoid bright lights in frame.
         2. Avoid recording in dark areas.
         3. Avoid built-in flash.
      2. Composition
         1. Subject
         2. Background