Learned about studio production and close-circuit TV in high school.
TV Production committee in College - member for 3 years and chairman for 1 year.
Took training and volunteered for a few productions at Media Center studio
I am now retired. See my LinkedIn profile for my professional experience, with computers.
I know a lot about TV studio productions: the production process, roles, lighting, directing, pre and post production work. Mainly I try to keep it simple--why do it the hard way? If a shot or effect is hard, there better be a good reason for why it is needed--just because it's cool, is not a reason. Outside productions are possible, but they require even more planning.
The preliminary planning is critical. Just grab a camera and start shooting--no!
This isn't a complete list, but it is getting close. The ones in bold are essential, before starting anything.
This shows the lighting setup for an interview in-front of a green screen.
I have collected enough gear to do small productions. I follow the Frugal Filmmaker, to keep my costs low. What matters to me: is it functional? The audience will not care if the gear is shiny and expensive. What I have is portable and flexable.
This is only a partial list.
I mostly use open-source software; all on Linux, but many also work on OSX (Mac) and Windows. This only a partial list.
All project files are versioned and backed up in multiple places. With a user id/password you can have access to the version system.
Files can be copied to a user provided DropBox, Google Drive folders, or YouTube accounts (where I've been given upload privilege).
I can archive other files related to the project, for example scanned copies of Talent Releases (if provided).
All video files, raw and edited are backed up in multiple places. The raw video files are usually not copied to cloud areas. Users can take copies of the filess, with user provided media drives.
Edited files (low and medium resolution) can be shared in user provided cloud accounts, YouTube, or Vimeo.
This document describes how I typically orgainze video projects files ProjOrg.html. Of course, only the relevant directories and docs are defined.
These are some of the checklists that I use for video productions: Checklists
All files, scripts, etc, that are directly related to the project are owned by the producer and can be copied to a user provided SD card or USB drive. In other words, the producer assumes all legal rights, and responsibility.
At the end of October 2016, I directed a video shoot in San Francisco, that involved coordinating 20 people.
Narcisso was released in 2020. IMDB page for Narcisso
Shot plan.
This is PDF of the Narcisso Script and Shot Plan for the short. This was given to the cast and crew.
Since April of 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, I've been helping the "Unitarian Universalist Coastside Community" church with their remote Zoom services. (1 or 2 services/month)
The editing time for these videos only takes 2 to 4 hours. So this is an edit ratio of 2:1 or 4:1. It is way less than the 300:1 ratio for a full-production, because this is a "live" recording so all the decisions for the "edits" have already been made. Also all of the images and music files are available for patching up dropouts or to tighten up the "handoffs."
This is an example service:
Studio Streaming to
YouTube with OBS (multi-camera, multi-mic)
Streaming to YouTube - Slide Deck that goes with the video. Includes links the more documents.
Training Docs on GDrive - Audacity, Zoom, A/V Tools, A/V Processes, Coypright Discussion
This is an edited version of the 50 minute opening ceremony:
This is a pilot for a project that would have been featured in October
2021 (project paused. Lack of interest?):
This is an editing project I did for a friend. She had about 2 hours of raw interview. This was edited down to 7 video parts (53 min total). The title images were done by a friend of hers. All the 360 images were from her trips. The sequencing and pan/zoom was done with my editing. Another friend of her's provided a custom music recording. And I helped her pick other music from Bensound (a royalty free music source).
This project was done during the last 2 months of 2019. I was laid-off after Thanksgiving, so I worked on this full time for most of the 300 hours I spent on this. 1/4 of the time was spent on organizing the files (30 raw clips, 10 rendered clips, 6 music clips, 360 images, versioning, etc.). Another 1/4 time was spent in editing meetings. 1/4 spent on generating an rendering the pan/zoom slide show clips (for the 360 images). Finally 1/4 time was spent doing the actual video editing.
So for a "full post-production edit" job I would say my edit ratio is 300:1 for this type of project.
This a short "raw" clip of a training video I'm working on with Randall
Reid, a master potter at Half Moon Bay. This project is on hold.
This was a talk given by Benjamin von Mendelssohn, at Santa Cruz, CA on 2014-07-16.
I videoed this talk with one camera. I added the titles and cut in the videos from another source, so that it would be cleaner than videoing the projection screen.
First hour.
Second hour.
These clips were taken with a cell phone. I edited them to make this piece.
7.5min
This was just an editing job that I did on my own. I combined multiple 15min clips into two videos. Added titles for the main points. Did major clean up of the sound.
Part 1 - 1hr 20min
Part 2 - 1hr 20min
For an example of the source videos with the bad sound see:
15min
For a few more examples, see the "My Video" playlist on my channel at rafnelb
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