Tutor: Phil Hopkins
This workshop is run by
director/producer Phil Hopkins. Phil is an experienced producer with a
passion for crafting moving images and a track record in producing
broadcast, corporate and multimedia content for clients such as MSN, Get
Safe Online and Edelman PR.
10:00 Workshop
registration and introductions, followed by Aims and Objectives of the
course.
10:30 Introduction to HD
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Why shoot HD?
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HD Formats & Variants and what you need to know
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Interlaced or Progressive?
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Video Codecs & Compression: DV/DVCPRO/DVCPRO50/DVCPROHD
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Introduction
to the Panasonic HVX-200 camera
Basic camera operation:
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Image control - iris, focus, exposure
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Recording modes - setting recording formats
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Scene files - saving your settings
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Playback of recorded images
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Pre-recording
12:00 Practical hands-on shooting exercise
1:00
Lunch
2:00 Shooting HD
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General considerations for shooting HD
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Lighting/exposing for HD
2:30 The HVX-200 in depth Advanced camera
operation:
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Latitude and achieving the film look
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Gamma - definitions and use
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Camera settings and advanced parameters
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Undercrank and Overcrank
3:00 Advanced shooting exercise
4:00
Tea Break
4:15 Tapeless acquisition
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Native mode recording
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Solid state versus tape
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P2 vs Hard disk recording
4:30 Post-production workflow
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The MXF file format
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Final Cut Pro/Premiere/Editor support
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Ingest vs Capture
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Logging clips
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Frame rate conversion
5:00 Delivering your content or programme
Output formats:
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HD-DVD
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Compressed formats (H264, WMV-HD)
5:15 Summary/Q&A
5:45
End of workshop
