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Documentary making for digital humanists / Darren R. Reid, Brett Sanders.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Reid, Darren R., author.
Sanders, Brett, author.
Series:
Open field guides series.
Open field guides series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Digital humanities.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 283 pages)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
This fluent and comprehensive field guide responds to increased interest, across the humanities, in the ways in which digital technologies can disrupt and open up new research and pedagogical avenues. It is designed to help scholars and students engage with their subjects using an audio-visual grammar, and to allow readers to efficiently gain the technical and theoretical skills necessary to create and disseminate their own trans-media projects.
Contents:
The humanist auteur
Learning to love the camera
The production process
Concept and planning
Collaboration
Precedent
Choosing your filmmaking equipment
Core methods
Settings, lenses, focus, and exposure
Composing a shot : tips and techniques
Shots and compositions considered
The visual language of cinema
Interviews
Recording audio and creating soundscapes
Light
Camera movement
The two-page film school
Post-mortem : making a short documentary about the 2016 presidential election
Post-production workflow
The three-act structure
The protagonist
Assembly
Editing workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro
Distribution and dissemination. Introduction
1. The Humanist Auteur
The Digital Wave (and the Power It Gives Us)
Film as Scholarly Tool
The Filmmaker-Scholar
The Filmmaker-Scholar as Auteur
Looking for Charlie
2. Learning to Love the Camera
3. The Production Process
Pre-Production
Production
Post-Production
4. Concept and Planning
Schema One
Essay Films
Schema Two
Discussion/Interview Films
Schema Three
Full-Production Films
Schema Four
Subjective Explorations
Achievability
Case Study
Signals
Planning
5. Collaboration
6. Precedent 7. Choosing Your Filmmaking Equipment
Smartphone Kit (100-1,000)
DSLR Kit (300-5,000)
8. Core Methods
Stabilise your Camera
Focus your Camera on your Subject
Compose your Shots
Plan to Capture Contextual Footage
Take Control of your Camera's Settings
9. Settings, Lenses, Focus, and Exposure
Camera Settings
Lenses
Stylised Focus
Exposure
Summary
10. Composing a Shot
Tips and Techniques
Head Room
Looking Room
The 30° and 180° Rules
Fundamentals
11. Shots and Compositions Considered
12. The Visual Language of Cinema
Frame Rate Vulnerability, Strength, and Significance through Camera Angles
Wide Shots, Close-Ups, Mid-Shots
Aspect Ratios
13. Interviews
Oral History and Interviewing
Designing an Interview
Formulating Interview Questions
The Phrasing of Questions
The Role of the Interviewer
The Interviewer/Subject Relationship
The Ethics of Interviewing
The Interview Process
Participant Information Sheet Template
Informed Consent Form Template
14. Recording Audio and Creating Soundscapes
Recording Sound on Site
Rough and Ready
Lavaliere Microphones
Run and Gun Clipping
On-Site Tips
Engineering Ambience
Voice-Overs and Commentary
15. Light
Core Rules
Hard Light and Soft Light
Lights and Lighting
Lighting Quick-Reference Guide
16. Camera Movement
Going Handheld
Handheld Tracking
Camera Pans and Tilts
Dolly Shot
Tripod Dolly
17. The Two-Page Film School
18. Post-Mortem: Making a Short Documentary about the 2016 Presidential Election
Aftermath
19. Post-Production Workflow
Review your Footage
(Re)Consider your Audience's Relationship to the Film Plan a Working-Structure for your Film
Begin Creating a Rough Cut
Step Back
Critically Review and Reassess
Post-Mortem
Refine Your Rough Cut
Step Back, Review Your Fine Cut and Reassess
Reflections
20. The Three-Act Structure
21. The Protagonist
Harmon's Story Embryo
Casting the Audience as the Protagonist
The On-Screen Protagonist
The Journey
22. Assembly
Editing
Colour-Grading
Sound-Tracking
23. Editing Workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro
Step One: How to Start a New Project
Step Two: Get to Know the Premiere Workspace.
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