VIDEO I – THEORY AND TECHNIQUE

Course Code:

Π-1030

Semester:

1st Semester

Specialization Category:

ΜΕΥ

Course Hours:

5

ECTS:

5


Learning outcomes

  • General knowledge of the technology and products of professional equipment for the production of audiovisual works.
  • Capability of video camera use.
  • Familiarity with the main video formats.
  • Knowledge of basic video creation principles.
  • Developing skills for independent and personal training.
  • Ability to work with groups of people involved in the implementation of the project.
  • Ability to think and create structured concepts

 

General Competences

  • Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies
  • Adapting to new situations
  • Decision making
  • Independent work
  • Teamwork
  • Exercising criticism and self-criticism
  • Project planning and management
  • Respecting diversity and multiculturalism
  • Ability to use modern technology equipment
  • Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

Course Outline

Lectures

  • Introduction to light
  • Static/moving image recording
  • Analysis of the art and technique of the selected audiovisual works and applications
  • Camera technology with focus on motion capture
    • Lenses
    • Aperture/ Shutter speed
    • Photometry
    • White balance
    • Sensor technology
  • Introduction to sound
  • Creative Lighting Design
  • The cinematic shot and its significance
  • Using the video camera as a means of expression

 

LABORATORY

Introduction to the use and operation of the camcorder/mirrorless/DSLR, portable lighting fixtures, mounting systems, and microphones.

  • Planning and video recording exercises
    • Shot types
    • Shooting angles
    • Camera movement
  • Tripod use
  • Application of basic lighting principles
  • Color temperature and white balance
  • Sound
    • Microphone (mono and stereo sound)
    • Microphone types

 

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Skopeteas, John, The Camcorder and the Audiovisual Recording, Press photo publications, 2008
  • Zettl, Herbert, Television Production Handbook, Wadsworth Publishing, 2014
  • Zettl, Herbert, Video Basics 7, Cengage Learning, 2017
  • Thompson, Roy, Grammar Of The Shot, Focal Press, 2000