Applicants must be film and/or video working professionals with hands on production experience.
| DAY 1 - Thursday |
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| 8:30AM |
Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00AM |
Welcome and General Info |
| 9:15AM |
Student & Instructor Introduction |
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1. What do you want to get out of your "Varicamp"? |
| 9:45AM |
VariCam Introduction |
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Video Intro |
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A. Video Refresher |
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B. What is HD? What is not? |
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C. Why VariCam? |
| 11:15AM |
5 Minute Break |
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| 11:20AM |
Camera External Overview |
| 12:00AM |
Menu Navigation |
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Menu Fuctions |
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Set Up Cards |
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Film Main Menus |
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VTR Main Menu |
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L,M,H switch & Menus |
| 12:45PM |
Lunch |
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| 2:00PM |
Monitors - Theory and Operation |
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Monitors & Waveforms |
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Introduction to Waveform Monitors |
| 2:45PM |
Intro to Motion and Density |
| 3:15PM |
Class splits for Lab Rotation #1 |
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Density Lab |
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Motion Lab |
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Density: |
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What is Gamma? |
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What is Gamma Correction? Why is it needed? |
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Test saw |
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Knee point and slope |
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Black Stretch |
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Using the ECU (paint box) |
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Video Menu (normal use) |
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Film Menu (CineGamma on) |
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Gamma Corrector |
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Motion: |
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Camera/Processor/Recorder |
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60 Frame Recording and Cadences |
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60.00 and 59.94 |
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30 FPS Time Code and User Bits |
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Native Frame Rates |
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Frame Rates, Shutter Speeds, Flicker and Stutter |
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Variable Frame Rates |
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Ramping and the Varispeed controller |
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Variable Shutter Speeds |
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Fractional Shutter Speeds and Shutter Angles |
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Frame Rate Converter |
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Post Issues |
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Intervalometer work |
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| 5:15PM |
5 minute break |
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| 5:20PM |
Group back together for Q&A |
| 6:00PM |
Welcome Cocktail Reception at MPS Studios |
| DAY 2 - Friday |
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| 8:30AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00AM |
Welcome Day 2 |
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| 9:05AM |
IDX |
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| 9:25AM |
Leader |
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| 9:45AM |
Getting your Gear Ready |
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Weather |
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Type of Production |
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View Finder Setup |
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Backfocus with Schneider Collimator |
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Basic start up checklist |
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Rental/Owner Operator/Video Production |
| 10:15AM |
Camera set-up check List |
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| 10:45AM |
Break |
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| 10:50AM |
Lab Rotation #2 |
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| 1:20PM |
Lunch |
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| 2:20PM |
Overview and Tutorial |
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Color: |
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Color in light |
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Color camera response |
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Color space |
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Color Controls |
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Aberation control |
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White Shading |
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Flare compensation |
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The DSC Chart |
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Matrix & Color Correction |
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Matching the camera to a standard |
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Using color correction to create looks |
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Matching the Camera to your eye, to your scene, to your monitor |
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CRT color tem VS. Lighting Temp |
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Colors on set VS. colors on the scope |
| 5:30PM |
5 Minute break |
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| 5:35PM |
Location Shot |
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~OR~ |
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Hands on and one-on-one |
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| DAY 3 - Saturday |
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| 8:30AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00AM |
Welcome Day 3 |
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| 9:05AM |
Fujinon |
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| 9:25AM |
Menu Navigation |
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Film Main Menus |
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VTR Main Menu |
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L,M,H switch & Menus |
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Personalizing Your Camera |
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User Menus |
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| 10:25AM |
Workflow intro |
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Workflow intro 1200A/1400, Final Cut Pro, VariCam |
| 11:00AM |
Apple FCP/1200A Deck/VariCam |
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Panasonic "Post Workflow Solutions" |
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Post production |
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VTR's - the 1200A with FCP HD |
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Turn-key non-linear editors |
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On-line & color correction |
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The big picture |
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From micro to macro |
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Film & HD |
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Ways of seeing demo reel |
| 12:30PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:30PM |
Party Favors & Participant Discounts |
| 1:45PM |
New Camera Technology |
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Three-chip, 2/3 inch cameras |
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Single chip, larger imager cameras |
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HDV cameras |
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Other advances - P2, XDCam, EditCam |
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Panasonic Plans |
| 2:45PM |
5 min break |
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| 2:50PM |
Cameras from HELL!! |
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| 5:30PM |
Overall Q&A |
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| 6:00PM |
Completion of "VariCamp" - certificates given |
