Monday, October 21st

Class hours: 10:05 – 2:45
Mr. Bohmann | wbohmann@ewsd.org

10:05 Today’s Notes & Attendance

*Bolton Valley Chairs – October 5th – Will Bohmann*

Week NINE

Welcome to Week 9 – make those folders

No English today – Mx. Yopp at a conference

Quarter 1 ends on Friday – all work is due by 3pm. After that time it will count as a zero. I recommend you look at PowerSchool and/or talk to me about what you are missing. As seniors, I think the responsibility to know your grades and assignments falls to you.

Hair cut? Want One? Cosmetology 2 offers haircuts. Call 857-7454 to schedule an appointment. (cutting times are during class time. I will let you choose a time after 1:50pm.

Vermont Foliage Assignment – this is probably your last week to capture the color that makes fall foliage in Vermont a tourist destination for people across the globe. Get your 10 pictures. We should see in your photos the essence of Fall Foliage in Vermont. My photo above is a great example!

Vermont Foliage Assignment Presentations – will be held the second week of November. Specifically on Wednesday, November 13th. This week I will share 3 ways to assemble your presentation.

10:10 Monday Mail – Check Google Classroom and PowerSchool

10:15 RotoScoping & Other Background Removal Tools

Rotoscoping sounds like some unfortunate experience at the dentist. I promise it is not that bad, at all.

What the heck is rotoscoping?

Rotoscoping is simply masking out something in your shot that just doesn’t belong. Simply put, rotoscoping is selecting moving footage over time and blocking it out.

Rotoscoping explained – direct from Adobe….

Rotoscope animation describes the process of creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame. Though it can be time consuming, rotoscoping allows animators to create lifelike characters who move just like people in the real world.

The technique of rotoscoping also made the lightsaber possible.

To create these visual effects in the original Star Wars films, animators drew the color and glow of each lightsaber over the sticks the actors held on every frame in which they appeared.

In After Effects, there is a very powerful tool – the RotoBrush.

We’ll be working out of public folders and using these files.

Dwight
Surf
Dancer
Sand Dunes

Rotobrush Process (how to) for your files. Make a copy for your own reference.

We can use AE with Premiere in very easy ways. Let’s adjust our workflow slightly for this. We’ll start in Premiere and dynamically link to After Effects. If you see the workflow, AE is less intimidating.

10:50 Break

11:00 Video Editing in Photoshop

Photoshop actually has a timeline and video editing capabilities. The redesigned, clip-based Timeline panel reflects video editors like Adobe Premiere and After Effects, including transitions and effects that give finished videos professional polish. Additionally you have all of the filters and adjustments and the power of Photoshop.

As you prepare to present your slides for your Vermont Photography assignment, assembling and using the Photoshop video editor may be a useful tool for you to consider, especially since you will be touching up, editing, resizing and handling your photos.

Let’s look at the timeline and make a quick video. It won’t be fancy, but it will be a good proof of concept for what you can do.

Here is a link to Adobe’s Support Docs on Video Editing in Photoshop

For reference, we will be in Public Folders / CAWD2 / After Effects / California Promo

Before we begin, if you have all your clips in One Folder, you can perform the first step on the list below, otherwise you can add media while in the layer group. We’ll try both.

1. Load files into stack (File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack). It loads them as layers or the other way is to click on the layer group and Add Media once you open the Timeline in Step Two.

2. Show Timeline (Window>Timeline). Then select all layers, go to Timeline menu at left of any one clip and choose “New Video Group from clips.” Then drag and drop them on the timeline to re-arrange.

3. Trim clips—drag from either end

4. Add Transitions—fade in or out from icon in Timeline. Drag the transition from the menu to a spot between clips.

5. Add Background Music (Audio Track). To trim, position playhead and click Scissors. Then delete trimmed portion. Right click to fade and volume.

6. Add Text and Titles—drag Type layer to top of Layers panel to make it overlay (OR, in timeline from Video Group 1 menu, choose “New Video Group” and move it up to that Video Group)

7. Use Photoshop Like Always – change any clip with effects at bottom of Layers panel (choose a clip in Layers panel to change whole clip)

Export (Render Video)—from Timeline Options menu at top right of timeline. Default is probably OK, but you can choose from presets.

11:30 – 12:25 – Halloween Projection Loop

Start with a quick Scrum Meeting: (three questions you should answer with your group)

What are you working on?
What do you plan to finish
I need help with or need clarification on….

The Deliverables: (You know you are done when….)

Your group has three minutes of video to include:
- Animated Text – Halloween Themed
- Scary or Halloween content with visual effect editing
- Audio for your video
Exporting as .mp4 (1920 by 1080)
Trello Board (with a To do, Doing and Done columns) – shared with Mr. Bohmann

Unsplash and Pexels are great places to go to grab commercial free licensed work.

YouTube Audio Library
Free Music Archive – Search by music style
Incompetech – Royalty free music
Freesounds

Mr. B’s ProTips for a successful project:
Idea brainstorm – all ideas welcome / vote to decide
Define Roles – some participants might have multiple
File Management – how to handle
Daily Scrum (what are you working on, what do you need, what’s next)
Preview work together
Agree on when the project is complete

Time Remaining: You 55 minutes today, 30 minutes on Tuesday and 10 minutes on Wednesday.

Deadline: First draft viewing on Wednesday, October 23rd