Field Production: Documenting Portland
In this 6-session workshop, students will work as part of a team to develop a documentary field production about a Portland person or place. The completed project will be distributed by PCM. Working from criteria set forth by PCM, students will jointly determine their production topic and then plan, shoot and edit a complete program. Students will learn to tell a story using video, conduct an interview in the field, learn the fundamentals of field audio and camera operation, and how to edit with Final Cut Pro.
Certification type: Field Equipment (camera, audio, lighting, MacBook Pro)
Syllabus
Read the syllabus of a typical field workshop.
Resources for Field Productions
Camera Manuals
Online Video Tutorials
Izzy Videos is a great website that covers many advanced topics in video production.
Creative Commons and Open Source Licensed Multimedia Library
Creative Commons has a media search tool that encompasses many of the links below as well as a wealth of information pertaining to intellectual property rights.
Creative Commons and Open Source Licensed Still Images
flickr is a photo hosting and sharing site that allows users to select a non copyright license for their work. Use the advanced search function to find images you can use.
WikiMediaCommons is a media project of wikipedia which has a plethora of images you can use. Pay attention to the upfront licensing documentation.
morgueFile is a stock photo hosting site where the images are in the public domain or held under a license other than all rights reserved.
There's also this post which links to more than 25 other sites for even more usable images and textures!
Creative Commons and Open Source Licensed Music
The Free Music Archive is a repository of music from bands that support creative commons licensing and want to share their work.
opsound is an online music sharing site that uses copyleft licensing.
SoundSnap is an online user-based public domain sample and sound effect library.
MobyGratis is a website generated by Moby for artists to use his music for free in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.
MusicBakery is a website that offers affordably licensed royalty-free music.
Creative Commons and Open Source Licensed Moving Images
The Prelinger Archives contain many classic public domain films in high resolution.
Sample of workshop projects
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