Agenda

1. Framing and composition theory for film
   • Studiobinder.com
2. Tutorials
   • Blender 2.8 Tutorial: Viewport Render Animation ( make preview )
   • If you need to do precise animation timing: Import audio into Blender
   • Cutting Between Multiple Cameras - Blender Tutorial
3. Terminology
   • Film blocking (Space, shapes, lines)
   • Eye level framnig
   • Leading lines (drawing our eyes to the focal point)
   • Depth of field, focal point, and rack focus
   • Deep space composition
   • Add Camera
   • Blender Editor: Timeline
   • Blender Editor: Video sequencer
     • Add –> Sound
   • Blender Editor: Graph Editor
   • Editor Menu Item: Marker
     • Add Marker
     • Bind Camera to Marker (binds the selected camera to the marker position)
   • Sequence render animation
4. Demo
   • Camera
     • Set up camera shots (framing and composition, animation)
     • Add markers and attach cameras
   • If your animation must be precisely synced with audio, import audio into blender
     • Audio import tutorial
   • Rendering animation preview videos
     • Make preview tutorial Output Properties –> configure frame start and end each time to render a viewport animation.
     • Output Properties –> Configure output directory
     • Framerate set to 24fps
     • Instead of PNG, choose FFMPEG, encoding video codec to H.264, container to MP4, and High Quality, no audio.
     • In Output Properties –> Metadata, Check the Burn into Image setting. Increase font size to 24 and adjust color as needed.
   • Importing into after effects
     • Import animation video files into the project area.
     • Import audio
     • Freesound.org
     • Edit the shots and sound
     • Sound conversion: Audacity
   • Export final video in H.264, vimeo 1080P Preset with Media Encoder