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A. Basic Camera Shots

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Angle of view	1016	0:38
2.	Zooming in	1017	0:11
3.	Zooming out	1018	0:13
4.	Long shot	1019	0:09
5.	Establishing shot	1020	0:10
6.	Medium shot	1021	0:12
7.	Close-up	1022	0:11
8.	Close-up of faces	1023	0:15
9.	Extreme close-up	1024	0:06
10.	Natural cutoff lines	1025	0:35

B. Visual Composition Rules

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Rule of thirds	1026	0:50
2.	Headroom	1027	0:50
3.	Lead space	1028	0:40
4.	Distracting backgrounds	1029	0:17
5.	Mergers	1030	0:20
6.	Leading moving subjects	15236	0:16

C. Camera Movement

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Pan shot	1031	0:14
2.	Tilt shot	1032	0:18
3.	Arc shot	1033	0:12
4.	Pedestal shot	1034	0:16
5.	Trucking shot	1035	0:08
6.	Dolly shot	1036	0:12
7.	Following action	1037	0:16
8.	Zoom in for effect	1038	0:19
9.	Zoom out for effect	1039	0:18

D. Perspective

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	High angle shot	1041	0:08
2.	Low angle shot	1042	0:20
3.	Flat shot	1040	0:04
4.	Point of view shot	1043	0:44
5.	Over the shoulder shot	1044	0:13
6.	Conversation between two people	15231	0:22
7.	Reaction shot	1045	0:11

E. Creative Camera Placement

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Creative camera placement	1046	0:15

F. The Horizon Line

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Horizon line	1047	0:18
2.		Tilted shots	1086	0:18

G. Screen Depth

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Framing shots to add depth	1049	0:17
2.	Foregrounds and backgrounds	1050	0:19
3.	Depth of field	1051	0:22
4.	Visual compressions	1052	0:27
5.	Focus control	1053	0:17
6.	Rack focus	1054	0:13
7.	Movement along the z axis	1055	0:15

H. The Camera

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Backlight	1056	0:27
2.	Autofocus limitation	15232	0:19
3.	Presetting manual focus	1057	0:39
4.	Digital zoom limitations	1058	0:13
5.	Focus as a transition	1059	0:27

I. Audio for Your Video

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Camera mic	1060	0:29

J. Sizing up the Screen

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Safe title area	1061	0:21
2.		Safe action area	1062	0:22

K. Controlling Your Camcorder

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Multiple points of support	1063	0:23
2.	Using the LCD screen	1064	0:26
3.	Bracing yourself	1065	0:18
4.	Support when zooming	1066	0:15
5.	Camera supports	1067	0:33
6.	Quick release	28249	0:12

L. Generating Story Ideas

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Video montage	1068	1:07

M. Transitions

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Jump cuts	1069	0:40
2.	Disappear effect	1070	0:22
3.	Action line	1071	0:52
4.	Dissolves that indicate a passage of time	1072	0:31
5.	Dissolves that indicate a change of time and location	28248	0:26

N. Sequences

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Sequence	1073	0:14
2.	Mulitple views	1074	0:12
3.	1-2-3 shot sequence	1075	0:26

O. The Multiple Camera Look

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Match cut sequence	1076	0:36
2.		How we shot the match cut sequence	1077	0:56

P. Visual Continuity Issues

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Screen direction	1078	0:18

Q. Interviewing

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Basic interview shot	1079	0:44

R. Lighting

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Adding fill light	1080	0:13

S. So you want to . . . editing for effect

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Indicate time passing	15234	0:31
2.	Move a character to a new location	1081	0:15
3.	Create excitement and build tension	1082	0:14
4.	Imply a relationship between shots and action	1083	0:49
5.	Depict a flashback scene	1084	0:17
6.	Changing screen direction	1085	0:29
7.	Making your audience anxious	15235	0:18

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