Week 2 – 1/25 Lecture Notes
- by Prof. Dan Pacheco
- January 25
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5:15-5:30: Housekeeping
- Remember: take survey AND do assignment 1 as blog post. Last time you can be late and get credit ...
- Quick check on enrollment. Please humor me as I take new photos of you ...
- Our #VRStorytelling hashtag has been hijacked. New suggestions? (Maybe #VRNewhouse).
- VR Experience research presentations. Review VR Experience Research page and sign up for a slot. First presentation next week!
- I'm at Sundance Friday-Sunday. Text me if there's something you hear about that I should check out.
- Check out Dear Angelica on the Oculus + Touch in the Innovation Lab.
- Wasim and Aubrey's 360 of Seneca Falls women's march.
- NYTimes Daily 360: https://www.nytimes.com/video/the-daily-360
5:30 -5:45: Discussion about experiences from week 1 (your posts).
5:45-6: Shooting in 360. Things to consider:
- Tripod height: where's my head?
- How tall do you expect to be?
- Where do I face first? Put that in the middle. (You can change later in Premiere).
- Don't move much, or too fast. If you do, no faster than a walking pace. No jitters!
- Sorry, but your awesome 360 skydiving or race-car drive is a vomit comet.
- Don't make people read too much if at all. Never more than a tweet at a time.
- See more first-time tips here.
6-6:10: Shooting with stitchless 360 cameras work.
- Samsung Gear360, stitchless, requires Samsung Action Director (PC only) to stitch two images. (We will do this in the lab together later today).
- Nikon KeyMission, stitchless, take straight off the card.
6:10-6:30: Post-production in Adobe Premiere Pro with Nikon KeyMission footage.
- Copy files.
- Open in Premiere Pro.
- New to Premiere? Follow the steps in the tip sheet at NHMediahelp.syr.edu. Some key things to keep in mind:
- ALWAYS work off your hard drive! You must set up folders and point to them from Premiere for each project.
- Turn on the 360 VR tools (details here.)
- Export with the correct settings (details here).
6:30-6:40: Post-production of Samsung Gear360 files.
- Adobe Premiere Pro steps are the same, but before you can use Premiere you must stitch.
- Let's go to the Innovation Lab to learn how to do that. (Walk walk walk ...)
6:40-6:50: Assignment 2
- Assignment 2 is to write a 360 video script. DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- Your mission: come up with an idea so awesome that a team votes to shoot with you.
- An incentive: All of the first videos will be on the Interactive Media Wall.
6:50-7:30: Now, team up with a video team and go forth and shoot!
- Inside, outside, differnet lighting conditions.
- Bring footage back to innovation lab.
7:30-8: Watch the footage in VR.
- We will load it on the PCs and watch in Oculus.
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