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VADEMECUM
TECNICO
An introduction to film directing
By Nicol Piccione
Exporting specifications
By Alessandro Pocci
By Fedra Galassi
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INTRODUCTION
This Vademecum is a guideline for all the guys of CinemadaMare Film Festival who want to
make cinema and need a guidebook to keep in their rucksack.
It is easy to read and it is divided into three sections written by three young men of our staff. It
deals with the basics and the prime notions of film directing, field recording and editing,
especially during the last and most complicated phase: editing.
We hope to help you improve the quality of your films not only from the point of view of
creativity and content, but also from a technical point of view.
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FIELD
both in
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are highlighted.
A medium field is when an entire
space is framed, which seems
occupying the whole frame but in
fact, figures and objects in it are
perfectly distinguishable.
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Frequency
Amplitude
Wave length
Wave shape
Initial phase
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Field recording
MICROPHONES USED IN VIDEOMAKING
Four different microphones need to be used
for a good field recording. Each of them has
different characteristics and are used for
different purposes: Zoom H4N, VideoMic,
Shotgun and H2N.
H4N
It is a multi track stereo recorder. This means
that it must be used as a sound recorder on
an SD card. It works in two modes: stereo and
4CH. For the first mode mentioned, a
panoramic microphone can be used on top of
the recorder or the two INPUTS at the bottom
of the recorder (not at the same time),
whereas the second one mentioned enables
the simultaneous use of both the panoramic
microphone and the two INPUTS.
Both a jack and XLR cable can be plugged into
the inputs. The XLR cable can be used to
connect the shotgun.
BOOM KIT
The Boom Kit is used to bring the shotgun
close to the actors and it comprises of: a
boom pole, a windshield blimp supported by
a gun, and the shotgun positioned on an antinoise elastic system.
VIDEO MIC
Is a microphone that is positioned on the
camera and it is connected to it by a mini-jack
plugged into the INPUT Mic of the camera
itself. It is an excellent way to pick up good
sound without using the camera microphone.
SHOT GUN
A Shotgun has narrower focus than an
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MASTER
CLOSE UP
AMBIENT
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Exporting specifications
By Alessandro Pocci
Films for the weekly competitions must be handed in on a pen drive in the following format:
FORMAT AND RESOLUTION: films must be exported in Mp4 or Mov, full HD, 1920x1080 or
720x576, H264 (this applies both to the intro jingle and the film).
SUBTITLES: Subtitles must be centred and white. Font size: 50. Outer strokes: black. Font: SansSerif. Line-spacing: 20.
The dimension of the font varies according to the editing program used
(Premiere, Avid or Final Cut or any other editing program). It is
important the subtitles are big enough so they can be easily read on
screen.