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Pre-Production
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During the Pre-Production phase of the project, the team explored various
ways to deliver the video portion of the DVD-ROM. Two distinct styles needed to
be conveyed: the scenario and the question & answer section.
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The scenario had to convey tension, revelation,
uncertainty, and frustration. Therefore, we decided to cinematically film the scenario rather than use the one camera/
one shot theatrical style that would most closely replicate the live performances.
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In contrast, the question and answer section needed engage the user in a way that
captured the power of the live performance as effectively as possible. One of the strengths
of the live performance was being able to see the non-verbal reactions
of the other actors as one was responding to a question.
To recreate this effect, we decided to utilize three cameras during the filming of the question
& answer section. One camera was directed at each of the actors,
capturing not only the speaker but also the body language of the other
participants.
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Production
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The production was complete with sets, locations, union actors, a producer,
a gaffer, a videographer, an audio technician, and make-up artists with
the team members filling in all the other various roles such as director
and script supervisor. The shoot spanned over three days: two
days for the question & answer and one day for the scenario.
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Audience members watch a ten-minute scenario
performed by professional actors. Then, the audience is invited to
discuss the scenario with the characters as they stay in role. The
question and answer session is followed by a discussion facilitated by
human resources personnel.
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Post-Production
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Post-production involved editing video for the scenario, learning points,
and question & answer sections. Each digital videotape was edited
on a pc using Adobe Premiere 6.0. Cleaner 5 was then used to compress
the video, balancing file size and image quality.
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The raw scenario footage was 2 full hours, which took over 40 hours to
cut into its final 7 minute length. The rest of the footage took
about 120 hours to edit into 958 response and learning point clips.
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