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Student Development
Making a videoMatthew Mobbs
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What we are doing today
• Look at the process of video production; planning, audio, visuals and editing
• Have a go at editing a video. Two useful tools.
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Planning
Good planning and preparation is key when it comes to making videos
• Subject of the video
• Style
• What is to going to be said
• How do you visually represent
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A good example…sort of!
http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4
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Storyboarding
What will be seen?
What will be said? Me talking about… The Dummo in Florence…
30 Seconds 20 Seconds 1 Minute
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Audio
The audio on a video gives a narrative and often directs what is seen on screen
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/or
CFS
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Audacity Checklist
• Good microphone
• Record each section of your video as an individual track
• Export sound as Multiple Files
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Visual
Visuals are used to illustrate to the point being made
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Editing
There are several packages available, we will use Window Movie Maker
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Task
Download Media Files
1. Go to http://tinyurl.com/yexttgz
2. Download and Save the file Media Files.zip in you’re My Documents
3. Extract the file (it is compressed)
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Window Movie Maker
1. Open Window Movie Maker
2. Import the media files just downloaded
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Put the video on the timeline
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ExportSave your video as a .wmv giving it a sensible name
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An Alternative
http://screenr.com/
Online video recorder, one shot, limited to 5 minutes