When working for a certain cause, multimedia can help far better than words. Making a short documentary to highlight a certain cause, or to cover a certain event, can be a great asset.But how can you prepare a decent video if you are not a professional film maker and don't have the budget to hire one?This presentation was prepared by Rola Rizk, in preparation for the Video for Social Change that she gave for Social Media Exchange.
Text of Video for Social Change Presentation
Online Video Advocacy
Objectives
Learning the principles of video shooting
Shooting A Video of Three parts
Editing The video and sharing it online
Summary Of The day
Basic Principles for Video Shooting
General shooting tips
Shooting an Interview
The Project
Importing and Editing
Compressing and Uploading
Planning Your shoot
Know Your Subject
Choose a place
Draw A Storyboard
Prepare the camera
Go for the shoot
Framing and shots
LS: Long Shot
No Details
Also called establishing shot
MS: Medium Shot
Small details are showed
For a closer look
CU: Close Up
Great details
Facial Expressions
Head room & Nose Room
Always, always leave a minimum of 2 cm space between the head and the frame
Let the nose lead you to the other person, object or space
Avoid Zooming In and Out
You lose the point
Distract the viewer
Lose your credibility
Steady does it!!!!
When a tripod is available
USE IT
If not try to shoot while kneeling on the floor
Lighting, lighting, lighting!!!
Avoid High exposure and low exposure
Always give your back to light
Let the sun be above you
Night light is not enough
Shoot Selectively
Know your subject
Concentrate on the objective in mind
Show all the point of views
Be objective not subjective
Where are you?
Show the viewer where are you
Use a known object for them to know where the action is going on
Give them a hint dont spoon feed
Conserve the Battery
Check The Sound
Label Your tapes and Lock them
Shooting for an interview
Help them and be in control
Leave a little headroom at the top of the frame.
Shooting for an interview
Position your subject a little to the left or right of center and leave nose room to the opposite side.
Shooting for an interview
Use the LCD monitor on the camera to watch the interview at the same time that you look over the camera and make eye contact with the subject.
Shooting for an interview
Dont, for any reason, make any sound at all when your subject is talking.
Shooting for an interview
Dont shoot your subject in front of a window or with the sun behind him, unless you want your subject to appear in silhouette; the best light source comes from behind the camera.
