Creating Video Resources for Learning & Teaching

What we will cover

Weds– Theory– Planning– Storyboarding

Lunch– Filming

Thurs– Voice overs– Editing– Production

Lunch– Review – Accessibility /

Copyright– Q&A

Course Overview

• Why video• Decisions (DIY / Professionals)• Planning• Visual Storytelling• Scripting / Storyboarding• Shooting• (Editing)• (Outputting)

Types of video (handout)

• Talking head• Events• Instructional• Simulation (screen

capture)• Think aloud• Fly on the wall• Real life• Drama / staged

Type of video used?

Why has the teacher used video?

Video – 3 i’s framework*

Magic lantern

Film strip

TV

VHS

Desktop video

Multimedia

Web media

Streaming

Image

Interactivity

Integration

*Young and Asenio (2002)

3 i’s - valueImage Interactivity Integration

3i’s in practice

Making group-work work -Carol Elston – skills centre

Decisions

• Professionals– Access to professional equipment and

support– Stronger emphasis on aesthetic– Create resources that will achieve aims

• DIY– Quick– Cheap– Achievable

Quality V Resource

Examples from Leeds

• Mark Reed’s Vodcasts• Rick Jones – Pathology (Health Informatics)

– Student created videos / DVDs– Allows thinking about content and creation of first

draft

• School of health ERA streaming video library• Media Serviceshttp://www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/online_resources/video/case_studies.html

Stage 1: Planning and Pre-Production

Planning / decisions

Prior considerations

• Permissions– Location– Consent – get before hand

• Access – Can you film what you want to show– Is it realistic?

• Third party content– Copyright clearance

• Platform for delivery– DVD / Mobile / Streaming

Topic

Objectives

Audience

Appeal

Type

Project Task 1:Develop a Proposal

Stage 2: Scripts and storyboards

What do you want to say?

What do you want to show?

Video Voice 1:Scripts• Give structure• Link clips together

– Provide narrative – Explain interviews

• Spoken parts / Voice over / Titles / Soundtrack• Should outline dialogue, basic direction, location etc.• Not appropriate for all types of video• Sometimes can be written after filming

– Fly on the wall– Interviews

• Accessibility

Video Voice 2:Titles• Can be used to summarise visual

information on screen

• Provide supporting facts for interviews

• Orientate the viewer

Video Voice 3:Interviews / Fly on the wall• Set up correctly; sound, position and light

– Hard to repeat situation• Make the subject comfortable• Brief the expert

– Explain your aims– Ask them to repeat your questions back

• Spontaneous or staged? • Interviews: prepare your questions, make them

open & meet your learning objectives• Fly on the wall – what are you wanting to show?• Prepare to edit, listen for sound bites

Storyboard• Plan the shots to use

– Streamline filming and editing– Ensure you film only what you need– Can this be achieved? – Moving / still images

• Add visual elements to a script• Supporting shots for interview• Combine elements;

– Video description / composition– Length of shot– Titles / subtitles– Narration / other audio– Location, notes etc.

Visual Storytelling

• Interviews

• Cutaways / Cut Ins– Try to illustrate what is being said– Use to cover edits in interviews

Camera Angles

Filming video - essentials

• Cameras, storage, battery

• Tripod

• Sound

• Lighting

Tips

• Only shoot what you need

• Static shots are best– Avoid the zoom

• At least five seconds for each shot

• Leave room either end of shot to edit

• Only shoot what you need

Exercise

• Design the storyboard

mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/SDDU/perfectbrew.wmv

3rd party content

• Edina – Film and sound online

• BUFVC – – Moving images gateway– Newsfilm online

• Archive.org

Where now?

http://www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/online_resources/video/index.php

s.j.davis@adm.leeds.ac.uk

Project Task 2:Develop a Script /Storyboard

What do you want to show?

What do you want to say?

Video for streaming (HO)

• Keep short, if necessary chop larger sections into bite size pieces

• Avoid zooming / lots of on screen movement

• Remember compression will affect quality and size

• How can video be integrated with other resources

Back to Planning

Interviews

Interviews

Back to Visual Storytelling

Visual Storyboards

Factual storyboards