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This is a presentation I had given in the Media PreGA at Thailand in March 2010. Hope it helps in bringing together some video tools which you might
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Stefan Buttigieg
IFMSA New Technologies Support Division
Director
AIMS AND PURPOSE
What shall I learn from all of this?
Keep in mind…
• Benefits of making a video
• Learning the basic steps to get you
started
• Learning how to upload your proud
work online via different video sharing
sites
• Making it popular and using it as a tool
to promote your NMO, LCs, Projects and
Events.
Typical Case
Scenarios
• You’re during the National Board meeting and someone proposes the idea of making a promotional video…
• Your favourite standing committee would like to upload a video online to promote its latest project…
• To report an event and to show how much medical students gained from it…
• To promote your Local Committee as a choice for the IFMSA Exchange student
BUT…
Enthusiasm starts building you start collecting all kinds of videos
and photos….
WHERE TO START FROM
You just have no idea…..
Stepwise Approach
• Plan ahead
• Budget
• Getting what you need
• Learning how to use the equipment
• Capturing the footage
• Organizing footage
• Video Editing
Planning Ahead
• Define the aims and purpose of the
video
• Imagine
– Imagine what the video will look like in your
mind
– How do you want your audience to react to
the video?
– What feelings would you like to provoke with
the video?
Planning Ahead
• From your fertile imagination
– Write down a script
– Create a storyboard
• Series of pictures which depict how you would like your video to appear
– Make a checklist of things you need/to do:
• Footage that needs to be taken
• Photos that need to be taken/collected
• Equipment that you need
Getting what you need:
Equipment
• Ask friends and relatives to provide you
with the materials you need
• Improvise especially if you’re on a tight-
budget
• Ask your liaison to sponsors to consider
getting funds by including adverts in
your video
– Pre-roll
– Post-Roll
Learning
• Trial and Error – 2nd best
• Reading and checking out
documentation – 1st BEST
– Wastes much less time on the long-term
basis
– Helps you make better use of your software
and other equipment`
Capturing
• Capture the MOMENT
• Appoint someone who would be responsible for the capturing of the footage or do it yourself.
• Shaky movements look bad. Period.
• Use different angles and perspectives
• Take as many shots as possible and make sure you protect the footage with your life.
• Two types of shot– Roll A [ Static ]
– Roll B [ Moving Camera]
Organizing
• Footage Types– Tape [ Name each tape ]
– SD/SD HC Card
– Hard Disk on Camera
• Make sure you have two copies– Local computer
– External Hard Drive
• NAME. NAME. NAME– What would you prefer
• Dscf09349238749347 OR
• [Tape 1] Roll A – Close-up shot of Teddy Bear
Video Editing
• Software
• Time-consuming but with great
satisfaction of final results
• Organize your resources well
• Choice of music is critical
Software
• Windows Movie Maker
• iMovie
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
• Final Cut Pro
Windows Movie Maker
PROS
• Cheap and easy option
• Simple
CONS
• Limited
• Not flexible with editing different video
layers/channel
Pros
• Very easy to use
• Basic
Cons
• Simplistic
• Limits your editing
capabilities
• Available only for Mac
iMovie
Pros
• Allows great amount
of flexibility
Cons
• Steep learning
curve(but once you
learn this, it will be
great )
• Available only on Mac
FinalCut Pro
Pros• Available on Mac and PC
• Very good flexibility and
works very well with Adobe
Suite Collection which
produce excellent additional
effects to the video
– Adobe After Effects
– Adobe Encore
Cons• Steep Learning Curve
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Choice of Music
• It is critical
• Sets the mood of the video
– If you use the wrong music you will put the
viewer in the wrong mindset
– Example….
Prairie Dog
Original Video Source
546,973 views
Dramatic Prairie Dog
6,277,275 views
SMALL WORKING GROUPS
Storyboard
Outcomes - Ideas
• How did it feel?
• Do you think it would be easier to create
and edit the video when you created
this?
Questions
CONTACT ME FOR TRAINING
VIDEOS AND SOFTWARE
To do at your leisure time…