Video Workshop

Gráinne McGrath & Sharon Flynn, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Overview

Part 1: Video• An introduction to video• The elements, considerations and guidelines for

creating video• Plan and storyboard a video• Record our footage• Edit and publish our video footage Part 2: Screen casting• Demo using Jing

Over 35 hours of video is being uploaded to YouTube every minutehttp://youtube-global.blogspot.com

3 key elements

• Pre-production– Preparation, testing, planning, storyboarding

• Production– Recording your video footage

• Post-production– Editing video footage, publishing your video

Keep it simple!

Considerations and guidelines• Always plan and storyboard • Keep your audience in mind• Get consent from participants• Think of the context• Test your video equipment• Location, location, location• Audio quality• Lighting• Choose your output file/video format

Equipment

Video formatsVideo format Advantages Disadvantages

.avi Superb video quality Large file size25GB for 60 min of video

MPEG-2 Good QualityCan burn onto DVD disc

Large file sizeCan vary but 4.7GB for 2 hours of video approx

DivX (MPEG-4) Good Quality with reasonably small file size, editable

Not considered a standard format

MPEG-1 Standard video format for making Video CDs

Video quality is not as crisp as MPEG-2 (some DVD players do not support)

Real video - Small file size, - Good picture quality- Ideal for web transmission

- Compressed format - Needs specific playback program- You cannot edit

.wmv - Small file size- Good picture quality- Ideal for web transmission

Compressed format

Quicktime - Good picture quality- Ideal for web transmission

Larger file size (compare to other streamable formats)

Some interesting videos...Derek Molloy’s YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DerekMolloyDCU

Microbiology at NUI Galway on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teV7rlBkpQU

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Irene McCormick:http://vimeo.com/39274294

Storyboarding

Lets get started with our own video...

Choose a topic, for example:

An interview on any topic of interestor

A promo piece for your libraryor

A report on today’s event

1. Connect our Flip cam to the laptop via the usb

2. Save our video files in My Computer

3. Launch Window Movie Maker

4. Import our video files in Windows Movie Maker

5. Edit our video files

6. Save our project (in case we would like to re-edit)

7. Save our edited movie

8. Export/Publish

Post-production - editing our video files using Windows Movie Maker Live

Links to videos and websites...• http://thinkingabout.nuigalway.ie/spotlight/ • http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7043.pdf • http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/11/great-scott-over-35-hours-of-video.html• http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/movingimages/advice/basic-guide-to-the-flip• http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/movingimages/advice/using-video-in-teaching-and-

learning• National Digital Learning Resources – www.ndlr.ie • HEAnet media hosting - http://media.heanet.ie/ • Video tutorials from online Media College - http://www.mediacollege.com/video/ • File formats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_file_format • Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education -

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html

• Flip Cam quick start guide - http://www.lesley.edu/elis/docs/flipguide.pdf

ScreencastingGuide to Screencasting Tools

http://enhancingteaching.com/2012/06/01/guide-to-screencasting-tools/