Yearbook Life Support

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Yearbook Life Support

• How one school is hoping to breathe new life into
  its yearbook with a full-featured companion DVD
  
• Cade White
• Abilene Christian University

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This Old Yearbook

• Declining book sales
• Increased printing costs
• Increased financial burden
• Doesnt offer same rich lab experience as other
  student media
  
• Convergence curriculum advancing beyond
  antiquated yearbook model

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The Renovation

• Reduce printing costs
• Merge some editorial functions with student
  newspaper (photographers, assignments ed.)
  
• Recruit smaller, multimedia-savvy staff
• Merge book with existing video yearbook
• Add a DVD component to book product

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New Philosophies

• Refuse to be a traditional yearbook
• Not just a yearbook, or just a video yearbook
• More is More (comprehensiveness)
• More is More Usability Usefulness

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The New Storytellers

• Content gatherers, processors
• Multi-sensory storytelling
• The storytelling power of audio
• Plan for multi-purposing of content
• Previsualization

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Prickly Pear DVD Navigation
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2002-2003 Prickly Pear DVD Navigation
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ACU Prickly Pear DVD Specs

• DVD-9 (Dual Layer)
• More than 2.5 hours of video content
• DVD-ROM content with student portraits
• Disc is packaged with the book
• 38 GB of video master files before encoding

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ACU Prickly Pear DVD Production Workflow
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Video Editing
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DVD Authoring
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Intellectual Property Rights
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DVD Production Caveats

• Hardware demands for real-world video editing
• Storage requirements for video (DV)
• Music Licensing (IPR)

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DVD Project Planning

• Purchase royalty-free music library
• Talk to disc replicator early in process
• Plan, plan, plandont hesitate to change plans
• Establish a solid file management system
• Use wealth of DVD information on Internet
• Read pro forums for solutions ideas
• Choose your DVD size (DVD-5 or DVD-9)

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DVD-5 (Single Layer)

• 4.7 GB capacity (single layer, single sided)
• Can hold approx 130 minutes of video
• Easy to proof on standard DVD-R
• Some replicators will accept DVD-R as master
• Perfect for iDVD or other entry-level
  application
  
• Use with desktop DVD burners

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DVD-9 (dual layer)

• 8.5 GB capacity (dual layer, single sided)
• Can hold approx 260 minutes of video
• Not easy to proof (must proof in sections)
• Must be professionally replicated
• Must be mastered to a DLT (Digital Linear Tape)
• Slightly more expensive

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What Computer Will You Use?

• Mac or Windows? Other?
• Current system
• Tech support
• Video editing software
• DVD authoring software
• MPEG encoder

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Resources

• Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ - http//www.dvddemystified.c
  om/
  
• Ken Stone FCP - http//www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepa
  ge/
  
• DVDSP Help - http//www.tfdvd.com/
• DVDSP Help - http//www.dvdstudiopro.ch/
• Apple Software Forums - http//discussions.info.ap
  ple.com/
  
• Creative Cow DVD - http//www.creativecow.net/
• 2-Pop Forums - http//www.2-pop.com/
• Bit Rate Calculator - http//www.vcdhelp.com/
• Photo To Movie - http//lqgraphics.com/

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Contact

• Cade White
• Abilene Christian University
• Box 27892
• Abilene, Texas 79699
• [phone]
• whitec_at_acu.edu